Crusading editor keeps publishing after devastating arson
Madisonville Tennessee editor Dan Hicks Jr. of the Monroe County Democrat has endured multiple attacks including arson, beatings, shootings, and equipment theft since 1967. He carries a pistol for protection and plans to publish despite pressure from about 50 to 60 opponents and ongoing threats to his life. His wife Irene stays by his side as the weekly paper continues, driven by a motto: What the people don't know will hurt them.
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Madisonville, Tenn
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Dan Hicks Jr
Monroe County
Hicks
Madisonville
Smokey Mountains
East Tennessee
Kenneth Davis
Sweetwater
Democrat
Davis
Dan Hicks
Tennessee River
Bob Register
Hick
Irene
Shriver cites need for U S goal amid crime concerns
In Cleveland Ruth Hutten pressed Shriver about street crime after waiting for police. He promised a higher caliber police force and a national insurance plan for disabled workers. In New York Mayor Lindsay pledged a crackdown on cars blocking fire hydrants after an elderly surgeon died in a fire delay.
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Cleveland
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Ruth Hutten
West Side
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Arnold Sommer
Sommer
E.B. Jones
West Virginia
George McGovern
America
Kennedy
Johnson
Frank King
Ohio
Afl-Cio
James Isselice
International Association of Machinists
Isfelice
McGovern
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Bad Shape Mechanic Describes Car Defect Harshly
A mechanic tells a car owner the vehicle is so badly damaged it would be like a horse needing to be shot. The blunt remark highlights a dramatic assessment of the car's condition.
Dole slams McGovern for not denouncing convention disruptors
UPI reports Senator Bob Dole criticized George McGovern for not repudiating demonstrator tactics at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Dole asked where McGovern was and why he did not call his supporters home when plans to disrupt the convention were announced.
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Republican National Committee
Bob Dole
Kansas
George S. McGovern
Miami Beach
America
Dole
Sen. McGovern
Committee For
William E. Brock
R-Tenn
Young Voters
Brock
McGovern
Pilot crashes helicopter at drag strip near Olathe
An Army helicopter attempting a safe landing crashed on the runway apron near the Olathe Naval Air Station during American Hot Rod Association races. Three crewmen were hospitalized in satisfactory condition as witnesses cited a rotor malfunction and a descent from about 200 feet.
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Olathe
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Olathe Naval Air Station
Avis Berman
Proxmire Attacks Nixon Budget Claims as Hogwash
Sen. William Proxmire accuses the Nixon administration of political hogwash and election year eyewash for blaming Congress on budget busting while seeking higher military spending. He urges a $240 billion budget cap, $10 billion below Nixon’s ceiling, and criticizes defense cost boosts including $1.2 billion in bombing tempo and plans for $7 billion more for new weapons.
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William Proxmire
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