Ohio Indiana primaries shape tight 72 race as Humphrey leads
Humphrey clung to a slim Ohio lead over McGovern as Cuyahoga County counting slowed results. In Indiana Wallace ran strong, winning 22 delegates to Humphrey 46 and Muskie 12 as Alabama backed him in a home state rout. Delegates in DC favored Fauntroy. Nixon backers swept Republican primaries.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Indiana
George S. McGovern
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Humphrey
McGovern
Cuyahoga
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Frank Mankiewicz
South Dakota
Mankiewicz
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Edmund S$. Muskie
Wallace
Light turnout shapes contested races in Butler and Warren
Primary results set the November lineup. In Butler County Walter Powell and James Ruppert contest the 8th District seat with Powell the incumbent. Powell defeated Ralph Dull while Ruppert beat Edward M. Meixner. In Warren County William Massey will oppose Ronald Shoemaker for the 14th District state senate. Other contests include Meyer vs Lukens for the 4th District senate, South vs Bradstreet for county commission, and Holcomb vs Goodman for prosecuting attorney.
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Butler
Warren
Board of Elections
Walter Powell
Fairfield
James Ruppert
Franklin
Powell
Ralph Dull
Brookville
Ruppert
Edward M. Meixner
Fort Recovery
William (Bang) Meyer
Oxford
Donald E
Buz
Warren County
William Massey
Batavia
Warren C. Nelson
Lebanon
Donald R. Gingerich
Hunter
Fred C. Carlisle
Jackson
Ronald J. Shoemaker
Waverly
Robert K. South
Springboro
Carl Bradstreet
Harry Cornett
Robert L. Turner
Mason
Butler County
John F. Holcomb
Hamilton
Gary Katp
Middletown
Benjamin Goodman
Hue and Binh Dinh Fall to North Vietnamese Attacks
North Vietnamese troops raided within six miles of Hue and captured the last South Vietnamese stronghold in Binh Dinh Province. A massive U S air armada struck North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam as Hue faces a potential Tet-scale threat. Vietnam's northern commander Lt Gen Hoang Xuan Lam is being replaced after the Quang Tri setback.
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Saigon
Hue
Binh Dinh
U.S
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hoang Xuan Lam
Naney
My Chang
Qui Nhon
Weather Outlook Low 40s Tonight and 60s Thursday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the mid to upper 40s. Thursday will be partly cloudy with highs in the 60s. Yesterday’s high reached 76 and the overnight low was 48.
77 Missing In Mine Fire At Sunshine Mine Idaho
Rescuers probed smoky mineshafts for 77 missing miners after a fire in Sunshine Mining Co. tunnels near Kellogg Idaho. Five known dead and over 100 escaped. reports vary on total fatalities. Crews work in ovenlike heat with oxygen gear as families wait nearby.
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Kellogg
Idahé
Sunshine Mining Co
Idaho
Spokane, Wash
Spokesman-Review
Marvin C. Chase
Sunshine
Spokane
Missoula
Mont
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Chase
Plagman Accepts Blame for Ohio Voting Machine Fiasco
George Plagman supervisor of voting machines for Cuyahoga County admits fault for a statewide election machine failure that left 130 polling sites without service. He cites lost keys and limited time as the main issues while Gov. Gilligan signs a pretest bill to prevent repeats.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cuyahoga County
George Plagman
Plagman
County Election Board
Board of Elections
Joseph Cipollone
Cipollone
John Gilligan
Ohio
Car Checks Curb Few Crashes
The NHTSA says state vehicle inspection programs have not proven to cut accidents significantly though they can remove unsafe vehicles when properly run. Officials cite brakes tires steering and suspension as bigger crash factors and tie fatalities to economic conditions and reduced travel in 1970.
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Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
Douglas W. Toms
Toms
House Appropriations Subcommittee
Charles H. Hartman
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