Democratic rivals clash over party unity at convention rampage
Aides to Senators Humphrey and McGovern spar over remarks by McGovern aide Rick Stearns as credentials battles rage in Washington over California and Illinois delegations. Police guard Miami Beach hall as bomb search tightens security and alternate delegates face seating disputes.
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Fla
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
California
Illinois
Jack Chestnut
Humphrey
McGovern
Rick Stearns
Minnesota
Chestnut
Stearns
Richard Murphy
Secret Service
Murphy
Convention Hall
Saigon
Washington
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Would-be skyjacker surrenders at Buffalo airport
A man identified as Charles Smith, 23, of Buffalo, surrendered to an FBI agent at Buffalo International Airport after grabbing his 17 month old daughter and threatening to kill her to force a pilot for an American Airlines jet. Smith, bleeding from earlier wounds, faced attempted hijacking charges as he and the child were held by police and FBI at Gate Seven while negotiations continued.
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Buffalo
N.Y
FBI
American Airlines
Charles Smith
Richard Ash
Smith
Buffalo International
Ash
Je‘tuan Smith
Cheektowaga
McGovern victory in appeals court over California delegates
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district ruling and ordered a rewrite in the California delegation case, granting McGovern supporters a partial win while Daley’s side faced setbacks over Illinois delegates and the party’s rules on winner take all. The decision shapes ongoing disputes tied to the California primary and Illinois delegation seating.
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McGovern
Washington
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
George McGovern
Democratic Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Da‘ley
Appeals Court
Circuit Court
District Bench
Daley
Ilinois
Olause
Joseph A. Califano
U.S
Illinois
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Hope Legion elects officers and delegates for Department Convention
Dee Coffee announced at a local post meeting the Hope Legion elected for the year: Vance Marcum commander Tom Bartlett vice commander Raymond Jones finance officer Nels Epperson historian Dewey Hendrix sergeant at arms and Joe Jones chaplain. Delegates and alternates for the Department Convention in Little Rock July 7 9 include Marcum Hendrix Bartlett Forrest Downs Harry Hawthorne Joe Jones Talbot Feild Jr Ernest V Ratcliff Dean Murphy J B Warmack and Albert H Patton with alternates Billie Lee Church William A Carrigan Robert G White Tom Duncan Paul Rawson H M Olsen Fred McManus E S Franklin Nels Epperson Robert H Cox Claude H Byrd.
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Dee Coffee
Leslie Huddleston
American Legion
Vance Marcum
Tom Bartlett
Raymond Jones
Nels Epperson
Dewey Hendrix
Joe Jones
Coffee
Department
Little Rock
Marcum
Hendrix
Bartlett
Forrest Downs
Harry Hawthorne
Talbot Feild Jr
Ernest V. Ratcliff
Dean Murphy
J. B. Warmack
Albert H. Patton
Billie Lee Church
William A. Carrigan
Robert G. White
Tom Duncan
Paul Rawson
H. M. Olsen
Fred McManus
E. S. Franklin
Robert H. Cox
Claude H. Byrd
Alexander plan backed to let retirees draw full Social Security
Rep. Bill Alexander of Arkansas says Social Security should not penalize beneficiaries who earn money during the year. Speaking at a Fourth of July picnic in Portia he argued against income limits and called current regulations unrealistic.
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Portia, Ark
Bill Alexander
D-Ark
Alexander
County agencyoard buys traps to curb wildlife threat to cattle
Nevada County beef producers face wolves coyotes and wild dogs. After a meeting with extension wildlife specialists, the County Farm Bureau board voted to buy 12 traps with offset laws from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for use on problem farms. A supervisor from the state commission will demonstrate trapping setup on rural properties. The first farmer aided was James Hamilton near Emmet whose cattle stopped grazing near a creek. within a month trapping solved the issue. In Kansas City AP notes former President Truman remains in satisfactory condition at Research Medical Center for tests on a lower gastrointestinal ailment.
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Robert A. Pierce
Adrian Brackman
County Farm Bureau Board of Directors
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Rocky Lynch
State Game and Fish Commission
James Hamilton
Emmet
Hamilton
Fish Commission
Pierce
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Medical Center
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