Kennedy Glenn favored in presidential trial heat Harris survey
A Harris Poll shows Kennedy and Glenn leading Ford and Rockefeller 33 to 30 while a Reagan Wallace third party ticket garners 23 percent, the highest third party vote. Earlier results placed Ford 29 Muskie 39 Reagan 21 in a three way race.
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Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy
John Glenn
Ohio
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
George Wallace
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Reagan
Muskie
Wallace
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
Nixon
Man Injured In Capital Losing Eye
Washington AP reports Agriculture Department aide Steven Laine was stabbed near the Washington Monument during Human Kindness Day crowds. He may lose his right eye after being attacked from behind as about 125,000 attended rock music events sponsored by Park Service and Compare to What Inc. Park police noted around 100 robberies or assaults that day.
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Agriculture Department
Washington Monument
Steven Laine
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Welfare Errors Cost Millions
A new study finds state and local welfare administrators caused about 500 million dollars in erroneous payments last year. An additional 500 million errors came from recipients’ incorrect eligibility information. North Carolina had the highest administrative error rate, though officials say the state’s actual erroneous payment rate was 6 percent, below the national average.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
North Carolina
Raleigh
David Flaherty
Flaherty
Duke Trustees Propose Cutback In Free Tuition
Duke University trustees propose reducing university paid tuition for children of Methodist ministers and faculty to 3030 next year to help balance a 3.5 million deficit. Chancellor Blackburn noted a 1116 percent water and sewer rate increase looming and possible further cuts. President Sanford said policy change does not sever Duke's ties with the Methodist Church and reaction among church leaders is mixed.
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Duke University Board of Trustees
John Blackburn
Blackburn
Duke
Durham
Board of Trustees
Duke University
Terry Sanford
Methodist Church
North Carolina
Educator Raps Tax Revisions at Duke Graduation
Chancellor Alexander Heard of Vanderbilt warned Congress tax reform could harm private colleges by curbing giving. Speaking at Duke University for its outdoor Wallace Wade Stadium ceremony, he noted 40 percent of 1970 71 giving to U S higher education went to major private universities and urged public support to avert financial damage.
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Alexander Heard
Vanderbilt University
Congress
Heard
Duke University
Wallace Wade
Tennessee
University of North Carolina
CIA Examines Kennedy Photo Controversy in Dallas
An FBI photo analyst was sent to Dallas to view a newspaper image as part of the Rockefeller Commission inquiry into CIA involvement in John F. Kennedy's assassination. Activist Dick Gregory claims the photo shows two men resembling Howard Hunt and Frank Sturgis. Commission staff director David Belin sees no credible CIA link.
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FBI
Dallas
Tex
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
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Dick Gregory
Howard Hunt
Frank Sturgis
Gregory
Hunt
Sturgis
David Belin
Commission
Warren Commission
Episcopal Priest Faces Trial Over Women Communion Case
The Rev. Peter Beebe, a 29 year old Episcopal rector in Akron, goes on trial before five priests for violating ordination vows and church canons by permitting two women priests to celebrate communion at Christ Church in Oberlin last December. The action followed a bishop’s request to omit the service. In Washington, D.C., Rev. William Wendt faced a similar charge two weeks earlier with no verdict yet.
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Peter Beebe
Washington, D.C
William Wendt
Beebe
Alison Cheek
Annandale
Carter Heyward
New York City
Christ’ Church
Oberlin
Fires Hit Michigan Timberland
Forest fires across lower Michigan burned about 13,000 acres of timber and brush, the worst in 28 years. Fire supervisor Charles Bomaster said Sunday all fires were contained and under control, with the peak blaze south of St. Helen in Roscommon County burning about 6,000 acres before containment late Sunday afternoon.
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Associated Press
Lower Michigan
Charles Bomaster
Michigan
Department of Natural Resources
St. Helen
Roscommon County
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