Convention Financing Studied Amid ITT Allegations
The piece reviews funding for the GOP and Democratic national conventions, noting ITT's claimed $400,000 pledge and Sheraton Hotels’ $100,000 gifts. San Diego and Miami bid large sums in cash, services, and goods to host the events, while donors range from airlines to accountants. C. Terry Brown of Atlas Hotels says his firm will donate about $24,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
GOP
San Diego
Calif
Miami
Senate Judiciary Committee
ITT
Justice Department
U.S
Bob Wilson
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Harold S. Geneen
Sheraton Hotels Corp
San Diego Area
Phil Phillips
C. Terry Brown
Atlas Hotels, Inc
Florida Democrats Seek Momentum In Tight Florida Primary
In Florida the major Democratic hopefuls Muskie Humphrey and McGovern campaign to hug Gov. Askew as they fight a voter ban on school bus integration. Wallace dominates statewide votes with 81 convention delegates as McCloskey exits antiwar race to defend his House seat. The crowded field narrows with Hartke departing Florida bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund S. Muskie
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Reubin Askew
Florida
Askew
Muskie
Humphrey
McGovern
Henry Jackson
John V. Lindsay
New York
Miami
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Lindsay
North Miami Beach
U.S
Vietnam
Orlando
Georgia
Menlo Park
Calif
Paul N. McCloskey
Nixon
House
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Washington
FBI Budget Facts Revealed in 1971 Arrests and Recoveries
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a Senate subcommittee the agency used paid informants to arrest 5168 fugitives and recover 30 million dollars in stolen goods in 1971. He noted 1397 fugitives were arrested and 1699 located for questioning, with states aided by informants resulting in 7668 arrests and 22 million in stolen goods recovered. Hoover defended a 336 million dollar budget request and warned of threats from urban guerrilla groups and extremist factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Senate
Lon Nol seizes supreme power in Cambodia crisis
Cambodian military police surrounded the National Assembly as Lon Nol proclaimed himself chief of state and took over control. Premier Sirik Matak retained leadership as Lon Nol reshaped the government after the March 1970 coup and drafting disputes. The North Vietnamese air war continued with three raids, while South Vietnamese troops swept eastern Cambodia with no major clashes reported.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
National Assembly
Lon Nol
Sirik Matak
Matak
Norodom Sihanouk
Constituent Assembly
Assembly
U.S
Saigon
Air Threats Abate as FAA Sees Security Improvement
FAA predicts modest improvement in aviation security as airports and airlines boost measures after multiple bomb threat hoaxes and earlier explosive incidents. By 6 p.m. EST Friday about 20 threats were logged nationwide, with stricter procedures enacted at Miami and other hubs. Transportation Secretary Volpe planned talks with Cabinet members on tougher safeguards.
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Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Las Vegas
Nev
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Mexico City
Nixon
Air Line Pilots Association
National Black Convention Debates Agenda Amid Ranging Proposals
About 3,000 delegates at the National Black Convention in Gary discuss a wide slate of resolutions for a proposed National Black Agenda. Debates cover school busing, a new National Black Assembly, aid cuts to South Africa and Rhodesia, prisoner rights, a guaranteed income, and broad reforms across health care, education, employment, housing, and the penal system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Scott Associated Press
Gary, Ind
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Black Assembly
Israel
Free People of
South Africa
Rhodesia
Portugal
Southeast Asia
Pandas To Arrive On First Of April
The White House announced the arrival of two pandas around April after months of questions. Smithsonian National Zoo officials said they will not host the pandas, preferring a historical tradition dating to 1904 and Theodore Roosevelt. Classified details on the pandas’ destination remain undisclosed.
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Margaret Scherf
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Greta Garbo
Animal World
White House
Garbo
Nixon
Chou Enlai
United States
Washington
National Zoo
Smithsonian Institution
Theodore H. Reed
China
Reid
Billie Hamlet
Theodore Roosevelt
Mrs. Hamlet
Henderson Fire Claims Five Lives in Greystone Home
Five people died in a Greystone frame-house fire in Henderson North Carolina on a Friday night. Victims were Charles Hargrove about 40 and his four children Mary Elizabeth Delores Frieda Marie and Samuel Hargrove. The Hargroves were visiting from Epsom and three others were later ruled incorrect identifications.
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Hargroves
Epsom
Wimbush
Hargrove
Vance County
M. W. Wester Jr
Wester
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
County Sheriff's Department
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Roger Brown
California
Henry Sands
Willy L. Brown Jr
Richard G. Hatcher
Jesse Jackson
Henderson
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