Ohio voting machine fault mars primary turnout
In Cleveland, hundreds of Cuyahoga County residents were denied voting in the primary as machines arrived locked or misprogrammed or not sent to 127 of 1,788 precincts. Some held mayoral ballots or incomplete ballots. supervisor George E. Playman admitted the failure.
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UPI
Cuyahoga County
Obin
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County Board of Elections
George E. Playman
Frank N. Artine
Ardeo Inc
Police Charged With Corruption In New York
Twenty three policemen and one policewoman pleaded not guilty to bribe charges tied to gamblers over four years. Bail set at 1000 dollars each. District Attorney Gold said about 40 professional gamblers paid roughly 20000 dollars monthly, with officers receiving about 10000 dollars yearly and superiors 15000 to 20000. The ring operated with severance and legal- fund provisions. Police meetings and guidelines were described, with risk-adjusted entry. One officer under probe died by his own hand.
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New York
UPI
Eugene Gold
Brooklyn
Gold
William P. McCarthy
Caliget
Knapp Commission
Smaller Towns Grow Faster in Tennessee Valley
TVA chairman Aubrey Wagner told a House subcommittee that 63 percent of non-farm employment growth in the Tennessee Valley from 1967 to 1969 occurred outside metropolitan areas. During the 1960s counties with 10,000 to 5,000 residents added 34 percent, while cities over 40,000 gained 14 percent. smaller counties lost population.
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Knoxville
UPI
Tennessee Valley
TVA
Aubrey Wagner
House
Wagner
Saigon Leaders Vow Resolve Amid Advancing Communists
Saigon leaders Thieu and Minh sent few public remarks as South Vietnamese troops faltered under the current Communist offensive. Thieu, deeply worried, predicted failure of the offensives yet avoided full discussion of battlefield issues. Ky and Minh offered limited statements, while Thieu urged continued resistance and cited past defeats as signs of eventual failure for North Vietnamese aims.
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UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Thien
Nixon
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Minh
Hoe
Thieu
Ilgan
Quang To
Bong Son
Students To Picket Mining Company
A group of Virginia Tech students planned to picket Pittston Coal Co. stockholders meeting in Richmond. They allege the Buffalo Creek dam disaster killed 118 and demand Pittston accept responsibility and provide full restitution. Ann Selbig invited Buffalo Creek survivors to tell of their experiences and urged a committee to study the social costs of Pittston’s operations.
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Richmond
UPI
Virginia Tech
Buffalo Creek Dam
Appalachian Student Committee On
Pittston Coal Co
Buffalo Creek
Mountain Hollow
Pittston
Ann Selbig
United Press International
Appalachia
Pentagon Admits Very Serious War Situation
Washington report says the Pentagon and Saigon officials view the Vietnam war as very serious with a potential long, rainy season resupply improving North Vietnamese ability to continue the offensive. Despite gloomy military reassessments, State Department officials maintained a cautious optimistic stance.
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Vietnam
Saigon
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North Vietnam
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Treasury
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Hally
South Vietnam
Laoy
Cambodia
Paris
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Blacks and women win Virginia local election victories
In Virginia local elections, the color line broke in Waynesboro and Bedford with Black candidates elected to city councils, and Charlottesville chose its first woman council member Jill Rinehart. Surry County kept white control of school board selection, while Roanoke and Chesapeake saw Republican and integrated Democratic gains respectively. others saw incumbents ousted or retained as Richmond and Petersburg elections were blocked by federal courts.
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Memphis Building and Construction Trades Council
Ives Contractors Association
Wyeth Chander
Erid
Waynesboro
Bedford
Charlottesville
Virginia
Surry County
Board of Supervisors
Roanoke
Chesapeake
John ¥. Wilson
Russell J. Otey
Jill Rinehart
School Trustee
Surry
Schowl
Williamsburg
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Newport News
Ashland
Richmond
Petersburg
Gallo Killer May Be In Custody
New York police hold an alleged gangland informant in protective custody who alleges that he and four others killed Joseph Crazy Joe Gallo on April 7. Luparelli, tied to the Colombo family, says he alerted Colombo road crew witnesses before the ambush at Umberto's in Little Italy. He names Philip Gambino and Carmen Di Biase as participants, with two others unidentified.
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NEW York
UPI
Joseph
Crazy Joe” Gallo
New York Times
Joseph Luparelli
Joseph A. Colombe
California
Gallo
FBI
Loparelli
Umberto
Luparellii
Little Haly
Manhattan
Colombo
Joseph Yacovelli
Yacovelli
Luparelli
Philip Gambino
Carmen di Biase
Term Paper Service Shut Down By Court Order
NORFOLK UPS reports a court injunction against Term Papers Unlimited and James P B Duffy ordering surrender of papers and client records. Dominion University accuses the firm of inducing cheating and misrepresenting paper availability with library catalogues. The order lasts until June 15 with a hearing for potential permanent ban.
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UPS
Law and Chancery Court
Term Papers Unlimited
James PB. Duffy
Olt Rominion University
Duffy
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