Critics Talk To McGovern On Economics
Senator George McGovern defended his plan to aid the poor while facing skeptical Republicans over cost estimates. He argued his income maintenance plan would not be confiscatory, would tax high earners, and could reallocate defense funds to create jobs, citing figures of job gains and a target military budget of 54 billion by 1975.
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Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Congress
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
National Hollering Contest Draws Crowds at Spivey’s Corner
Loudmouths gather for the fourth annual event in Spivey’s Corner North Carolina with Raleigh in earshot. Former champ Leonard Emanuel, 67, declines to defend his title. The program includes a Rabbits Race with 14 entrants and a Prettiest Possum contest. John Walker from Oxford joins as an international entrant.
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Spivey’s Corner
N.C
Raleigh
Leonard Emanuel
Godwin
Emanuel
Miami
Leslie Cizech
Oxford
England
John Walker
Pilots to Strike as ATA Seeks Court Order
The Air Transport Association seeks a federal court injunction to stop a 24 hour pilot work stoppage starting Monday that could disrupt air travel in 64 nations affecting up to a million passengers. The action is led by the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations demanding stronger security measures and anti hijacking accords.
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Barton Reppert
Associated Press
NEW York
Air Transport Association
International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Ola Forsberg
Federation
U.S
Washington
George Hart
Airline Association
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Braniff International
Tokyo
Japan
Navy and Air Force End Ground Combat Role in Vietnam
The United States deactivated its last infantry brigade in South Vietnam ending ground combat participation while maintaining a 1,000,000 strong air and naval force. Friday saw more than 320 air strikes against North Vietnam below the 20th parallel as bases at Bai Thuong Khe Phat and Quan Lang were targeted.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Nikolai Podgorny
U.S. Command
Navy
Dong Phong Thuong
Thanh Hoa
Demilitarized Zone
MIG
Bai Thuong
Khe Phat
Quan Lang
Air Force
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
Irving faces 22 year term for faked Hughes autobiography
Clifford Irving begins an eight term in prison on August 28 after a plan to publish a fake Howard Hughes autobiography. His wife Edith receives a two month sentence. They plead for mercy as judge John Cannella imposes fines and suspends most of the terms to keep their two children together. Richard Suskind, a longtime researcher, is sentenced to six months. Amounts seized include $750000 plus expenses paid by McGraw-Hill.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Edith
U.S. District Court
John M. Cannella
Irvings
Supreme Court
Joseph A. Martinis
Martinis
Richard Suskind
Suskind
McGraw-Hill Inc
Hughes
Repossession Law In Doubt in North Carolina
North Carolina Attorney General Robert Morgan says a 1973 law on claim and delivery faces constitutional doubt after a Supreme Court ruling invalidated similar statutes in Florida and Pennsylvania. He cautions merchants to use the NC law only when immediate action is necessary and notes the issue remains unsettled until court testing.
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Raleigh
N.C
Robert Morgan
North Carolina General Assembly
Morgan
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Florida
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Japan's Eisaku Sato to Retire in July
Tokyo AP report says Prime Minister Eisaku Sato will resign in July after nearly eight years as head of government and ruling party. He cites Okinawa reversion and strong U.S. ties as core policies and notes China relations as a task for his successor amid U.S. policy shifts.
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Tokyo
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Okinawa
Japan
U.S
Hayato Ikeda
United States
Asia
China
Peking
Miss North Carolina Crowning Is Tonight
The winner will be crowned tonight in Charlotte with statewide TV coverage. Ten of 66 contestants advance to semis then five finalists, with Miss North Carolina to be announced around midnight. Prizes total 3,000 in scholarships and 1,000 for wardrobe. winner enters Miss America in Atlantic City in September.
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Charlotte
Miss North Carolina
Atlantic City
N.J
Marion
Trains Collide In Tunnel Near Soissons
Two passenger trains collided inside a debris strewn tunnel near Vierzy France sixty miles northeast of Paris. At least 35 bodies were recovered with 17 believed still trapped and about 78 injured. Rescue workers labored through the night as hundreds aided the effort.
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Soissons
France
Paris
Red Cross
Vierzy
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Vincent Summerton
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Spivey’s
Transport Association
Pilots Association
London
Britain
Swissair
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Forsberg
U.N
Finland
Security Council
International Civil Aviation Organization
Kurt Waldheim
Lazar Mojsov
Italy
Nixon
Thailand
Guam
Taiwan
7Th Fleet
Clifford
Edith Irving
Peter T. Sum
U.S. China
Laon
Paris-Laon
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