McGovern Begins Final NY Primary Campaign Push
Senator George McGovern travels with aides and press to New York for the last major primary. He plans a three borough visit including Harlem Hospital with the MLK widow, following a Rapid City trip after flooding. McGovern targets about 200 New York delegates in the June 20 nominating fight.
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New York
George McGovern
South Dakota
Harlem Hospital
Martin Luther King, Jr
McGovern
Rapid City
S.D
New York State
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
List of traffic and public-safety fines tied to McGovern event
A disjointed clipping lists numerous individuals with fines for expired plates intoxication and related offenses in Brazil and nearby areas. The piece then notes 278 delegates at stake and McGovern traveling to Miami Beach for the nominating race, referencing the Rapid City disaster with over 200 dead and hundreds missing after floods.
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Miami Beach
McGovern
South Dakota
Black Hills
Rapid City
Rapid City Flood Strikes. Death Toll Soars
A devastating Rapid City flood following a winter blizzard devastates Rapid Creek neighborhoods. Rescue efforts use private cranes to recover vehicles and search for missing campers as officials report overwhelmed hospitals and hundreds displaced. Shelters open and temporary morgues are established.
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
Small Business Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Economic Opportunity
Rapid City
South Dakota
U.S
Johnstown
Florida
David Heraty
Rapid Creek
Jackson Boulevard
Omaha Street
Roland Stephenson
Civil Defense Coordinator
McCullough Joins Branam Williams Residential Sales
Branam Williams announces Dick McCullough joins its residential sales department. A Terre Haute native raised near Lewis Indiana he worked with his father in farming and has four years of local real estate experience. He resides in Maryland Subdivision with Rosemary and daughter Kimberley and will assist with housing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branam Williams
Dick McCullough
McCullough
Terre
Bids Opened for New Sewer and County Trucks in Vigo County
Vigo County commissioners opened bids for a sanitary sewer at the H Ralph Johnston Regional Youth Community and for three dump trucks. Low sewer bid was 16 247 from L G Hein and Son Inc, high sewer bid 31 400 from Sycamore Engineering Inc. Truck bid was 20 433 80 from International Harvester Co.
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Vigo County Commissioners
H. Ralph Johnston
Terre Haute
L. G. Hein and Son, Inc
Sycamore Engineering, Inc
Bedino Construction Co
Freitag Weinh
Supreme Court backs private clubs' right to exclude blacks
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that private clubs may exclude black guests, upholding a Moose Lodge in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Justice Rehnquist authored the decision with Justices Burger Blackmun Powell joining the majority. Dissenters were Douglas Brennan Marshall. The ruling focused on guest exclusion not membership and cited state liquor licensing as not forcing integration.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Moose Lodge
Harrisburg
John Patter
George Lincoln Rockwell
Connecticut
Hartford
Missouri
Leroy Irvis
Pennsylvania House
Rehnquist
Irvis
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell
Nixon Administration
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Pennsylvania
Vigo County School Board to Review Salary Schedules
Vigo County School Corporation negotiates with the Vigo County Teachers Association to present a salary proposal for both teaching and non teaching staff. The board will also consider returning teacher contracts and parts of the custodial and maintenance policy manual. An $80 000 appropriation hearing funds land purchase for a new Concannon Junior High near West Vigo High School.
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Vigo County School Corporation
Board of Trustees
Vigo County Teachers Association
Concannon Junior High School
West Vigo High School
Ringham Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge in Murder Case
Carl Ringham Jr., 24, pleaded guilty in Vigo Circuit Court to accessory after the fact of involuntary manslaughter in the October 1971 killing of his estranged brother in law Donald V. Jeffers. Henry Bingham, 19, was found guilty of second degree murder for the shooting and faces 15 to 25 years. Judge C Joseph Anderson set sentencing for July 10 after a pre sentence investigation.
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Carl Ringham Jr
Vigo
Ringham
S. 1St St
Donald V. Jeffers
Henry Bingham
C. Joseph Anderson
la Terre
Anderson
Reed
South Optimists to Hear Rev Ival Lane on Glenn Home Work
The South Optimists invite members to a Tuesday evening meeting with Rev Ival Lane as guest speaker. Lane, superintendent of Glenn Home, will discuss the home’s operation after the 6 30 p m dinner at Albert Pick Mote.
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Ival Lane
Glenn Home
Southside Optimist Club
Albert Pick Mote
Bankruptcy Plea Filed by David L Oyler in Terre Haute
David Lee Oyler of 1216 N 14th St Vincennes filed for voluntary bankruptcy in the Terre Haute Division with the U S District Court. Debts total 21837 55 with 8098 84 secured claims. Exempt assets valued at 300.
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David Lee Oyler
N. 14Th St
Vincennes
Terre Haute
U.S. District Court
Seldom Used Kitchen Equipment Storage Guidance
A note advises storing seldom used kitchen equipment out of the way to keep space clear and reduce clutter. It emphasizes proper placement for accessibility when needed.
Kleindienst Among Three Given Oath
President Nixon swore in three Cabinet nominees in the East Room with Chief Justice Burger presiding. Richard G. Kleindienst, George P. Shultz, Caspar W. Weinberger all took oath as attorney general treasury secretary and director of the budget office respectively after Senate confirmation.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Senate
White House
Warren F. Burger
Kleindienst
George P. Shultz
the Treasury
Caspar W. Weinberger
Office of Management and Budget
OMB
Justice Department
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
John N. Mitchell
Harvard Law School
Arizona
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Shultz
Treasury
John B. Connally Jr
Democrat Connally
Weinberger
Federal Trade Commission
Central Illinois Beauty Crowned Miss Heart of Illinois
Valerie Yvonne McLennan an ISU senior was named Miss Heart of Illinois earning a berth to the Miss Illinois pageant in Aurora July 19 22. The 21 year old from Illinois State University is the first black winner of the contest and was crowned by Miss America 1972 Laurie Lee Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Peoria
Ill
Illinois State University
Central Illinois
Walton League backs mass transit over highways in Indiana
The Indiana Izaak Walton League urged phasing out a federal highway fund to favor mass transit. At its convention 5500 members pressed for floodplain zoning, nonreturnable packaging bans, and stronger environmental policies while opposing Corps projects on Wildcat Sugar Big Pine Clifty creeks. George Schmitt was re elected state president and E E Graham secretary.
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Kokomo
Ind
Indiana
Izaak Walton League
Federal Highway Trust Fund
George Schmitt
E. E. Graham
Michigan City
League
Ingram
Ohio
Schmitt
Corps of Engineers
Wildcat Creek
Sugar Creek
Montgomery County
Big Pine
Youth Killed as Hay Load Shifts Off Farm Truck
Bruce Catterman 16 of Pittsfield died when a hay load shifted and threw him from a farm truck northeast of Pittsfield Illinois. The accident occurred Sunday as he helped transport the hay.
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Pittsfield, Ill
Bruce Catterman
Pittsfield
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Empire State
Charles D. Albright
Brazil
Fred
Woodard
Michael L. Donewald
Lawrenceburg
Hugh H. May
N. Brown Ave
John J. Hedden
S. 8Th St
Steven M. Reynolds
Pary G. Sutpr
Farmersburg
Michael S. Costa
Walter L. Crum
13Th St
Dudley E. Blankenship
James E. Broyles JR
Gilbert
Joseph Edward Craffets
Apt
Charles Nelson
Ash St
Sam Callicod
Ralph David Puckett JR
9Th St
James Edward Abel
Foulkes
Donald L. Grassick
5Th Ave
Harold Seaford
Clermont
Steve Hamilton
VCSC
Cunningham
Locust St
Art Stadler
Charles Taylor
Art
Locust
Carl Ringham
South Optimists
Walton League
Clifty Creek
Maker
Kmart
Illinois
Pifer’s Strawberry Farm
Palestine
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