Humphrey Clings to Fading Lead in Ohio Primary
The Ohio Democratic presidential primary tightens as Hubert H. Humphrey holds a thinning edge over George S. McGovern amid a Cuyahoga County ballot and tabulation dispute. A suit seeker in Cleveland seeks to void results and force a new vote, while Indiana results show Humphrey defeating George C. Wallace.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Thomas Shaunessy
Cuyahoga
Humphrey
McGovern
Indiana
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Idaho mine disaster costs lives as 24 dead
Rescue efforts at the Sunshine Mining Co. silver mine in Kellogg Idaho recovered 19 bodies with five officials dead and 58 miners unaccounted for amid a blaze believed to start between the 3400 and 3700 foot levels. Authorities warned the death toll may rise.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Sunshine Mining Co
Shoshone
Lou Gardner
Sunshine Mining Co. Operation
City Girl Wins State VICA Post
Reta Burch a Lawton High junior and drafting student at Great Plains Area Vo Tech has been elected state president of Oklahoma VICA. She is the first Lawton student to hold the top state VICA office and also serves as Southwest District president. About 1300 students attended the convention, the largest VICA meeting in state history. The Lawton Constitution received a special newspaper award for coverage of vocational education.
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Reta Burch
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Oklahoma Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Miss Burch
Lawton
Fred Burch
Columbia
Lawton High School
Lawton Constitution
Oklahoma student election board appeals ruling delaying vote
The University of Oklahoma Student Association Election Board voted to appeal a student court ruling invalidating two new officials. The appeal will postpone a new election until next fall, officials said.
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Norman, Okla
University of Oklahoma Student Association Election Board
Blast at Wall Street Skyscraper Kills Seven
A steam pipe explosion near the top of a 38 story building at 80 Pine Street in New York scalded seven people to death and forced evacuation. Four women and three men died as two outside auditors were among the victims. Fire officials described the scene as gory and horrific with debris everywhere.
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New York
Wall Street Area
General Public Utilities Corp
Pine Street
Groundbreaking for New Mental Facility in Oklahoma
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center on the Cameron College campus set for 10 a.m. Tuesday May 9. Attendees include Mrs Jo Hall and Sen Taliaferro with Cameron Colleges Dr Don Owen and Stewart Myers. Center aims to open in fall 1973 serving eight southwest Oklahoma counties and a population near 230000 with funding from state and federal sources and a $100000 contribution from the McMahon Foundation. A federal staffing grant of 86 to 90 positions is requested with an eight year grant footing from 90 percent federal funds dropping to 70 percent. The center will offer diverse care from alcohol and drug addiction to other personal problems.
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Red Cross
Idaho
Cecil D. Andrus
Boise
Andrus
Martin Peterson
Carl W. Griner
Peterson
Jim Taliaferro
Cameron College
Jo Hall
David Hall
Sen
Taliaferro
Don Owen
Cameron Colleges
Stewart Myers
Elect
Oklahoma Association For Mental Health
Center Ter
West Oklahoma
Caddo
Comanche
Cotton
Harmon
Jackson
Jefferson
Stephens
Tillman
Donahue
McMahon Foundation of
Lawton
Iity
Hoover Eulogized in Rotunda of the Capitol
J Edgar Hoover was honored in a Capitol rotunda service with Chief Justice Burger delivering the eulogy and a flag at the casket. The ceremony drew most senators, justices, and Cabinet members as President Nixon prepared to attend his funeral. Hoover, 77, had led the FBI nearly 48 years before his death.
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J. Edgar Hoover
U.S. Capitol
Ashington
FBI
Hoover
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Capitol
Catafalque
Abraham Lincoln
Nixon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Laird Orders Saigon Aid Assessment
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird orders a high level team to Vietnam to assess Saigon's military needs and any additional supplies for U.S. troops. The review follows Soviet weapon introductions and may signal increased arms aid despite prior Vietnamization progress.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Saigon
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
Friedheim
Laird
U.S. Air Armada Strikes North Vietnam Near Hue
A massive U S air armada conducted 618 strikes across four South Vietnamese regions as North Vietnamese forces push toward Hue. Brig Gen Vu Van Giai was relieved after swift advances and a major shakeup in South Vietnamese command followed the fall of Quang Tri. Provisions for Lawton city wards dividing into eight were approved by Freeholders with Dan Glascock casting the deciding vote.
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Saigon
Hue
Coastal
Binh Dinh
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Lawton City
Board of Freeholders
Dan Glascock
Freeholders
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