Vietnam Vets Protest at GOP Convention in Miami Beach
About 1,000 veterans from Vietnam Veterans Against the War marched near Convention Hall during the Republican National Convention opening. Disabled veterans in wheelchairs and limp recognized the war’s toll as they chanted antiwar slogans directed at Florida National Guardsmen inside the Miami Beach High School complex. John Musgrave and Lynn Witt led the march, both veterans of Khe Sanh, with Witt’s leg brace and Musgrave’s clenched fist signaling their stance.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Musgrave
Khe Sanh
Baldwin City
Kan
Musgrave
Lynn Witt
Champaign
Ill
Florida National Guardsmen
Miami Beach High School
Veterans
Nixon Renomination Set
Conservatives push delegate apportionment plan for 1976 GOP convention signaling a floor fight over Agnew May bid while Nixon to be renominated and platform approved. Johnson and Truman praised by Dole as GOP pivots toward anti McGovern Democrats.
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Miamibeach
Fla
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
William McLaughlin
Michigan
GOP
Agnew
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
New Mexico
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Robert Dole
Kansas
Protesters clash at Fontainebleau brunch scene in Miami
Two young female protesters slipped into a Fontainebleau Hotel brunch for Pat Nixon and one shouted Miss Pig at the First Lady. Outside, about 150 protesters and 100 Young Voters for the President taunted each other as police kept order. The incident followed Tricia Nixon Cox's arrival for the event.
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Fla
Pat Nixon
Fran Cohn
Buffalo
N.Y
Marsha Monestersky
Boston
Miss Monestersky
Nixon
Tricia Nixon Cox
Young Voters
Students For A Democratic Society
McGovern Meets Johnson on Democratic Campaign Strategy
Senator George McGovern met with former President Lyndon B. Johnson in Johnson City Texas to discuss campaign strategy and efforts to unify the Democratic party for the November election.
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George McGovern
McGovern
Austin
Tex
LBJ
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Democratic Party
Fischer Starts 17th World Chess Game After Threats
Bobby Fischer arrives in Reykjavik for the 17th world championship game against Boris Spassky. He trails 9 6 to Spassky with title within reach, and he protests a pawn capture opening. Referee Lothar Schmid says a protest letter was received and the game will proceed tonight if neither player is ill.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Lothar Schmid
Schmid
Icelandic Chess Federation
Deliberations Begin In Alexander Trial
The first degree murder trial of Wilbert Alexander for the shooting death of Percy Vinson went to the jury at 11 30 a m. In closing arguments prosecutors urged deliberate killing. a teenage witness said Alexander urged friends to abandon Vinson. The case features claims of an intentional act versus an accidental killing and testimony about Alexander attempting to assist Vinson after the wounding.
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Faye Brewington
Wilbert Alexander
Percy Vinson
Dist
Mike Moebes
Alexander
Vinson
Moebes
J. N. Powell
Powell
Saigon Offers To Free POWs Amid Buddhist Festival
The South Vietnamese government offered to return 600 disabled North Vietnamese POWs unconditionally and granted amnesty to 496 South Vietnamese convicts. The Foreign Ministry urged Hanoi to propose reception arrangements and tied clemency to Vu Lan. The move follows past prompts for reciprocal POW releases.
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Saigon
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren
Mich
United States
South
Disaster boom for Winston mobile homes after Pennsylvania flood
A Pennsylvania flood spurred a rush in mobile home production at Winston Mobile Homes in Addison. O J Birge says output will exceed 500 units for HUD disaster housing while daily builds rise from 12 to 14 and possibly 20 as a 60 day contract runs.
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Ben Windham
Addison
Pennsylvania
O. J. Birge
Winston Mobile Homes
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Jerry Livingston
Winston
Livingston
Wilkes-Barre
Landers .A ies. Sports. .8-1 TVLog
Local brief notes and classified style snippet mentions sports and weather listings with contact numbers for want ads and public notices.
July Living Costs Jump
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in living costs for July, the largest since February, with average weekly earnings for rank and file production workers up 0.8 percent. Food prices led the jump, rising 1.0 percent, while nonfood prices edged up 0.3 percent. The CPI reached 125.5, indicating $12.55 needed to buy the 1967 basket of goods.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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