Rogers pledges peace effort at GOP platform hearings
Secretary of State William P. Rogers urged a negotiated Vietnam settlement while opposing rapid withdrawal. He backed Nixon’s policy, warned against premature troop pullout, and argued for mutual force reductions with Europe. The hearings proceed as the convention approaches. Paolo Giobbe, 92, Roman Catholic cardinal, dies in Rome.
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Miami Beach
Fla
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Platform Committee
Rogers
Nixon
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
George McGovern
Europe
United States
McGovern
GOP
Democratic Platform
Platform
Sen
Robert Dole
Kansas
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Israel
Rhodes
White House
Paolo Giobbe
Rome
Marion youth charged with illegal drug delivery to agent
Gary D. Milligan, 21, of Marion, has been charged with illegal delivery of a controlled drug to an Illinois Bureau of Investigation agent. He was arrested Thursday after allegedly selling $70 worth of sodium secobarbital capsules to the agent.
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Gary D. Milligan
Marion
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Milligan
Peace signals and campaign fire in Nixon era remarks
Roger s accuses Nixon of missing a 1968 peace signal while Shriver launches a West Virginia campaign swing arguing the Nixon administration ignored working people. Harriman cites 1968 Paris talks signal as 3 months wasted. Kennedy frames Agnew as a central campaign issue.
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Associated Press
William P. Rogers
United States
Nixon
Sargent Shriver
Miami Beach
Fila
Rogers
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Lyndon B. Johnson
Shriver
U.S
West Virginia
Kennedy
John D. Rockefeller IV
Los Angeles
California
Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Burger Would End Judge Panels
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger urged abolishing the three judge federal district courts used to route civil rights appeals to the Supreme Court. He said they have outlived their usefulness and add to the high court’s workload, though other routes to fast review exist if truly needed.
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Warren E. Burger
U. S. Supreme Court
Burger
American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Demonstrators Campout Shunted From Miami Beach Park
About 50 youthful protesters were ordered from Flamingo Park in Miami Beach as police cleared a makeshift camp ahead of the Republican National Convention. They left before dawn and were allowed to return at sunrise. One teen resisted a tent order. police took no further action. The City Council weighs camping permits for August 21 opening.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Flamingo Park
Fred Kobelin
Price hearings set on 1973 autos by GM Ford Chrysler
The Price Commission plans hearings on requested price increases for 1973 cars by Detroit's big four. Chairman C Jackson Grayson Jr. filed an affidavit with government briefs in the Ralph Nader suit. The government asked dismissal for lack of a material factual issue. A spokesman declined to comment, citing litigation.
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Price Commission
Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
C. Jackson Grayson, Jr
Commission
Ralph Nader
Consumers Organiza
U. S. District Court
Nader
Grayson
Elderly Man Injured in Marion Car Coal Truck Collision
An 80 year old Creal Springs man, passenger in a car driven by his wife, was seriously injured when the vehicle collided with a coal truck on South Court Street in Marion. Ida Turnage, 73, was not seriously hurt and was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way. James P. Haught Jr., 19, of Marion, drove the coal truck. The Turnages were admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital.
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Creal Springs
South Court Street
Marion
Harry Turnage
Ida
Marion Memorial Hospital
Turnages
James P. Haught Jr
Train hits car at Cambria crossing injures driver
P Beulah L. Bowers, 74, of Cambria, sustained minor injuries when her car was struck by an Illinois Central train at 9 am on Cambria Road crossing. State Police say she stopped too close to the tracks. the conductor Charles E. Waller, 49, of Carbondale, was uninjured. The car and train suffered damage.
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Beulah L. Bowers
Cambria
Cambria Road
Rt. 13
Illinois Central
Charles E. Waller
Carbondale
GOP examines rule change at 1976 convention session
The Republican Rules Committee hears competing views on increasing participation by women youths and blacks. Some back quotas others urge minimal rules. Delegation allocation and court orders loom as the panel prepares recommendations for the convention.
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Rules Committee
Republican National Committee
William C. Cramer
Cramer
Daniel J. Swillinger
The
Ripon Society
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Wiggins
Javits
Swillinger
Spiro T. Agnew
National Committee
Clark says Hanoi to free POWs when bombing stops
Former U S Attorney General Ramsey Clark says North Vietnamese leaders assured him that American prisoners of war will be released when the bombing ends and peace begins. He described written and verbal pledges from officials including the foreign minister after a three hour meeting in Hanoi. He spoke after returning from North Vietnam noting POWs visited and the conditions of civilians and sites he witnessed.
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U. S
Clark
Lyndon B. Johnson
Israeli court convicts Arab girls in Belgian airliner hijack
In Lod an Israeli military court convicted two Arab girls Rimma Issa Tannous 19 and The rese Halaseh 21 of taking part in the hijacking of a Belgian airliner to Israel. Sentencing was expected later today with the prosecutor seeking life terms.
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Rimma Issa Tannous
Therese Halaseh
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Charles E. Wiggins
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New Orleans
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