Delegates Challenge Shapes Democratic Convention Start
Feuding Democrats clash over contested national convention delegates at Miami Beach. McGovern seeks California support to edge toward nomination while Muskie and Humphrey back attempts to deny a sweeping delegate win. Demonstrators disrupt grounds as police form lines to close the gap. Party officials prepare for a marathon session with extended debate.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
George McGovern
California
Sen
Edmund 5
Muskie
Maine
McGovern
Hubert H .Humphrey
Democratic Credentials Committee
Earlybirds Throng Convention Hall for Miami Beach Session
The report describes a slow start as delegates and rail birds arrive at Convention Hall in Miami Beach. Ticketed public seating remains largely empty before a lengthy opening ceremony, with observers expecting a dawn finish. Delegates fill seats around noon while onlookers wait for the session to begin.
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Chas. A. Guy
Avalanche-Journal
Convention
Pressbon
Miami
Lubbock
Ta'elock
U S Signals Willingness to Talk in Paris Vietnam Talks
State Department spokesman said the United States will enter resumed Paris talks with North Vietnam seriously and open to all proposals on the table. Xuan Thuy backed Hanoi’s seven point peace plan as the basis for settlement while Henry Kissinger anticipated greater willingness to negotiate. President Nixon had proposed an internationally supervised cease fire and U S troop withdrawal within four months of the ceasefire.
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Ae C
Avalanche-Journal News Services
Washington
State Department
United States
Paris
North Vietnam
Charles W. Bray
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Hanoi
Vietnam
Henry Shissinger
Nixon
Bray
Deposed official blasts state insurance board members
Larry Teaver, a former member of the state insurance board, accuses other panel members of misdeeds and criticizes their actions in a sharp, internal confrontation. The report notes tension within the regulatory body and Teaver’s claim of improper conduct.
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Larry Teaver
State Insurance Board
Snyder Liquor Election Called
Snyder voters will decide on off premise liquor sales in an Aug 5 election called by Scurry County Commissioners. Absentee ballots start Monday at the temporary county courthouse. Scurry County has been dry since 1902 with the last liquor election in 1960 ending 1965? vote.
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Snyder
Scurry County
County Cork
Beverly
Indictments Target Carr Osorio In Texas Stock Fraud Case
A federal grand jury returned two indictments against former Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr and former Insurance Commissioner John Osorio alleging wire fraud and securities fraud. Also named are Joseph P. Novotny and others connected to the Sharpstown era frauds. The cases arise from SEC reports and involve multiple counts across mail fraud wire fraud and conspiracy. The actions seek court resolution in Dallas.
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Associated Prensa
Fort Worth
Texas Atty
Waggoner Carr
John Osorio
Joseph P. Novotny
Sharpstown State Bank of Houston
Texas
Dallas
Tom Max Thomas
David Hoover
Jarrell P. Ormand
Thano Dameris
Carr
Osorio
Novetny
Thomas
Hoover
Ormand
Dameris
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
City Bank and Trust Co
Carr, Osorio
Novotny
South Atlantic Co
Tampa
Fla
Daily Prayer Card Blesses With Contemplative Plea
A short devotional line prays for God to accompany the reader through the day and avert any company that would separate them from the divine presence. The prayer ends with Amen and attributes it to a reader.
Total solar eclipse sweeps across from Japan to Azores
The eclipse darkened skies across a 13 mile wide shadow traveling 1000 miles per hour from Japan to the Azores. In the United States many areas saw a partial view with dimmed light and a cooler air feel. Observers noted stars and a ring around the sun during the event.
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Bfy
Associated Press
Japan
Azores
United States
Canada
Youths disrupt opening of Democratic convention at Miami Beach
About 500 demonstrators broke from a rally and pulled down a 60 foot section of fence at the Miami Beach Convention Hall as the Democratic National Convention opened inside. Police blocked the breach with a wall of officers after the fence fell. Reverend Ralph Abernathy had pledged peaceful protest while seeking 750 seats for his group.
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Associated Press
Miami Beach
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Democrats
Fence
Abernathy
Joseph Spoto
Plane extortion attempt thwarted by German police
Federal border police interrupted a West German Lufthansa flight Monday night in Munich over a hijacking threat. A 25 year old Algerian demanded 400000 dollars to refrain from blowing up the airliner and was overpowered aboard the plane.
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Munich
Germany
UPID
Lufthansa
Robber Gets $31 Victims Blinded
In Rochester New York police hunted a bandit believed to have blinded two workers after robbing them of small sums. Grocer Samuel Schafer 72 and gas station attendant Robert Paro 19 were victims of the same suspect. Schafer was choked robbed of 21 dollars and blinded Sunday. Paro was robbed of 10 dollars and blinded less than 24 hours later.
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Rochester
N.Y
Samuel C. Schafer
Robert Paro
Schafer
Paro
Delegates from Eleven States Face Challenge at Convention
Plods of delegates from 11 states were under challenge as disputes over California and other contests continued. Floor managers worked to decide seating while parallel debates unfolded on the convention floor.
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California
Democrats Face Reform Quest At Chicago Convention
Delegates gathered amid talk of McGovern and Humphrey ties to victory while Lawrence F. O’Brien opened with a darkened hall and film clips. The convention moved slowly, with reform questions ahead as attendees milled and delays persisted.
No New Taxes May Be Possible In County Budget Search
County commissioners review about 4 million dollars in budget requests with 93 thousand more for personnel than in 1972. Tax revenue is expected to rise as assessed valuations grow from 313.3 million to 322 million, potentially keeping the 78 cent rate. The budget may be cut if 177 thousand in grants from the CJC for the new criminal district attorney’s office is approved.
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Eugene Smith
Avalanche-Journal
Lubbock County
Texas Criminal Justice Council
CIC
Royal Furgeson
Furgeson
Russell Warding
CJC
Criminal District Attorney's Office
Weather outlook for studies region with warm day
Sunny and warm today with a slight chance for thundershowers this afternoon. High near 90, low around 68. Southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Regional readings list many cities and highs in 60s to 90s across the area.
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Louchbock
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