McGovern Calls Connally Stooge Amid Campaign Attacks
Senator George McGovern wraps up a Midwest campaign swing with sharp attacks on Henry Kissinger and John Connally. He accuses Kissinger of publicized junkets hindering Paris peace talks and labels Connally a stooge for oil interests. McGovern also names black leaders as potential cabinet picks and urges Nixon to appoint a federal investigator into the 1972 DNC bugging incident. The remarks come during filming stops in Wisconsin and reunites a broad critique of Nixon administration influence.
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GM Offers Rock Shields On 71s And 72s
Washington AP General Motors will install a gravel shield on most full sized 1971 and 1972 models after an NHTSA warning that rocks could lodge in the steering coupling. GM says the issue is rare and has issued dealer bulletins offering free installation, with the shield costing about 50 cents and taking 10 minutes.
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House votes to curb cross-town busing desegregation
The House approved a measure to ban cross-town busing except as a last resort for desegregation and to allow courts to reopen desegregation orders. It also set a limit that a child could not be bused farther than the second closest school. The bill now faces an uncertain Senate path.
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Where Were You Robin When Rush Hill Needed You
The Ledger reporters Richard Vance and Rob Tanenbaum rushed to Rush Hill after a hound dog named Streak got stuck in a culvert. A sidewalk section was pried loose and the dog freed, with the rabbit escaping earlier. The incident ended happily for the dog, his owner Larry Carson, and the local children.
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Eight Million for Cannon Dam Assured
Missouri water control spending for the coming fiscal year totals 84,123,000 with Cannon Dam at 8,000,000. Senators Symington and Eagleton note the 8 million for Clarence Cannon Dam cleared the appro priations path through the House and Senate conferences without changes. The Truman Dam figures varied, with Senate lifting to 27 million before conference trimming to 23 million.
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Champion Hog Gift To Russia
A grand champion hog named Lucky will tour the Soviet Union in September as a personal gift to Premier Alexei Kosygin from hog raisers in Indiana and Illinois. The trip marks an unusual act of international outreach by Midwestern farmers through a porcine ambassador.
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Communists Seek Ballot Line in Missouri Campaign
In St Louis AP report Arnold Johnson says 20000 signatures collected for effort to put the American Communist Party on Missouri ballots. Presidential candidate Gus Hall and VP candidate Jarvis Tyner campaign for a guaranteed 6500 dollar family income, no income tax under 15000, and a 5 dollar hourly minimum wage with family day care and six months full pay maternity leave.
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Mexico Missouri and its famous misdirecting geography satire
A humorous piece recounts conversations about Mexico Missouri and nearby towns like Paris and Florida, Missouri, highlighting the confusion locals face from outsiders. It parodies mistaken origins and ends with a Jack Benny quip about a moved bust of Mark Twain in Florida Missouri.
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Impotence For Boss More Likely Impotence For Boss More Likely
London AP report cites Prof Ivor Mills of Cambridge University saying hard working executives face higher impotence risk due to mental strain. He notes executives under heavy paper work overtime may still feel aroused by new romance, but guilt upon return home completes perceived inadequacy.
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Hearnes Attacks Bond Tax Records In Missouri Campaign
MOBERLY Mo AP Democrat Hearnes charges Republican auditor Christopher Bond evaded Missouri taxes while citing court findings on Bond residency. Hearnes, addressing Randolph County Women’s Club, criticizes Nixon and touts Democratic unity and ticket support. He cites Bond tax and residency issues and recalls prior election efforts.
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ABA Would Ease Marijuana Laws
SAN FRANCISCO AP The American Bar Association urges removing excessive criminal penalties for personal marijuana use or possession The House of Delegates rewrote a committee call for repeal of all criminal penalties and considered licensing for distribution but dropped that idea
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Patrick O'Driscoll Dies After Visit to Ancestral Home
Patrick O'Driscoll, 77, an Irish immigrant and longtime St Louis transit worker, died of a heart attack in Skibbereen after revisiting his birthplace and County Cork relatives. His wife Helen, who joined him, called the trip his long planned voyage. He retired in 1956 after 41 years as a streetcar conductor and driver. Survivors include relatives in the United States and southeast Ireland. He was buried in the Skibbereen family plot.
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Naming mix triggers memories for Redstone sergeant
George Wallace Bremer, an Army staff sergeant and Shillelagh Missile System instructor at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, recounts years of comments on his name. The Missouri native notes heightened remarks after Arthur Bremer’s 1972 shooting of Gov. George Wallace. A June driver’s license encounter with a Alabama trooper underscores the name confusion and mixed sentiment.
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Death of Jules Romains Leader in Unanimisme Movement
Paris AP report notes the death of Jules Romains, 87, a prominent French author and founder of the Unanimisme movement, who died Monday in a Paris hospital.
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Ray Blades Attends Republican National Convention
Mr and Mrs Ray Blades of Paris travel to Miami for the Republican National Convention where Blades serves as an alternate voting delegate from the ninth district. They will stay at the Everglades Hotel with Missouri delegates.
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Earth City Suit Rejected in St Louis County
U S District Court Judge James H Meredith dismissed two environmental suits seeking to halt the Earth City project in north St Louis County. The groups claimed noise air pollution and traffic would harm them, but the judge found no standing. Earth City is a large multiuse development spanning residential commercial and industrial sectors in the Columbia bottoms area. The plaintiffs included Coalition for the Environment Citizens for a Healthful Environment and the St Charles Enthusiasts for a Natural Environment.
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