McGovern Seeks New York Delegates in Vote Today
McGovern campaigns in New York as 39 districts vote for delegates amid crowded primary battles. He aims to win 200 of New York 278 delegates to boost his bid, with Muskie and Humphrey campaigning elsewhere and a key court ruling on delegate balancing shaping party rules.
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New York
George McGovern
New York City
William F. Ryan
Bella Abzug
Manhattan
California
Shirley Chisholm
Brooklyn
Herman Badillo
Bronx
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Buffalo
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Washington
Humphrey
New Orleans
Muskie
South Carolina
Louisiana
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
George S. McGovern
Sen
Alabama
George C Wallace
Edmund
McGovern gains delegates as primary race narrows
Senator George S. McGovern increases delegate total to 1,072 amid weekend adds from Colorado Connecticut Montana North Dakota and Utah as New York prepares to vote. He needs 1,509 to clinch at Miami Beach convention starting July 10 with 72 delegates still to be awarded.
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Reubin Askew
McGovern
Miami Beach
South Dakota
Colorado
Connecticut
Montana
North Dakota
Utah
New York
Arkansas
Delaware
Nebraska
Clinton Reservoir bid opening postponed amid wage scale dispute
Merle Maddox of the Corps of Engineers predicts a near term wage rate resolution. J O Hall of the Labor Department says clarification is needed before new scales are announced. Even with a decision today, the June 27 bid opening is likely delayed several days due to ongoing wage scale protests by contractor groups.
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Clinton Reservoir
Merle Maddox
Corps. of Engineers
J. O. Hall
Labor Department
Washington
Hall
Wage Appeals Board
Maddox
Baldwin Water Shortage Eases Amid Rainfall
Mayor Virgil Reeves announced Baldwin's water shortage has somewhat eased due to recent rains. City has suspended water sales to area farmers and urged residents not to water lawns or flowers. At the June 12 meeting, officials also inspected and purchased Lawrence Chamber decorations offered for sale at 652.50.
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Virgil Reeves
Reeves
Lawrence
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Reformers in Democratic Party Lose Stand on Delegates
A federal judge blocked rules to ensure women minorities and youth barriers in national convention delegates. Hart struck down provisions on inclusive apportionment and preselected delegates, while leaving a grassroots ban intact. The ruling affects about one third of the 3,016 total delegates and 54 challenges still pending.
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U.S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Washington
Democratic Party
U.S. Dist
Jesse L. Jackson
Hart
National Committee
Philadelphia
Smith Wins Primary In Maine Senate Fight Over Youth
In Portland Maine the nation’s only woman senator Margaret Chase Smith 74 defeats youth and money to win the Republican nomination for a fifth term Hathaway defeats Jack L. Smith to face Smith. With 626 of 629 precincts reporting Smith 76702 Monks 8398 Hathaway 60540 Jack Smith 6244. Monks spent about 147000 while Smith spent about 7000.
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Maine
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Robert A. G. Monks
William Hathaway
Smith
Portland
Committee Trims Mud Creek Funds
The House Appropriations Committee cut Mud Creek funding to 400000 for relocation railroads and stage three construction on the south Lawrence channel while postponing 921000 in original Mud Creek construction due to environmental impact studies. A Corps spokesman said the money cannot be used this year. The panel also approved 85 million for Clinton Reservoir for embankment spillway outlet works access roads administration facilities land acquisition and utility relocation initiation.
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South Lawrence Channel
Mud Creek
Corps of Engineers
Clinton Reservoir
Man Held Without Bond In Ulysses Shooting
Dominigo Guerrero is held without bond for a preliminary hearing July 5 on a first degree murder charge in the shooting of Reynaldo Benavidez. Police said the two Ulysses men exchanged gunfire on a street Sunday.
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Ulysses
Kan
Domingo Guerrero
Reynaldo Benavidez
My Lai Records Access Won by Oklahoma Paper
The Daily Oklahoman won access to Army morning reports from the 1968 My Lai incident after an appeal under the Freedom of Information Act. The decision excludes the Peers Report, with the Army releasing three infantry and one aviation unit morning reports.
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Oklahoma Paper
Oklahoma City
Vietnam
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Daily
Oklahoman
Freedom of Information
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Robert W. Berry
Berry
Peers
William R. Peers
The
Morning Reports
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Kentucky “Doctors Building
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Realtors
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Glenn Kappelman
George Ryan
Bill Eddy
Interoffice
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John R. Finnegan
St. Paul, Minn
Fredom of Information Committee
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Marshall W. Dutton
Highland Dr
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