NAACP Blasts Democratic Delegate Fight
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP critiques Democratic National Convention delegate clashes as aiding Nixon’s re election. He warns editors of a chaotic race while stressing the NAACP will pressure candidates and delegates without backing a party contender. The Detroit remarks come on the eve of the NAACP annual convention focusing on jobs housing community politics education.
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Detroit
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
Nixon
Wilkins
Miami
Nixon Signs 200 Million Disaster Bill
President Nixon signed a 200 million emergency disaster relief bill for Agnes devasted areas. Major funds go to New York Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and Florida with allocations also aiding San Fernando earthquake Rapid City floods and Buffalo Creek. Funds support temporary housing road and bridge repairs debris clearance and public facility repairs through the Disaster Relief Fund.
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Washington
Nixon
Agnes
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Florida
San Fernando
Calif
Rapid City
S.C
Buffalo Creek
W. Va
Office of Emergency
Dice Game Has Poor Location On South Side
PITTSBURGH AP Magistrate John Chapas fined three men ten dollars each plus eleven dollars in costs after police halted a street dice game on a South Side street. About fifteen men were seen participating Friday before officers arrived. three suspects were taken into custody.
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Pittsburgh
John Chapas
Chapas
South Vietnamese Marines Push North From Quang Tri City
South Vietnamese marines backed by U S fighter bombers moved toward Quang Tri City as North Vietnamese forces retreated in small groups. U S B 52s and fighter aircraft hit targets around the city while artillery and air strikes pressed the offensive. Officials reported 100 North Vietnamese killed, four tanks destroyed, one captured, and no immediate Vietnamese civilian casualties reported in Hue from shelling nearby.
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Saigon
U.S
Quant Tri City
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Quang Tri City
Hue
Quang Tri
Phuoc Binh
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Yong Bi
Haiphong
Hanoi
Hangi
Navy
Vinh
Mekong
Creighton W. Abrams
Nixon
Sisters Reunited After 44 Years
Lea Witzke, 57, arrived in Vancouver to reunite with sister Alicia after 44 years apart. The long effort began in 1955 when Alicia believed her sister was dead, aided by a Moscow contact and a Vancouver mayor's appeal during Kosygin's visit.
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Vancouver
B.C
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Lea Witzke
Patzik
Russia
Alicia
Kosygin
Tom Campbell
Army Blames Dam Shortage On Solons
The U S Army Corps of Engineers says over half the damage from the Schuylkill River flooding could have been avoided if two 1961 dam projects Blue Marsh and Maiden Creek had been built. Only Beltzville Dam, among eight proposed projects, has been completed. Pennsylvania officials blame funding delays and warn against Vietnam war allocations.
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Philadelphia
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Schuylkill River
Blue Marsh
Maiden Creek
Corps
Congress
Beltzville
Lehighton
Maurice Goodard
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
Vietnam
Commonwealth
Washington
Corps of Engineers
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