Democrats hear appeals at regional platform hearing
Dozens testified at a Democratic Platform Committee session as unemployed veterans steelworkers and minority activists pressed for economic relief and policy planks. A father whose Kent State daughter was killed urged a grand jury investigation. Governor Shapp vowed the issue would reach the platform process.
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Israel vows revenge for Lod massacre with restraint
Israel pledged to avenge the Lod International Airport massacre in which 26 people were killed and more than 80 wounded. Cabinet member Israel Galili, a close adviser to Golda Meir, said Israel would retaliate without haste or reckless actions, while condemning the attack by three Japanese militants and noting Japan’s envoy’s apologies.
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McDonalds ordered to roll back quarter pounder prices
Washington reports the Price Commission ordered McDonald’s Corp to reduce the prices of quarter pounder cheeseburgers from 69 to 39 cents and hamburgers from 55 to 93 cents at 500 company owned outlets. Franchised outlets are excluded. The order gives until June 15 to implement the cut. The action follows a charge that McDonald’s failed to notify the commission before price increases amid the wage-price freeze.
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Jury Deliberations Continue in Angela Davis Trial
In San Jose California the all white jury deliberated six hours without a verdict in the Angela Davis case. They must decide on murder kidnapping and conspiracy charges with possible verdicts on each count. A hijack attempt to free Davis occurred during deliberations but proved spurious. Davis spent the day with supporters and later with her lawyers. Security remained tight as a death threat was reported.
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First woman to be ordained a rabbi at Hebrew Union College
Sally Priesand, 25, will become the first woman ordained as a rabbi as Hebrew Union College conducts its ceremony at Isaac Wise Temple. She will assist Rabbi Edward Klein at Stephen Wise Synagogue in New York from Aug 1 and previously served as student rabbi in Hattiesburg Mississippi in 1969.
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UPI
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Hebrew Union College
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Cleveland
Priesand
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Stephen Wize Kree
New York
Hattiesburg
Miss
Kilgore charged with auto theft and breaking and entering
In Youngstown Ohio police arrested Terry James Kilgore of Austintown for stealing a car lacking license plates. Kilgore admitted the theft and was jailed in Mahoning County on charges of breaking and entering and auto theft.
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Harry McDonald
McDonald
Mahoning County
Wallace's health worsens from dirty bullet infection
Gov. George C. Wallace has weakened health after an abdominal infection from a dirty bullet. Doctors report 20 pounds lost, forced feeding, and a weakened abdominal wall delaying a second operation. FBI investigation of Arthur Bremer found no conspiracy.
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Michigan
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Brown receives maximum sentence in gun case
In New Orleans H. Rap Brown is sentenced to five years in jail and a $2,000 fine for carrying a rifle on a plane from New York to Louisiana. Judge Lans ing L Mitchell says the penalty reflects the crime, while Brown and his attorney criticize bias and imply threats during the proceeding. Brown is led away by federal marshals to a crowd of supporters.
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MIG Downed Near Hanoi in U S Raids
U S pilots in raids over North Vietnam claim the downing of a Communist MIG 19 near Hanoi after destroying ground installations and bridges. In South Vietnam government troops say they killed nearly 360 Communist forces along the central coast amid a major battle near the My Lat massacre site. American airmen logged 250 missions. an F4 Phantom shot down the MIG 19 about 40 miles north of Hanoi.
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Nixon Returns to Biscayne Bay for Long Weekend
President Nixon, buoyant after 13 days of diplomacy, rests with his family at his Bayside Florida home after a 16,600 mile journey and summit talks with Soviet leaders. Pat Nixon Julie Eisenhower Tricia Cox and Edward Cox accompany him. They flew to Homestead Air Force Base and then by helicopter to the Biscayne Bay compound.
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Edward Finch Cox
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Duchess grieving as Windsor funeral draws thousands
Britain’s royal family comforts the ailing duchess of Windsor at Buckingham Palace as thousands mourn the duke of Windsor. Wallis Simpson, once shunned by royalty, arrives to attend the funeral on the anniversary of her marriage in 1927.
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UPI
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Bridge sealed to stop Protestant march in Londonderry
British police sealed Craigavon Bridge in Londonderry to block a Protestant Vanguard Movement march toward Roman Catholic districts, as violence surged in Northern Ireland leaving two soldiers dead and several injured. In Pittsburgh, West Virginia driver Robert L Heath was charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal Penn Lincoln Parkway crash killed two and injured 13.
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Gregan
Bopside
Pittsburgh
UHI
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Department of Transportation
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Penn-Lincoln Parkway
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New Cumberland
W. Va
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Warren
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Wecht urges cyclone fences at Three Rivers exit ramps
Pittsburgh coroner Dr Cyril H Wecht urged the stadium authority to build cyclone fences on exit ramp walls at Three Rivers Stadium to prevent another tragedy after the death of 17 year old Joseph Farrell who fell 82 feet while attempting to leap between walls. An inquest into Farrells death disclosed minors could buy beer at the stadium.
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UPI
Cyril H. Wecht
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Stadium Authority
Three Rivers Stadium
Wecht
Joseph Farrell
McKeesport
Farrell
Plant protected after Goodyear attack at Pleasants WV
State police guarded the Goodyear Tire plant at Point Pleasant after a night of violence. Firebombs hit a guardhouse while stones and steel balls shattered windows and injured several employees. Tires were set on fire along a picket line near the plant.
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UPI
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
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