Florida primary reshapes national race with Wallace surge
In Florida, Richard Nixon led Republicans with 67 counties carried and Wallace swept rural north areas. Democratic results showed Wallace at about 42 percent with Humphrey, Muskie, Lindsay and McGovern trailing as Florida's first presidential preference primary yielded 1.6 million voters. The antibusing amendment passed by 74 percent with strong support for equal education and school prayer measures.
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Vance Hartke
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Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
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Los Angeles
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California
McCloskey
Askew
Space Shuttle booster chose solid fuel to cut costs
NASA officials announced a Space Shuttle design backed by a solid-fuel booster as the lower risk and cheaper option. The plan estimates a six-year development with horizontal tests in 1976 and manned flights by 1978, aiming for operation before 1980. Congress members indicated support for solid-fuel boosters.
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Sens
Ed Gurney
Rfla
Wallace Bennett
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Lou Frey Jr
R-Fla
Saigon forces push in Cambodia while DMZ skirmishes persist
U S troops total 114 500 last week with 69 000 by May 1. Aerial observers report B 52 strikes and a 7 000 man South Vietnamese offensive near eastern Cambodia destroying bunkers and trucks. In the central highlands South Vietnamese paratroopers clash near Fire Base 5 Ben Het with 28 enemy killed and two South Vietnamese wounded. In the DMZ North Vietnamese artillery bombards South Vietnamese patrols as US and South Vietnamese fire back with 105 and 155 mm guns. Laos reports heavy NVA artillery driving Laos forces from Skyline Ridge near Long Cheng before regaining terrain.
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da Nang
U.S
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Cambodia
Dmz
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U.S. 7Th Fleet
Laos
Long Cheng
Vientiane
Suspect traced in bomb threat at Southwestern Bell
Federal agents traced a bomb threat call to Southwestern Bell in Houston using advanced telephone tracing. Robert Coleman, 32, owner of an air conditioning and heating firm, was charged with making the threat and released on a 2500 dollar bond after the Thursday call to a service assistant. Gary Clifton of the U.S. Treasury confirmed the tracing.
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Tex
Southwestern Beli
Robert Coleman
Coleman
Gary Clifton
U.S. Treasury
Man Found Dead In Nowata Well
The body of Clarence Fine was found in a well at the north edge of Nowata Oklahoma. Relatives reported seeing a cap floating in the water. Sheriff Deece Carter and Deputy Herman Miller found the body and an autopsy is scheduled. Fine is believed to be in his 40s and lived alone.
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Nowata
Okla
Clarence Fine
Deece Carter
Herman Miller
Fine
Senate traces plan to block public trust use by colleges
A Senate 11 day inquiry opened over a plan to end the public trust law’s use by higher learning institutions for bonds and building projects. Wagoner county residents protested a redistricting compromise placing them in Tulsa County. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the death penalty in the 1969 Wright slaying. The Price Commission tightened a major price rule reducing the allowable average price rise. The Senate tabled a bill to create a national voter registration by mail system. NAACP suit charges Boston schools with racial discrimination and seeks desegregation options.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Austin, Tex
Texas’ Court of Criminal Appeals
Ronnie Earl Teveno
Odie C. Wright
Houston
Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Election Finance Report Okayed by County Officials
A financial report from the County Election Board secretary Mrs J N Loran was approved by county commissioners. It itemized 2451 33 in expenses for the county March 7 election, covering salaries for precinct officials at 53 polling places and two board members. Commissioners Frank White Oscar Sanders and Hugh Corwin said they would attend the state commissioners meeting in Oklahoma City March 22 23.
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Oklahoma
J. N. Loran
He County Election Board
County Election Board
Frank White
Oscar Sanders
Hugh Corwin
Oklahoma City
Hussein unveils plan for United Arab Kingdom with Jordan
In a meeting with Jordanian figures, King Hussein proposed a new federation uniting Jordan and the West Bank as the United Arab Kingdom with Jerusalem as Region of Palestine capital and Amman as regional capital. The plan envisions two regional states with separate governments and a central Amman government handling foreign policy.
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Menachem Begin
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
United Arab Kingdom
Baghdad
Jerusalem
Palestine
Amman
People's Council
West Bank
Lebanon
White opposition grows to busing referendum in Florida
Black leaders decry a proposed anti busing measure tied to school neighborhood control. White voters show strong resistance in Miami and across the state as legislators push a straw vote to appeal to Congress. Senators Deeb and Weber back the plan while Askew and Nixon face criticism over national action.
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Miami
Richard Deeb
Rst. Petersburg
Charles Weber
Conprese
Askew
Nixon
Frederick the Great Orders Potatoes Planted for Cat Food
Frederick the Great of Prussia issued a decree urging citizens to plant white potatoes as food for cats. The command reflects food supply concerns and royal involvement in everyday life.
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Prussia
Bite on Long-holding FASTEETH Powder
An advertisement touts FASTEETH powder for long-holding denture wearers. It claims the product reduces worry by improving fit and comfort for those who wear dentures.
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