Watergate fight shapes campaign rhetoric grows
Top Republicans demand apologies after Watergate indictments while McGovern and Shriver push for further investigation. The grand jury charged seven in the 1972 break in at the Democratic National Headquarters. McGovern calls for probe into funding. Dole and MacGregor demand retractions. Shriver links economy and Vietnam policy to the case as Nixon faces pressure ahead of the election.
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Bill Kosman
Associated Press
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Herbert Stein
McGovern
Republican National
Robert Dole
Dole
Shriver
Watergate
Washington
White House
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Clark MacGregor
Green Bay
Wis
Israeli airstrikes and ground assault in Lebanon prompt emergency
Israeli warplanes hit two bridges over the Litani River and struck guerrilla targets in southern Lebanon as ground forces swept through 13 Arab villages. Lebanon declares state of emergency. cabinet contemplates UN Security Council action. Prime Minister Saeb Salam defends defense of the homeland amid Israeli superiority concerns.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Litani
U.N. Security Council
Saeb Salam
Lhardala
Aquiya
Nabatiye
Munich
Albanese
Uncle Sam To Borrow Cars For Drive Test
The EPA plans tests on 1972 autos and light trucks to check exhaust emission controls. About 3000 vehicles from Philadelphia Detroit St Louis Los Angeles and Atlanta will be borrowed. Owners who participate receive another car to use and a $50 savings bond.
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Philadelphia
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Detroit
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Hijackers Surrender After Swedish Jetliner Freed Passengers
In Madrid an AP report says three Yugoslav gunmen freed all 83 passengers from a hijacked Swedish jetliner in Malmoe and flew to Madrid where they surrendered. Nine men were escorted to police HQ as helmeted officers maintained a tight perimeter around the aircraft.
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Madrid
Malmoe
Airlines
Sweden
Oil From Leaves At University Of Louisville Study
University of Louisville students using a National Science Foundation grant tested a leaf to oil process in a basement reactor. Twelve students heated leaves to 400 to 450 degrees and injected hydrogen and carbon monoxide to produce small amounts of oil, noting they are not a threat to oil companies.
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Louisville, Ky
University of Louisville
Lewis Rowe
Smile Overheard in Waterloo Dream House Sale
A reader quip from The Waterloo Wise Courier notes a couple declaring they have moved into their dream house, admitting the cost surpassed every prior expectation and doubled their earlier dreams.
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the Waterloo, Wise, Courier
General's Testimony Adds To Probe Jigsaw
Air Force Gen. John D. Lavelle says he interpreted remarks by another general and Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird to justify aggressive bombing of North Vietnam targets. The Senate probe into unauthorized raids and civilian control of the military continues as the Armed Services Committee releases a censored transcript of hearings.
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Washington
Air Force
John D. Lavelle
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
North Vietnam
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Laird
Nixon
North
Lavelle
7Th Air Force
Honolulu
John Vogt
Vogt
Joint Staff
Pentagon
Saigon
Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Gabriel
Slay
Stennis
Creighton Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Army
Abrams
Saigonese flag raised as Quang Tri falls to Marines
Saigonese marines raised the flag over the Quang Tri Citadel marking the city’s capture from North Vietnam after 44 months of occupation. President Thieu hailed the victory as brilliant and planned a visit to the front. Hanoi dismissed Saigon reports as propaganda while vowing to defend the area.
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Saigon
Quang Tri Citadel
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Quang Tri
Nguyen van Thien
Thieu
Bui the Law
Jensen
Ben Hai River
Hong Kong
Quang Tri City
Radio
Mrs. James Stevinson Rites Monday
Dorothy Eikel Stevinson 42 died 2 a.m. Friday at Boone County Hospital after brain tumor surgery. She lived in Mexico and worked at Audrain Farmers Home Administration. Born May 27, 1930, she married James T. Stevinson in Americus in 1950. Survived by husband, son James Jr., daughters Belinda Frosch and Karen Stowers, Cynthia Stevinson, grandmother Lottie Korman, granddaughters Christina and Melissa Frosch, sister Vera Van Booren, brother Bernie Eikel. Funeral arrangements set at Meador and Son, then Toedimann-Grosse. Rosary Sunday 8 p.m., funeral Monday 10 a.m. at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Starkenburg.
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James T. Stevinson
Boone County Hospital
Columbia
Stevinson
Mexico
Audrain Farmers Home Administration Office
Dorothy Eikel
Ben H
Lucy Eikel
Rhineland
Americus
James Jr
Belinda Frosch
Karen Stowers
Thompson
Cynthia Stevinson
Lottie Korman
Christina
Melissa Frosch
Vera van Boo
St. Martin's Catholic Church
Starkenburg
Patrick Dolan
St. Brendan's
Raymond Rau
American Wife and Mother In Hanoi To Meet Their Men
In Hanoi two American women Minnie Gartley and Olga Charles arrived to meet POW relatives and were rushed to an underground bunker during an air raid alert. They travel from Vientiane with four antiwar activists escorting U.S. Navy pilots believed shot down over North Vietnam. The mission drew remarks from Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. and other group leaders.
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Peter Arnett
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Vientiane
Laos
North Vietnam
Minnie Lee Gartley
Dunedin
Fla
Olga Charles
Globe
Saigon
U.S
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Yale University
Free Litterbags Available In Missouri State Highway Drive
Missouri State Highway Department begins free distribution of automobile litterbags to curb roadside trash costs. Chief Engineer Robert N. Hunter says wastebaskets travel nowhere while people do. Bags measure 7 by 11 inches with a hole for hanging in the car and are free while supplies last at The Ledger and state district offices including Hannibal district No. 3 at 4600 McMunsters Ave.
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Missouri State Highway Department
Missouri
Robert N. Hunter
Hunter
Gallup
Highway Department
Public Information Division
Jefferson City
McMunsters Ave
Hannibal
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