GOP coalition fizzles as Ohio withholds support for Nixon
A group of Republican favorite sons led by Romney and Rhodes collapses after Rhodes says Ohio stays uncommitted toward the Miami Beach convention. Reagan remains neutral as Agnew also holds no commitment, while Nixon faces uncertain backing at the GOP gathering.
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GOP
Nixon
Ohio
Rhodes
United Press International
Richard M. .Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
George ~Romney
Michigan
James A. Rhodes
Spiro’ Agnew
Maryland
Romney
Miami Beach
Agnew
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Reagan
Nor
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Cannon accident during Civil War cannon demo injures forty-one
at Somerset Michigan during Heritage Muzzle Loaders Association two day national cannon and carbine team matches. Flaming cloth wadding failed to exit with shell and landed in a powder keg causing a large explosion. about forty one people were injured including seven in critical condition while onlookers fled amid flames and smoke. Diane Korb eight and sister Karen five witnessed the chaos.
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Somerset
Mich
Heritage Muzzle Loaders Association
Diane Korb
Ferndale
Karen
Diane
Scottsdale Student Attends Colorado Radioisotope Seminar
Gary L. Rector, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Rector of 6121 N. List Pl, is among 43 high school science students chosen from 500 applicants for a six week Colorado School of Mines seminar on radioisotope technology and electronics. He toured Dow Chemical Rocky Flats near Denver and studied Health Physics and Nuclear Safety operations and monitoring programs covering six hundred square miles.
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Scottsdale
Gary L. Rector
R. D. Rector
N. List
Colorado School of Mines
Dow Chemical Company
Atomic Energy Commission
Dow
Rocky Flats
Denver
Gary
Gary Rector
Down Chemical Company
Tent collapses injure hundreds at Milwaukee Summerfest
A gust toppled a 320 by 80 foot tent at Summerfest in Milwaukee injuring about 650 people with 25 more treated for cuts. No serious injuries were reported as fans remained orderly and officials praised crowd conduct during the festival event amid thousands of attendees.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Auburn
N.Y
Clyde Beatty-Colé Bros
Red Cross
Lake Michigan
Edward * Ball
Lakefront
William Stamm
Yosemite Hippies Drop in Ranks as Rangers Tighten Control
Yosemite National Park officials report a drop in hippie activity after a crackdown led by rangers. Assistant superintendent Ted Thompson says heightened enforcement and ban on rowdy groups reduced arrests, allowing rangers to resume public services while keeping a tight ship.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Ted Thompson
Thompson
Poverty awareness session at Casa de Paz y Bien
About 100 businessmen housewives and laborers gathered at the Casa de Paz y Bien Franciscan Retreat to explore poverty areas under Phoenix priest Rev Gavin Griffith The program combined lectures contact with the underprivileged and small group discussions with a day in the poorest areas and court jail and hospital visits. Next year will feature a sensitivity session to explore personal feelings. Foothills Tennis and Swim Club held its first swim meet for club members last week.
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Betty Reedy
Casa de Paz Y Bien
Lincoln, Dr
Phoenix
Gavin Griffith
Phenix
Foothills
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William Walker
Yosemite Rangers
Wwe
Curry
Haight ‘Ashbury
Kiva
Cocopah
Payson
Pine Highway
Paysomnanorth
First National Land Co
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