Search Underway For Boggs Plane
A light plane carrying House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and three others is missing after a 560 mile flight from Juneau Alaska. An armada of private planes joined an Air Force HC130 in poor weather to search the southern coast area with strong winds overcast and marginal flying conditions. The missing crew includes Rep Nick Begich administrative assistant Russell Brown pilot Don Jonz and Gary Hymes Boggs had left Washington to campaign for Begich.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Air Force
Juneau
Nick Begich
Begich
Russell Brown
Don E. Jonz
Boggs
Gary Hymes
Washington
Jonz
Humboldt Clean-Up Day Planned By Community Pride
Humboldt PRIDE designates Oct 21 as community clean-up with National Guard trucks and city equipment to collect bulk trash and junk cars. Volunteers urged to bag trash curbside. senior and large cleanup help offered via 3-2652. Benign details include headquarters at Knights of Columbus shack and volunteer check to Humboldt PRIDE.
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Don's Disposal
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Knights of Columbus
Humboldt Pride
Underworld Probe Targets New York Crime Summit Trailer
Brooklyn District Attorney Eugene Gold announced a sweeping probe into organized crime with subpoenas issued to more than 600 figures. He described a Brooklyn trailer used as a meeting point by top crime figures, where conversations on narcotics counterfeiting racketeering auto theft and other crimes were recorded over seven months.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
Tures
Gold
Intercepted Letter Urges Registration and Election Visit
An intercepted message insists on registering and being at the polls on November 8 to learn what a child is served for lunch, highlighting civic participation and school meal details.
Neosho County Mental Health Unit Sees Record Growth
The Neosho County Mental Health Association reports membership jump from 10 to 176, a 1000 percent increase, and is urged to guide other state units. The group also holds regular public meetings and promotes a foster parent workshop on Oct 28 as it expands outreach with support from local organizations.
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the County Association
Neosho County
Fed Forslund
Paul Nelson
Jack Brown
Bob Bunting
Russell Hilton
Jerry Churchill
Churchill Pumping Units Inc
Tom Locke
Jerry Church'll
Robert Geiger
Chanute Chamber wrestles with Advance Systems Homes move
Chanute chamber leaders report Advance Systems Homes balked at oil line easements on potential Chanute land. The firm may relocate to another site as the chamber seeks alternate plots to host the modular home plant that could employ about 60 workers. Board also notes Veterans Day observances shut Main Street businesses to noon and votes to oppose using Kansas gas tax funds for urban mass transit.
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Advance Systems Homes
Chanute
Clifford Gibson
Chamber
Advance System
Gibron
Main Street
Kansas
New York City
Chicago
Security Bill Advances Through House Amid Funding Fight
The House passed a $6 billion Social Security Medicare benefit package in a compromise bill seen as a path to quick adjournment. A $250 billion spending limit and foreign aid loom as potential hurdles, while Sen. Byrnes accuses the Senate of blocking welfare reform attached to the measure.
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House
Congress
Senate
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means
Byrnes
Registration Ends Tonight for General Election
Today is the last day to register to vote in the general election on November 7. City and county residents may register until 9 p.m. at the city clerk's office.
Nixon Camp and McGovern Trade Mud Over Watergate Charges
Clark MacGregor denounces political espionage accusations as mudslinging while George McGovern accuses Republicans of excusing espionage. The dispute follows the June 17 Watergate break in with three weeks to the election. Nixon, meanwhile, speaks at the National League of Families about Vietnam and prisoners of war.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Clark MacGregor
George McGovern
Republic
White House
Democratic
Watergate Complex
Washington
McGovern
National League of Families of Prisoners and Missing
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
Milwaukee billboards fix wrong election date joke
In Milwaukee 60 billboards urged voting on Thursday November 8 while election day was set for Tuesday November 7. A city commission said 200 people called in two days after the unveiling, all spotting the error, as a test of attention.
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Milwaukee
Bombs Kill Woman in Sheraton Hotel Room
A blast on the 22nd floor of Buenos Aires Sheraton Hotel killed a Canadian woman and gravely wounded her husband and a Massachusetts woman. Peronist guerrillas blamed. A wave of bombings across Argentina followed marking leader Peron’s ascent 27 years ago. a navy captain and a neighbor were wounded in a suburb blast.
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Buenos Aires
New Sheraton
Massachusetts
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Navy
McGovern campaign bumper fund-raising exceeds needs
Two aides say donors mailing in about 20 to 22 dollars each will fund all broadcast time and campaign expenses. They describe the once tight budget as fattening and sufficient for McGovern to avoid scrimping on spending.
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Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Kissinger Faces Paris Talks Followed by Saigon Consultations
Nixon adviser Henry Kissinger winds up talks with North Viet Nam negotiator Xuan Thuy in Paris and will fly to Saigon for regular consultations with South Vietnamese President Thieu to review the status of negotiations.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Paris
Saigon
Thieu
White House
Kissinger
South Vietnam
Communist forces seize villages in central highlands
Military spokesmen said Communist forces captured six government hamlets in the central highlands, with government troops recapturing one by dusk. The attacks were ordered by a new Resolution X10 urging Viet Cong cadres to plant flags in villages.
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Saigon
Congress Struggles With Spending Limit And Aid Bill
Congress faces a 250 billion spending limit and a reduced foreign aid bill as a key snag for adjournment. A 6 billion Social Security Medicare compromise is expected to pass if quorums hold, with campaigning absences shrinking Senate and House attendance and delaying action.
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