West Virginia trek shows buses and bias on the road
Irene McCabe, a militant mother seeking to curb busing for racial balance, leads five other women on a cross country walk from Pontiac to Washington. A station wagon and gavel trailer accompany them as reporters spotlight their route begun March 13. The group hopes Mouse Resolution 620 becomes law, while noting public interest and offers from officials. The journeying mothers share a tight bond, with one grandmother affirming the march's progress.
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UPI
Irene McCabe
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Washington
Capitol
McGovern Surges In Pennsylvania Presidential Race
Sen George McGovern gains momentum in Pennsylvania challenging Muskie and Humphrey for delegates. Labor straw polls show a late surge for McGovern alongside observations from state politicians. Campaigns hit Pittsburgh Erie Ohio as McGovern bets on a second place finish in both presidential preference and delegate races.
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Hubert I. Humphrey
Organized Labor
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Massachusetts
Mellavern
Washington, D.C
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Muskie
York Community College
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Pittsburgh
Gerald Kallman
South’ Dakota
Philly hoagie triumph sets world record in competition
In Philadelphia, Al DePalma unveiled an 18 foot hoagie entry for the first annual New York Philadelphia hoagie contest. Judges awarded Mike Morreney first prize, proclaiming the win for Philadelphia as crowds devoured about 4,000 slices and leftovers piled up.
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Man Injured in One Car Mishap on Mercer Road
David Bryant of 240 Mitchell Road was admitted to Jameson Memorial Hospital after a single vehicle crash on Coaltown Hill Mercer Road in Neshannock Township at about 10 am. He is listed in fair condition with back pain and minor bruises as state police investigate.
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Bus Crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike ruled an unfortunate accident
Harrisburg report confirms there was no malfunction in last Sunday crash that killed four members of a Cleveland church group and injured 43 others. Sgt. Robert W. Filer said the vehicle had nothing mechanically wrong. Turnpike Commission officials backed the assessment.
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School funds and the risk of investing surplus money
Lawrence County schools face late state subsidies causing borrowing and reduced interest from short term notes and CDs. Secretary Pittenger urged businesslike handling of district funds, but late or partial subsidies have eroded gains, with districts paying more in interest than earning it.
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Harold Gwin
Tornado kills five in west Oklahoma ranch house tragedy
A western Oklahoma tornado destroyed a ranch house near Davis, killing five people including teenagers and injuring three others. The same night, a dozen other twisters across southern Oklahoma caused 12 more injuries.损
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Pearl Taylor
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Roy Rogers
Batliff
Enid
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Stillwater
Longdale
Gambling ring trial reveals single day bets near eighty seven thousand
FBI agent testified three wiretapped phones at Robert I. Tannelli home pulled in 87000 plus in football bets on one October Saturday in 1970. The case targets Tannelli and Dolores Tannelli for operating a 6.5 million year betting ring from Ross Township. Wiretap evidence led with caution from Judge Weis. The trial neared week’s end with two other defendants named.
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Boyd
Washington, D.C
Joseph F. Weis Jr
Louise Faella
New Castle
Steve Bruno
Bloomfield
Frances Cammarata
Weiss
U.S
Bial
Communists push Vietnam talks despite bombing halt demand
PARIS UPI The Communists urged resumption of peace talks next week but dropped the demand that the United States halt bombing before talks resume. The U.S. delegation acknowledged the notice proposing April 27 as the next session, yet four delegations must concur on a meeting date. Meanwhile Washington and Saigon insist the conference cannot proceed while a Communist offensive continues. In a separate report from BAN JOSE Calif UPI Angela Davis defense over love letters to George Jackson questions their use as state evidence in a murder kidnap and conspiracy trial with defense arguing letters were obtained by illegal means.
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Richard E. Arnason
Belfast attack on Catholic girls shocks city crowd
In Belfast two men abducted two engaged Catholic girls at gunpoint and took them to Coalisland where hair was cut and yellow paint and feathers were tossed on them as a crowd of women cheered their supposed defection to marry British soldiers. Police said the incident followed a hijacking and forced march through town.
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Northern Ireland
SPI
Coalisland
Protests Turn Violent on UMD Campus in Indochina War Cameo
Police used tear gas as demonstrators hurled missiles and stones in a clash along U S 1 through the University of Maryland College Park campus. At least five arrests were reported as about 500 protesters damaged the administration building, started fires and fought police in the worst outbreak since national demonstrations began three days earlier against bombing raids in Indochina.
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United States
Indochina
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Muskie campaigns in Ohio target ethnic votes in Toledo
Senator Edmund Muskie visited a Polish owned grocery in Toledo and spoke at a VFW hall promising tax reform. He criticized loopholes favoring millionaires and large corporations as he campaigned across three Ohio cities before the May 2 primary. Meanwhile in Dayton hundreds protested the Vietnam War at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, with 125 arrests.
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Ohio
UPA
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
VFW
Dayton
Sniper Kills Woman in Lake City. Daughter Wounded
A sniper fired from a bluff above a grocery, killing Mrs. Shirley Neal and injuring her daughter in Lake City, Tennessee. A posse with bloodhounds from Brushy Mountain searched the area as ambulances delayed by shooters' bullets arrived.
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