McGovern Attacks Polls and Press in Campaign Swing
Senator George McGovern assails polls and columnists as “nutty” and “lousy” while pushing social security increases. He rejects Nixon poll leads, vows to “eat those polls,” and campaigns in Milwaukee Flint Columbus and Cabondale amid questions about press coverage and underdog status.
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Ohio
George McGovern
Nixon
Dr. Gallup
Harris
Milwaukee
Flint
Mich
McGovern
Genghis Khan
Cabondale
White House
UN committee to be chosen for Korea debate at UN
The General Assembly selects a 25 nation steering committee to guide agenda items amid Korea, Bangladesh and terrorism battles. Seventeen vice presidents and seven working chairmen, nominated regionally, join President Stanislaw Trepczynski. First meetings may spark clashes over Korea with Britain backed by the U.S. for delaying a formal debate on reunification. China, vetoing Bangladesh membership, opposes adding new members to the UN agenda.
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General Assembly
Korea
Bangladesh
Assembly
Stanislaw Trepcrzynski
Britain
U.S
China
Soviet Union
U.N
Security Council
United Nations
John Eric Ross dies in Hollywood at 73
John Eric Ross, 73, of Hollywood California, died Tuesday September 19. He is survived by his wife Mae a son Austin of Glendale three daughters Mrs Garrie Tomlin of Mission Hill Mrs Sylvia Wood of Sepulveda and Mrs Jennings Cox of Texarkana five brothers and sisters and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday at 10 am at Oakgrove Methodist Church with burial in Oakgrove Cemetery under Herndon Funeral Home supervision.
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Hollywood
Calif
Mae
Austin
Glendale
Garrie Tomlin
Mission Hill
Sylvia Wood
Sepulveda
Jennings Cox
Texarkana
Tex
Raymond Ross
Houston
Earl Ross
Hope
Luther Duren
New Boston
Zettie Fincher
Della Hamm
Wreath Jones
Walter Lee Allen
Waskom
Oakgrove Methodist Church
Oakgrove Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Records destroyed at Nixon campaign offices after Watergate break-in
Washington Post sources report that after the June 17 break-in at Democratic offices key figures Robert Mardian and Frederick La Rue directed a large scale destruction of records tied to the case. The Post cites that the action followed orders from former campaign chairman John Mitchell and included staff meetings urging employees not to discuss the incident with reporters.
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Committee
Washington Post
Robert C. Mardian
Frederick la Rue
Mardian
Nixon
la Rue
White House
Campaign Committee
Post
John N. Mitchell
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Herbert L. Porter
All Around Town highlights from University and community events
The University of Arkansas announces 15 new Arts and Sciences faculty including Howard A. Houston Jr. A first aid course, PTA meeting, local basketball game, back surgery for James P. Dickerson, and nurses attending an emergency health services conference are noted. Speakers from eight states attended.
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University of Arkansas
Howard A. Houston, Jr
Vietnam
Howard Houston, Sr
Wilma Booker
Juanita Rice
Hempstead County Memorial Hospital
Arkansas
Holiday Inn
Little Rock
Ft. Smith
Galveston
Texas
St. Louis
Missouri
Knoxville
Tennessee
Dallas
Norman
Oklahoma
LaFayette
Louisiana
South Vietnamese cling to Mo Duc as siege tightens
South Vietnamese forces hold a precarious position in Mo Duc district, 90 miles south of Da Nang, as relief columns struggle to lift a siege. North Vietnamese troops reportedly hold Dragon Mountain just south of the town, while the battle enters a fifth day with Mo Duc contested.
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Saigon
da Nang
Mo Duc
Quang Ngai
Dragon Mountain
Weather and warfare report from a 24 hour window
An experiment station report notes a high in the 90s and a low in the upper 60s to mid 70s with hot, partly cloudy Arkansas conditions and scattered showers. Military dispatches describe ongoing fighting near Mo Duc Duc Pho and Ka To in Quang Ngai with North Vietnamese forces holding Highway 1 and several bridges. civilian casualties cited and a shifting focus away from Quang Tri in Saigon communique.
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Quang Tri City
Saigon
Quang Tri
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