Kennedy Decries Nixon as Real Radical at Wallace Rally
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy urged Southern voters to revive the torch of freedom as he and Gov. George C. Wallace appeared at a Fourth of July rally in Decatur Alabama. Kennedy labeled Nixon the nation's real radical while Strauss linked Nixon era scandals to broader issues facing Democrats. Wallace, wounded in an assassination attempt, received the Audie Murphy Award and stood with leg support as he spoke of government serving the people. Mayors Ford and Cooper presented citations praising Kennedy's contributions.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Decatur
Ala
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
America
Kennedy
Wallace
Robert S. Strauss
Audie Murphy
Spirit of America
Johnny Ford
Tuskegee
Jay Cooper
Prichard
Ford
Massachusetts
U.S
D-Mass
Overhauling of criminal code stalls in Congress
AP reports Congress will likely delay action this year on a pair of bills to overhaul the U S criminal code and add secrecy and death penalty provisions. Debate centers on secrecy, obscenity and restoration limits while two 350 page versions await Senate and House review.
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John Chadwick
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
California
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Justice Department
McClellan and Hruska
Department
Subcommittee
Nixon discussed resigning but chose to stay on says Julie
Julie Nixon Eisenhower reveals her father talked about resigning over Watergate but rejected it as an admission of wrongdoing. She says Nixon was in the dark about the 1972 break in and cover up, and that the family opposed resignation while noting his deep distress and faith in others.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
Julie
Camp David
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
Senate
Dean
San Clemente Inn
Harrell sentenced for embezzling ENMU funds in Portales
Former ENMU vice president Gene W. Harrell received two concurrent 2 to 10 year terms after pleading guilty to one count of embezzling more than 2,500 dollars. A 71 count consolidation followed, with total missing funds reportedly about 133,000 dollars from 1961 to 1972. He faces possible parole in eight months and will be jailed in Portales before transfer to Santa Fe.
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Harrell
Zinn
Fred Boone
Portales
Hensley
Roosevelt County
Odell Smith
Smith
Santa Fe
Jicarilla Apache Lodge Dedication Set for July Seventeenth
DULCE NM The Jicarilla Apaches invite Gov. Bruce King and U S Interior Secretary Rogers Morton to attend the July 17 dedication of Stone Lake Lodge a new tribal run resort hotel overlooking Stone Lake on the northern reservation The 20 room lodge includes dining and lounge facilities.
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Dulce
N.M
Jicarilla
Hijacked Argentine jet lands safely in Havana
An Argentine airliner carrying 80 aboard was hijacked Wednesday en route from Buenos Aires and landed in Havana after fueling stops in Mendoza and Santiago and Lima. Ninety percent of the passengers were released in stages with a crew of six remaining aboard.
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Fla
Havana
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Panama
Federal Aviation Administration
Caribbean
Pedro Bone
Pone
Buenos Aires
Argenta
Santiago
Lima
People’s Revolutionary Army
Edgardo Dursi
Mendoza
Andes
Two killed as sky rocket explodes at Mission July 4
In Mission Texas during a Fourth of July event, two youths including 16 year old Richard Vargas and Melissa Gen zar died after a sky rocket exploded in a crowd of about 1,200. Eleven others were injured and in satisfactory condition in local hospitals. the display was supervised by Mission firemen and police. Police Chief Ray Rogers called it an accident and cited a defective rocket.
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Mission, Tex
Richard Vargas
Mission
Melissa Genzar
South Texas
Ray Rogers
Catholic War Veterans of Mission
Rogers
Tragic Chesterfield Hotel Fire Claims One Life
A blaze at the Chesterfield Hotel in north Philadelphia killed Moses Abraham, 40, and injured 15 others including four firefighters. Firemen fought flames from about 3 30 a m as a high voltage wire struck a rescue air pack, leaving George Servias severely injured.
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Philadelphia
Chesterfield Hotel
Moses Abraham
George Servias
Abraham
Servias
Roswell Area Weather Forecast Sees Hot, Storms Likely
Partly cloudy and hot through Friday with widely scattered thundershowers. Light to moderate winds. Highs near 100 today and Friday, low tonight around 70.
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Roswell
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