Lindsay Struggles in Polls as 1972 Democratic Bid Lacks Momentum
Harris survey shows New York mayor John Lindsay drawing about 9 percent of Democratic support after switching to the party. He trails Nixon and Wallace among likely voters and remains weak among young people, black voters, unions, and independents, despite plans to enter Florida and Wisconsin primaries.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Linday
Nixon
George Wallace
Alabama
Richard Nixon
John Lindsay
Gov
Florida
Wisconsin
America
Muskie
Harris
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Boy’s Hand Shattered By Fireworks in Charlotte
A 13 year old Charlotte boy suffered severe hand injuries in a fireworks accident. Police said he and other boys found firecrackers and a companion lit one causing a blast that tore the palm, severed three fingers ends, and shattered his eardrum. A doctor spent more than two hours in surgery with uncertain outcome.
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Charlotte
N.C
North Carolina closes decade without an execution
In Raleigh the 1961 case of Theodore Boykin was prepared for the gas chamber as North Carolina ended the decade with no executions. Four Wake Forest students protested nearby as Gov. Terry Sanford faced clemency requests from condemned inmate Jesse Shearin Jr., Charles Lewis, and others connected to the case. The article notes Boykin’s rape and murder conviction and the broader context of the state’s capital punishment history.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Charles Lewis
New Bern
Winston-Salem
Gray Central Prison
Theodore Boykin
Capitol Square
Wake Forest University
Boykin
Jesse Shearin Jr
Scotland
Bill Featherstone
Lena T.dale
Sam Seaman
Asheville
Barnes
Sanford
Central Prison
Wake Forest
Dana K. Moore
Bob Scott
Scott
Doss
U.S. Supreme Court
Seventeen Die in Five Fires Across Regions
Seventeen persons perished in five fires Sunday and early today, including twelve children. A Buffalo Pillsbury grain mill blaze killed a worker and left others missing. a Kansas City home fire claimed three children of Mr. and Mrs. Lofton. Other fires occurred in New York State and California.
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California
Kansas City
New York State
Pillsbury Grain
Buffalo
Joseph Lofton
Lisa
Crelle
Joseph Jr
Buffalo Mill
Thomas Lahiff
Ten Vista
Calif
Kenneth Collins
Bobby
Jimmy
Keith
Stevie
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The
Harris Survey
By Louis Harris
New Yorker
Edmund Muskie
CRAFT
Giganer
Gleaner
Aleaner Gleaner
Gléaner
Glaner
Gton
Gleane
Caiman
High Point
North Main St
South Main St
North Centennial Ave
ITH C
Siena
Gixaner
World
Ane
Ree
Gieane
Nixon Lindsay Wallace
By Bill East
Winston-Salem Sentinel
Stu
Denis Shearing
Glenn Blackburn Jr
Terry Sanford
Pillsbury
Terrance Hanold
John Regos
Kenansville
Owen Swanson Doss
Pitt County
Russell Stover
Calhoun Drug Store
Monthey Ave
L Santini
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