Nationwide Telethon Aims to Aid Debt-Ridden Democrats
In a six hour NBC telecast from California to New York, politicians and stars led a drive to raise funds to retire the Democratic Party’s $3.1 million 1972 debt and fund 1974 campaigns. Henry Fonda Steve Allen opened the program. George McGovern spoke early amid a pledge total surpassing $31 million in two hours. The effort sought about $6 million overall with 400000 donors.
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Burbank
Calif
Democratic Party
Henry Fonda
McGovern
John Y. Brown Jr
New York
Commodore Hotel
Dick Weston
NBC
George McGovern
Allende’s Marxist Revolution in Chile Faces Hurdles
Allende, a class physician by training and Marxist by conviction, became Latin America’s first freely elected Marxist president. He pledged socialism within Chile’s democratic framework and aimed to lift the poor, calling his program the revolution of meat pies and red wine. The plan stalled as critics feared loss of status and hard-liners breached constitutional norms, slowing reforms during his first years.
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Chile
Democratic Socialist
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
Stockholm
Gustaf
Lapland
Italy
Gripsholm
Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
Royal Palace
Uppsala University
Allende
London
Eduardo Frei
Christian Democrats
Frei
Telethon cast lists national figures for NBC broadcast
Skylab participants Edward Kennedy Henry Jackson, Hubert Humphrey, Walter Mondale, John Tunney, Alan Cranston prepare for live appearances. Governors Wendell Anderson and Wendell Ford, Mayors John Lindsay and Tom Bradley join. Former Senator Eugene McCarthy also part of the cast with pre taped messages from Senator Sam Ervin and Governor George Wallace.
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Edward Kennedy
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Walter Mondale
John Tunney
Alan Cranston
NBC
Burbank
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
John Lindsay
New York
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
Eugene McCarthy
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
George Wallace
Alabama
Gustaf VI Adolf Dies After Prolonged Illness at 83
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden dies peacefully at 83 after a gastric ulcer and emergency surgery. An official six week mourning period is ordered. burial at Haga Castle will occur in about 10 days near Queen Louise’s grave.
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Marshal
Gustaf VI Adolf
Gunnar Bierck
State Council
Haga Castle
Stockholm
Louise
Sweden
Gustaf VI
Gustaf V
Poisoned Weiner Attacks Dogs Through Towns
About a dozen dogs died in a border town after eating weiners allegedly loaded with deadly strychnine. Mayor Charles Gilmore Jr. said the tainted offerings were scattered from a car across streets and yards. Police patrols were increased as officials seek the culprit while some pets were saved by a milk egg mixture countering the toxin.
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Pocahontas
West Virginia
Charles Gilmore Jr
Gilmore
Ireland turmoil deepens with arrests and talks on truce
Irish Chile face murder and hijacking charges as violence rises. Provisional leadership in Belfast Londonderry crippled. five of eight top strategists jailed. HeathCosgrave seek a Northern Ireland truce while Britain pushes power sharing. IRA funding tied to Noraid, with US contributions cited. Two jailed Dublin bank robbers claim British spy backing. political talks underway amid a frail home rule effort.
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Londonderry
Irish Republic
Ulster
Heath
Cosgrave
Republic
Unis
United States
Irish Northern Aid Committee
Noraid
Ireland
Atlantic
Northern Ireland
Britain
Ulster Assembly
Dublin
Indictments Possible in Watergate Civil Rights Case
Reports indicate a federal grand jury in Washington may indict on violations of Ellsberg’s civil rights while Ehrlichman testifies for the fourth time before the Watergate grand jury. Judge Sitica awaits a Senate report before sentencing four who pled guilty, with a motion to change pleas to innocent claiming they were misled by a national security hoax.
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Ellsberg
Democratic Party
Ehrlichman
U.S. Dist
John J. Sitica
Senate
Sitica
UAW
US Labor Mediation Service
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Michigan
William Milliken
Mackinac Island
Four Burned At Roxboro Power Plant
Four electricians at the Carolina Power and Light Co plant near Roxboro were burned when hot ashes fell 150 feet onto them. The workers, from Brown and Root Construction Co of Houston, were repairing a switch gear. Ronald Guillory and Charles Garner remained in good condition at Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, while Jimmy Griffin and Carl Dean were listed as in satisfactory condition at Duke Hospital in Durham.
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Roxboro
N.C
Carolina Power and Light Co
Brown and Root Construction Co
Houston
Tex
Cp&l
Ronald Guillory
Charles Garner
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Jimmy Griffin
Carl Dean
Duke Hospital
Durham
Propeller Bombers Hit Insurgent Positions Near Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH AP Propeller driven bombers attacked concentrated Khmer Rouge positions shelling Vihear Suor 13 and Kompong Cham as government forces fight to clear insurgent pockets. Reinforcements linked with fire from front lines, while Highway 5 remains blocked and food prices rise along routes from Battambang.
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Phnom Penh
Yihear Suor 13
Am Rong
Vihear Suor
Khmer Rouge
le Toeh
Kompong Som
Battambang
Kompong Cham
Mekong River
Ton le Bet
Amtong
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