Nixon Refuses Debates as McGovern Leads Campaign Spars
In a heated exchange from Washington to Alaska McGovern accuses Nixon of folly over Vietnam policy while the White House confirms Nixon will not debate. McGovern plans to debate while McGovern aides outline his campaign team and platform priorities with Eagleton and Hart in focus.
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Sadat warns of Arab pressure on United States in Middle East
UPI reports Cairo papers denounce U.S. role as an enemy to Arabs after President Sadat's four hour address. Al Ahram calls for a pan Arab strategy to threaten American interests, citing economic and political leverage. In Beirut a bomb injures PILP leader Bassam Abou Sharif. Israeli analysts tie Egyptian missiles to Sadat's warning of war and insistence on recapture of Arab lands. The Cairo military command reports Israeli jets over Suez and a Phantom downed on the Egyptian side, while Sadat vows to risk blood to end the long ceasefire.
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Government records $23 billion deficit for year end June 30
Washington reports the federal deficit for the year ending June 30 at 23 billion dollars. Officials ruled out a tax increase unless Congress forces it by spending, noting the deficit mirrors 1968 and trails only one prior larger gap since World War II.
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Rogers Charges U S Backed Off On Bombing Dikes
United States officials expressed satisfaction that United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim did not intend to lend credibility to North Vietnamese reports of U S bombing of North Vietnamese dikes. Washington had charged the allegations as part of a calculated North Vietnamese campaign.
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Virginia AG says charity bingo remains legal under new law
Attorney General Andrew Miller says bingo games run by charitable organizations remain legal in Virginia despite new gambling provisions approved by the 1972 General Assembly. In a letter to Andre Fiyans the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney Miller notes bingo is still an illegal gambling business and would be a misdemeanor.
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Timber rattler attack hospitalizes Knoxville child
A Knoxville gun owner was listed in satisfactory condition after a timber rattlesnake bit him three times near Jellico on Sunday. Eight year old Gloria Kelley, daughter of Mrs. Juanita Kelley, was bitten on the right hand. The snake was destroyed and 25 vials of antitoxin were given to the child. Additional antitoxin arrived from Atlanta and other hospitals.
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Pauper Divorces Challenge Bond Statute
Mrs Lovie Jean Brown of Nashville on welfare filed a federal class action suit seeking to overturn a state law requiring a $10 bond for paupers of divorce. She argues the statute is unconstitutional as it discriminates against those able to post bond.
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Lovie Jean Brown
Crackdown on church singers in gospel music
A newly organized gospel music publishing organization announced it would sue churches that illegally copy gospel songs. It cited sheet music distribution as a major issue and condemned the practice of copying one or two pieces for entire church choirs.
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Typhoons Rita Tess threaten Far East as storms lash region
Storms and floods push danger levels in the Philippines and East Asia. Rita moves toward Korea with 68 mph winds, while Tess wreaks minor destruction off Korea and struck Kyushu leaving 28 dead and 25 missing. In Central Luzon refugees face disease risk. relief efforts hampered as rivers rise and cholera and typhoid serum airlifted from Manila.
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Striking Guards Picket Brushy Mountain. Could Hit Other States
Pickets from the American Federation of State, Municipal and County Employees stood at Brushy Mountain State Prison as warnings rose that other state facilities could be targeted. The 180 striking guards walked out over a reprimand to union president Richard Bunch, amid accusations of union-busting and heavy policing by state troopers before a confrontation with Warden Robert Moore. Only 23 prisoners remained as the facility closed and transfers continued, with Rep. Tom Burnett noting concerns over $800,000 annual payroll loss for Morgan County.
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