McGovern Favored in Oregon and Rhode Island Primaries
Senator George McGovern is the front runner in the Oregon and Rhode Island presidential primaries, with public polls placing him ahead. Humphrey concentrates on California, while Muskie pursues a delegate role and Wallace campaigns from a wheelchair after a recent shooting. Oregon votes 34 delegates, Rhode Island 22, with polling and turnout shaping the nominating race.
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George McGovern
Oregon
Rhode Island
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Providence
Waterville
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Laurel
Billie Joe Camp
Wallace
Camp
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Mark Hatfield
Wayne Morse
Robert Duncan
Hugh Scott Leaves China Lobby Stand
UPI report says Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott announced he quit the China Lobby, stating containment of communism is not the answer. He advocated recognizing multiple systems and urged a broader approach to global relations amid a Proxmire study deeming China economically too weak to threaten militarily.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Hugh Scott
China
Scott
Pennsylvania
Yugoslavia
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joint Economic Committee
United States
Mao
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Vietnam
Korea
Yalu River
Hanoi
Taiwan
U.S
Soviet Union
Federal proposal would require stricter motorcycle helmet safety
Washington officials announced new safety standards to push helmets to meet performance levels to curb head injuries. National highway traffic safety administrator Douglas Toms cited an 82 percent rise in motorcycle fatalities from 1965 to 1970 and a 54 percent surge in fatalities, with 70 to 9 percent attributed to head injuries.
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Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Douglas Toms
National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator
Nixon
Few protesters at Armed Forces Day demonstrations
On Armed Forces Day many antiwar events at over 30 military bases drew only small crowds or failed to materialize. In Torrance California the Armed Forces Day Parade drew about 70,000 spectators as 8,500 marched, honoring Vietnam servicemen including prisoners of war and those missing in action led by Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert K. Cushman as grand marshal.
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U.S
Torrance
Calif
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Robert K. Cushman
FBI probes print files for bomber at Pentagon washroom
FBI searches its giant fingerprint file after a bomb exploded in the Pentagon washroom at 12 59 am Friday. Investigators say two suspects were involved and a woman was likely involved due to the attack’s location in a women's restroom.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Pentagon
Air Force Message Center
Weatherman
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Weatherpeople
General Services Administration
Minister protests summit in rain march on Washington
The Rev. Carl McIntire led about 3,600 marchers through rain along Pennsylvania Avenue to the Washington Monument for a "March for Victory" against communism in Vietnam and at home. Georgia Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox praised Wallace’s White House bid, while critics from Vietnam Veterans Against the War heckled from the sidelines.
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Washington
UPI
Carl McIntire
Nixon
Vietnam
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington Monument
McIntire
Georgia
Lester Maddox
George Wallace
White House
Maddox
Wallace
Holy Cross Hospital
Silver Spring
Moscow
Haiphong Harbor
Alabama
George C. Wallace
John Schmitz
R-Calif
San Clemente
Pa Abortion Law Commission to favor liberalized laws
The Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission's majority report will favor liberalized abortion laws with a 15 to 8 split. Co chair Emily Mudd said the report, calling for some liberalization, will be ready in about a week or ten days and then go to the full commission for approval and signatures.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania Abortion Law Commission
Commission
Emily Mudd
Girl enjoys second ride on airplane
Harrisburg UPI Coleen Fogleman, 13, rode Gov Milton J Shapp's plane for a second time after recovering from severe burns in a Lebanon County fire that killed two siblings. She traveled from Hershey Medical Center to Cincinnati for treatment and back with her mother and sister Rita. The family now lives in a rebuilt apartment over a former bowling alley as they plan a new home near the old site.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Coleen Fogleman
Milton J. Shapp
Fontana
Shriner’s
Cincinnati
Coleen
Lebanon County
Fogleman
Maurice West
Lucille Clark
Philadelphia
Rita Berk
Europe
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Shapp
Gerald Kaufmann
Allegheny
Martin P. Mullen
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Church OF Christ
Madigan Ave
Morgantown
Larry Locke
Jerry Hollis
U.S. News
High Street
Davidson Bros
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