McGovern gains black delegates for first-ballot win
Senator George S McGovern says he has secured enough black delegate support from 12 states and Washington DC to clinch the Democratic nomination on the first ballot at the Miami Beach convention. Delegates pledged include Alabama Connecticut Louisiana Ohio Mississippi Illinois Missouri New Jersey New York Virginia South Carolina Georgia and DC, totaling about 98.75 votes with a reported discrepancy. Stokes and Fauntroy led the push, promising fair representation in a McGovern administration and a push to register nine million Black voters by November.
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API
George S McGovern
McGovern
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Walter Fauntroy
District of Columbia
Louis Stokes
Dohio
South Dakota
Fauntroy
Alabama
Connecticut
Louisiana
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Virginia
South Carolina
Stokes
Congressional Black Caucus
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William Clay
D-Mo
Coretta King
Martin Luther King
Clino J Bush
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Ill
Mildred Madison
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Land
J. McKnight
New Orleans
Henry Parker
Bill Jones
Len McGovern
Mrs King
California
Clay
Associated Press
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Len Hubert H Humphrey
Shirley Chisholm
Chisholm
Minnesota
Oklahoma City
San Antoni
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Avlanta
Columbia
S& CC
Richmond
South
Houston
Nixon
Dixie
Defense Department
Martha Mitchell Calls Campaign a Cops and Robbers Game
Martha Mitchell says the election fight is a cops and robbers game and she wants her husband back from politics. She describes an alleged security guard incident at Newport Beach and shows injuries while recounting a tense cross country flight with guards. She criticizes the political climate and questions where she can turn for safety or honesty.
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New York
Martha Mitchell
John Mitchell
Calfornia
New York Daily News
Marcia Kramer
Westchester Country Club
Rye
Mitchell
Newport Beach
Calif Villa
Meat Import Quotas Lifted to Ease Shortage
President Nixon lifted all meat import quotas to curb rising prices amid a short term shortage. Treasury Secretary George Shultz announced the move at a White House briefing, noting quotas for 1972 would be removed but no general price freeze. Officials warned the effect may take weeks or months to appear in the U.S. market.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
George Snultz
White House
United States
Two Ector County Women Die In Roadside Crashes
Two women from Ector County died in auto accidents. Bertha Evelyn Rice, 61, of Gardendale, died at the scene after her car overturned on Texas 158 west of the Ector Midland line, with massive head and chest injuries. Ada Cornelius Short Samson, 20, Route 2 Odessa, died at Medical Center Hospital after being struck while crossing Andrews Highway near the 6100 block. The incidents occurred in the early hours, with witnesses noting the vehicles’ speeds and path of impact.
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Ector County
Bertha Evelyn Rice
Gardendale
Texas
Ector
Midland County
Ada Cornelius Short Samson
Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
6100
Andrews Highway
Quis Moore
Rice
Moore
Dennis Riley
Neures
Jack Wasson
Samson
Lloyd van Warren
North Adams Wasson
Wasson
Ruce
Terminal Ata
Brooks Rice Heinturn
Heat Wave Keeps Permian Basin Above 100 Degrees
The Permian Basin faces no relief from the heat as temperatures top 102 degrees at Midland Odessa and forecasters expect the high to linger around 102 for today and Tuesday with a possibility of reaching 105. A trough from Central Kansas to the Big Bend drives the hot, westerly conditions.
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Permian Basin
National Weather Service
Midland-Odessa
Kansas
Big Bend
West Texas Heat Wave Breaks June Records Across the State
Dry hot winds in West Texas drove thermometers to record June highs with Wichita Falls tying a monthly peak from 1924 at 110 degrees. Fort Worth Dallas Abilene and Lubbock reported triple digit highs while a blistering 140 at College Station track level marked auto races. Light row showers and severe hail storms impacted Crockett and Trion counties as heat persisted.
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West Texas
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Abilene
Childress
Fort Worth
Wink
Dallas
Cotulla
Midland
San Angelo
Waco
del Rio
Lubbock
College Station
Mount Pleasant
Crockett and Trion
FBI Hopes for Clue in Peru skyjacking case
FBI and state police search rugged terrain around Mississinewa reservoir after a hijacker commandeered an American Airlines jet, demanding 32600 and two parachutes. The suspect, a white man with a pockmarked face, remains at large, with authorities unsure if his parachute opened.
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Skyjacker
Tansomm
FBI
Indiana
Ohio
Peru
American Airlines
St Lous
Tulsa
Okla
St Loui
He Questions Divorce Plans and Happiness
The Quipster recalls a moment when a husband doubted his wife would follow through with divorce. He challenged her by asking how long she could endure happiness, revealing a tense, ironic exchange about commitment and sentiment.
Democratic platform draft backs pullout and busing stance
The 13 member drafting committee aired key planks including immediate withdrawal of all US forces in Indochina and support for desegregation through school busing. The Vietnam plank condemned Vietnamization and urged ending direct combat as a 1972 convention in Miami Beach neared. Delegates split on defense spending and busing policy with Wallace supporters challenging the busing plank.
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Washington
Miami Beach
McGovern
Patricia Harris
Carter
Lee McGovern
Indochina
Mixon
Posilion
AHLS
Southeast Asia
Sanon
George C Wallace
Alabama
Monumental Cleanup Starts After Agnes Floods
The flood battered states from Florida to Pennsylvania as the storm Agnes left 117 dead and tens of thousands homeless. Recovery began as residents cleared silt and debris, while Red Cross relief and a disaster fund mobilized. Federal aid were pledged after a Harrisburg meeting with Governor Shapp and OEP director Lincoln, with concerns about red tape but promises of rent free housing and unemployment support widely available.
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Associated Press
Agnes
Florida
ST Billen Mark
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
George A Lincoln
Red Cross
Pennsslania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Petersburg
Almond
Wilkes Barr
Hamsburg
Richmond
Elm
QOEP
Lincoln
Pennssirama
Milton J Shapp
Marvin Mandel
Linwood Holton
Russell W Peterson
Delaware
William T Cahill
New Jersey
Nelson A Rockefeller
Wallace-Gus George Wallace Doctors Report
Doctors report Gus George Wallace has experienced fechine in his thighs prompting cautious optimism about his recovery. The update appears on page 12A of the Odessa American.
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Gus George
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