27 Aug 1972
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1972
Page
1
The GAO faulted Nixon campaign finance procedures as of days before a new full disclosure law took effect. It warned funds may have been advanced with official approval, and that contributors and expenditures could be mixed with personal funds. The report followed a week of campaign events for Nixon and George McGovern.
Protesters nominate Nixon though militant and vocal, a remnant of the 1960s marchers. Movement leaders say McGovern siphoned manpower and money, while animating later protests with militant non violence. SDS reemerges with a broader base as the 1972 campaign shifts focus to Nixon and McGovern.
Sir Francis Chichester died after a long illness marked by a triumphant return to sea and a life of record setting voyages. Born 1901, he flew solo Britain to Australia and Australia to Japan, then set a 60 day Plymouth to New York transatlantic record later reduced to 30 days. He faced cancer in later life and defied doctors to continue sailing. Prime Minister Heath and the Royal Western Yacht Club honored him as a legendary commodore.
Capt. Jeff Feinstein and Lt. Col. Carl Bailey were shot down near North Vietnam while escorting bombers on a raid near the Chinese border. They guided their crippled F4 Phantom to sea, were rescued by an Air Force helicopter, and Feinstein was credited with four MIG kills. The Cambodian front reported heavy casualties over eight days along Highway 5 with 117 Khmer dead and 216 missing or wounded as fighting eased amid air bombardment.
In Fermanagh County 13 soldiers traveling in an army truck were injured. none seriously. Police named two executed Catholics as John Nulty and Patrick Kelly both 26 from Antrim, shot multiple times and dumped in Belfast. The region sees ongoing intercommunal violence with over 50 assassinations this year. Across the province, incidents persist including a sniper wound to two British soldiers in Lurgan.
Deputies pursued fugitives and a sawed-off shotgun wielding Miss Nealon across central Florida after the party left the Wonder World Motel Villas near Haines City. They rode in Prine's 1964 Buick Electra and a stolen 1971 Cadillac as 200 officers tracked their route to back roads and orange groves.
Analysis notes that from 1963 to 1965 Soviet gold sales may have been around 500 million dollars annually, tapering in 1966. Some observers doubt large one time sales, suggesting small depletions to avoid depressing prices. Reports of gold moving via Zurich and a small 31,327 ounce shipment to the U.S. are cited, with Western estimates placing reserves around 60 million ounces and annual production near 7 million ounces.
After day long talks with Icelandic Chess Federation officials and match organizers, Stein agreed not to sue under Icelandic law in exchange for Fox relinquishing 20 percent of future film profits. Fox will pay players 30 percent of profits and hopes to film remaining games. Cramer raised protest fears as hall seating shifts continued.
MIAMI Fla AP a construction firm trailer jammed with more than 400 cases of dynamite exploded in an isolated rockpit Saturday blasting a huge crater in wasteland no injuries reported authorities said the trailer was in a swampy area near the site.
Police probe a blast that shattered a 40 foot trailer owned by Marks Brothers Co in Dade County. No injuries reported. Bullets pierced trailer and nearby oil drums, with explosives listed as 24 cases of powder primer and 24 720 feet of primer cord. Investigation considers whether bullets detonated the explosives.
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