SCLC chief Abernathy backs McGovern and minority candidates
In Dallas at the SCLC gathering Rev. Ralph David Abernathy endorsed Sen. George McGovern and pledged support for Houston State Sen. Barbara Jordan and Ramsey Muniz of La Raza Unida. He attacked Dallas Mayor Wes Wise and urged a push for change while Coretta King and Barbara Jordan framed Vietnam War opposition and racial inequality as core campaign themes.
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Clark names 17 POWs held by Viet Cong in Hanoi list
Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark released 17 names of men he says are American prisoners of war held by the Viet Cong. He mailed 114 letters to families after obtaining the list in Hanoi from a PRG representative. Clark met 10 POWs in Hanoi and spoke by phone with their relatives. the towns of the nearest relatives are listed beside each name.
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Shriver Sparks Texas Swing as Democratic Hope
In Houston and Beaumont, Democratic VP hopeful R Sargent Shriver pitched the party as the heart of the people, railing at Nixon’s economics. He drew 1,800 at Lamar University and mixed with workers, Mexican Americans, and union locals while promising jobs and social progress as he roadmaps a broader Texas campaign.
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Sarge
Lamar University
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Nixon
John Connally
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Weather Report From Experiment Station
Weather summary for 24 hours ending 7 am Friday notes high of 96 and low 70. Arkansas forecast calls for a few afternoon thundershowers in the southern half today and Saturday, with continued partly cloudy hazy hot days and warm nights. Highs in the 90s, lows tonight in the low to mid 70s.
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Anti-McGovern forum shapes 1976 GOP convention battle
Miami Beach AP reports preliminaries to the Republican convention fueling attacks on George McGovern and signaling a fight over delegate allotment. The GOP committee backed a plan favoring smaller states with a 4 percent bonus for states carried in 1972, risking court challenges and division among moderates and conservatives.
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George McGovern
Republican National Committee
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Spiro T. Agnew
Platform Committee
William Ruckelshaus
McGovern
White House
Pierre Salinger
U.S
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
Salinger
Racine
Wis
South Dakota
Henry A. Kissinger
California
Alaska
Arabs hunted after Rome plane bombing thwarted
A pair of Arabs suspected in the El Al 707 explosion near Rome may have fled toward Yugoslavia. One traveled on an Indian passport as Ahmed Zaid and used a Yugoslavian base, with explosives found in their Rome suburb apartment. The two left Rome after learning the plane did not blow up.
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Adriatic
Egypt
el al
Ruth Watkin
Newcastle
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