California Democrats shift to pragmatic 72 ballot focus
At the California state convention, Democrats moved from ideology to electing candidates and defeating Nixon in 1972. Charles Manatt won the state chairmanship by a narrow margin over George E. Brown Jr. and vowed to mobilize a large volunteer base to back the eventual Democratic presidential nominee. Muskie led the field with McGovern and Bayh also campaigning. Republicans remained unified.
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UPI
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Democratic Party
Nixon
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
George McGovern
South Dakota
Birch Bayh
Indiana
van Nuys
Charles Manatt
Manatt
Assembly
Bob Moretti
George E. Brown Jr
John V. Tunney
Southern California
National Federation of Young Democrats
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Tunney
Senate
Medgar Evers
Claremont
Richard Nixon
Muskie
McGovern
Bayh
State Senate
James R. Mills
San Diego
Moretti
Coast Guard probes San Francisco Bay oil spill collision
The Coast Guard forms a three member board to probe the collision of the Arizona Standards and Oregon Standard in heavy fog at the bay mouth. The spill, totaling thousands of gallons, prompts calls for broader inquiry into underlying causes and past oil spills by Standard Oil.
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UPI
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Marine Board of Investigation
Standard Oil Co
Arizona Standards
Oregon Standard
Golden Gate Bridge
Sierra Club
Save San Francisco Bay Association
The
James N. Penrod
San Francisco Bay Area
Humble Oil Co
New Haven
Conn
William S. Maillard
R. Calif
House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Edwin L. Berg
Sacramento
Natural Resources and Conservation Committee
Arizona Standard
Harry H. Parnell
Standard Oil
Golden Gate
Standard Oil of California
H. J. Heynes
Marine Board of
Connecticut coast faces 12 mile oil slick threat
Volunteers and Coast Guardsmen patrolled Connecticut shores as a 12 mile long yellow blue oil slick from the Esso Gettysburg approached the coast. Nearly 400000 gallons spilled after a hull breach near New Haven harbor with no serious damage reported yet.
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Connecticut
Atlantic
Long Island Sound
Esso Gettysburg
New Haven Harbor
Democrats Favor Reducing Marijuana Penalty In California
Delegates at the California Democratic Convention voted to urge the legislature to reduce possession penalties from a felony to a misdemeanor, noting high felony rates in Orange and Santa Clara counties. The motion to abolish all penalties was tabled.
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Sacramento
UPI
Democratic State Central Committee
Santa Clara County
Berets Train Cambodians in Tactics Across SE Asia
Green Berets train 2,100 Cambodian recruits in guerrilla tactics at camps in South Vietnam Thailand and Laos to strike North Vietnam supply routes through northeastern Cambodia. Training mirrors CIA backed guerrilla force. over 1.5 million dollars allocated for the current fiscal year.
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UPI
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South Vietnam
Laos
Thailand
North Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Long Hai
Vung Tau
Dong Batinh
Nha Trang
5Th Special Forces
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Panhandle
Bayh Proposes Probe Into Cambodia Air War and Troop Exit Plan
Senator Birch Bayh called for Congress to investigate rising U.S. air activity over Cambodia and said he will co sponsor legislation to withdraw all American troops from Indochina by year end. He accused President Nixon of irresponsibility and urged action if Cooper Church Amendment violations are found. Muskie and McGovern joined the critique at the Democratic convention.
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UPI
Birch Bayh
Congress
U.S
Cambodia
Indochina
Indiana
Nixon
Bayh
Manson jury enters ninth day of deliberations
The seven men and five women jury weighs guilt or innocence of Charles Manson and three female followers in the Tate Sabianca murders. Deliberations have totaled 41 hours 20 minutes after Saturday session with no verdict in sight. Manson Atkins Krenwinkel and Van Houten face charges for the Tate residence killings and the Labianca deaths in August 1969.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Charles Manson
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Sharon Tate
Woman Buys Bed From Sale But Receives Three Legged Frame
Jennifer Logsdale of South Ruislip England paid 37.80 for a bed advertised in a supermarket sale. The delivered bed had only three legs. She piled telephone books under it and sought help from the consumer affairs department which said it would investigate the matter.
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South Ruislip
England
UPI
Jennifer Logsdale
Jennifer
Consumer Affairs Department
Countdown to Apollo 14 lunar landing launch begins
The countdown starts at 9 a.m. EST for the Apollo 14 mission as Alan Shepard Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell undergo final preflight exams at Kennedy Space Center. Backup commander Eugene Cernan’s helicopter crash briefly disrupts preparations.
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UPIK
Alan B. Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Eugene A. Cernan
Cape
Shepard
Roosa
Mitchell
Moon
Avalanche kills four at Stevens Pass in Washington
Four members of two Seattle area families died as a massive avalanche swept a Yodelin ski area cabin near Stevens Pass in the Cascade range. Teens and other survivors were pulled from the debris after rescue teams spent hours digging through snow and wreckage following a pre-dawn slide.
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UPI
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Yodelin
Stevens Pass
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Seattle
Columbia River
Washington State
Bart Edgars
Kenneth Lewis
Lynnwood
Peggy Dean
Edgars
Debbie
Cindy
Deaconness Hospital
Wenatchee
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