McGovern Faces Pressure Amid Campaign Push in Boston
George McGovern defends his campaign, blaming poor communication and Nixon’s selling, while noting press bias. He argues voters favor stability over rapid reform as he draws 35,000 to 40,000 in Boston, amid calls for less dramatic change and lingering doubts about his character.
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James Reston
New York Times News Service
Boston
George McGovern
Nixon
America
George
Republican National Committee
McGovern
White House
Rainmaker Sues U.S. Over Military Cloud Seeding
Weather Engineering Corp. of Canada and its U.S. unit sue the United States seeking access to Defense Department records about weather modification and rainmaking in Southeast Asia. The suit claims patent rights were violated by U.S. use of explosive silver iodide devices from 1967 to present.
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Anthony Ripley
New York Times
Washington
United States
Indochina
Defense Department
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States Defense Department
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Laos
Laird
Bernard A. Power
Weather Engineering Corp. of Canada, Ltd
Weather Engineering Corp. of America
Southeast Asia
Power
Montreal
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Harmon Air Force Base
Newfoundland
Canada
Walt W. Rostow
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rostow
Robert N. Ginsburgh
Air Force
Ginsburgh
Air Force Public Information
Jack Anderson
General Counsel’s
Pentagon
Department of Justice
Bernstein On Words by Theodore M Bernstein
A prose feature tracing the history and shifts in meaning of booby trap and the words convince and persuade. Bernstein notes origins from a practical joke to warfare and explains nuanced usage and infinitive followings with examples.
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Stanley Cryer
Lansdale
Theodore M. Bernstein
Recreation Potential Vast Roark Sees North Alabama as Slow Yet Promising
TVA recreation planner Robert Roark says North Alabama has vast recreation potential but no single magnet for tourists. He urges cooperation among attractions and AMLA to promote travel, noting a planned mini tours brochure and AMLA membership drive. Decatur tourism development praised. Roark backs regional collaboration to extend visitors' stays.
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North
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Authority
Robert Roark
Recreation Resources Branch
Knoxville
Tennessee River
Bob Lee
Alabama Mountain Lakes Association
Lee
Federal Authority
AMLA
Mountain Lakes Group
North Alabama
TVA
Roark
Decatur
Point Mallard
Cathedral Caverns
Ave Maria Grotto
Petition Urges Sandlin Road Survey For School Safety
About 175 residents near Austinville School signed a petition asking the city to survey Sandlin Rd between Bellemeade and Clearview SW for dangers. co leader Susan Askew said copies went to Mayor Russell Bolding, Rutledge Thomas, Richard Lee and Pack Self after Sunday signatures. She cited a dangerous crossing, need to widen road and bridge, and police direction for schoolchildren.
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Austinville School
Sandlin Rd
Bellemeade
Clearview Streets
Susan Askew
Russell Bolding
Rutledge Thomas
Richard Lee
Pack Self
Askew
Limestone UGF Kicks Off With $58387 Goal
The Athens Limestone County United Givers Fund drives begins with a goal of 58387 and allocations for agencies including 4 H Foundation and Boy Scouts. UGF president Harry Dale Patterson urges every person to contribute and directs donations to 403 for Limestone County. Lt. R P Sorrell named assistant commander of the Decatur district of the Highway Patrol overseeing Decatur and Florence posts.
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Athens
Athens-Limestone County
R. P. Sorrell
Decatur
Highway Patrol
Florence
Sorrell
Athens opens Social Security office at Limestone County Courthouse
Dan Lansing, district manager, announced a new Social Security office on the first floor of the Limestone County Courthouse in Athens. It serves Limestone, Madison, and Lauderdale counties with hours 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. weekdays. The area includes 5348 Social Security recipients and over 4500 receive nearly 6 million dollars monthly. about 3000 Medicare beneficiaries are in the region.
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Athens
Dan Lansing
Decatur
China Hits U S and Russ In UN General Assembly Speech
China's deputy foreign minister accused the Soviet Union and United States of collusion for world domination and said the Moscow Washington arms pacts fail to curb or destroy nuclear stockpiles. He urged UN charter review and a Mediterranean bloc free of superpower fleets, while endorsing Viet Cong plans for South Vietnam and denouncing U S backed Zionism in the Middle East.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
China
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
Chiao Kuan-hua
Assembly
Nixon
Andrei A. Gromyko
Washington
Moscow
U.N
South Vietnam
Middle East
Egypt
Seven Arrested In Payroll Fraud at Browns Ferry Plant
Athens man Lawrence E. Owens a TVA payroll clerk and six electricians were indicted after a federal probe into an overtime payroll scheme at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Limestone County. Owens allegedly altered payroll records while others submitted false service data. about 1500 dollars were involved. An eighth man is indicted but not yet arrested.
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Browns Ferry
Athens 1
Lawrence E. Owens
Athens
Leon J. Speegle
Tuscumbia
Henry D. Allen
Florence
Robert F. Allen
St. Joseph
Tenn
Dennis M. White
Killen
Daniel W. Hughes
Henry E. Austin
Cloverdale
Tennessee Valley Authority
Owens
TVA
Limestone County
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Stonewall Jackson
New Orleans
Rainmaker
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Department of Defense
Bernard Power
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Bernstein
Sandlin
UGF
Chamber of Commerce
Patterson
Chiaa
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