Democrats test earlier races for VP as Askew named
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said Gov Reuben Askew would be an excellent Democratic running mate but he declined to back a presidential candidate. Humphrey charged Nixon with prioritizing politics over freedoms as McCarthy floated an independent bid. Chisholm eyed Brooklyn declaration plans while Ford and Shapp moved Muskie endorsements. Air Force Academy probes cadets for marijuana use after clearing an honor code violation case.
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Reuben Askew
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Charlotte
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North Carolina
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Des Moines
Alabama
George Wallace
McCarthy
House of Representatives
Shirley A. Chisholm
Dn.y
Brooklyn
Washington
Wendell H. Ford
Edmund
Muskie
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Stripping protest turns violent in Knott County
In Knott County near a coal surface mine 25 year old Save Our Kentucky director Jim Branscomb and three others were pistol whipped as about 20 women demonstrated against strip mining. The clash followed a protest aimed at state lawmakers amid 11 bills on strip mining with potential future confrontations feared.
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Jim Branscomb
Save Our Kentucky
Knott County
Ken-Mack Coal Company
Appalachia
Kentucky
Branscomb
Wendell Ford
Treaty of Brussels expands Western Europe toward unity
Ten Western European nations signed the Treaty of Brussels to enlarge the European Economic Community effective Jan 1 1973. Britain’s Edward Heath led the ceremony as leaders pledged greater unity while several member states face referenda and parliamentary challenges to ratification.
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U.S
Ussr
Japan
President lands pact enlarging European Common Market
President Nixon praised the enlargement of the Common Market to include Britain Denmark Ireland and Norway. The White House statement from his Florida retreat welcomed the Brussels treaty and set January 1 1973 as the joining date. The move aims to strengthen European unity to promote world peace security and prosperity and U.S. cooperation with Europe remains a cornerstone of policy.
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UPI
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U.S
Europe
White House
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Denmark
Ireland
Norway
Greenbrier gets first postwar surface mining permits
The Beckley Raleigh Register reports two surface mining permits in Greenbrier County with more under consideration. Forest Ranger Merle McManigle warns the activity threatens a black bear habitat, risks trout stream filtration, and harms young hardwood stands in the Monongahela National Forest.
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Beckley
W. Va
UPI
Monongahela National Forest
Greenbrier
Raleigh Register
Richwood District Forest
Merle McManigle
Rockefellers Jay in West Virginia Governors Race Sparks Coal Clash
West Virginia faces a coal politics clash as John D Rockefeller IV announces a bid for governor. Rockefeller vows to abolish strip mining and reform the industry, pitting his conservation stance against powerful corporate interests and a crowded primary field.
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John D Rockefeller
West Virginia
Appalachian
Rockefeller
Kenna Attacks 100000 Campaign Spending Ceiling
West Virginia hopeful Lee M. Kenna questions Gov Moore's 100000 cap on gubernatorial campaign expenses. He argues the limit would shut out challengers without statewide exposure. Secretary Rockefeller also criticizes the proposal as aimed at him.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Lee M. Kenna
Arch A. Moore Jr
Kenna
Kanawha
Moore
John D. Rockefeller IV
Gromyko Visits Tokyo in Countermove to Nixon China Trip
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko flies to Tokyo for a week long visit aimed at aligning Japanese leaders with the USSR and discouraging closer ties with China ahead of President Nixon's China trip.
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Gromyko
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