Crime rate debate overshadows 1972 campaign
FBI Uniform Crime Report shows crime up in early 1972, McGovern asserts Nixon failures. Ehrlichman and Kleindienst dispute figures. Shriver campaigns for labor support while Eleanor McGovern launches Friends of Eleanor fund drive. Nixon hails medical cooperation with the USSR. Rogers criticizes defense cuts. Newark Airport to undergo 500 million redevelopment.
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Washington
Los Angeles
Nixon
Ehrlichman
McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Detroit
McGovern-Shriver
Shriver
United Auto Workers
House
Senate
White House
UAW
Eleanor McGovern
Friends of
Eleanor
Crime up 1 percent in first half of 1972 says Nixon admin
The Nixon administration reports a 1 percent rise in serious crime in the first half of 1972 from 1971, the smallest increase since the FBI began quarterly reports. Attorney General Kleindienst notes violent and property crimes up 1 percent overall, while McGovern questions the figures and cites underreporting. Forcible rape rose 14 percent in the six months.
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Associated Press
FBI
George McGovern
Nixon
McGovern
John D. Ehrlichman
St. Michaels
Richard G. Kleindienst
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Kleindienst
Washington
FINA return to combat by George Esper
U S fighter bombers led by F111A jets returned to combat over North Vietnam for the first time in 40 years, striking rail lines and barracks northwest of Hanoi as air campaigns continued across the country. The mission featured F111A flights from Thailand after arrival from U.S. bases, with reports of damage unassessed and no US aircraft losses.
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Mark Short Jr
Glorieta Baptist Assembly
First Baptist Church
Glorieta
Short
First Baptist Church of
Nashville, Tenn
South Main Baptist Church
Houston
Tex
Southern Baptist Convention
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
U.S
Thach Han
Citadel
Takhli Air Base
Thailand
Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas
Nev
Takhli
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Holloman Afb
New Mexico
POW Sketches of Three Released Fliers from Vietnam
Brief sketches accompany the Thursday night return of three American POWs from North Vietnam. Navy Lt. Markham Gartley, captured Aug. 10, 1968, parachuted from a crippled jet near Greenville Maine and Dunedin Florida. Air Force Maj. Edward Elias, shot down April 20, 1972, from Udorn Thailand. Navy Lt. Norris Charles, shot down Dec. 30, 1971, from San Diego California. Charles signed a peace plea with eight other POWs this year as his wife Olga awaited in Hanoi with their daughter Kristen.
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Associated Press
United States
North Vietnam
Navy
Markham L. Gartley
Greenville
Maine
Dunedin
Fla
Gartley
Gerald
Minnie Lee Ga
Charles
Nixon
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Olga
Hanoi
Kristen
Air Force
Edward K. Elias
Udorn Air Base
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Elias
Georgia
Moody Air Force Base
Valdosta
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California
Gary Hart
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Sindlinger
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Council On Foreign Relations
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Tom Seppy
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
Justice Department
Midako
Bowman
Chesterfields
N. Main
Milovac
South Vietnam
Laos
Quang Tri City
Demilitarized Zone
Norris A. Charles
San Diego
Calif
Roswell's
Prescription
Fountain Service
Rod Postelle
Roswell Drug
Black
S. Sunset
Radio Skack
Second & Main
Tandy Corporation
Radio Shack
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