Secret Service Changed Campaigns In the 1960s
The article notes how Secret Service protection expanded after the Kennedy assassination, shielding candidates like McGovern Jackson Humphrey Muskie Wallace and Wallace with preconvention coverage. It describes guard practices at studios conferences and the impact on candidate outreach and editorials.
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Boyle says donations legal under Levis, union counsel
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle testified he relied on John L Levis and the union legal office when authorizing political contributions alleged illegal by the government. He defended payments totaling 49500 to politicians through Labor's NonPartisan League and private accounts.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
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State Files Seven Step Plan For TSU Integration
A seven step plan filed by the state with U S District Court aims to boost white presence at Tennessee State University TSU by increasing non black students from 95 in 1971 to 300 500 in 1972 and adding white faculty. The plan includes expanded financial aid recruitment and a faculty exchange program while considering a merger and shifting UT School of Social Work classes to TSU.
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Angela Davis Trial Portrays Love Motive Over Politics
Prosecutor Albert W. Harris Jr. argued Angela Davis acted from a "simple human passion" for George Jackson, not political goals, in the August 7, 1970 San Rafael courthouse hostage case. He outlined motive, means, opportunity, and noted letters and a prior meeting in Marin County as evidence while the defense sought a postponement to rebut.
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Government Seeks Meat Price Talks
Washington invites top supermarket chiefs to meet with Treasury Secretary Connally to discuss meat prices after February food costs rise 1.9 percent, the largest in 14 years. Safeway confirms attendance as farmers’ share falls while middlemen boost margins. pork up 6.6 and beef up 3.0 percent to near 1.16 per pound.
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John B. Connally Jr
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Phan Rang Airbase Handed to South Vietnam
The $60 million Phan Rang Airbase was transferred to the South Vietnamese air force, reducing U.S. air fields in Vietnam to two and trimming Phan Rang’s U.S. presence from 3,500 to 749 troops. The 315th Tactical Airlift Wing was deactivated and 2,000 personnel and four squadrons were reassigned, with Freedom Bird jetliners delivering airmen out. Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay remain under U.S. control.
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Passover Begins Worldwide With Unleavened Matzoh Marking Jews’ Feast
Begin tonight through seven days Jews in Israel and abroad observe Passover by eating matzoh unleavened bread and avoiding fermented grains. Beverages like beer and whisky are forbidden. the holiday recalls the Exodus from Egypt and the birth of the Jewish nation. In Israel bread vanishes from shelves as households purge leaven and use Passover utensils, while orthodox groups burn leftovers and use special sets.
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Five Teenagers Die In Head-On Crash Near Dyersburg
Five people died and three injured in a head-on collision eight miles south of Dyersburg Tennessee late Monday night. Samuel Rickman 18 of Gates drove a southbound car into the northbound lane striking Leslie Arwood 28 of Friendship. Arwood’s wife Virginia 25 died later. Angela Carol 4 was seriously injured. Rickman car victims included Carlos Rickman 11 Anita Foster 14 Teresa Foster 17 and Paul F Jackson 15 all from nearby communities in Lauderdale County.
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Coup Attempt Foiled in Chile Prompts Nationwide Alert
Chilean police ordered a nationwide alert for retired army major Arturo Marshall Marchesse and others linked to an alleged anti Allende coup plot. A government spokesman said two retired officers and three civilians were arrested as authorities hunted several more suspects. The group reportedly planned to start the coup early last Saturday and had contact with police and military units, which was rejected.
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Allende
Suarez
West Bank municipal elections begin under Israeli rule
In Nablus and nine West Bank communities heavy turnout marked the first Arab territory elections since 1963 as 1967 polls opened with Israeli security on standby. Nine sites reported voting for councils while a tenth had seven candidates for seven seats, and fourteen villages plan polls on May 2.
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Progress report on Richmond merger appeals hearing date
The State Attorney General's office will file a progress report with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later this week regarding the Richmond Henrico and Chesterfield school consolidation. The court will hear arguments on April 12 concerning Merhige's order to merge districts to create a viable racial mix. The AG plans to file before Friday's deadline, working with the State Board of Education which has formed committees and task forces to implement the multi phase order.
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