Stevenson Push Grows to Head Illinois Delegation
Downstate delegates plot to defeat Chicago Mayor Daley by electing U S Senator Adlai E Stevenson II as delegation chair at the Springfield organizational meeting. Stevenson backers claim sufficient votes from Downstate and Muskie McGovern factions with a decision expected by midweek.
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Robert
Hartley Lindsay-Schaub
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Sen. Stevenson
Springfield
Daley
Muskie
McGovern
Stevenson
Washington
Tllinois
Ally
William Clark
Clark
National convention discusses vice presidential chances
The analysis notes weeks of talk that he might be a vice presidential possibility or a compromise presidential candidate if the McGovern machine falters. The Minors delegation will elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and the national committeemen and committeewomen on Friday.
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McGovern
Nixon arms treaty sent to Senate with campaign donor details
President Nixon’s backers include PepsiCo chief Donald Kendall and Merrill Lynch affiliate donors, as part of a first quarterly filing under a new elections law. Reports cover April 7 to May 21, showing 51 donors giving 2,500 or more totaling 409,405, while most contributions remain private. The Nixon campaign groups, led by Maurice Stans, have raised about 16 million so far. Former attorney general John Mitchell says identities of some 9 million pre law donors will stay private.
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Washington
Nixon
Pepsi Cola
Donald M. Kendall
Effective Government Association
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
General Accounting Office
Kendall and
Finance Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Warm night with possible severe storms cited
Weather summary notes a warm night with a chance of thunderstorms, possibly severe, and a low around 74. Wednesday remains hot and humid with another chance of thunderstorms. Highs reach the low to mid 90s with precipitation chances 3 percent tonight and 40 percent Wednesday.
Nixon urges quick Senate action on ABM arms deals
President Nixon disclosed key fine print of two Moscow agreements with Leonid Brezhnev, urging early ratification. The ABM treaty limits to two sites per side and a companion accord would freeze offensive missiles at present levels, with withdrawal possible after five years if talks stall.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Nixon
Soviet Union
Congress
Senate
United States
Moscow
Soviet Community Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
NATO
Prosecutor disappointed as murder charge reduced to probation
Murphysboro man Samuel Bankhead, 43, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after a October shooting. Circuit Judge Everett Prosser placed him on five years probation, with sentencing delayed for a pre sentence investigation. State's Attorney Ron Briggs voiced disappointment but deferred to the court's decision.
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Murphysboro
Samuel Bankhead
Division
Bankhead
Everett Prosser
Ron Briggs
Briggs
Rannot
Prosser
Chicago
Tracks include Fairmont Witness says races fixed
A mystery witness named Bobby Byrne testified to a House committee that he and associates fixed horse races at tracks across the East Coast over two to three years. He said they drugged horses at six of ten entries, owned about 15 horses, and bet on the nondrugged runners, with threats and bodyguards present.
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Jay Perkins Washington
House Committee
Fairmont Park
Collinsville
Mr. X
Bobby Byrne
Suffolk Downs
Mass
Lincoln Downs
Naragansett
R.I
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Bowie
Pimlico
Tropical Park
Hialeah
Fla
Churchill Downs
Shenandoah
W. Va
River Downs
Ohio
Byrne
Nader
Raiders
Robert Kope
Burials Begin as Rapid City Flood Tragedy Deepens
Rapid City begins burial services in three cemeteries for flood victims identified from the disaster site near Rapid Creek. Survivors continue searches. death toll fluctuates with official counts ranging from 161 identified to 200 plus reported, with hundreds missing and authorities urging continued recovery efforts.
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Rapid City, SD
Rapid City
Rapid Creek
Civ Detetine
Cargo door opens in flight damages AA jet at Detroit
Investigators say a malfunctioning cargo door caused a midair incident on an American Airlines DC-20 from Los Angeles to New York. The jet landed safely at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with 56 passengers and 11 crew members but ran off a runway. FBI and local officers investigated. no explosive device found.
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Detroit
American Airlines
Los Angeles
New York
FBI
Wine County
Illinois Senate probes junior colleges bribe claims
McHenry County College President James Davis denied telling of any bribe attempts as a Senate executive committee approved a resolution for an immediate inquiry. Witnesses based statements on conversations with Davis, which he rebutted in an affidavit. The probe would span past and future junior college building programs and involved architects and engineers.
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Ilinois Legislative Investigating Commission
Davis
Chicago Today
Cal Skinner Jr
Crystal Lake
Skinner
Senate
House
McHenry County College
McHenry County
Colege
Iatanton
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