McGovern Eagleton health disclosure shocks campaign
Senator Thomas Eagleton disclosed he was hospitalized three times for nervous exhaustion and received electric shock treatment between 1960 and 1966. The revelation rattled McGovern aides and campaign donors while polls show Nixon with a wide lead and party divisions linger over the ticket.
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McGovern
Miami Beach
Fred Dutton
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Richard Dougherty
Nixon
Democratic Party
Black Hills
Food costs spike to record high in June
Washington reports the typical family food market basket rose 0.9 percent in June to a record, driven by a 2.8 percent rise in farm prices. The Price Spread shows supermarkets trimmed margins for the third straight month, but higher farm and wholesale gains largely passed to shoppers.
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UPI
Agriculture Department
North American Rockwell Wins Shuttle Contract
North American Rockwell Corp. has been awarded the space shuttle contract. Rep. Del Clawson announced the award after notification from Dr. James Fletcher of NASA.
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Los Angeles
UPI
North American Rockwell Corp
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Washington, D. C
James Fletcher
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Flag Raised as Paratroopers Take Half of Quang Tri Citadel
South Vietnamese paratroopers seize half of Quang Tri City Citadel and raise the flag at the fortress wall amid ongoing combat. North Vietnamese artillery harasses Highway 1 while U.S. reports note a tactical and psychological edge from the flag ceremony.
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UPI
Quang Tri City
Highway 1
Arthur Higbee
Higbee
My Chanh
U.S
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Water agency backs Salsipuedes Creek plan in water fight
The County Water Agency voted to support Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District in preserving two Salsipuedes Creek permits near Lompoc to secure future county water. State Board hearing anticipated in August. federal action blocks further Lompoc Project moves.
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County Water Agency
Santa Ynez River
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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Lompoc
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Santa Ynez
State Water Resources Control Board
Santa Barbara County
Salsipuedes Creek
Water Conservation District
Tax shift showdown vote today in committee
Governor Reagan and Assembly Speaker Moretti back a $1.2 billion property tax shift to fund schools. The plan would raise sales and income taxes and motor vehicle fees, with a budget surplus cited and a potential special session if blocked.
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UPI
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Senate Finance Committee
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Randolph Collier
Dereka
Finance Committee
Senate
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State Supreme Court
Moretti
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Eagleton seeks public psychiatric statement from doctors
Democratic vice presidential hopeful Thomas F. Eagleton said he would reopen questions about his medical and mental history and asked psychiatrists who treated him to consider issuing a public statement. He also indicated willingness to undergo another psychiatric examination if all four major candidates do so.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Missile destroyed at Vandenberg in self destruct test
The Air Force deliberately destroyed a Minuteman II missile about 50 seconds after launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base to test a new self destruct safety mechanism. The test occurred around 10 11 p m over the Western Test Range at 70 000 feet, creating a glowing debris cloud observed along the central coast.
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Vandenberg
Space and Missiles System Organization
Los Angeles
Nixon bars health issue from Eagleton critique
President Nixon orders staff not to raise Senator Eagleton's health past in campaign matters. Campaign director Clark McGregor stated at a Roosevelt Hotel news conference that no one linked to Nixon would comment on the personal issue, a policy agreed by the President.
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New York
UPI
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
Clark McGregor
McGregor
Roosevelt Hotel
White House lags in GOP liaison amid antiwar push
Sen. William B. Saxbe says White House miscommunication with Republicans weakens discipline as Congress shifts toward end-the-war aims. House Foreign Affairs Committee votes to allow a four month Indochina pullout with prisoner releases and safe withdrawal conditions, while Senate backs an withdrawal amendment but kills the aid bill.
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UPI
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Ohio
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
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Senate
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U.S
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