Shriver’s Experience Cited for Democratic Ticket
Washington AP says Senator Thomas Shriver is set for vice presidential nomination. A Kennedy family ally, he helped JFK’s campaign, directed the Peace Corps, led War on Poverty efforts, and served as ambassador to France. Married to Eunice Kennedy, he has five children and homes in Chicago Rockville and Cape Cod.
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Shriver
Kennedy
Eunice Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
President
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
France
Nixon
Maryland
Washington
Yale College
Yale Law School
Newsweek Magazine
Joseph Kennedy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Shrivers
Robert III
Maria
Timothy
Mark
Anthony
Chicago
Rockville
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Spassky Beats Fischer To Narrow World Chess Lead
In Reykjavik, Boris Spassky defeated American challenger Bobby Fischer in a key world championship game. Spassky opened with pawn to king four, faced Fischer’s Sicilian, and exploited a poisoned pawn tactic. The win tightens the match, with Fischer still favored to prevail in forthcoming games.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Spassky
Fischer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Isaac Kashdan
Associated Press
Democrats Clash Over Illinois DNC Slates At Three Day Meeting
The Democratic National Committee opens a three day session to select a vice presidential nominee for George McGovern while resolving seating disputes. Chicago Mayor Daley faces a challenge from Alderman Singer over control of Illinois delegates as McGovern backs Sargent Shriver for VP. Other challenges arise in Wisconsin New Jersey Ohio Virginia and New York with a credentials committee decision expected tonight.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
George McGovern
Chicago
William S. Singer
Daley
Miami Beach
Illinois
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Ohio
Virginia
New York
Thomas F. Eagleton
Singer
Ilinois
Cook County
DNC
James M. Wall
Witnois
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern Attacks Nixon On Labor Support In Speech
Sen. George S. McGovern labeled the Nixon administration as an enemy of organized labor in a first speech to AFL-CIO leaders. He accused Nixon of favoring big-business contributors while labor leaders weigh divisions over the presidential race. Shriver continued to study campaign strategy at a Maryland estate amid expectations of Daley backing.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Nixon
South Dakota
Associated Press
McGovern
Timberlawn
Maryland
Shriver
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Seoul
North
South Korea
Red Cross
Three Die In More Irish Violence
Belfast reports say two British soldiers and a youth were killed as Northern Ireland violence escalated. IRA regrouping followed British Army sweeps. a 17 year old victim’s body appeared on a Belfast street amid ongoing sectarian vengeance. total Ulster fatalities near 492 with 283 this year.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Londonderry
Andersonstown
County Fermanace
Ulster
IRA
Provisional
Irish Republic
Casement
Social Democratic
Labor
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
County Taxes Go Down In Franklin County Budget
Franklin County faces a 1973 budget with overall expenditures rising about 59,000 while the tax levy falls from 42.80 to 41.87 per thousand. The plan notes a 5 percent raise for county employees and a large welfare expenditure, with a new 0.25 mill levy for an E Logan rehabilitation center and 18,960 for ambulance service. Local taxes total 2,095,763 though most funding comes from state and federal sources.
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Robert Willington
Franklin County
Bruce Spears
Spears
E. Logan
US Planes Aid Cambodians in First Tank Battle
U S military command says jets from Bien Hoa destroyed 14 Soviet T54 tanks near the Sai gon Phnom Penh highway inside Cambodia during a two day operation to aid Cambodian forces facing North Vietnamese tanks. North Vietnam also faced air strikes near Haiphong and Hanoi while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese artillery hit Hue and Quang Tri as civilians suffered.
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Saigon
U.S
Cambodia
Air Force
Bien Hoa
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Kompong Trabek
South Vietnam
Mekong
North Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Lai Dong
Haiphong
Cao Ning
Hanoi
China
Vinh
Hue
Suanday
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Four Robbers Loot Osawatomie Bank In Broad Daylight
Four men robbed the Ameri can State Bank in Osawatomie Kansas directing customers and staff to lie on the floor. The bandits fled in a white late model Cadillac or Oldsmobile with a black vinyl top. No injuries reported and police set wide roadblocks across east central Kansas while loot amount remains undetermined.
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Osawatomie
Kan
American State Bank
Kansas
Kansas City
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Afl-Cio
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R. Sargent Shriver
America
South
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