Move To Produce Names Of Major Nixon Backers
Washington AP Common Cause filed suit in U S District Court to force disclosure of financial backers who contributed over 10 million to President Nixon’s reelection before April 7. The group argues the 1925 Federal Corrupt Practices Act required reports from committees influencing elections in two or more states, despite the later repeal by the 1974 Act.
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Common Cause Today
U.S. District Court
Nixon
Finance Committee
Common Cause
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Health, Education
Breakthrough In Determining Health Of Unborn Child
Boston researchers unveiled a fetal heart rate monitoring method using a compact $7,000 device with analog and digital circuitry. The technique detects weak fetal electrical signals through the mother's skin and can identify three key heart rate patterns tied to brain oxygenation during labor, enabling earlier intervention to prevent brain damage.
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Boston
John M. Leventhal
Leventhal
Father Of Gridder Files Suit In WSU Tragedy
A $1 million civil lawsuit against the federal government was filed in Wichita regarding the Western State University football tragedy. The suit names the federal government and accuses negligence in the incident that led to the death of a student athlete.
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Wichita, Kan
Beauty Pageant Begins at Atlantic City
Miss America 1973 contestants start preliminary rounds at Convention Hall with 17 in evening gown, 17 in swim suit, 16 with talent on three nights of preliminaries. Final results include nightly swimsuit and talent winners, while evening gown winners are kept secret for suspense at the finals. A parade opened with 120 units in Convertible cars drawing cheers from thousands. Separately in Wichita, a federal suit by Randy Kiesau’s father alleges FAA violations and improper action by Golden Eagle Inc. and Jack Richards Aircraft Co. prior to the 1970 Shocker crash that killed 31 people. a prior suit seeks 1.9 million.
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Golden Eagle Inc
Oklahoma City
Jack Richards Aircraft Co
Golden Eagle
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Kiesau
WSU
Brazil marks 150th anniversary of independence
Rio de Janeiro host nation celebrates sesquicentennial with parades speeches and a royal burial. President Medici and Portuguese PM Caetano plan talks in Sao Paulo to mark King Pedro I’s return bones while cities raise flags issue commemorative coins and publish extras detailing Pedro’s declaration of independence.
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Pedro
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Reporting In Olympic Drama From Munich Attack
The Olympic Village attack ended a day of behind the scenes competition among ABC CBS and NBC to cover the Games via satellite. ABC anchor Jim McKay reported calmly from a New York office near Building 31 as networks vied to shape the live satellite narrative.
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Olympic Village
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Building 31
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ABC
Jim McKay
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Columbia Broadcasting System
McKay
Howard Cosell
Peter Jennings
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NBC
Jennings
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Kansas highway reorganization faces rural opposition
A public hearing in Topeka addressed a plan to abolish the Highway Commission and create a Department of Transportation led by a governor appointee. Rep. Rex Bergen warned rural Kansas would lose highway funds and influence, urging rural lawmakers to unite to stop the proposal. He warned one secretary could politicize highway priorities, risking rural development and funding.
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State Highway Department
State Highway Commission
Rex Bergen
Asherville
Kansas
Department of Transportation
Joint Committee On
Bergen
Special Legislative Committee
Secretary of Transportation
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