Hamra backs Eagleton as McGovern VP contender in Missouri
AP reporting from Miami Beach details Sam Harris Jr. of Springfield publicly urging Gov. Warren Hearnes to consider U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton as a running mate for George McGovern. The piece covers Missouri delegates shifting votes, internal loyalties, and Hamra's claim McGovern will win the nomination while Eagleson remains under consideration.
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Miami Beach
Sam Harris Jr
Springfield
Warren
Sdh
George McGovern
McGovern
Hamra
U.S
Thomas Eagleton
Missouri
Sen
Sen. McGovern
Eagleton
Stuart Symington
California
Symington
Muskie
Credentials Committee
Paul Berra
St. Louis
George Lehr
Kansas City
Brunson Hollingsworth
Hillsboro
Hollingsworth
Lehr
Edmund S. Muskie
Berra
Ber- Ta
Dorothy Dudley
Fred Wathers
Warren E. Hearnes
Flash Flood Warning Issued for Nebraska River Area
The National Weather Service reports thunderstorms have dumped over 6 inches of rain in southeastern Nebraska with flooding on tributaries of the Big Blue River. Radar shows heavy rain continuing and residents in flood prone areas should stay alert for further flash flooding.
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Topeka
Kan
National Weather Service
Nebraska
Big Blue River
McGovern nears nomination after key California delegates
Sen George McGovern swept to the brink of the Democratic nomination at the national convention as 151 California delegates were restored. He stands within about 25 votes of winning on the first ballot, while efforts to seat Daley and Illinois challengers failed and the convention adjourned near dawn.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
McGovern
California
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Third Man Charged In Fire Murder
A third man surrendered to authorities in Richland Missouri and is charged in the fire murder of Porter Morris whose burned body was found June 7 near Plat. Jerry Wasmer and Tom Wimberly remain in jail in Buffalo on robbery and murder charges with Wasmer charged for setting the fatal fire.
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Missouri
J. C. Williams
Lebanon
Dallas County
Buffalo
Williams
Porter Morris
Plat
Jerry Wasmer
Tom Wimberly
Plad
Wasmer
Morris
Congressman Accuses Colleague in Kickback Scheme Trial
Former Collins aide George Haag testified that the Texas congressman arranged a 1968 campaign kickback scheme and payroll manipulations to fund bonuses. Haag described payments to four aides and a coverup, while Collins denied charges and faced ongoing testimony in U.S. District Court.
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Texas
Jim Collins
House
George A. Haag
Dallas
Jack Anderson
U.S. District Court
Collins
Haag
Kenny Newman
Michael D. Henning
Lynne O’shea
Haa
Congressional
Henning
Ray Fortner Jr
FBI
Leslie Scherr
Scherr
Colins
Mary Sue Scott
Linda Stephenson
Scott
Chess Title At Stake As Fischer Faces Spassky Match
American Bobby Fischer and Russian Boris Spassky meet for the world chess championship in a 24 game contest that could span two months. Fischer needs 12 points to win while Spassky needs 12 or a draw to retain the title. A win earns one point and a draw yields a half point.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Boris. Spassky
Spassky
Fischer
Butz predicts billionaire grain sales to Soviet Union
U S Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz foresees grain sales to the Soviet Union reaching about 1 billion dollars before the end of the three year 750 million export pact announced by President Nixon. He calls the forecast speculative yet notes Soviet officials show continued need for feed grains.
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Baton Rouge
U.S
Earl Butz
Soviet Union
Nixon
Butz
Technical Drafting Class Open at Mexico AVTS
Two of three daytime post high school classes are filled at the Mexico Area Vocational Technical School. A two year Technical Drafting program starts September 1, meets six hours daily five days a week, and prepares graduates as junior draftsmen with room to advance. tuition is 30 dollars a month plus 25 dollar application fee and books. George Cole, M.E., teaches. Call 581-5684 to apply.
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Mexico Area
Davis Hart
George Cole
M.E
Yippie Leaders Roam Democratic Convention Floor
Among the crowd at the Democratic National Convention the Yippie leaders Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman moved freely. Rubin wore an official convention pass and said he and Hoffman were writing a book about the convention.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Rubin
Hoffman
Snoopy Receives Honorary Berkeley Degree
Berkeley AP report states Snoopy the beagle from Charles Schulz's Peanuts was awarded an honorary degree by UC Berkeley. Sanford Elberg, dean of the graduate division, signed the certificate naming Snoopy Assistant Dean in Charge of Canine and Related Programs after the strip joked about another June without a degree.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California At Berkeley
Snoopy
Charles Schultz
Sanford Elberg
Charles Shulz
FAA Chief Talks About Hijackers
FAA Administrator John H. Shaffer explains decisions to use force in hijackings are weighed with authorities and crews, aiming to minimize loss of life. He cites the San Francisco and Saigon cases, praises security gains, and notes ongoing challenges with armed boarding and ransom cases.
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Washington
John H. Shaffer
Federal Aviation
FBI
San Francisco
Saigon
Shaffer
North Vietnam
American Airlines
Eastern
Pacific Southwest
Nixon
U.S
FAA
Florida May Restore Death Penalty Law
Gov Reubin Askew says he will call a special session on November 21 to consider reimposing the death penalty in Florida for certain crimes. He plans a blue ribbon commission to draft legislation while Florida Attorney General Robert Shevin cites a Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty as applied is unconstitutional.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Reubin Askew
Florida
Askew
Robert Shevin
Supreme Court
What They Did In Marathon Night Session
Miami Beach AP reports the Democratic National Convention processed credentials challenges during a marathon session. California’s 161 votes were returned to Sen. George McGovern, overturning a prior ruling about the winner-take-all primary. Delegates were ousted, women added to Illinois delegations, a South Carolina women’s caucus appeal rejected, and a black challengers slate seating appeal denied. A Georgia delegation compromise adding four blacks was ratified, tied to Gov. Jimmy Carter and Julian Bond. Several other state challenges were dropped.
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Muskie
Hamra
Missouri
California
McGovern
Patrica Harris
National Credentials Committee
Harris
Hamira
Hearnes
Warren Hearnes
Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
South Carolina
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Julian Bond
Kentucky
Hawaii
Michigan
Virginia
Washington
Rhode Island
Texas
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Astronauts Rapped For Stamp Deal
NASA disciplined Apollo 16 crew for carrying 400 unauthorized postal covers to the moon and back last July and gifting 10 of them to a West German contact. The covers, valued as moon stamps, were sold to collectors for about 1500 dollars each. Scott Worden and Irwin faced reprimand as NASA cited poor judgment while noting context of preflight stress.
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Washington
Space Agency
West Germany
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
David Scott
Alfred Worden
James Irwin
George Low
Italia
Howard Burton
Basil Lawrence
Stockton Fountain
Centralia
Cadillac
School Industrial Arts Department
Cat Lost in Nashville Answers To Electric Can Opener
A lost-gray and white female cat in Nashville, Tennessee answers to electric can opener. The notice reflects a tiny classified ad style prediction of a pet returning home through distinctive identifying trait.
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Nashville, Tenn
Dr Cyrus Burford Dead at 95 Former Missouri Medical Society President
Dr Cyrus E Burford died Monday in a geriatric center at 95 A Girard native he studied at Central Methodist College Fayette and Saint Louis University School of Medicine He taught there from 1904 to 191 and led urology from 1922 to 1944 Funeral set for 2 pm Wednesday at University United Methodist Church University City He was a past president of the St Louis Medical Society and the American Urology Association
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ST. Louis
Cyrus E. Burford
Missouri Medical Society
Girard
Burford
Central Methodist College
Fayette
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Medical School
Department of
Urology
University United Methodist Church
University City
St. Louis Medical Society
American Urology Association
Bow And Arrow Killing May Be Juvenile Case
Sioux City Iowa AP Harold Shamblin 17 appeared before Woodbury County District Judge John Faschman on a murder charge. The judge sent the case to juvenile court and said Shamblin was not formally arraigned because of his age. He is accused of killing his grandmother Mrs Gall Bachert 71 with a hunting arrow found in her basement July. He was arrested near Dickinson North Dakota and extradited to Iowa.
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Sioux City, Iowa
Harold Shamblin
Shamblin
Woodbury County
John Faschman
Faschman
Gall Bachert
Dickinson
N.D
Towa
Watermelon Assault Report Turned Out Fake
Police in Los Angeles say an alleged watermelon attack on 20 year old O. C. Henry was a fabrication. A 51 pound melon dropping from a second story window after a dispute with girlfriend Orena Jones was found to have no truth, according to Commander Peter Hagan.
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Los Angeles
O.C. Henry
Orena Jones
Peter Hagan
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