McGovern Fear Echoes in Republican Business Circles
AP reports in New York that GOP business leaders voice concern over a McGovern presidency. Analyst Pierre Rinfret warns major tax hikes and higher spending could trigger uncertainty, slowing or halting economic growth in 1973. He notes McGovern could press through reforms with a Democratic Congress.
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New York
George McGovern
Pierre Rinfret
Nixon
McGovern
Rinfret
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Democratic Congress
Senate Kills Case Church Amendment on Indochina Funding
Washington AP reports the Senate approved a $1 billion State Department authorization bill and rejected the Case Church end the war amendment by 76 to 1 after a month of debate. The defeated amendment aimed to cut off all U.S. forces spending in Indochina after August 31, despite support from some leadership. War critics plan to press another amendment tied to military aid, seeking withdrawal by cease fire without Saigon approval.
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Senate
State Department
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Clifford Case
Frank Church
Church
Mike Mansfield
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
Spiro Agnew declines Maryland delegation to RNC
Washington AP Vice President Spiro T. Agnew has declined joining Maryland's 26 member delegation to the Republican National Convention. Agnew previously led Maryland's delegation to Miami Beach and later became Nixon's running mate.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Victor Gold
Agnew
Miami Beach
Nixon
Rail Diner Keeps Aboard In Chicago
CHICAGO AP Rock Island Lines installs a diner and club car from the Golden State Limited at La Salle Street Station Track 1 and uses them as a restaurant serving lunch and dinner In partnership with Southern Pacific the Golden State Limited operated between Chicago and Los Angeles until patronage declined and the service ended.
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Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Golden State Limited
la Salle Street
Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Los Angeles
Senate approves Rhodesian chrome import amendment
A 40 to 36 Senate roll call adopts an amendment to the State Department authorization bill allowing continued imports of Rhodesian chrome. Republicans backing the measure include Dole and Pearson of Kansas while Democrats opposing were Hagleton and Symington of Missouri.
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Senate
State Department
Dole and Pearson
Kansas
Hagleton and
Symington
Missouri
Deputy Chased While Escorting Prisoner to Jefferson City
Jasper County deputy sheriff Charles Whitlow reported two high speed chases reaching 100 mph while transporting Gary Vincent Johnson, 25, sentenced to 99 years for armed robbery at a Paddock State Line liquor store holdup. Johnson is also wanted in Kansas for a tavern shooting. A second chase brought radio aid from Laclede County officers who arrested the pursuer, William Turnbaugh, 28, of Springdale, Ark., on a driving while drunk charge with a $250 bond. Johnson’s brother Jack, 21, is serving 15 years in prison.
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Joplin
Charles Whitlow
Jasper County
Missouri
Jefferson City
Gary Vincent Johnson
Paddock State Line
Wyandotte County
Kan
Whitlow
Lawrence County
U.S. 66
Laclede County
Lebanon
William Turnbaugh
Springdale
Ark
Johnson
Jack, Johnson
Florida Pressures North To Halt Smog Flow
Florida officials claim an industrial air pollution bank drifted from Ohio Pennsylvania and Tennessee created five days of smoky haze in May. Baljet asked EPA head Ruckelshaus and state officials to act immediately to curb pollutants and halt cross state emissions. Tennessee doubts southward reach of emissions.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
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Peter Baljet
Florida
Baljer
Environmental Protection Agency
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Control
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Ruckelshaus
Mosphere
Baljet
Ohio Health Department
Air Pollution Control Board
Harold Hodges
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