Proposals for Election Day and Holiday Scheduling
Readers weigh shifting major holidays to Mondays and consider a Saturday election day to boost turnout. The piece notes federal changes slated for 1971, cites state calendar conformity, and argues for polling access and voter participation. It also includes opinions on draft card penalties, gun control, and hot weather commentary from editors in Florida, Texas, and South Carolina.
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Washington
Florida
Tampa
Candy Striper volunteers begin service at Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Hope Junior Auxiliary promotes and funds a Candy Striper program in Hope. About 30 teen volunteers begin three hour shifts daily, performing errands, patient care tasks, and comforting activities under Mrs. Rice. The program aims to guide career choices while benefiting patients and staff.
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Hope Junior Auxiliary
Hope
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Lowell Harris
Jack Royal
Talbot Feild, Jr
Ben’ Rice
Mary Anita Laseter
Star
Swimmers Need Passports For Alaska To Soviet Swim
State Department warns Jersey City swimmers Steve Friedland and Ben Schlossberg pursuing a 20 hour Alaska to Little Diomede run may travel into Soviet waters. Officials said no problem with the Alaska leg but urged passports with Soviet visas if they aim for Big Diomede.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Pete Sans
Soviet Union
Jersey City
Steve Friedland
Ben Schlossberg
Bering Strait
Alaska
Little Diosmede Island
Little Dioemede
U.S
Schlossberg
Friedland
Promede Island
Six Viet Cong Divisions Closing on Saigon
Intelligence reports say six Viet Cong divisions poised to attack Saigon next week with artillery rockets and demolition squads. About 11,000 enemy troops within striking distance, 10,000 more around the capital, with substantial American and Vietnamese forces defending Saigon and suburbs.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Soltce
Vietnam
Algo
Paris
Tan So Nhut
Bien Hoa
U.S
Flooded West Country prompts ban on visiting tourists
London AP report says flood victims in England’s West Country warned against sightseeing as villagers clash with visitors. Bridges ruined, one main road to Devon and Cornwall resorts open. army airlifted troops for emergency repairs. Seven dead as two days of rain swelled rivers Trent and Nene threatening Midlands towns. Banks reinforced along the Nene while farms inland flooded and traffic jams spread across secondary routes.
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London
England
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Imere
West Country
Midlands
Trent
Nene
Leicester
Northampton
Coun
Public Swim Area Opens at Bois d Arc Lake
A public swimming area has opened at Bois d Arc Lake at Kidds Landing inviting the public to swim any time. Nearby political news covers Humphrey urging broader talks with Red China, McCarthy criticizing hunger aid, Reagan denying a July campaign claim, a Knols Bell strike deadlock, Wallace expanding ballot reach, and Eisenhower backing Nixon. Humphrey called for normalized mainland relations and talks on arms reduction with the Soviet Union as essential for the coming decade.
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Bois d’Arc
Kidd’s Landing
Humphrey
China
Washington
Hubert J. Humphrey
United States
U.S
San Francisco
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
Rockefeller
Department of Agriculture
McCarthy
Department
Kennedy
Johnson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Thomas R. Hughes
Orville L. Freeman
Httle
Ronald Reagan
California
Knols Bell Telephone Co
Chicago
George C. Wallace
Lst
American Independent Party
John &. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eissenhower
Pennsylve Faith of
Citizens For Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Aprerey
America
Soviet Union
Europe
Bronx Slayer Pleads Self Defense Amid New York Capture
Bobby L. Rogers, identified by police as the Bronx gunman who killed three men, told his brother he acted in self defense. The 3-year Army veteran surrendered in Graham North Carolina and waived extradition. New York officials planned to escort him back early next week.
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Burlington
N.C
Bobby L. Rogers
Bronx
Alamance County
Graham
New York
North Carolina
Rogers
Henry Rogers
Clifton Wilkinson
John Stockard
Bobby Rogers
Manhattan
Greensboro
Italy plans tax on Vatican dividends to gain socialist support
Italian caretaker premier Giovanni Leone proposed a 30 percent tax on Vatican dividends earned in Italy, a move aimed at winning Socialist backing for a center-left coalition. The vote of confidence passed 263 to 252 with 88 abstentions. the plan targets arrears dating to 1963 and risks opposition from right wing within Leone's party.
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Edward Magri
Associated Press
ROME
Giovanni Laone
Vatican
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Leone
Senate
Lev One
Christian Democrats
Centers Left
Cc Aesn
Haert
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Kiwanis International
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Talbot Felld, Jr
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Cheryl Tyer
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Connie Johnson
Arlene Treat
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Gail Tyer
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Rita Taylor
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Jeanine Koen
Maryman
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Aptle Rock
Teddy C. Meryman
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