Bimini Revisited Shows Powell Fading In Favor
Adam Clayton Powell, once a hero on Bimini, now faces indifference six months after leaving Congress. On his yacht Adam's Fancy Too, he hosts a sparse news conference as 1,800 islanders drift past, with locals noting he no longer draws crowds or support. Powell says he will write books, build a home, split time between Washington and Bimini, and step down from Abyssinian Church.
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New England
Beryl Slocum
Adam Clayton Powell IV
Darlene Expose
Mrs. Powell
North Bimini
Washington
Adam IV
Baby
House Select Committee
Corrine Huff
Bonefish
Sam
Mr. Powell
McGovern Attacks Opponents Over Europe Cuts
Washington AP George S McGovern ridicules Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie for opposing forced troop cuts in Europe saying their stance undermines credibility. He cites their vote against a 150000 man deployed in Europe and questions new national priorities NATO. Senator Henry M Jackson criticizes a radical liberal fringe trying to take over the Democratic party.
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George S. McGovern
Senate
Europe
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
South
U.S
NATO
Changit
Henry M
Henry M. ‘Jackson, D-Wagh
U.S. Indochina
Democratic ‘Party
Henry M. Jackson
Global tensions and Nixon shift in arms talks noted
AP reports a new U S Soviet agreement to negotiate nuclear limits may have slowed Pentagon plans for weapons projects worth 76 billion dollars next year. Officials see a slowdown in Safeguard antiballistic missile construction and in deploying multiwarhead offensive missiles.
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Washington
Pentagon
Patithyme
Head Start Graduation Held At National Guard Armory
Head Start graduation ceremonies at the National Guard Armory marked a week of events tied to National Children's Week. Raymond Davis of the Human Development Corporation announced a steering committee to propose improvements to Mexic day care facilities. The program supports children from culturally deprived homes and involves parents in classrooms and at home. Registration for next year is Wednesday 9 am to 4 pm at Garfield Community Center. Eligible children are ages 3 to 5 from low income families. Davis, William Courtney, Mrs. Lewis French and Mrs. Susanna Bunge were named to the committee.
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Steerin
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Raymond
Speed) Davis
Human Development Corporation
HDC
Davis
Garfield Community Center
William Courtney
Lewis French
Susanna
Bunge
Belinda Eisterhold dies after kidney transplant
Funeral services are set for 14 year old Belinda Eisterhold of Freeburg at Rich Fountain Catholic Church after she died Tuesday at University Medical Center in Columbia following a March 31 kidney transplant at Duke. Her mother donated the kidney. the family reported fundraisers raised over 15000 dollars to cover costs.
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University Medical Center
Columbia
Rich Fountain
Belinda
August Eisterhold
Freeburg
William Schwartze
Martinsburg
Mexico
Duke University Medical Center
Durham
N.C
University of Missouri Medical Center
Duke
Missouri
Thieves Steal Thousands of Phenobarbital Pills in Capitol
Oklahoma City AP report says several thousand phenobarbital tablets were stolen from Civil Defense medical kits in the state Capitol. Officials kept silent to avoid sparking more pilferage, estimating about 4,000 taken months ago during renovations. LeRoy Hansen notes 1,000 plus kits countywide, with few pills removed. concern grows that publicity may invite further theft.
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Oklahoma City
Civil Defense
State Capitol
Capitol
National Civil Defense Office
State CD Office
LeRoy Hansen
Oklahoma County
Hansen
Summer Reading At Laddonia
Laddonia branch library launches 1971 summer reading with a Book Parade theme to boost reading, open to grades 1 through 8. June 1 begins program reading cards, 20 books by July 20 earns a sack lunch picnic in Laddonia Park. Reading sessions run Tuesdays 2 3:30 p.m. for eight weeks. preschool Story Hour continues Wednesdays 9 10 45 a.m. for ages four and five.
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Laddonia
Jackie Kauble
Laddonia Park
Dole Predicts 1972 GOP Victory in Colorado Springs
Senator Robert Dole told about 100 area Republicans in Colorado Springs that the GOP would win in 1972 due to positive programs and broad outreach to young people and minority groups. He forecast an end to Vietnam sooner than critics expect, praised Nixon’s peace efforts, and noted a nuclear arms breakthrough with the Soviet Union. He also criticized networks for coverage and dismissed Walter Cronkite’s credibility charge.
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Colo
Robert Dole
Republican National Committee
Kansas
Nixon
GOP
Dole
Vietnam
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Russia
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Washington
CBS
Walter Cronkite
Spiro Agnew
Cole
Marshal killer charged in Missouri store shootout
Daniel Ray Baker, 20, of the Poplar Bluff area, was held in Butler County on a first degree murder warrant for the fatal shooting of Mansfield County Marshal Homer Fry. Baker and two others were named in Wright County warrants. Grissom and Tuberville remained at large. Fry was killed May 11 after catching three men breaking into a Mansfield store. Baker planned transfer to Wright County jail.
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Poplar Bluff
Daniel Ray Baker
Butler County
Mansfield County
Homer Fry
Highway Patrol
Baker
Wright County
Marvin Elbert Grissom
McDougal, Ark
Doc Adams Says He'll Be Back on Gunsmoke
Milburn Stone known as Doc Adams from Gunsmoke is recovering from heart surgery and expects to be back on TV by December. The 66 year old said he feels fine after the March 16 open heart operation at University Hospital following a prior heart attack in 1968. Stone hopes to return to work by September for episodes airing in December.
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Birmingham
Ala
Milburn Stone
Doc Adams
Xerox Traders Sent To China Trade delegation seen as step to expand overseas markets
Xerox Corp. disclosed at its annual stockholders meeting that a trade delegation has visited Communist China and more trips are planned. President Co. Peter McColough and Rank Xerox Ltd. head John Davis said contacts align with U.S. policy and Chinese visas have been issued. long term prospects remain uncertain due to currency issues.
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N.Y
Xerox Corp
China
Peter McColough
Red China
Xerox
McColough
John Davis
Rank Xerox Ltd
Rank Xerox
Peking
U.S
Washington
State Department
Aikeateen
Huey Newton Maps Change in Panther Tactics
Huey Newton outlines a new direction for the Black Panther Party moving away from police confrontations toward church engagement and black community work. He cites internal leadership changes, a shift to faith community support, and plans to open clothing and shoe factories in Oakland.
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Berkeley
Calif
Black Panther Party
Huey Newton
The
Panther Party
San Francisco Bay Area Theological Schools
Newton
Central Committee
Panther Organization
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Eldridge Cleaver
Algeria
Cleaver
Panthers
Bobby Seale
Connecticut
Oakland
Streisand and Gould Separate in Private Deal
New York AP report says singer Barbra Streisand and actor Elliot Gould have a private separation agreement dated February 10 1970 filed with the state Supreme Court clerk. Under New York law after two years of separation either spouse may seek divorce.
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New York
Barbra Streisand
Elliot Gould
State Supreme Court
Mercury poisoning from swordfish linked to diet case
New York health official testifies to a Senate subcommittee about a 44 year old Long Island mother of three who consumed 10 ounces of swordfish daily for nine months in 1964 65 and again until 1970. He calls it the first U S human illness directly due to mercury poisoning from ordinary marketable food. Her condition has improved but mercury remains high in her body.
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Washington
New York
Roger Herdman
New York State Health Department
Long Island
Senate Environment Subcommittee
Herdman
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Riot Police Force Kent Crowd After Campus Rally
Kent Ohio AP riot police moved about 200 college-age revelers from downtown to the Kent State University campus during a third night of mass downtown gatherings. Over 50 arrests, including more than 25 after the crowd was pushed toward campus. A dozen Chosen Few motorcycle gang members charged into the crowd. one cyclist detained and weapons seized. Douglas Hayward, 19, Perrysburg, Kent freshman, injured by a motorcycle and treated at Robinson Memorial Hospital.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Chosen Few
Douglas Hayward
Perrysburg
Hayward
Robinson Memorial Hospital
Prosecutor's Son Caught In Drug Raid
William S. Brandom Jr., the Clay County prosecutor's son, was among 50 people arrested in 20 Missouri raids led by his father. Brandom Jr. faced narcotics possession charges in Platte County after a case that involved a major drug ring run by Raymond Schlagel.
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Kansas
CLIY
Clay County
William S. Brandom
William S. Brandom Jr
Platte County
William Jewell College
Brandom
Missouri
Denver
Young Random
Raymond Richard Schlagel
Schlagel
Midwest
Union Breakfast Set for Saturday at First Presbyterian
The Union Breakfast for Kings Daughters and Sons will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church. Beulah Johnson and Bottom Workers are hostesses. The Rev. Robert Collins will be speaker.
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Kings Daughters and Sons
First Presbyterian Church
Beulah Johnson
Robert Collins
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