President Nixon Expanding Campaign Travel Across States
President Nixon broadens campaign travels with family involvement. He lands in Burlington Vermont for Senator Prouty support, then New Jersey stops, and flights to Pennsylvania. Aimed at boosting GOP chances, he plans a multi state swing through Ohio North Dakota Missouri Tennessee and Indiana with a North Carolina stop added.
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Frank Cormier
Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
Vermont
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ohio
North Dakota
Missouri
Tennessee
Indiana
North Carolina
Texas
Illinois
Minnesota
White House
Burlington
Winston L. Prouty
Philip H. Hoff
Newark
Teterboro
Ocean Grove
Harrison A. Williams
Nelson Gross
Lancaster
Middletown
No Alert Issued, Mitchell Says
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell states the FBI has heard rumors of plots to kidnap U S government officials but no alert has been issued. He responds to Sen. Saxbe who said the White House warned GOP leaders of possible political abductions.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
FBI
United States
Mitchell
William B. Saxbe
Ohio
White House
Saxbe
J. Edgar Hoover
Let Us Out of the Back Room Speech Excerpts
Excerpts from Paddy Murphy Andregg’s winning speech at the 1970 National Convention Speak-Off highlight women’s power and demands for equal employment opportunities. The piece argues women control consumer spending, influence politics, and can transform business and pollution practices when united and properly organized.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Paddy Murphy Andregg
B & PW Club
Honolulu
H. I
United States
X-Z Corporation
Provisions Unchanged on Industrial Bonds With Minor Omission
No change in provisions for industrial development bonds except removal of the 6 percent interest rate limit. Municipalities may levy taxes beyond ad valorem property taxes to retire bonded debt for public improvements, with voter approval. General Assembly may pass statewide concerns by simple majority, not limited to local municipal affairs.
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General Assembly
Als
Senator Hollings and wife divorce after 24 years
Civil court records show Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina and Patricia Hollings were granted a divorce on October 8 for incompatibility. Patricia Hollings receives custody of five children, unspecified alimony, and a large property settlement.
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Jn Uahz
Mex
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Patricia Hollings
Agnew Denounces Humphrey as Turncoat in Florida Rally
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew labeled Hubert Humphrey a turncoat for criticizing Lyndon B. Johnson. He made the charge at a Jacksonville rally before finishing a four day swing in Florida. Agnew’s Florida tour boosted Republican funds by about 500000 dollars, pushing yearly total past six million.
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Orlando
Fla
Spiro T. Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Agnew
Jacksonville
U.S. Senate
Minnesota
New York Times
Johnson
Vietnam
Humphrey
St. Paul
Minn
Florida
Republican Party
Texas
Delaware
Mass Transit Bill Signed Into a Law
President Nixon signed a mass transit bill pledging 3.1 billion dollars to aid city transit development. The measure aims to mobilize 10 billion over 12 years for subway and bus projects, with 80 million this year and 1.86 billion in five years. Federal grants or loans will back up to two thirds, with private systems eligible for aid.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Police and Army Sweep Quebec in Hostage Case
Ottawa reports thousands of police and soldiers scouring Quebec for kidnapped officials British Labor Commissioner James Cross and Labor Minister Pierre Laporte. Over 250 arrested. War Measures Act invoked to curb terrorism amid FLQ crisis with a target date of April 30 1971 for ending extraordinary powers.
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Ottawa
Quebec
James Cross
Pierre Laporte
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
House of Commons
Robert Bourassa
Montreal
Trudeau
Quebec Liberation Front
Cross
Laporte
FLQ
Researchers Face Uphill Battle for Nobel Medicine
Washington AP reports Nobel laureate Julius Axelrod of Rockville Maryland, co winner Bernard Mate of London, and Ulf von Euler of Stockholm share the 1970 Nobel Prize in medicine for brain chemistry work on humoral fluids and nerve terminals. Axelrod says young researchers face tougher funding but his work remains unfazed by federal cutbacks.
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Washington
Julius Axelrod
Rockville
Bernard Mate
London
Ulf von Euler
Stockholm
Axelrod
National Institute of Mental Health
Winnings to Communists
Gus Hall, general secretary of the Communist party in the United States, says he will donate $500 he won in a New York state lottery to the Daily World, the party newspaper. Dorothy Robinson says the gift goes to a good cause and notes Hall did not win the million-dollar drawing.
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NEW York (Ap
Gus Hall
Communist Party
United States
New York State
Daily World
Dorothy Robinson
Gus
Indian Singer Buffys Hopeful Fight For Indian Women
Buffy Sainte Marie says Indian girls can be models designers or painters and confronts preconceptions. She supports concerts on reservations, a law school scholarship, and the Native North American Women's Association to aid Indian women and reform education. She aims to open Glamour jobs and raise awareness of treaties and land loss through her songs.
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Bill Kosman
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Buffy Sainte-Marie
America
Miss Sainte-Marie
Native North American Women’s Association
Pasadena Civic Auditorium
Sam
Mrs Nixon to Visit Michigan in Detroit Tour
Le nore Romney, Republican Senate hopeful, announced that Mrs. Richard M. Nixon will visit the Detroit area on Monday. The Romney campaign regards the underdog as she and Mrs. Nixon tour the Detroit metropolitan area against Democrat incumbent Philip A. Hart.
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Saginaw
Mich
Lenore Romney
U.S. Senate
Richard M. Nixon
Detroit
Romney
Philip A. Hart
Nixon
U S Troop Reductions Accelerate Across Vietnam
U S Command reports nearly 2000 troops withdrawn as part of Nixon cuts. Two infantry battalions from the 4th Division are deactivated at Fort Lewis. South Vietnamese forces plan new offensives into Cambodia with American bomber support to deter North Vietnamese buildup. Several units redeploy toward Saigon by Christmas as 40 000 troops are cut. A Vietnamese commander notes operations will wait for drier roads.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Central Highlands
Ft. Lewis
Wash
4Th Infantry Division
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S. Command
4Th Division
South Vietnam
25Th Infantry Division
Arkansas candidate reporting expenses under election law
The Election Laws Institute director says candidates should safely rely on their own judgment for reporting expenditures. The first deadline is Oct. 25. A candidate is responsible for expenditures they knew about even if others pay or authorize them, with some gray areas on what counts as knowledge.
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Little Rock
Election Laws Institute
Thomas A. Glaze
Glaze
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