Late Polls Show Nixon Ahead Before Election Day
National polls last minute show President Nixon with a large edge. Harris Survey places Nixon at 59 percent to McGovern 35, with 6 undecided. Gallup finds Nixon 59 to 36. Analysts caution about accuracy and note some shifts toward McGovern may occur.
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Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
Gallup
Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. de
Daniel Yankelovich
Louis Harris
Harris
Yankelovich
Gannett News Service
Belden Associates
Dallas
Hijacker Captured After Tokyo Airline Hijack
In Tokyo a masked man hijacked a Japan Air Lines Boeing 727 with 127 aboard aiming for Cuba and a $2 million ransom. After eight hours of negotiations, police hidden on the plane overwhelmed him as it prepared for takeoff to Vancouver, ending a tense incident with all aboard unharmed.
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Cuba
San Francisco
Tatsuji Nakaoka
Los Angeles
Japan Air Lines
Fukuoka
Japan
Nagoya
JAL
Vancouver
Mexico
New Chamber Music Prize Donated by Sherman Ewing
Sherman Ewing, board member of the Manhattan School of Music, established a $1,000 prize for an original vocal or instrumental chamber work. Open to students majoring in composition, the winning piece may use up to 15 players.
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NEW York
Sherman Ewing
Manhattan School of Music
Miller Expected High Court Ruling on State's Bingo Law
Topeka Kansas Attorney General Vern Miller anticipated the Kansas Supreme Court would strike down the controversial 1971 bingo law as unconstitutional. The ruling declares state lottery prohibitions self executing and bans legalizing bingo by statute, urging possible constitutional amendment discussions and leaving Miller to decide future legislative recommendations.
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Topeka
Kansas
Vern Miller
State Supreme Court
Great Bend
Robert Docking
Allen County
Supreme Court
District Court
Attorney General
Paralyzing Strike Ends In Chile
In Santiago and across Chile workers return to jobs after a 27 day stoppage that halted food supplies and fuel, led to curfews and martial law, and prompted government concessions under President Allende. Interior minister Gen. Carlos Prats helped broker the truce.
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Chile
Democratic Labor Movement
Leon Vilarin
National Labor Command
Salvador Allende
Allende
Carlos Prats
Prats
Pee
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