California Defeat McGovern Shake Delegates Row
Washington AP reports an angry George McGovern threatening to withhold support after a Credentials Committee vote split California's 271 delegates among nine candidates 72 66 rather than all to McGovern This fuels party rift ahead of the Miami Beach convention July 10 and signals renewed attacks on Daley and other Illinois delegates while Muskie backers urge neutrality
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Washington
George McGovern
McGovern
Credentials Committee
California
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Miami Beach
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Atlantic City
N.J
Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Daley
Ohio Power to shut Windsor Plant in 1973 closure
Ohio Power Co plans to close the Windsor Plant near Wheeling West Virginia on October 1 1973 as too old to meet new air pollution standards. The jointly owned facility served 52 central Ohio counties from Steubenville to Van Wert and Lima. The American Electric Power System will supply power from other plants until three new facilities are finished.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Power Co
Windsor
Wheeling
W.va
Shyearold
Ohio Power
West Penn Power Co
Ohio
Steubenville
van Wert
Lima
American Electric Power System
McGovern Suffers Setback as California Delegates Trim Lead
An Illinois court ruling restricts seating to Daley delegates, trimming George McGovern’s first place delegate total. Hart calls the loss a temporary hurdle while Mankiewicz hints at court action. A new AP tally shows McGovern at 1,226.9 first ballot, 282.1 short of 1,509, with his own tally at 1,333.75, 175.25 short.
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Illinois
Daley
California
McGovern
Gary Hart
Miam
Frank Mankiewicz
Associated Press
Delegates shift in Democratic race across states
In Philadelphia a hearing examiner found 40 percent of Humphrey and Muskie Pennsylvania delegates violated reform rules. Louisiana delegates split with 24 of 44 backing McGovern. Missouri black delegates move toward McGovern while three stay uncommitted. Carter blames opponents for a Credentials Committee vote realigning Georgia’s delegation. Military encampment at Homestead Air Force Base prepares troops for nominating conventions. Humphrey warns of an educated elite hurting blue collar workers. McGovern pledges a federal education department with a female head. Agnew criticizes all Democratic candidates as political shuttlecocks at a Uniondale dinner.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Humphrey
Muskie
Pennsylvania
New Orleans
Dorothy Taylor
Louisiana
McGovern
St. Louis
Missouri
Department of Education
National Education Association
Atlantic City
Spiro T. Agnew
Martha Mitchell Returns to Washington Home
Martha Mitchell is reported back in town while her husband John N. Mitchell led the Committee for the Re-election of the President. He traveled to Rye, New York, to pick up his wife and she was back at work, with a committee spokesman saying she had returned to their Watergate East apartment.
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Washington
Martha Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Rye
N.Y
Nixon vague on details of revived Paris talks
In Washington President Nixon offers little on what evidence might show Hanoi will change its stance as Paris peace talks resume July 12. He notes only that both sides deem talks in their interest and that past efforts yielded no significant results after 149 meetings.
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Washington
Paris
Nixon
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Traffic Toll Prediction For Holiday Is 900
The National Safety Council estimates 800 to 900 people may die in traffic crashes during the four day Fourth of July holiday period from 6 p.m. Friday, June 30, to midnight Tuesday, July 4. An estimated 25,000 to 39,000 may be injured.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Fischer Faces World Chess Federation Blacklist Threat
World Chess Federation president Max Euwe warned Bobby Fischer he could be barred from the world title if he does not appear for the Reykjavik start. Fischer was spotted in New York but did not board a flight to Iceland amid security interruptions and Sabbath refusals.
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Amsterdam
World Chess Federation
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Russia
Max Euwe
World Federation
Reykjavik
Iceland
Fischer
New York
Kennedy Airport
Icelandic Airlines
Tto
S. Viets Push On Quang Tri
South Vietnamese paratroopers backed by armor moved within four miles of Quang Tri City in a push to recapture the northern province. Helicopters landed troops after heavy B52 bombardment as sporadic clashes with small enemy groups continued and several tanks were destroyed by missiles and jets.
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Saigon
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
U.S
Highway 1
My Chanh
Quang Tri Province
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Xuan Thuy
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Quang Tri
First National Bank of Middletown
Barnitz Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Kentucky
Young Jr
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