Crime Report In Political Dispute Shapes 1972 Campaign
FBI Uniform Crime Report shows serious crime up 1 percent for first half of year while McGovern cites higher underreporting. Ehrlichman challenges figures as misreadings. Shriver backs McGovern ticket. Nixon emphasizes progress. Polls show narrowing race. Rogers warns against defense cuts impacting foreign policy.
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Johnson
South Dakota
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Richard G. Kleindienst
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
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Grimes
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Sargent Shriver
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Shriver
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House
Senate
White House
UAW
Eleanor McGovern
Friends of
Eleanor
Gary Hart
New York
Alfred E. Sindlinger
Sindlinger
William P. Rogers
George McGovern
America
Diplomatic ties begin as Japan and China announce
Japan and China establish diplomatic relations and plan a treaty of peace to replace the 1952 framework with Chiang Kai-shek's government on Taiwan. Tanaka and Chou En-lai attend a staged reception in Shanghai. Also reported are returning American POWs, U.S. crime rate shifts, Kissinger brief to Nixon, and a breast cancer screening study with regional results.
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Japan
China
Kakuei Tanaka
Chou En-lai
Peking
People’s Republic
Chiang Kai-shek
Republic of “China
Taiwan
Los Angeles
New York
American Medical Society
National Cancer Institute
Controversial F111A Fighters Return to North Vietnam
The F111A fighter bombers returned to combat with over 300 strikes across North Vietnam including raids 55 miles northwest of Hanoi and near the Chinese border. The Air Force reported F4 Phantom attacks on a supply facility near Hanoi while Hanoi accused U.S. planes of civilian casualties.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Fllis
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Thach Han
Citadel
Takhii Air Base
Thailand
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Takhli
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Holloman Afb
New Mexico
Japan Shuts Embassy in Taiwan as China Recognizes PRC
Japan and China formalized diplomatic ties with a joint statement in Peking and a reception in a port city. Tokyo will close its embassy in Taiwan while recognizing the People's Republic as the sole legal government of China. Negotiations for a future peace treaty will follow.
Suits Seek To Get Parties On Ballot In Missouri
In Kansas City AP report the ACLU filed two class action suits in U S District Court on behalf of the American Party and the Communist Party to place their presidential ticket names on the November ballot. Plaintiffs Evans and Waxman claim MO law requiring July 31 signatures is unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.
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Kansas City
The
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S
American Party
Communist Party
Janette M. Evans
Florissant
American Party of Missouri
John Schmitz
Thomas J. Anderson
Loretta Waxman
University City
Gus Hall
Jarvis Tyner
James C. Kirkpatrick
Missouri
Nixon leads McGovern by large margin in Sindlinger poll
In New York the Sindlinger poll shows President Nixon with a 41 point lead over George McGovern. Among 2,246 adults interviewed by phone from September 19 to 21, 61.5 percent favored Nixon, 20.9 percent supported McGovern, and 17.6 percent were undecided.
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New York
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
Crickets Cover Newport In Ankles Deep Invasion
Newport Arkansas faced a cricket invasion as millions of camel brown insects about an inch long covered streets sidewalks and crowded into downtown. Local entomologist cites unusual climate shifts but notes no prior cricket rampage. youngsters collected the bugs for bait shops.
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Newport
Ark
Arkansas
Harvey Barton
Arkansas State University At
Jonesboro
Missouri Judge Bardgett Retention Vote 3 to 1
Missouri lawyers approved Judge John E. Bardgett for retention on the state Supreme Court by a 3 to 1 margin in a poll of about half of the 8,000 lawyers. Totals by district: St. Louis 1,401 for, 634 against. Kansas City 1,366 for, 423 against. Springfield 252 for, 172 against.
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Jefferson City, Mo
State Supreme Court
John E. Bardgett
Missouri
Bardgett
St. Louis
Commission of Judicial Review and Discipline
James E. Godfrey
John W. Webb
R-Webb City
Wade F’. Baker
Bar Association
Springfield
Kansas City
Driver 86 Turns In License After 71 Years
Wellesley Hills Massachusetts AP reports T Walter Taylor, 86, who has driven for 71 years, will surrender his license claiming age and safety concerns. He notes driving is a privilege, not a right, and cites his clean record while acknowledging possible health risks. He fears a heart attack could endanger others on the road.
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Wellesley Hills
Mass
T. Walter Taylor
State Registry of Motor Vehicles
Taylor
Cattle Payments Halted Over Audit Findings
AP reports indemnity payments to ranchers under a brucellosis eradication program will stop until an attorney general's opinion is obtained. State Auditor Bond charges $250,000 paid illegally over two years, about half of total payouts. Stiles and Davis defend authority and note potential misreadings of the law while noting the program aims to reduce cattle losses and paperwork.
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Jefferson City
Dexter D. Davis
Christopher Bond
George C. Stiles
Stiles
Davis
Robert James
Bond
Agriculture Department
Warren E. Hearnes
Second Time Thief Gets Caught at Salt Lake City Pharmacy
In Salt Lake City AP reports a pharmacist Bill Leatherwood and two bystanders captured a robber after a second overnight theft at Prescription Pharmacy. Lorrie Young, 12, returned to work as a checker while the thief fled after grabbing $62. Leatherwood chased him, a bystander punched him, another bystander helped corral him about a block away.
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Salt Lake City
Lorrie Young
Prescription Pharmacy
Bill Leatherwood
Leatherwood
Bill Adams
Miss Rutter Joins Theta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma
The William Woods College language department announces the chartering of an honorary modern language society Theta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Mu Gamma. Miss Carol Rutter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rutter of West Mexico, has been elected secretary. To qualify for full membership a student must earn two A grades in language courses not taught entirely in English and maintain a 2.50 overall average and a 3.00 average in language courses.
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William Woods College
Fulton
Theta Zeta
Alpha Mu Gamma
Carol Rutter
C.C. Rutter
Highway 22
West
Mexico
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