McGovern drives to solidifying a near nomination edge
McGovern supporters push back against a California credentials challenge while platform writers draft planks aligned with his key positions. The Credentials Committee rejected a split California vote plan, keeping McGovern within about 20 votes of the nomination as delegates and potential conflicts with Wallace allies loom.
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Washington
George McGovern
California
McGovern
Democratic Party
Miami Beach
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
South
Arkansas
Lawrence F. O’brien
National Party
South Carolina
Florida
Hubert H. Humphrey
Burke Marshall
Associated Press
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Eli Segal
Boyle free on huge bond in UMW ruling
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle, 70, is free on 179000 bail pending appeal of his conviction for illegally funneling union funds to political candidates. He was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 130000, with bond secured by his assets after an emotional court plea. In Ottumwa voters approve 1.6 million in bonds for two new elementary schools with majorities backing both south and northwest replacements.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony
Boyle
U.S. District Court
Charles Richey
Plato Cacheris
Ottumwa
Northwest
Farm tours spark July visit to northeast Iowa
City slicker meets Iowa sodbusters as Fayette County hosts a five day farm tour week July 17 21 1972. Families from Chicago area stay with host farms while 50 youths funded by Associated Dairy Milk Producers Organization tour northeast Iowa visiting Strief Bockenstedt Dairy Farm Wadena Cheese Factory Maquoketa Valley Creamery Oelwein Ralston Purina Miller farms and Heying Firms facilities. Community host H L Heying coordinates tours with farming and conservation stops plus square dancing Montauk Museum and Buffalo Ranch options.
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Lee Bonarden
UNION
Sodbuster
Fayette County
Des Moines
Dubuque
Chicago
Iowa
H.L
Larry) Heying
West Union
Strief- Bockenstedt
Wadena
Maquoketa Valley
Arlington
Hll
Heying Firms, Inc. Chick Hatchery
Heying Foods
Heying Enterprises
Upper Iowa College
Governor Larrabee
Montauk Museum
Clermont
William Kaberle
Buffalo Ranch
Fayette
Hal Kamm
Institution of Higher Education
Lyle Jackson
United States Department of Agriculture
Andy Stepp
Four Council Bluffs men face arraignment in brutal beating
Police say a young man was found in a weed-filled vacant lot with severe injuries after a party dispute. Four men, William Belt, Gary Hicks, Kenneth Still, and a 17-year-old, are charged with assault with intent to commit murder and held on $10,000 bond. Eleven others faced related charges, including contributing to the delinquency of a minor, with details including alcohol and drugs at a party.
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Council Bluffs
Nick Sulentic
Mercy Hospital
William L. Belt
Gary W. Hicks
Kenneth J. Still
Joe D. Szolek
Omaha
Youngster stable after snake bite near Plainview
Four year old Joy Lipscomb of Manassas Virginia was bitten by a rattlesnake while on vacation near Plainview Nebraska. Doctors said she is very stable and improving and will be observed for 48 hours as snakebite serum doses were halted.
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Plainview
Neb
Joy Lipscomb
Manassas
Plainview Hospital
R. E. Knopp
Jack Lipscomb
Nebraska
Air National Guard
Kansas City
Julie
Davenport
Iowa
G. C. Millnitz
Virginia
Purina Dedication Friday At Oelwein Plant Fete
Senator Jack Miller will deliver the dedication address Friday June 30 for Purina Chow Plant at Oelwein. Tours run 10 to 11 30 a m with the ceremony at 11 30 a m followed by a barbecue and park lunch. Hosts include Humpy Campbell Bob Barnard Bill Lane Tom Barnidge and John McGinty. The Rhythm Ramblers will perform during the festivities.
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Jack Miller
Oelwein
Highway 3
Humpy Campbell
Central Region
Bob Barnard
Iowa Falls
Bill Lane
Tom Barnidge
John McGinty
Bob and Shirley and the
Rhythm Ramblers
Vietnamese forces launch push to recapture Quang Tri province
More than 10,000 South Vietnamese marines and paratroopers crossed the My Chanh river in the first attempt to retake Quang Tri. The operation covered about 10 miles from the coast to the foothills west of Highway 1. U S B52 bombers dropped 1350 tons of explosives to clear the path as tanks guns and offshore gunfire supported the advance. North Vietnam has held the province since May 1.
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Saigon
My Chanh
Quang Tri
South China Sea
Highway 1
U.S
Banks’ Hidden Stock Blocks May Control Major U.S. Firms
Sen. Lee Metcalf told Washington that large banks hold vast stock blocks in top U.S. corporations through nominees or street names, making ownership hard to identify since translations for these corporate pseudonyms are not readily available.
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Washington
Lee Metcalf
U.S
Senate Debates 20 Percent Social Security Increase
Democrats push a 20 percent Social Security boost on the debt ceiling bill despite Nixon objections. Senator Frank Church says his amendment is ready for floor action as the debt measure moves to the Senate, with the House voting 211 to 168 to pass the bill. House leaders plan procedures to accept the Senate amendment when the bill returns.
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Washington
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
House
Nixon orders two month drawdown of 10,000 Vietnam troops
President Nixon announced a two month withdrawal plan reducing U.S. troops in South Vietnam by 10,000 and directed that only volunteer draftees be sent there in the future.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon to Hold White House News Conference Thursday
President Nixon will host a nationally broadcast news conference from the White House East Room on Thursday night. It will be his first live session with newsmen in more than a year.
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Washington
Nixon
White House East Room
Senate Debates Bill to Ban Cheap Handguns
Washington AP reports the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill banning the sale of Saturday Night Special handguns and sending it to the Senate for debate. Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan says he will push for a broader measure outlawing ownership and sale of all handguns.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
India Pakistan hinge talks as POW row rattles hopes
SIMLA India and Pakistan toughened their positions ahead of peace talks between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Bhutto. Indian spokesmen said 91,000 Pakistani POWs in India will not be returned until Pakistan recognizes the cease fire line through Kashmir as an international boundary and Bangladesh as an independent nation. Bhutto demanded the return of the POWs and rejected humiliating peace terms in a broadcast from Pakistan.
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Simla
India
Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Bangladesh
Bhutto
Kashmir
House Rejects Cuts To $21.3 Billion Arms Bill
Washington AP reports the House rejected attempts to cut a $21.3 billion arms bill and to insert a war pullout deadline. Lawmakers also defeated a bid to ban bombing North Vietnam dams and dikes, while the White House denied reports of such strikes.
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Washington
Nixon
House
U.S
North Vietnam
White House
Plane's out of gas plane stunt ends in fatal dive
Robert D. Lively, 25, formerly of Redding, stole a single-engine plane and performed loops over Project City area for four hours. He refused to land despite warning and fuel loss, radioing his final remark before the aircraft nose-dived 70 feet near an abandoned strip, killing him. A flight plan found in wreckage said Destination Project City One way No return.
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Jon Kelbaugh
Lively
Kelbaugh
Redding
Project City
Here
Don Acker
Acker
Enterprise Sky Park
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