04 Sep 1972
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1972
Page
1
Nathalie Siffre reports the Michel Siffre experiment in a West Texas cave near Del Rio has yielded extensive data after 205 days in Midnight Cave. He will emerge at noon Tuesday without timekeeping devices, seeking a natural rhythm beyond the 24 hour day.
Southern governors gave McGovern a pleasant reception at their annual conference in Hilton Head Island South Carolina but offered no endorsements. Gov John West of South Carolina said he will vote Democratic yet won't urge SC voters to follow him. McGovern plans broad Southern campaigning amid Agnew events and regional issues.
Japanese press deemed the Honolulu meeting a political boost for Nixon and a misfire on concrete gains. They noted Tokyo's ties would buy now what they would have bought later, and said Tanaka promised emergency purchases of American goods.
GAY HEAD Massachusetts reports Cora Weiss warns continued bombing of North Vietnam could endanger the release of three American pilots held there. She says military actions mislead the public about the prisoners and could ruin current and future releases. Weiss, at Martha’s Vineyard, notes French release lessons and leads with Dave Dellinger in the Committee of Liaison with Families of American POWs.
Montreal police issued an all points bulletin for James O'Brien and Joseph Marc Boutin both 22 and 24 respectively as material witnesses in a Wagon Wheel Cafe fire that killed 47 people and injured many. Giles Eccles, 24, was arrested hours after the blaze. Authorities weigh murder arson and complicity charges. a third suspect faces court Tuesday.
A Greyhound bus crash on Interstate 95 near Richmond Sunday left two dead and 42 injured. Julius Stokes of Philadelphia faced involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving charges after the bus hit guard rails and toppled into a ravine. Several passengers remained in critical condition, with many others in satisfactory condition or treated and released.
Jamestown Tennessee five Fen tress County youths face charges after Bobby G. Copeland 12 was struck while lying in a county road. Shirley Upchurch 22 was charged with voluntary manslaughter and four car passengers charged as accessories. All released on bond. possible General Sessions hearing Tuesday.
Nashville businessman Kenneth B. Schoen, longtime unofficial Tennessee campaign director for Sen. George McGovern, resigns citing total lack of communication at national headquarters. He warned Nixon could win Tennessee unless the campaign moves to establish a statewide operation and respond to volunteers ready to work.
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Laotian officials say the Soviet Union has increased cargo to Hanoi with Russian planes ordered to land under American air pressure. Flights carry medical supplies and food as Antonov transports are shadowed by U S radar and fighters. Meanwhile Taiwan plans a $100 million private industry stockpile to replace imports from Japan as Tokyo may recognize Peking.
Philippine Defense Department says captured Communist documents describe a September October assassination plan and Manila area bombings. Defense Secretary Enrile says an NPA sabotage team led by two field commanders is in Manila as authorities warn of possible attacks amid Cambodia’s National Assembly vote.
Manila UP dispatch reports the Anting captain Chien Yung Chang and officials quit the presidential palace protest against the reception of Nationalist Chinese Ambassador Lu Chieh. The skipper and a political commissar refused to meet President Marcos after learning of the ambassador’s earlier audience.
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