McGovern Faces Task of Uniting Democratic Party
New York AP report says Senator George McGovern, after 18 months of work to defeat rival Democrats, now must unite the party as he seeks the White House nomination. His 10th win in 23 primaries boosts confidence he can clinch the nomination in Miami Beach.
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New York
George McGovern
White House
McGovern
Miami Beach
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
George Meany
South Dakota
Afl-Cio
Labor Movement
Nixon
Humphrey
Gary Hart
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Muskie
McGovern Faces Challenge After New York Victory
AP Analysis describes Senator McGovern pushing unity after a sweeping New York primary win that narrows the path to the nomination. He urges party harmony and counters charges of radicalism while rivals like Humphrey attack his policy proposals including an income supplement, defense cuts, and tax reform.
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South Dakota
Nixon
New York
McGovern
White House
Wallace Case Nearing Jury in Air Piracy Trial
In Jacksonville Florida John Wallace faces a potential death penalty if convicted in a federal air piracy and kidnapping case tied to a Nashville to Jacksonville flight that ended in three deaths. Testimony showed Wallace claimed he carried a gun at one point and feared a gunman aboard the plane. The jury of seven women and five men is expected to decide Wallace's fate after closing arguments.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Bobby Wayne Wallace
Wallace
George M. Giffe Jr
Giffe
Susan
Nashville
Freeport
Bahamas
FBI
Brent Q. Downs
Joseph Lakich
U.S
John Briggs
Lakich
Neal
Dalton Mayo
Walla
Jacksonville International Airport
Nashville Metropolitan
Mayo
Giffes
Aid For Agnes Victims In Florida Seen By Week's End
AP dispatch from Tallahassee reports Florida officials assessing Hurricane Agnes damage with estimates near 20 million dollars. Most losses are private homes and businesses. highway damage small. Officials tour storm areas to qualify for emergency federal aid. debris and isolated coastal areas hindered access.
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Tom Raum
Tallahassee
Fla
Reubin Askew
Don Pride
State Department of Transportation
Florida Insurance Information Institute
Harvey Cotten
Federal Office of Economic Preparedness
Florida
Harry Tuebner
Apalachicola
St. Marks
Pinellas County
Calendar of Events List for Decatur Area Activities
The calendar lists various community events including Royal Arch Masons convocation at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple, Brewer High School Band Booster Club meeting at Cotaco School, Valley BPW Club at Mrs. Don Parker's home in Moulton 4, and multiple church and school programs. Also noted are Somerville Arena Horse Show details with ticket info, a youth choir concert at Central Baptist Church, revival services at First Free Will Baptist Church with guest speakers, an all day singing at Old Friendship Baptist Church, and reunions such as the 22nd Smey Reunion at Woodall's picnic area and the Shelton Reunion at Wolverine Park with picnic lunches.
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Decatur Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Valley Bpw Club
Don Parker
Moulton
First Baptist Church
North Augusta
S.C
Hartselle
Jerry T. Matthews
First Free Will Baptist
Danville Rd
Nor
Old Friendship Baptist Church
Danville
Tuesday meeting of Decatur Water Ski Club at recreation center
CULLMAN The search for the body of 44 year old West Point man Albert Pesto drowned Sunday on Smith Lake near Cullman entered its fourth day. Water Safety Officer Guy Rutledge said divers drag lines and an underwater TV camera are used. Winds hampered efforts. cause of collision undetermined. Pesto drowned in 106 feet of water.
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Cullman
West Point
Smith Lake
Here
Guy Rutledge
Albert Pesto
Rutledge
Pesto
Tobacco Spitting Contests Stir Educational Debate in Mississippi
In Raleigh Mississippi a National Tobacco Spitting Contest nears with 4000 spectators expected. The event features distance and accuracy contests at a 32 foot spitway. Don Snyder of Mississippi State University holds the world record at 25 feet 10 inches set in 1970. State Rep Horace B Lester challenges the educational TV airing as not educational while supporters defend a tongue in cheek portrayal within the About Mississippi series.
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New York Times
Raleigh
Miss
Mississippi Authority For Education Television
Magnolia
Smith County
Bill John Crumpton
William Smith
Horace B. Lester
Jackson
Lester
Smith
Mississippi
Natchez Trace
Neshoba County Fair
House Appropriations Committee
John Talmadge Burrows
Raleigh Jaycees
Burrows
Don Snyder
Mississippi State University
Snyder
George Craft
Berea Caravan Free Performance Set at Decatur Club
The Decatur Junior Service and So will sponsor a Berea Kentucky caravan free show at home park at 8 p m If rain occurs the event moves to The Boys Club.
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Decatur Junior Service
Berea
Kentucky
Bernstein On Words By Theodore M. Bernstein
A dated column on word usage by Theodore M Bernstein critiques vague terms like presently and explains shifts in meaning since the 17th century. He traces slang truckin and on track in, notes origins of razor from Old French rase, and ends with a tongue-in-cheek hint about beards in 1972.
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Walter R. Mears
Organized Labor
Eagle and
the Dove
U.S. Conference of Mayors
New Orleans
Vietnam
Agnes
Robert Smith
Gulf Coast
Alligator Point
St. George Island
Carrabelle
Con. Brewer High School
Cotaco
Brooksville Church of God of
Caddo Congregational Christian Church
Somerville
Ala
Central Baptist Church
Dallas
Malcolm Rigel
Decatur
South Lake Wales
Smey
Woodall’s
Old Moulton-Decatur Hwy
O— Shelton
Wolverine Park
Decatur Water Ski Club
T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Bernstein
Theodore M. Bernstein
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