Eagleton defends staying on ticket amid pressure from Democrats
Democratic vice presidential hopeful Thomas Eagleton says he will present his case to George McGovern tonight at a meeting to decide whether he should stay on the ticket. Eagleton notes he cannot prejudge the outcome and stresses he remains an asset after winning over several party leaders. McGovern weighs whether to keep him on as Ellender funeral plans shift.
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Washington
Thomas F. Eagleton
George McGovern
Missouri
McGovern
Hagleton
Eagleton
Louisiana
Allen J. Ellender
Newsmen
Nixon
Joseph Aliota
McGovern-Eagleton
Dr Ernest Gantt Jr Dies Chief Physician at Audrain Medical Center
Dr Ernest S Gantt Jr 52 longtime Mexico physician and Audrain Medical Center staff chief died of cancer at home on Teal Lake Road. He built the Monroe Street clinic, married Margery Reed in 1960 and is survived by wife three sons a daughter his mother a sister and an aunt. Rites set for St Matthew's Episcopal Church with burial in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
W. Teal Lake Rd
Gantt
E. Monroe St
Donald W. Daut
St. Louis
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
John Harmon
Elmwood Cemetery
Arnold Funeral Home
St. Matthew’s Church
Washington University
St. Louis City Hospital
Army Medical Corps
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Air Force Base
San Antonio
Supreme Court
Floy Zoeller
Allen Nursing Home
Zoeller
Audrain County
Jack
Fay Hubbard Crum
Mexico High School
Hannibal- LaGrange College
Equitable Life Insurance Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Morenci, Ariz
Morenci
Delta Jet Hijacked Over Florida En Route to Miami
A Delta Air Lines jet from Detroit to Miami was hijacked over Florida. The hijacker demanded 1 million dollars in ransom for 94 passengers and seven crew members. The plane landed in Miami after the hijacking began.
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Delta Airlines
Florida
Delta
Atlanta
Detroit
Fiery Freight Train Sparks 10-Mile Fire Trail
A California freight train with a burning car caused a 10 mile string of brush fires across Irwindale Duarte Monrovia and Arcadia before firefighters stopped it. An unoccupied Arcadia house caught fire and total damage reached about 5000 dollars. Investigators blamed overheated brakes for starting the blaze.
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Pasadena
Calif
Irwindale
Duarte
Monrovia
Arcadia
15-Year-Old Trio Stirs Wide Manhunt
Three 15 year olds from Oregon were arrested in southeast Monroe County after an all day manhunt in a stolen red Mustang reported from Idaho. A shotgun and a billfold were recovered with the youths captured near the Sanford Lewellen home. The three were turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Paris
Monroe County
Oregon
Idaho
Emmett Reighly
Dean Mason
Dean Spencer
Sanford Lewellen
Houtchens Warns of Backfire in Eagleton Ticket Talk
Missouri Democratic chair Delton L. Houtchens warns removing Sen. Tom Eagleton from the Democratic presidential ticket would backfire and hurt party efforts in Missouri. He cites Eagleton’s steadiness under pressure and public support, urging McGovern to reconsider. The flap follows national party commentary and a pending retraction offer over a drunken driving report.
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Jefferson City
Tom Eagleton
Missouri
Delton L. Houtchens
George McGovern
Jean Westwood
Sen
Eagleton
Houtchens
United States
Jack Anderson
Anderson
True Davis
St. Joseph
Bull takes over Interstate in Hamilton Ohio
A 450 pound bull halted traffic on Interstate 75 in Hamilton for 90 minutes as police and motorists watched horns blare. Dozens of officers corralled the animal after it feinted charges across multiple lanes and rammed a car driven by Willard Samuels. It finally fled into a field.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Here
Butler County
Willard Samuels
Southgate
Mich
Miss Anita Colombo Crowned Miss Missouri 1972
The 37th Miss Missouri pageant at Missouri Military Academy crowned Anita Marie Colombo of St. Louis as Miss Missouri 1972. Melanie Fallert, Carolyn Lambert, Renee Beal, and Karen Coffman were runners up. Miss Vicki Groves won Miss Congeniality. Colombo, a Washington University senior, plans graduate study in business administration and engineering management with Southwestern Bell.
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Anita Marie Colombo
Missouri Military Academy
Melanie Ann Fallert
Ste. Genevieve
Carolyn June Lambert
Larry Webber
The
Mexico Jaycees
Missouri
Atlantic City
Oil Company
Miss Colombo
Anna Mae Colombo
Washington University
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cotton
Muffin
Ste. Genevieve High School
Miss Lambert
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