Shriver Chosen as McGovern Running Mate in 1972 Bid
George S. McGovern selected R. Sargent Shriver to be his vice presidential candidate in the 1972 campaign against Richard Nixon. Shriver, Kennedy in law and brother-in-law to Edward Kennedy, has a record spanning three presidents but no elected office. McGovern announced the pick after Edmund Muskie declined the offer.
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Wesley G. Pippert
Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
R. Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Nixon
McGovern
Capitol
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Shriver
Edward M. Kennedy
Maryland
Eunice Kennedy
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Antipoverty Office of Equal Opportunity
Johnson
France
Illinois
House
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Kennebunk Beach
GOP platform adopts 17 point program at Charleston convention
At the Civic Center a Republican State Convention adopted a 17 point platform stressing tax relief environment and consumer protection and continuing Moore Administration highway programs. The body debated mine safety additions and considered a depletion tax on mineral resources while backing Nixon Agnew’s reelection.
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Charleston
Civic Center
Moore Administration
Monongalia County
Kermit Mason
Arch A. Moore
State Supreme Court
Nixon- Agnew
Charles H. Haden II
Morgantown
Haden
Magnetic sun storms raise risk of blackouts worldwide
NOAA reports intense solar flares triggering magnetic storms that could disrupt power grids in Canada, Alaska, Sweden and northern nations. Pigeons face disorientation as the planet’s magnetic field is disturbed, with circuit breakers at risk of tripping and outages possible through Monday. Bowater Power Co. noted disruption on transatlantic cables from Deer Lake Newfoundland.
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Boulder
Colo
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Canada
Alaska
Sweden
Earth
Segman
Bowater Power Co
Deer Lake
Newfoundland
Nixon economics blasted by paper
Democratic presidential candidate George S. McGovern charged that President Nixon's economic policies have thrown nearly 5 million people out of work and added about $450 a year to family costs. He urged faster job creation and inflation relief as a central campaign theme.
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Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
Nixon
Nixonomics
Mendez Says Boyle Miller Ineligible For UMW Post
Coal miner John Mendez says two sections of the UMW constitution bar incumbent President W A Boyle and reform candidate Arnold Miller from the presidency. He contends Miller cannot serve as president since he is not a working miner and lacks an official UMW role.
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Chapmanville
W. Va
UPI
John Mendez
United Mine Workers Union
Mendez
United Press International
UMW
W. A .Tony’’ Boyle
Reform
Arnold Miller
Miller
West Virginia Black Lung Association
GAO audit finds mine fines heavily downgraded by bureau
GAO report released by Rep. Henry S. Reuss shows 94 percent of civil penalties against coal mine operators were downgraded and few collected. It cites staffing gaps, a two and a half year backlog, and inadequate documentation at Pittston Coal Co. as major issues affecting enforcement of the 1969 federal health and safety act.
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General Accounting Office
US. Bureau of Mines
GAO
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wisc
House Committee On Government Operations
Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Reuss
Edward D. Failor
Nixon
Penalties and Delays Highlight GAO Probe of Mine Bureau
The GAO exposes major flaws in the Bureau of Mine Penalty assessments led by Failor since 1971. Delays average 129 days before proposed penalties and 10 weeks before referral to the solicitor, contributing to a 1 026 case backlog totaling 2.8 million dollars in potential penalties. The report notes missing written guidelines for the six statutory factors and a lack of enforcement beyond delays, with only 18 permanent staff and four assessors hired by 1971. Failor defended his mission to bring predictability to penalties while the Bureau failed to collect 8.4 million of the 9.8 million remaining assessments. The timing raises questions about efficiency and enforcement in a system criticized as too liberal.
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Bureau
Failor
Reuss
Iowa Young Republicans
GOP
Fred Schwengel
Iowa
Hubert Humphrey
GAO
Times
Failer
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John F. Quigley
Mason
Frank C. Haymond
UPI Telephoto Hollywood
Bobby Harris
Westport
Ore
Harris
Ralph Segman
Paul Linger
Denver Zoo
Boyle
Other
South Dakota
America
White House
Administration
Warner-Lambert
Parke-Davis
Richard G. Kleindienst
GAO Probe
Ray Martin
Dominion Post
U.S. District Court
Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Pittston Coal Co
Buffalo Creek
West Virginia
Pittston
Francis Lieber
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