McGovern Rejects Closed Meet Over California Delegates
Senator George McGovern refused Senator Edmund Muskie's bid for a private parley to resolve the California seat dispute before the Democratic National Convention open. Muskie urged a private meeting to avoid a public showdown as McGovern seeks reinstatement of 151 California votes to move toward a first ballot victory.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
California
Muskie
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Telethon for Democrats Raises 4 5 Million in 19 Hours
The Democratic party reports nearly 4.5 million dollars pledged during a 19 hour televised telethon to wipe out a 1968 debt of 9.3 million. Performers donated their services but 1.6 million was paid to ABC for air time.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Democratic Party
ABC
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Democrat Meet Hoopla Will Take On New Look
The Democratic convention opens amid a carnival atmosphere with delegates in diverse attire and slogans supporting McGovern Wallace and others. The hall displays portraits of party giants, while security tightens as police conduct bag checks and guards monitor the venue.
Rep. O Hara On Demo Hot Seat At Convention
Rep. James G. O Hara parliamentarian for the Democratic convention faced intense scrutiny as his ruling on what counts as a majority influenced how 271 California votes could be allocated. His decision, backed by Chairman Lawrence F. O Brien, favored McGovern and drew swift opposition from other candidates.
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Miamt Beach
Fla
James G. O’hara
Michigan
O'Hara
Congress
Credentials Committee
McGovern
California
Pentagon Papers Trial Under Way
Los Angeles AP reports unusual jury selection rules as Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo face trial for leaking top secret Pentagon Papers documents. Judge Byrne will personally ask all questions, barring defense and prosecution from questioning jurors.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
U.S. District Court
William M. Byrne Jr
Ellsberg
Russo
Byrne
Kent State
Nelsonville man cards second hole in one at Hocking Hills
Nelsonville golfer Bill Hoffman owner of Hoff mans Appliances aces the 185 yard second hole at Hocking Hills Country Club on Sunday. He played with Gus Cross Jack Maurer and Mike Patton all of Nelsonville.
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Hocking Hills
Hocking Hills Country Club
Bill Hoffman
Hoffman’s Appliances
Nelsonville
Gus Cross
Jack Maurer
Mike Patton
Pleads Guilty In Tel Aviv Massacre Trial
Kozo Okamoto, a 24 year old Japanese suspect in the Lod Airport massacre, pleads guilty at the opening of a military court trial. His lawyer seeks a psychiatric exam while prosecutors outline four charges including murder and membership in a group that attacked the airport killing 26 and wounding 67. The case risks a death sentence, though Israel has not executed since Eichmann.
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Lod
Israel
Tel Aviv
Kozo Okamoto
Max Kirtzman
Okamoto
Kritzman
Terial
Lod Airport
Solemn
Fendant
David Israeli
Yasuyuki Yasuda
Tsuyoshi Okudaira
Yasuda
Okudaira
Arab Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Adolf Eichmann
Golda Meir
IRA Breaks Off Cease-Fire Amid Belfast Violence
In Belfast the Provisional IRA ended its 13 day cease-fire and renewed a guerrilla campaign. At least six people were killed as gun battles, bombings, and sniper fire spread through Ballymurphy Ardoyne and Andersonstown, with Catholics and UDA factions clashing and Brit ish troops responding with force.
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IRA
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Sean MacStioffan
Provisionals
Ballymurphy
Ardoyne
Andersonstown
Springmartin
Londonderry
Bogside
UDA
Changes In Postal Rates Announced
Vaughn Collins Logan post master said the U S Postal Service raised second class mail postage to six cents for the first two ounces and two cents per extra ounce or fraction. Third class mail now eight cents for two ounces and four cents per extra ounce up to 16 ounces. Bulk mail rates for circulars drop to 4.8 cents up to 2.95 ounces and under 250000 pieces annually. First class and airmail remain unchanged.
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Vaughn Collins
Logan
U.S
Collins
Stock Market Slumps Amid Slow Trading In New York
Prices were jumbled as trading slowed in New York. The noon Dow Jones industrial average stood at 936.26, down 1.80, while declining issues held a slim edge over gainers on the NYSE.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Final Meet Tonight As S W School Board Faces Dissolution
The Starr Washington board meets at 7:30 to pay bills and adopt a resolution dissolving the board. Hocking County plans to appoint three S W members to the county board as Laurelville dissolves. The county board meets at 8 after a 7 session with a state auditor. Retiring Superintendent James Frey notes possible shifts if the dissolution proceeds.
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Starr-Washington
Hocking County School Board
S-W
Laurelville
James Frey
Hocking County
Harley Meyer
Starr- Washington
Frey
State Park Crowds Vary at Hocking Hills and Lake Logan
A quiet weekend at Hocking Hills State Park showed the Old Man's Cave camp area full but not overflowing and 37 of 40 cabins rented, with four welfare families from Stark County among them. Lake Logan drew about 2,400 swimmers over two days, plus 2,000 visitors and more than 300 fishermen.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Old Man's Cave
Old Man’s Cave
Stark County
Lake Logan
Northeastern Ohio Storms Kill Four in Weekend Outbreak
Severe storms swept northeastern Ohio on Sunday killing two fishermen struck by lightning on the Grand River bank in Fairport Harbor. A Cleveland couple, Mrs. Woodrow W. Dutton and her son Gary, were electrocuted by a fallen power line at Rocky River Reservation. Tornadoes touched down in Wayne County causing structural damage and uprooted trees. Weather service noted widespread outages and a 25 inch rainfall total in the Hocking Valley.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wayne County
James W. Kirby
Royce Teets
Painesville
Grand River
Fairport Harbor
Hocking Valley
Woodrow W. Dutton
Gary
Rocky River Reservation
Metropolitan Park
Park Rangers
Woodrow
Cleveland Electric & Illuminating Co
Greater
Lake Erie
Wildwood Park
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Wooster
American General Killed in Vietnam Siege
A lone North Vietnamese shell killed Brig. Gen. Richard Tallman and wounded two other U.S. officers during an An Loc inspection. Tallman, 47, was the eighth American general killed in Vietnam and had just been promoted a day before. The casualty list also included three other officers from the 3rd Regional Assistance Command. names withheld pending next of kin notifications.
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Saigon
U.S
An Loc
Richard Tallman
Honesdale
Tonkin Gulf
Tallman
3Rd Regional Assistance Command
Pope Paul VI Sees Paris Talks as Hope for Vietnam Peace
In St. Peter's Square Pope Paul VI lauded the Paris peace talks restart this week calling it a peephole of hope for ending the Vietnam war. He urged that negotiations lead to independence unity and territorial integrity for the Vietnamese people as outlined at Geneva in 1954.
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Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Vietnam
Thuy
United States
le Duc Tho
Vatican City
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
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