Maddox on Two Wheels Before Carter Takeover
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox plans to bicycle seven miles from the governor’s mansion to the State Capitol in Atlanta as he prepares to relinquish his car and driver next week. He hosted 5,000 residents at the mansion for a farewell event before handing power to Jimmy Carter, with Maddox moving to lieutenant governor.
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U.S. Bombers Hit Indochina Supply Lines In Raid Sweep
An armada of U S warplanes conducted a three pronged bombing campaign across Laos Cambodia and near the Vietnam DMZ aiming to disrupt North Vietnamese material flows. One U S jet was shot down in Laos as two U S infantrymen were jailed near Saigt and seven Marines wounded by a booby trap near Da Nang.
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Nationwide violence and unrest spark citywide damage and protests
In Chicago hundreds of youths smashed shop windows and harassed transit riders, exchanging gunfire with police before arrests. In Wheeling, police blamed retaliatory acts for the night’s violence after arrests of 17 black individuals earlier, with three officers hurt. A mine disaster in Kentucky killed 38 from an explosives chain reaction at Finley Coal. An oil slick from a Gulf platform threatened Louisiana beaches. Firemen and teachers faced labor actions in New York and Pittsburgh, with pension demands and a potential school strike amid ongoing tensions.
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Nixon Talks Shop Tonight Interview with Nixon and network reporters set for 6 p.m. MST
The president will face questions from NBC CBS ABC and Public Service Broadcasting in a live hour long TV conversation about the Presidency. Reporters named are John Chancellor Eric Sevreld Howard K Smith and Nancy Dickerson. The session follows criticism that Nixon meets the press too infrequently.
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Economy stance sparks wage price controls talk
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith urged a six month wage and price control plan to curb inflation during a Boston TV taping of The Advocates. He cited a 5.8 percent inflation rate and warned that optimism about improvement can mislead. The discussion aired on PBS Tuesday night.
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Indiana Crash Kills 8 Amid Holiday Weekend
Eight killed in a three vehicle crash on Interstate 74 near Shelbyville when a car carrying three women drove the wrong way for 20 miles and collided head on with a suburban Chicago family wagon, then with a semitrailer. Survivors include the truck driver and a station wagon passenger. The women were Thelma Slettnel 36 Marjorie Sweet 41 Virginia Dishman Indianapolis. Edsel Singleton 32 and wife Alice 3 of Elk Grove Village were identified as part of the Chicago family. two children ages about 2 and 6 to 10 are believed dead. The Illinois family was returning from visiting relatives in Tennessee during the holiday.
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