Time Would Stretch 20 Hours at Democratic Convention
At Miami Beach the opening credentials session could last 20 hours if every challenger and delegate speaks and roll calls are required. The schedule aims to finish the presidential nomination by Wednesday in about three hours plus roll calls.
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Democratic National Committee
Lawton Chiles
Florida
Claude Pepper
Miami Beach
Chuck Hall
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Califano
Rowbin Askew
Democratic Party
Reform Commissions
Watermelon Man For Park On Nixon Caricature
At Flamingo Park Miami Beach hundreds of youths gather near a chain link fence during the Democratic National Convention. Abbie Hoffman stages a playful protest with watermelons arranged as a Nixon caricature while a frisky crowd smokes marijuana and chants amid a sunlit picnic atmosphere.
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UPI
Flamingo Park
Nixon
Abbie Hoffman
Power Struggle At Democratic Convention For Black Delegates
At the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, 458 black delegates and 270 alternates plan a 10 a m caucus to map strategy for leveraging the largest Negro vote bloc in the party. A prior attempt to back George McGovern failed amid shouting as Willie Brown Jr. urged the California delegation to limit black influence. Brown argued the issue was to protect the California slate while acknowledging black members among other delegates.
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Miami
George McGovern
California
Willie Brown Jr
Cochairman
McGovern
Kennedy sails off Cape Cod amid VP talk and denials
UPI reports Sen Edward M Kennedy spent a sailing weekend near Hyannis as speculation about his running mate role at the Florida Democratic National Convention continued. Kennedy insisted there is no chance of accepting the vice presidential nomination, citing obligations to family. His wife attended the convention telethon and supported his denial.
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UPI
Miami Beach
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Edward M. Kennedy
Cape Cod
Hyannis
Kennedy
Florida
Joan
Kentucky
Wendell H. Ford
Hep
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
George 5. McGovern
Party raises funds to repay 1968 debt at Miami Beach meet
The Democratic Party, amid its 1972 convention, reports a 20 hour telethon raised 4.5 million with pledges part of a drive toward clearing the 9.3 million debt from 1968. Kentucky Fried Chicken's John Y Brown Jr organized the event asserting success. In LA the net is expected over 2 million as the fundraiser garners praise.
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Miami Beach
UPT
Democratic Party
John Y. Brown Jr
Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Brown
Los Angeles
Carter III Vice Presidential Bid Gains Backing Across States
Virginia Democratic Chair Joseph Fitzpatrick claims at least 500 convention votes for Hodding Carter III with a broader push across California New York Wisconsin Virginia and Mississippi. Black leader Charles Evers plans a drive among black delegates at a black caucus to back Carter as part of a new South Democratic movement.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Virginia
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Hodding Carter III
Mississippi
Fitzpatrick
California
New York
Wisconsin
Charles Evers
Fayette, Miss
Carter
South
US General Dies as N Vietnam Shell Hits Near An Loc
In Saigon reports say Brig. Gen. Richard J. Tallman aged 47 of Honesdale Pennsylvania was killed by North Vietnamese shelling near An Loc, with three other Americans dead and two wounded. The siege of An Loc and a larger regional counteroffensive in Quang Tri are outlined with air and ground actions continuing across the province.
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Saigon
UPS
Richard J. Tallman
An Loc
U.S
Tallman
Honesdale
Third Regional Assistance Command
South Vietnam
Highway 13
Quang Tri
Moon Shadow Eclipse Across Globe Today
The moon will sweep across the earth at over 1000 miles per hour for a total solar eclipse along a wide stripe from near Japan to the North Atlantic. A partial view will occur in America with 14 percent in San Francisco and none in Boston. Scientists will track from land, sea, and air. eye safety warnings issued. The event lasts about two minutes three seconds at best, with the longest path northwest of Hudson Bay. This marks the second recent total eclipse for Sheet Harbor Nova Scotia residents following March 7, 1970. Dr. Franklyn Branley of the Hayden Planetarium calls the sight awesome.
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Japan
North Atlantic
America
San Francisco
Boston
Sakhalin Island
Sea of Okhotsk
Peninsula of Kamchatka
Siberia
Bering Straight
Alaska
Canada
Hudson Bay
Arctic Circle
Sheet Harbor
Sava Scotia
Tennessee Delegation Split Over Wallace On Ballot
Tennessee's 49 delegates remain pledged to George Wallace on the first ballot yet several members indicate reluctance to back him. Webster, a Columbia beer distributor, says five or six may abstain or oppose Wallace initially while others favor seating Chicago's Daley delegation. Delegation caucused as state votes loom in national credential fight.
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Miame Beach
UPN
George McCovern
Tennessee
California
W. Webster
Sea Isle
George Wallace
Webster
Wallace
Columbia
Fey Hent
Pnt
Chicago
Richard Daley
Fee
Daley
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