A New Look For The Old Humphrey
UPI reports Hubert Humphrey tours Florida in a stark campaign scene speaking to sparse crowds. He adapts to media politics, highlighting labor ties while facing youthful anger over Vietnam and politics of 1968.
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Miami
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
Florida
Humphrey
Alabama
Minneapolis
George McGovern
University of Florida
Gainesville
Vietnam
Edmund Muskie
Democratic Party
French Turbo Train Derailed Killing Four, Injuring Forty Five
Police report a turbo powered passenger train on the Paris Caen Cherbourg line derailed near a track junction in Normandy. At least four people died and about 45 were injured as the train traveling toward Nantes at sixty mph left the rails. The turbine engined train, part of France's Normandy fleet introduced in 1970, features two engines and a top speed around 81 mph with capacity for 166 passengers.
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Paris
UPI
Paris-Caen
Cherbourge
Nantes
Cherbourg
Normandy
French National Railroad
Breval
France
Lon Nol Declares Presidency After Coup in Cambodia
Cambodian leader Lon Nol, 54, swore himself into office after dissolving parliament and forming a presidency with control of armed forces and prime minister duties. The ceremony excluded diplomats and lawmakers while Sirik Matak attended amid student protests. Balloons and pigeons accompanied the event as crowds cheered Lon Nol’s move to uphold the constitution.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Lon Nol
Khmer Republic
Norodom
Sihanouk
Cheng Heng
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Doctor Gets Another Chance
MEMPHIS (UPS) Attorney Russell X. Thompson argued that shutting Dr. Aden Barlow’s office would bar IRS collection of $32,000 owed on 1968 1969 and 1970 taxes. U.S. District Judge Robert M. McRae Jr. granted a temporary restraining order to reopen the office and residence seized after Barlow missed a meeting with IRS officials.
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Memphis
UPS
Russell X. Thompson
Internal Revenue Service
Aden Bartow
IRS
U.S
Robert M. McRae Jr
Barlow
Jim Raines
McRae
Thompson
Patricia
Bombs End IRA Truce in Northern Ireland Violence Escalates
Unilateral IRA truce ends as bombs and gunfire erupt across the province. A Londonderry firefight lasts four minutes with about 1,400 bullets. three British soldiers are wounded. Casualties include Patrick McCrocy who died after sniper fire at his doorstep. Additional blasts strike a car near Lurgan army HQ. multiple sites in Belfast and Londonderry report damage.
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Londonderry
Opekeaman
Dywell
Spoktaman
Agdees
Fecces
Patrick McCrocy
Ofser
Bousb
Bow Street
Oaala Army
Lurgan
Belfast
Mitchell to testify on ITT settlement in antitrust probe
Senate Judiciary Committee calls ex attorney general John Mitchell to explain the out of court ITT antitrust settlement. Witnesses include Richard Kleindienst and Harold Geneen as the panel probes possible convention subsidy links and the decision to drop divestiture of Hartford Fire Insurance Co.
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Washington
UPI
Senate Judiciary Committee
John N. Mitchell
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
Fieindienst
Kleindienst
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Hartford
California
James ©. Elatland
D-Miss
Harold S. Geneen
TIT
Richard J. Ramsden
Attorney General Seeks Backing for Death Penalty Return
California Attorney General Euelle J Younger leads a voter petition to revive the death penalty by state constitutional amendment. He must secure 520,606 signatures to place the measure on the November ballot and seeks a stay of enforcement while appealing a Feb 18 state court ruling that struck down capital punishment. The move could affect 107 Death Row inmates and bail rules pending trial.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
Euelle J. Younger
Supreme Court
Younger
Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles Republican
Military Angels
Davis
Virginia seeks lift of election injunction over reapportionment plan
Virginia asks the U S District Court to lift the injunction on elections under a reapportionment plan. Attorney General Andrew P Miller says a new plan complies with one person one vote and court standards. The three judge panel had voided the old plan for population variances up to seven percent. Abbitt’s retirement allowed the General Assembly to redraw the 4th district.
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Richmond
VPI
Virginia
U.S. District Court
Andrew P. Miller
General Assembly
Miller
Assembly
Abbitt
David Pack
UT Nashville
Roy Nicks
TSU
Andrew Torrence
John K. Folger
The
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Nashville
Four held in teller's death in Memphis
Leonard Gaylon Johnson a 33 year old teller at First National Bank was found shot in his wrecked car in Overton Park. Police hold four suspects as investigation continues with autopsy classified as homicide.
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Memphis
UPT
Leonard Gaylon Johnson
First National Bank
Homicide Department
Johnson
Overton Park
John Gaston Hospital
API
Memphis Police Department
Bill Price
Price
J. M. Agee
Agee
Mood disaster flood damage estimate tops sixty million
A UPI report says mood disaster damage in Buffalo Creek Valley West Virginia is estimated at $60 million after three members of a U S House Public Works subcommittee toured the region. The 18 mile long valley was assessed for flood impact.
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W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
U.S. House Public Works
Buffalo Creek Valley
Kingsport Times Newspapers Publication Details
The Kingsport Times Evening and News publish schedules and pricing details from Kingsport Publishing Corporation. Distribution includes Sunday and holiday editions with home delivery and single-copy options.
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport News
Kingsport Times-News
Kingsport Publishing Corporation
Lynn Gergen
Kingsport
Tenn
E. G. Meiberger
Kingapore
Tennessee
Omeweek
United Presa
International
Chicago
Opiy News
Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Anthony Amsterdam
DIAL
Teller
Space Watch
Tullahoma
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University of Tennessee
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Space Institute
Shahrokhi
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Pegram
Mamie Marsh
Bank of Pegram
State Board of Education
Tennessee State University
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Cumberland Capital
Krimper
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Mananer
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