McGovern Backs Eagleton Amid Staff Concern
CUSTER South Dakota AP The McGovern campaign voiced concern within Eagleton medical history but McGovern remained fully committed to Tom Eagleton as running mate Dougherty McGovern's press secretary met reporters after canceling a press conference noting McGovern had nothing to add McGovern denied plans to drop Eagleton and said he is 1000 percent for Tom Eagleton Tickets campaign stops included Los Angeles Hawaii San Francisco and Jefferson City Mo.
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Tom Eagleton
Dougherty
Eagleton
Missouri
Los Angeles
Hawaii
San Francisco
Jefferson City
Marshall Set For New Pulpit
Charles Marshall, dismissed minister of West Hobbs Street Church of Christ after his daughter Becky won Miss Spirit of America, will lead a new congregation formed by upset members. Services Sunday 9 to 11:30 am at First Federal Savings and Loans penthouse. About 190 of 371 members expected. name to be chosen.
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Athens
Charles Marshall
West Hobbs Street
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West Hobbs St
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First Federal Savings and Loans
Archie Baugher
First Federal
Sylvia Ridgeway
Becky
Decatur
Paratroopers Withdraw from Quang Tri Citadel
South Vietnamese paratroopers retreat from the 19th century Citadel at Quang Tri with dead and wounded, taking 150 casualties daily. Marines replace them east of the city as Saigon reports heavy losses and signals no immediate assault on the fortress. Several hundred infantry abandon Fire Base Bastogne near Hue under heavy North Vietnamese pressure.
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Quang Tri
U.S
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
Bastogne
Hue
Quang Tri City
le Trung Hien
Saigon Command
Bad Reports From Quang Tri Hidden
Reports from Quang Tri reveal heavy losses in a July 11 helicopter operation. U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces faced a large North Vietnamese force as B52 strikes missed the target, resulting in 50 South Vietnamese marines killed aboard the helicopters.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri City
U.S. Marine Corps
7Th Fleet
Robert A. Castagnetto
Orville Wright rises above Ft Myer record flight
In 1909 Orville Wright stayed aloft for over one hour and 12 minutes at Ft Myer Virginia, setting a new aviation milestone. The Almanac notes the event on this date with a brief historical highlight.
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Orville Wright
Ft. Myer
United Way Budget Placed At 370 292
A 370 292 United Way budget was approved by the 1973 Morgan County United Way budget committee earning a 17 percent rise from last year’s 316 000 and 7 percent over the prior goal. Final board approval is pending. Committee chair Curtis Sellers and Don Donner led the process with Dr. George Hansberry as board president. Allocations include American Red Cross 40 400, Boy Scouts 35 000, Girl Scouts 20 000, and several other agency requests totaling more than the approved 314 026 after adjustments. Page A 12.
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United Way
United Way Board of Directors
Curtis Sellers
Don Donner
George
Hansberry
American Red Cross
American Social Health
Decatur Boys Club
Storrs Boys Club
Boy Scouts
Brindlee Mountain Men's Club
Cotaco Communities League
City Man Enlists After Waiving Disability Pension
Curtis Garner, 21, wounded in Quang Tri during the Tet Offensive, reenlists in the Army after waiving a lifelong $25 monthly disability pension. A former 101st Airborne machinegunner evacuated to Japan and Walter Reed, Garner left service in 1969 as a specialist fourth class and now reenlists as a private first class, aiming to regain later.
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Curtis Garner
Quang Tri City
Garner
Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Pfc
Quang Tri
Japan
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Nixon second term nomination to GOP convention
The White House announced that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York will nominate President Nixon for a second term at the Republican National Convention next month. The first half trade deficit rose to a record 3.3 billion dollars with no clear signs of improvement.
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White House
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
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