McGovern Seeks Doubleheader Wins in Rhode Island Oregon
Sen. George McGovern aims for a transcontinental primary surge with Rhode Island and Oregon contests to boost momentum toward California. Humphrey Muskie rivals, Wallace ads, and low Rhode Island turnout shape a fast moving day of campaigning and delegate selection.
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Rhode Island
Oregon
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
Humphrey
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Eleanor
South Dakota
Klamath Falls
Ore
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Rep
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
McGovern Adds Delegate Count Over Weekend
George S. McGovern increased his delegate total to 435 at the Democratic convention race. He won nine delegates in Vermont and eight in Washington state while adding one half in Hawaii and other gains in Iowa Louisiana and two more in Hawaii. George Wallace remains second with 323, Humphrey has 290 and Muskie, after withdrawing, collected 20 Maine delegates plus Vermont and Iowa gains to reach 160.
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Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Rhode Island
Oregon
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Portland
Ore
Charles C. Snider
Wallace
McGovern
Nixon
Paul N. McCloskey
California
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Washington
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Miami Beach
Vermont
Washington State
Iowa
Louisiana
Hawaii
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Baldwin Leases Municipal Pool For Summer Operation
Baldwin City Council signed a contract with Barbara Haberstroh to operate the municipal pool this summer for 1000 dollars. Haberstroh will handle cleaning. pool opens May 30. The council tabled annexation of several adjoining properties due to boundary definition issues, with action possible June 12.
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Baldwin
Baldwin City
Barbara Haberstroh
Cut Aid to Communists urged by Birch Society
John Birch Society local leader Thomas H. Hart Sr urged President Nixon to halt all economic aid and trade with Communist nations supplying North Vietnam. Hart called for mining Haiphong harbor and backing sanctions on Russia and others until arms to North Vietnam cease. He noted petition signatures and cited Nixon’s Sept. 12 1968 pledge against trading with aiding nations.
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Thomas H. Hart Sr
The
John Birch Society
Nixon
North Vietnam
Washington, D.C
Haiphong Harbor
Vietnam
Russia
South Vietnam
Hart
American Legion
Soviet Union
Vatican Faces Contagion Fears After Pieta Damage
Vatican art experts worry vandalism may spread to other masterpieces in St. Peter's Basilica after Lazlo Toth, 34, attacked Michelangelo's Pieta. The hammer strikes severed the Madonna's left arm and damaged the face, nose, and veil as police questioned the suspect who claimed divine roles.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Michelangelo
St. Peter’s Basilica
Giovanni Fallani
Vatican Commission For Sacred Art
Christendom
HJC Instructor Named to Panel on Chicano Indian Scientists
Don Akshapanek, biology instructor at Haskell Indian Junior College, is named to a steering committee of the National Federation of Chicano and Indian Scientists. About 30 top Chicano and Indian researchers formed the group at the University of New Mexico to boost visibility and funding for graduate education and to recruit more students into science careers. Akshapanek is one of 14 named to the committee.
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Don Akshapanek
Haskell
National Federation of Chicano and Indian Scientists
Nation
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Akshapanek
Bob Wells Named Top Jaycee Head in Kansas
Lawrence Jaycees president Bob Wells was named outstanding local Jaycee chapter president at the Kansas Jaycees state convention in Kansas City Kansas. Six other Lawrence Jaycees won awards, including Charles Di Capo earning a Jaycees International senatorship and David Grisafe winning the SPOKE contest.
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Bob Wells
The
Lawrence Jaycees
Kansas
Kansas City
Kan
Charles di Capo
Swrence
JCI
Jaycees International
David Grisafe
Roy Allen
Ken Collier
Bob Lee
Rodney Osborne
Kansas Jaycees
Daryl Schuster
James Wymore
Lawrence Boys’ Club
Debby
Sheriff’s Office Adds 2 Emploees to Douglas County force
Sheriff Rex Johnson announced two new hires to bring the Douglas County Sheriff's Department to full strength. Robert Van Hoesen 24 of 1312 West Ter will become a deputy after serving two years as a dispatcher. Roger Carter 22 of 2033 Ohio replaces Van Hoesen as dispatcher. James E Flory 23 of 27th and Ponderosa rejoins as deputy after four years in the Air Corps and previously served as a dispatcher.
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Douglas County
Robert van Hoesen
West Ter
van Hoesen
Department
Roger Carter
Ohio
James E. Flory
27Th and
Ponderosa
Force
U.S. Air Corps
Flory
Plans Set for Two-State Turnpike Link from Hutchinson to Tulsa
Committees will be named to map plans for connecting turnpikes from Hutchinson Kansas to the Port of Catoosa near Tulsa Oklahoma. Governors Docking and Hall joined turnpike officials to approve feasibility studies and hire firms to examine the project. The 160 mile route would cost about a million dollars per mile and may reuse parts of existing highways. The project depends on feasibility and Oklahoma's participation.
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Wichita, Kan
Hutchinson
Kan
Catoosa
Tulsa
Oklo
States
Kansas
Robert Docking
Oklahoma
David Hall
Wichita
Oklahoma Line
Oklahoma Authority
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Callaway Lees
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Warren
Fred Pence
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Hank) North
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