Agnew In Line Says White House
The White House and GOP leaders deny any policy rift with Vice President Agnew over Nixon’s China outreach. Ziegler, Scott, and Ford assert Agnew has no disagreements, noting he supported Nixon’s moves while raising questions at NSC meetings. Agnew’s Williamsburg talks touched on concerns about coverage of the Chinese tour and U.S. commitments to the Nationalist government.
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White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
China
Ronald L. Ziegler
Agnew
Williamsburg
Ziegler
National Security Council
Senate
GOP
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House
Gerald L. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Scott
U.S
United States
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
California
Ronald Reagan
John A. Love
Colorado
Congress
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ogilvie
William C. Milliken
Milliken
Peking
U S and South Vietnamese push into A Shau Valley
AP dispatches report battalions entering the A Shau Valley with no enemy contact. Other items note Lon Nol’s resignation viewed as cabinet clean-up, protests shifting to Congress, Lt Col Miller reassigned, a Senate subcommittee says drug abuse in the armed forces not harming combat, Agnew worried over China visit’s effect on Formosa, and a 1969 Penn Central memo praising a bookkeeper amid looming disaster.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shau
Phnom Penh
Lon No
Washington
Senate
Penn Central Railroad
Cairo Ills elections test racial coalition power
Voters in Cairo Illinois go to the polls to elect a mayor and four city commissioners amid a rare cross racial coalition. The race pits a coalition of whites and blacks backed by the United Front of Cairo against a slate supported by the United Citizens for Community Action as the city seeks to reverse years of economic decline and violence.
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Cairo, Ill
Illinois
Albert ‘Pete’ Thomas
Cairo
Commission
Thomas
United Front of
United Citizens For Community Action
Banker Charged in Stock Deal
A former president of a New Jersey national bank and four stockbrokers were indicted today over an alleged scheme to use 10 million dollars in bank funds to buy stock in 26 corporations.
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Washington
New Jersey National Bank
No Grudge On Killer Whalebite
Annette Eckis 22 says she bears no grudge toward Shamu the 4000 pound killer whale at Sea World after a Monday incident. Trainers pried open the whale's mouth to free her leg leaving only bruises and puncture wounds. She was learning to ride Shamu for an upcoming show in May.
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San Diego
Calif
Annette Eckis
Shamu
Sea World Marine Park
Miss Eckis
Kent Burgess
Marine Park
Ann
Burgess
Driver Charged In Springfield Manslaughter Case
James Kays, 28, of Republic, Missouri, faces manslaughter charges after a collision in Springfield that killed 55 year old Godfrey Gamel of Ozark. Henry Dean, 22, of Hollister, was listed in critical condition after his car was involved in the crash.
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Springfield
James Kays
Republic
Godfrey Gamel
Ozark
Kays
Henry Dean
Hollister
Need For Big Sisters and Big Brothers Training Session
Individuals interested in Mexico's Big Brother and Big Sister Program are invited to a 7 30 p m training session at the East Central Missouri Mental Health Center basement activity room. James Reznicek says joiners welcome to attend to support current pairs and discuss child needs and program goals as demand for volunteers remains high.
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Mexico
East Central Missouri Mental Health Center
James Reznicek
Reanicek
Mexico Ledger Advertising and Office Hours Notice
Mexico Ledger lists publication details including daily except Sundays and holidays, office address at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri 65265 and mailing rates. It specifies price per issue 10 cents, monthly and yearly rates for various regions and military members rates, plus office hours.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
Man son and three women given death sentences in Tate case
In Los Angeles a judge formally sentenced Charles Manson and three female followers to die in the gas chamber for the Sharon Tate murders. The judge said the death penalty is appropriate and likely to be upheld, while the defendants face automatic appeals and delays.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Paul Fitzgerald
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Manson
San Quentin
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Susan
California Institution For Women
Frontera
Miss Atkins
Miss van Houten
Miss Krenwinkel
Eagleton Calls For July 1 1972 Vietnam Pullout Date
Senator Thomas F Eagleton urged setting a firm withdrawal deadline for all American ground troops from South Vietnam. In a St Louis Post Dispatch interview he proposed July 1 1972 as the earliest possible pulling date, suggesting the McGovern Hatfield amendment could be amended to reflect this target. He warned without a date excuses would delay troop withdrawal.
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ST. Louis
South Vietnam
Thomas F. Eagleton
Dmo
Eagleton
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Camboia
Missouri
Senate
Hagleton
New Soviet Space Ship Still Alone
London reports the Soviet space ship Salute remains alone in orbit with no follow up spacecraft yet sent up as Moscow stated would come. Sir Bernard Lovell notes there is only one craft visible while Izvestia flags further launches and a future manned station for scientific observation. The USSR positions vessels in the Atlantic to back up tracking.
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London
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Moscow
Bernard Lovell
Izvestia
Soviet Union
United States
Atlantic
Students Named to Fall Honor Roll at SMS College
Mary F. Spradling of Vandalia and Donald R. Eastwood of Rush Hill earned places on the Southwest Missouri State College fall honor roll in Springfield. Spradling posted a 3.73 GPA and Eastwood a 3.64, both above the 3.50 threshold.
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Mary F. Spradling
Vandalia
Donald R. Eastwood
Rush
Bank blast shatters Berkeley branch in second attack
A pipe bomb exploded at Bank of America in Berkeley California at 3 31 a m injuring no one but shattering five windows and cracking doors It was the second blast at a Bank of America branch in less than two months police said A neighbor described the blast as nearly shaking the house.
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Bank of America
Berkeley
Calif
Dan Berger
Danforth rules petitions on school tax levies in Missouri
Missouri Attorney General John C. Danforth ruled that even if voters petition for a higher tax rate, a school board is not required to place the levy before the voters. The board has sole discretion to determine the rate of taxation beyond the authorized vote.
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John C. Danforth
Stephen Burns
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