Risky Business As Humphrey Gets Tough
In California Humphrey shifts to an offensive against McGovern to salvage momentum for his presidential bid. He targets McGovern's Vietnam and welfare record and leans on media in the large state, prioritizing labor, minority communities, the elderly, and working-class youth to gain ground before the June 6 primary.
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Humphrey
Los Angeles
UPD
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Theolds
McGovern
California
McCiovern
Vietnam
Mettovern
Washington, D.C
Towers
Humphrey Sometims
Lave Satters
George Jackson
Miss Davis
Soledad
San Rafael
Stepped-Up War Ravages Viet Nam Economy
Saigon reports a deepening recession from the Communist offensive with Pham Kim Ngoc calling the economy near paralysis. Imports exports and the rubber harvest fall while rice self-sufficiency plans are scrapped and 190001 tons are imported from the United States. unemployment rises and the budget gap widens to about 30 million dollars. The Nixon administration may need increased aid, Congress faces funding decisions, and U S policy shifts toward loan programs and war-loss insurance to keep industries operating amid ongoing combat.
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Saigon
CDN
South Vietnam
Nixon
Pham Kim Ngoc
United States
U.S
Ngoc
U. S
Rica
Wallace To Begin Write-In Campaign
Wallace plans a saturation radio and television push for write-in votes in California after a gunshot injury. A 40 minute film will explain positions on busing and the federal bureaucracy across eight stations as aides work to teach voters how to write Wallace's name in. Campaign aides say funds will rise to cover roughly 40,000 dollars weekly in rally costs while Wallace awaits another operation to remove a bullet near his spine.
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Silver Spring
Wallace
Charles Snider
California
Maryland
Michigan
Geague
New Moxico
Sokder
South Dakota
New Jersey
Prisoner family visits expand at Tennessee Penitentiary
Nashville UPI reports prisoners at the Tennessee state penitentiary can visit families on holidays and weekends in a fenced area with 11 picnic shelters barbecue pits and restrooms after junkyard clearance. Detailing the plan corrections commissioner Mark Luttrell notes good conduct work and school records qualify inmates. He sees it as a step toward conjugal visits but cautions public opinion may influence future changes. Memphis WPI notes a New York firm halted a elderly housing project in downtown Memphis with HUD involvement seeking another contractor to finish the 1 story building after a foundation was laid. The default delays Operation Breakthrough begun in 1969. Knoxville UPI reports Bob Clement proposing a Tennessee PSC regional office to handle complaints and comments from residents, part of his Democratic bid for the PSC seat.
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UPI
Tennessee State Penitentiary
Mark Luttrell
Luttrell
Memphis
WPI
New York Firma
Memphis Housing Authority
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stirling Homex Corp
Avon
New York
William J. Miles
Bud
Stirling
Miles
Knoxville
UPL
East Tennessee
Tennessee Public Service Commission
Commission
Bob Clement
Clement
Engst Tennesseams
Hank Clement
PSC
Tennessee
Hammond Fowler Clement
Menphix
Memorial Day Weekend Toll Rises Across States
United Press International reports at least 18 deaths during the 78 hour Memorial Day weekend across Tennessee Virginia and nearby areas. Fires claimed several lives including Willie Parley family in Nashville. Drowning and traffic crashes added to the fatalities with victims in Knoxville Covington Richmond and Norfolk areas.
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Wentiudee
Virginia
Tennessee Turing
Nashville
Willie Parley
Gail
Marty
Brenda
Ronald Wilson
Johnson City
Donald Smith
Memphis
Dorothy Paige
Powell
Douglas West
Viola
Dorothy M. Forbe
Dandridge
Scott I
Jones
Winniths
Rie
Seymour Johnson Air Force East
N.C
Trent T. Breeden
Newport
James Johnson
Morristown
Stanley L. Dickerson
Beech Bluff
Mary Cummings
Dan Riddick
Huntingdon
Julie Richards
Charles Tildridge
Murray, Ky
David Johnson
Chattanooga
Hubert L. Templeton
Mike Morgan
Rutledge
Leonard Kistler
South Fulton
Danny Davidson
Burns
Bryan Bolin
Billie Bolin
Myra Merz
Corliss Fortson
Mepiphnis
Betty Shepherd
Knoxville
Leonard Buckner
Spencer
Acid spill derails Penn Central train near Ashmore
About 2.1 million people were evacuated eight hours after a derailed tank car released nitric acid fumes east of Charleston. Twelve people sought hospital care for breathing irritation. no crew injuries. The derailed train from St Louis to New York spilled over 4,000 gallons of acid, scorching vegetation and prompting warnings to keep livestock away from creeks. Authorities speculated a hot box caused the derailment.
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Charleston
UPI
East Central
Ilinois
Penn Central
Coles County
Eusebius
St. Louis
New York State
Here
Ashmore
Oakland
Wicker Warns On Wealth Gap At Middlebury
New York Times associate editor Tom Wicker told 400 Middlebury College graduates that wealth in the United States is badly distributed, noting that 1 percent holds 28 percent of the net wealth and urging attention to policy and its consequences.
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Middlebury
United States
New York Times
Tom Wicker
Wicker
Middlebury College
Angela Davis Trial Near End As Prosecution Winds Up
In Ban Jose California the Angela Davis murder trial enters its 14th week with the prosecution calling a rebuttal witness before closing arguments. The all white jury may begin deliberations by week's end as the defense rests after three days of testimony. The state claims Davis supplied guns used in kidnappings and killings, while defense witnesses place Davis in Southern California at the time of the Marin County shootings.
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Angela
Ban Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
UCIA
California
Marin County
Los Angeles
Jonathan Jackson
30-50 Are 'Magic' Numbers For 7 200 Man July Draft
The article outlines Selective Service plans tied to a July draft, detailing callups, Guard and Reserve options, and potential effects on enlistment and military manpower. It mentions uncertain figures, possible draft thresholds, and the role of the National Guard in providing inducements for service.
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Rothery Marchaers
Didy
Saul Tala
Aretermien
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