Wisconsin primary turnout could reach 1.5 million
Milwaukee voters faced a record turnout in Wisconsin as more than a million and likely up to 1.5 million participated in the Democratic presidential primary. Gov Patrick Lucey, Sen George McGovern and other candidates faced varying prospects while Republicans eyed Nixon’s path to a wide victory.
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Eldon Hoel
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Muskie
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Alabama
George C. Wallace
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
New York
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Wallace
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Pa’ N
McCloskey
California
New Hampshire
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Rockefeller vows penalties for CSEA strike
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller labels last weeks 40 hour walkout by the Civil Service Employee Association intolerable and vows to impose Taylor Act penalties. He cites loss of pay, probation, and possible discipline, as negotiations had been reopened at the strikers request. The CSEA ended the strike after approving a tentative settlement including a 4 percent immediate raise and a 1.5 percent bonus next April.
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Chilean Panel to Probe ITT U.S. Plot Against Allende
Chilean Congress names a 13 member committee to investigate Jack Anderson's report that ITT and the U.S. government plotted to block Salvador Allende from winning the presidency. The panel reviews a 93 page photostat book with translations and a memo allegedly authorizing actions to prevent Allende's election. The State Department denied any improper involvement.
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South Vietnamese bases fall as U S air forces strike
South Vietnam reports two more bases lost in its northern province as U S air and naval forces hit invading North Vietnamese units. Front correspondent Jensen says the navy abandoned its northern base near the Cua Viet River after heavy attacks, eight miles west of Quang Tri City. Fourteen bases reportedly lost since the invasion began last Thursday, with fighting continuing near Dong Ha and at Dong Ha itself where an armored column suffered heavy casualties.
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Charlie Chaplin Returns to United States After Exile
At 82, Charlie Chaplin lands in New York ending a 20 year exile. He attends Lincoln Center film salute and accepts a special Academy Award in Los Angeles. Chaplin thanks the Film Society of Lincoln Center and plans a Plaza Hotel stay with wife Oona O'Neill.
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Watertown Man Killed in Two Car Crash
Russell, N.Y. AP A 20 year old Watertown man Harry J Bass died after his car was struck by a second vehicle on Russell Edward Road Monday afternoon. The sheriff said criminal action against the other driver was pending.
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Reds Cancel Opening NL Game Amid Strike
Cincinnati Reds and Houston Astros will not open the season together as planned due to a major league baseball players strike. The decision postpones the opening date across the league with no new date set until the strike ends.
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No Visa for Nobel Official Delays Prize Presentation
Soviet authorities deny visa to Nobel Foundation official Karl Ragnar Gierow to present the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The ceremony in Stockholm remains postponed as Solzhenitsyn awaits the prize.
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Penn Central Trustees File Reorganization Plan
Trustees of Penn Central filed a long awaited reorganization plan with the U S District Court in Philadelphia. The plan bases its framework on reducing surplus staff eliminating uneconomic freight lines and fully compensating for passenger service deemed essential to private enterprise reorganization.
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Penn Central Transportation Company
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National VD Control Plan Seeks $296 Million Push
The National Commission on Venereal Disease urges the federal government to spend 296 million dollars over five years for VD control. It calls for education in schools by grade seven, development of effective vaccines, and nationwide controls to locate undetected cases.
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East Lyme Board votes to seek reparations from tanker owner
East Lyme Connecticut boards unanimously approve seeking damages from Spentonburn fuel Transport Co. owner of the tanker F L Hayes after 80,000 gallons of oil spilled into Long Island Sound on March 21. Beaches around Niantic Bay suffered the brunt of the pollution as the tanker grounded on Bartlett's Reef.
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Reid to challenge NY Telephone rate hike in federal court
Rep. Ogden Reid of New York announced at a news conference that he will contest the Federal Communications Commission approved rate increase of 350.6 million dollars for the New York Telephone Company in federal court. He said the challenge stems from the commission’s actions last week.
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Chaplin Returns to U S Dressed in Formal Attire
Char lie Chaplin and wife Oona exit the Plaza Hotel in New York for an undisclosed destination. The famed Little Tramp returns to the United States for the first time in two decades.
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Reds Demand U S Return To Paris Peace Talks
Paris dispatch reports North Vietnam and the Viet Cong pressing for resumption of the Paris peace talks. The United States indicated it would not return while the communist offensive continues, extending a three week suspension since March 23. A State Department spokesman warned talks would not resume under military pressure.
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Nixon rules out U.S. ground forces in Vietnam for now
President Nixon has ruled out restoring U S ground troops to South Vietnam for now while considering air strikes against North Vietnam. Advisers held urgent strategy sessions to counter the Tet era offensive, with officials stressing the South Vietnamese lead in the effort and opening the door to potential air action.
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Washington
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South Vietnam
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Ronald L. Ziegler
Seminary to suspend operations at Our Lady of Angeles
Our Lady of Angeles Seminary in Glenmont New York will suspend operations this year due to a shortage of prospective priests. Rector George A Regan said only 96 seminarians are enrolled this year of a capacity for 240. Students will be transferred to other seminaries.
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Our Lady of Angeles Seminary
Niagara Falls
George A. Regan
Albany
Methadone Moves Toward Regulated Medical Use
The Nixon White House proposed federal rules to recognize methadone as a legitimate treatment for heroin addiction while tightening controls. Plans include banning doctor run programs for individuals, removing methadone from certain pharmacies, age restrictions, and stricter record keeping with federal inspectors slated to review 450 programs serving about 65,000 addicts and 25,000 on wait lists.
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Jerome H. Jaffe
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Special Action Office For Drug Abuse
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Nina Van Pallandt Dedicates Song to Howard Hughes in New York Debut
Danish baroness Nina Van Pallandt made her New York night club debut at the Maisonette St Regis, dedicating Everybody's Talkin About Me to Howard Hughes. About 200 patrons paid $20 each to hear her in a three week engagement, with ample audience applause and later remarks about her American reception and the evening's mood.
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Nina van Pallandt
Howard R. Hughes
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