Eagleton's Intensity Sparks Drinking Rumors in Missouri
In Jefferson City Missouri longtime aides and officials describe Senator Thomas F Eagleton as intensely driven at work and in campaigning yet deny any drinking problem. Hospitalizations in 1960 1964 and 1966 were for nervous exhaustion and no credible evidence of drunken behavior has surfaced.
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Eagleton
Thomas F. Eagleton
George McGovern
Missouri
Jack Anderson
John H. Denman
Denman
Oil Association
James C. Kirkpatrick
Tom
Scott O. Wright
Columbia, Mo
Pressure Mounting Against Eagleton
Senator George McGovern presses Eagleton to withdraw as running mate while Eagleton resists. DNC chair Jean Westwood and vice chair Basil Patterson urge stepping down, with McGovern voicing grave reservations in a Washington strategy session. McGovern, returning from a South Dakota trip, questions how much strain the nation can bear.
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McGovern
Washington
South Dakota
Eagleton
Tech and Alabama restart football rivalry in 1979 series
Georgia Tech and Alabama agreed to resume their football rivalry with a six game series starting in Atlanta on September 15, 1979, per a Tech spokesman. Also reports include a Delta DC8 hijack extortion attempt near Orlando and Ellender’s requiem Mass in Houma with Nixon in attendance.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Miami
Detroit
Orlando
Fla
Federal Aviation Administration
Houma
Allen J. Ellender
Nixon
Eagleton refuses to bow to McGovern on ticket withdrawal
McGovern associates say Eagleton will fight to keep his place on the ticket. In a CBS Face The Nation appearance he declined to commit to withdraw, signaling a possible stand-off with McGovern over the Democratic vice presidential nomination. The Missouri senator insisted he would weigh McGovern’s words but not surrender his spot. Mrs. Westwood and others noted no clear pressure from veterans groups or other factions at this time.
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Eagleton
Wright
Kirkpatrick
Missouri
McGovern
Columbia Broadcasting System
British Troops Seize IRA Strongholds in Northern Ireland
British troops and armor cleared barricaded IRA positions in Londonderry and other cities at 4 a.m. engaging little resistance. IRA bombs later killed at least six civilians in Claudy and elsewhere, while authorities said gunmen had largely fled. William Whitelaw announced British control of Northern Ireland.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Belfast
Lurgan
Armagh
Portadown
Coalisland
Dungannon
Free Derry
Whitelaw
Ulster Defense Association
Bogside
Creggan
British Honored In Service By Faye Brewington
Sanctuary filled for farewell service honoring 158 British visitors returning to London Tuesday. Two teens Adrian Phillips and Robert Foster Jr. were baptized on profession of faith. Rev. Stephenson noted many rededications by British and American attendees amid a large crowd and youth choirs.
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First Baptist Church
London
Adrian Phillips
Robert Foster Jr
W. K. Stephenson
Mickey Dalrymple
Stephenson
Dalrymple
England
Wilson Henderson
Anthony Weaver
Coventry
David Beer
First Baptist Families
Faye Brewington
Bremer Trial Jury Chosen in Wallace Assassination Case
In Upper Marlboro Maryland a jury of twelve six men and six women was selected for Arthur H Bremer's trial on charges related to the May 15 shooting of Alabama Governor George C Wallace. Bremer 21 pleads innocent by reason of insanity. The jury included two alternates and was chosen after extensive questioning and security checks.
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Upper Marlboro
Arthur H. Bremer
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Bremer
Wallace
Laurel
200 Attend Services At Splinter Church
Nearly 200 former West Hobbs Street Church of Christ members attended the inaugural service of Central Church of Christ formed last week after Rev. Charles Marshall was dismissed over his daughter's beauty contest participation. Marshall was not present as members sought to reinstate him. a prayer meeting and Sunday services will be held at the old Spry Funeral Home building until a new building is planned.
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Sonny Turner
Athens
West Hobbs Street
Church of Christ
Charles Marshall
Central Church of Christ
Marshall
West Hobbs
First Federal Savings and Loan
Tennessee
Becky
Decatur
Hughes
Spry Funeral Home
Washington and
Clinton Sts
Miss Marshall
Charles Bain
Hubert Chittam
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Dick Barnes
Jefferson City, Mo
Tom Eagleton
Robert D. Kingsland
Jefferson City
Kingsland
Anderson
R. W. Apple JR
New York Times News Service
Jean Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Basil A. Patterson
Tallahassee
Fila
American Party Convention
George Wallace
Frigidaire Sales & Service
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Tvlog
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Germany
Tennessee Valley
Kate Lackner
Lee Sentell
American Legion
Region
By Faye Brewington
By Tom Stuckey
Splinter
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