Last-Minute Campaign Clashes Near Election Day
Nixon and Muskie race to the airwaves as voters head to the polls for a pivotal mid term. Key races center on 35 Senate seats 35 governorships and a new House with Democrats aiming to hold majorities while Republicans seek gains.
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Washington
Nixon
Edmund Muskie
Senate
House of Representatives
Vicepresident Agnew
Congress
G.O.P
America
NBC
ABC
CBS
Iowa
Muskie
Lawrence O’brien
House
O’brien
Rogers Morton
Herb Klein
White House
Justice Department
Agnew
Republlicans
Goldwater
France Dance Hall Fire Kills 144 in Alpine Town
In Laurent du Pont France a deadly weekend fire at the Five-Seven dance hall killed 144 people and injured ten. Survivors and officials described locked doors and doors jammed by heat. Investigators consider a short circuit or a discarded cigarette as possible causes.
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UPI
St. Laurent du Pont
France
Laurent DU Pont
Cabinet Rank Downs
Grenoble
Cing-Sept
Raymond Chaniel
Daniel Bellemin
Gilles Plantier
Pierre Perrin
Five-Seven
Action on Dangerous Toys Urged in Congress
Rep. James O'Hara urged HEW Secretary Elliott Richardson to ban dangerous toys, including a superheating toy oven and a blowgun dart, warning parents may buy them this Christmas. He noted the 1969 Child Protection and Toy Safety Act empowers removal during imminent hazard. FDA said it has pursued voluntary removals rather than mandatory orders.
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Washington
James O'Hara
Congress
Michigan
O’hara
HEW
Food and Drug Administration
Bankers Political Fund Faces Probe Over Campaign Gifts
Washington AP report says lawmakers vow to return any campaign donations from the Bankers Political Action Committee amid a Justice Department probe into alleged efforts to influence bank regulation. The fund lists over 40,000 dollars to members of banking committees, with several rejections anticipated.
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Washington
Bankers’ Political
House
Senate Banking Committees
Bankers Political Action Committee Fund
Congress
Justice Department
Bankers Political Action Committee
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Senate-House
Army probes reveal GI role in Thai black market and pay fraud
Army investigators confirm GIs diverted drugs and PX goods to Thailand's black market and falsified pay records and promotions. Report notes thefts occurred in Bangkok and at Korat and Sattahip bases with a small ring of clerks and drivers involved.
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Washington
Thailand
House
Bangkok
U. S
Associated Press
Larmy
Korat
Army
Sattahip
Labroad
Inmates Hold Four Hostages at Cummins Prison Farm
About 17 to 20 inmates seized two prison employees and two inmate trustees at Cummins state prison farm in Pine Bluff Arkansas. They demanded a car a tank of gasoline and escape clearance while the hostages were kept in an isolation unit. Prison officials reported the hostages were overpowered and urged caution as they pursued the situation amid ongoing reform debates.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Cummins State Prison
State Correction
Robert Sarver
Sarver
Bill Steed
Cummins
U.S
Winthrop Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Cardinal Richard Cushing Dies at 75 After Cancer Battle
Boston Cardinal Richard Cushing, longtime leader of the archdiocese and a friend of the Kennedy family, died at his residence after a cancer illness. He stepped down last month after 26 years as archbishop and was 75.
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Boston
UPI
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Catholic Church
Iowa
Humberto Medeiros
Archdiocesan
Cardinal
South Boston
Kennedy
Cardinal Cushing
Boston College High School
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Massachusetts
Jacqueline Bouvier
Robert F. Kennedy
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Santa Claus
Chuckle on Hospital Layouts and Cashier’s Office
A joke notes most hospitals misplace the recovery room and suggests the cashier’s office as the proper location. The quip underscores a comic take on hospital design and administration.
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John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Committee For National Unity
Harriman
I. W. Abel
National Steelworkers ‘Union
Coretta King
Martin Luther King, Jr
Rockefeller
Matchbook
Joelle Dowtley
Georges Rostan
Jacques Baumel
Dominique Guette
Rostan
Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Probe Bankers Political Fund
William Widnall
New Jersey
Albert Johnson
Pennsylvania
J. William Stanton
Ohio
House Banking Committee
Johnson
Stanton
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