Nixon weighs late campaign push in four tough states
President Nixon may personally campaign in Massachusetts West Virginia Washington and Minnesota as polls hint at a landslide. Clark MacGregor said Nixon could hit these states before the November 7 election while George McGovern tours Baltimore Atlantic City and Newark and denounces the administration’s health care efforts.
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George S. McGovern
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Newark
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United Press International
Massachusetts
West Virginia
Washington
Minnesota
UPI
Nxon
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Wilbur M. Mills
D-Ark
McGovern
St. Michael's
Chesapeake Bay
U S prisoners return home after Hanoi release
Three U S prisoners released by North Vietnam spent their first day back in scattered military hospitals. They slept late and enjoyed American food as families visited. Radio Hanoi accused the United States of interference. Defense officials denied any coercion and said the men would choose future assignments away from Southeast Asia.
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U.S
North Vietnam
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New York City
Copenhagen
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Southeast Asia
United States and Russia renew atomic energy cooperation
The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to renew technical cooperation in peaceful uses of atomic energy. A memorandum of cooperation, fifth in a series since 1959, was negotiated in Moscow by the U S Atomic Energy Commission and the U S S R State Committee for the Utilization of Atomic Energy.
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UPI
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Russia
Moscow
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S.S.R. State Committee For the Utilization of Atomic Energy
Man Sentenced for Jetliner Hijacking and Ransom Flight
Frederick William Hahneman received life imprisonment after hijacking a jetliner, bailing out over Honduras with $303,000 in ransom. U.S. District Judge Oren Lewis imposed the maximum under federal air piracy law to deter future hijackers.
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UPI
Frederick William Hahneman
Honduras
U.S. District Court
Oren Lewis
Hahneman
Rioters Hijack Traffic Fire At Belfast After Soldier Slain
In Belfast a gunbattle in the Lower Falls area left a British soldier dead after a sniper fire at a command post. Troops exchanged fire with snipers and fighters, with rioters hijacking passing trucks and cars and burning two buses following earlier bombings that wrecked two pubs.
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Belfast
UPI
Lower Falls
FBI payday gumshoe sting ends bank holdup bid
Two would be robbers entered a Chemical Bank branch near the FBI headquarters in New York and were arrested by about a dozen FBI agents on a busy payday. The culprits carried cartons they claimed held bombs and fled after a short chase. Police and agents noted the bank was crowded with federal staff on payday.
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UPI
FBI
Philip Horton
Chemical Bank
Horton
Kissinger aide to meet Thieu amid Paris peace talk rumors
Gen. Alexander M. Haig travels to Saigon to confer with President Nguyen Van Thieu about rumors of a breakthrough in the Paris peace talks. Haig will also meet with U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Gen. Frederick Weyand to assess the South Vietnam situation.
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Ellsworth Bunker
Frederick C. Weyand
Vietnam
F111 makes first combat since 1968 over North Vietnam
Saigon reports the F111 swingwing jet entering action in heavy air strikes north of the DMZ. The first twelve aircraft arrived at Takhli Thailand on Thursday and fought the same day as part of U.S. air operations.
Japan China toast new Asian reconciliation
In Washington a Senate committee approved a 746 billion defense bill with 92.9 million for civilian kitchen police duties. In Shanghai Japan and China pledged reconciliation, signaling a new regional order and raising Taiwan sensitivities as Chiang Kai-shek severed ties with Japan.
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Wife of freed Air Force major call recapture claim baloney
Mrs. Georgia Elias said antiwar activists' recapture charge was false as her husband Air Force Major Edward K. Elias arrived in New York and underwent a medical check at Maxwell Air Force Base. The report notes mild weekend weather and coastal tide details.
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Ben Williams
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Clarence Willis
Vandenberg Village
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Mission Hills
Cabrillo High School
Montgomery, Ala
UPI
North Vietnam
New York
Georgia Elias
Air Force
Edward K. Elias
Valdosta
Elias
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell
Lompoc to review 1.6 million sewer contract on agenda
City council will consider a Brown and Caldwell Co. engineering contract for sewer system improvements tied to the November ballot at 1.6 million dollars. Mayor George Cotsenmeyer will report on the proposal as part of a broad agenda including water, property, and zoning items.
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Lompoc
George Cotsenmeyer
Brown and Caldwell Co
Montecito County
White House launches rent watch to curb elderly rent hikes
The White House ordered a nationwide rent watch to stop landlords from raising rents on elderly tenants before Social Security increases. Cost of Living Council director Donald Rumsfeld said the IRS will audit a sample of 50,000 rental units to spot illegal rent hikes.
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UPI
White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
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Senate narrow vote expands Medicare benefits for elderly
The Senate approved a plan to add free eye exams eyeglasses false teeth hearing aids and foot care for low income seniors by a 37 to 34 margin though its fate remains doubtful. The measure also seeks to prevent welfare cuts for aged blind and disabled as Social Security rises 20 percent next month benefiting about 1.5 million people. A Pell proposal would set income limits for eligibility.
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UPI
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