Nixon urges quick ratification of ABM arms pact
President Nixon outlined the ABM treaty limits with the Soviet Union and asked Congress to approve it without delay. He sent the treaty to the Senate for early ratification and urged backing a companion executive agreement to freeze missile totals in both nations. He called the steps an important first move while noting they do not end strategic competition. He emphasized pursuing a broader modernization program to enable further arms limits talks.
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Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
Houses
United States
McGovern Begins First Upstate Campaign Foray
Senator George McGovern opened his first upstate campaign for the June 20 New York Democratic primary with stops planned in Syracuse Buffalo and Albany. He toured Crouse Hinds in Syracuse and was set to visit American Standard in Buffalo before a rally in Albany.
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George McGovern
New York
Syracuse
Buffalo
Albany
Crouse- Hinds Co
Ndard Co
Colonie Gymnasium
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
U.S
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Nixon
Upstate
Ben Gazzara
Janice Rule
Utica
Watertown
Oswego
Fulton
Gruening
New York City
Tonkin Gulf
United States
Vietnam
Boy Dies After Wading Pool Incident
Kenneth De Cory, 21 months old, died seven days after being found unconscious in a plastic wading pool in Rochester New York. He was the son of Mrs. Don DeCory of 1247 Lexington Avenue.
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Rochester
N.Y
Kenneth de Cory
Don DeCory
Lexington Ve
Mass Funeral Services Planned As Rapid City Flood Toll Grows
Rapid City flood victims begin being buried in three cemeteries as survivors search for the dead. Identified graveside services will extend for a week with a mass memorial at a local high school. Officials report a rising toll with hundreds dead and many unidentifed remains. National Guard teams continue recovery efforts amid ongoing chaos.
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Rapid City
S.D
Ap) Buri
Rapid Creek
Black Hills
Civil Defense
Assman
Omaha
Neb
Duane L. Corning
South Dakota National Guard
Plane Damaged When Faulty Cargo Door Opens in Flight
Investigators say a malfunctioning cargo door opened in flight on an American Airlines DC10 causing a midair incident. The jet diverted to Detroit Metropolitan Airport with 56 passengers and 11 crew escaping injury. FBI found no explosive device. The door failure occurred at about 12 000 feet after leaving Detroit bound for Buffalo.
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Detroit
American Airlines
Los Angeles
FBI
Wayne County
Buffalo
McDonnell Douglas
National Transportation Safety Board
Stator Launched by Rail Lift Edges Toward Final Mooring
The stator was rail delivered to the FitzPatrick plant and hoisted 30 feet into its permanent position by the Higgins Rigging Co of Buffalo. The move took over two hours with large lift trunions visible on the side for the lift and later removal.
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FitzPatrick
Higgins Rigging Company
Buffalo
General Electric
Schenectady
Hoffa Proposes 26 Reforms for Federal Prisons
Former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa testifies to a Senate subcommittee after four years in federal prison outlining 26 modernization ideas. He urges smaller facilities with individual cells, expanded medical and dental care, libraries, recreation, better guard training, grievance boards, extended visiting rights, unrestricted mail and phone, and a minimum wage for prison work with job placement on release.
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Washington
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Congress
Senate
Hoffa
Sheriff McCall Indicted in Florida Prison Death
A grand jury in Orange County indicted Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall on second-degree murder aggravated assault and aggravated battery for the death of Tommy J. Vickers a Miami prisoner allegedly kicked beaten and forced into a small windowless cell for six days after an April 23 incident in Tavares Florida.
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Tavares
Fla
Lake County
Orange County
Tommy J. Vickers
Miami
Willis McCall
Laborers Union Accepts One-Year Pact Ending Niagara Strike
A 12 day laborers strike that halted major construction in Niagara County ended as Local 91 of the Laborers Union ratified a one year contract with the Niagara Falls Builders Association and the Lockport Builders Exchange. Full work was expected to resume Wednesday.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara County
Laborers Union
Niagara Falls Builders Association
Lockport Builders Exchange
Appeals court judge sustains ruling in flag desecration case
Warren Ohio AP report states Judge Robert Cook of the 11th District Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that Kent State University student Michael Brock 21 of Buffalo New York did not commit the flag desecration act in public and thus isn t guilty under Ohio law
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Warren
Ohio
Kent State University
Robert Cook
L1th District Court of Appeals
Michael Brock
Buffalo
N.Y
Newark State School residents to move to Gowanda unit
About 310 residents from the Newark State School for the mentally retarded will be transferred to a new Gowanda State Hospital unit starting Wednesday. The move aligns with renovation work at Newark and is announced by the State Mental Hygiene Department.
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Albany, N.Y
Newark State School
Gowanda State Hospital
State Mental Hygiene Department
No fault bill could raise car insurance premiums nationwide
Paul Blume of the National Association of Independent Insurers warned before the American Trucking Association that a federal no fault insurance bill would increase premiums in every state and squeeze competition, concentrating the industry in a few giant firms.
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Atlanta, Ga
Paul Blume
Lor
National Association of
Independent Insurers
NAII
American Trucking Association
Bhime
Three Gunmen Rob Tappan Zee Inn for 250 dollars
In Nyack New York three gunmen tied up staff at the Tappan Zee Inn early today took 250 dollars and two guns and fled in a car. A Haverstraw patrolman chased them into a dead end near Jones Point. the suspects escaped in the woods as police with bloodhounds joined the search. A helicopter and many officers scoured Bear Mountain area for two fugitives.
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Nyack
N.Y
T'ree
Tappan Zee
Jones Point
Bear Mountain
Haverstraw
Pat Cassidy
North Carolina
Dead End
Secret Donors Highlight Nixon Campaign Money Pulse
Reports under a new law show the largest gifts to Nixon committees include Pepsi Cola president Donald Kendall and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. The four committees led by Maurice Stans reported 1.22 million in contributions from April 7 to May 31, with total fundraising near 10 million to date.
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Pepsi Cola
Donald M. Kendall
Effective Government Association
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Nixon
General Accounting Office
Kendall and
Finance Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
U. S. Team Rises to Fourth in Bridge Olympiad
The Aces, U S representatives, moved into a tie for fourth after the 13th round in Miami Beach as Canada led with 168 points and Italy top the standings with 222. Poland and Australia trailed, while Sweden dropped from fifth after a lopsided loss. The four playoff teams begin June 22 to decide the world champion.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Aces
U. S
Sweden
Michael Lawrence
Robert Goldman
Bob Hamman
Paul Soloway
Canada
Italy
Poland
Australia
Brockport Youth Dies From Crash Injuries
Jon R. Mattison, 17, of Brockport died at Strong Memorial Hospital from injuries after his car struck a guard rail in Sweden Monday night. The accident occurred near the Sweden town line and he was admitted in critical condition.
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Brockport
Rochester
N.Y
Jon R. Mattison
Strong Memorial Hospital
Sweden
Three-car collision victim dies in Dutchess County
Mrs. Hilda Scholl aged 65 of White Plains died in a hospital Monday night from injuries suffered earlier in a three car crash at an intersection near Wappingers Falls in Poughkeepsie district.
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Poughkefpsie
N.Y
Hilda Scholl
White Plains
Wappingers Falls
North Vietnam to Press Offensive Amid Bombing and Mining
Saigon observers say Hanoi central committee backed by North Vietnam’s leaders plans to “go all the way” in South Vietnam. Articles in Nhan Dan and a North Vietnam Council of Ministers communique emphasize mobilizing all forces and sustaining war production until victory, despite heavy U.S. bombing and harbor mining.
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Hanoi
Central Committee of
North Vietnam
Communist Party
South Vietnam
U.S
Nhan Dan
Council of Ministers
Central Committee
Hong Ha
Police Chief Prepares To Keep Order At 72 Conventions
Miami Beach Police Chief Rocky Pomerance, famed as a former amateur boxer and voracious reader, recalls street violence around the 1968 DNC and vows to prevent disruptions as Democrats and Republicans hold nominating conventions in Miami Beach in 1972.
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Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Fla
Clarence Darrow
Truman Capote
Thomas Wolfe
Cero
Rocky Pomerance
East Bronx
Mee
Chicago
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