McGovern draft planks push for jobs and social justice
A Sunday draft outlines eight planks focused on guaranteed jobs and an income-security program, with tax reform, Social Security changes, and increased federal education funding. It cites health insurance, no fault auto coverage, consumer class actions, environmental protections, and expanded transportation funding.
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Skyjacker hunters probe pond and woods after hijack
FBI agents pressed a large search around a reservoir near Peru Indiana with land and air teams. They hunted a man believed to have bailed out with a parachute as authorities speculated on his fate and potential loss of the ransom.
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U.S. Plans Cut to One Infantry Battalion in Vietnam
The end of the month plan reduces U.S. combat infantry to about 500 men in South Vietnam from 112 battalions in 1968. Air raids over the weekend knocked out three bridges on the Hanoi rail line toward China. Navy strikes hit a fuel depot and two supply yards near Hanoi. Communist forces damaged 37 vehicles in a 100-truck fuel convoy on Highway 19, 240 miles northeast of Saigon. no casualties were reported. U.S. helicopters evacuated wounded.
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Funeral for Pasadena Mayor Floyd O Gwinn
Floyd O Gwinn 74 former Pasadena mayor and longtime restaurant owner died Friday. A funeral service is set for Tuesday in Pasadena with remainder details unavailable.
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Soldier fakes auto attack then admits self infliction
A hitchhiking Israeli soldier claimed shots were fired from a passing car near Kfar Saba and he returned fire with a submachine gun. An army spokesman said the taxi involved carried a West Bank license plate. Within a day the soldier admitted the story was false and said he had accidentally shot himself out of embarrassment.
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West Bank
IRA Brings Ceasefire Amid IRA Leaflets and Rail Bridge Bomb
The Ardoyne area residents were urged to stock canned food and milk and follow IRA orders in an emergency. Early today a series of bombs exploded including a massive blast on a main Belfast railway bridge. The explosion was heard eighteen miles away but did not damage the line.
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Hoosier by choice Izaak Walton League and 4H clubs member
The subject, born in Montana, identifies as a Hoosier. He belongs to the Izaak Walton League and participates in Kennel club activities. He is a Wiley High School graduate, Northside Optimist Club member, and resides with his wife and daughter Glenna in Rosedale RR 1. Glenna majors in home economics at Indiana State University.
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Indiana State University
Flood disaster toll climbs as governors seek swift aid
The flood crisis widens across New York Pennsylvania and Maryland with 80 communities lacking drinking water in Pennsylvania and Elmira facing container shortages. Governors meet in Harrisburg to press for fast federal aid while Red Cross launches a $10 million disaster fund campaign. A helicopter crash in New York raises the death toll to 23. sightseers flood flooded hubs, bringing new policing challenges.
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Agnew Headlines Missouri GOP Dinner in St Louis
About 1 500 Missouri Republicans attend a $100 a plate GOP fundraiser featuring Vice President Spiro T Agnew. A 7 p m talk follows dinner at Stouffer's Riverview Inn Grand Ballroom. Funds aid the state Republican Finance Committee for fall candidates.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
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Republican Finance Committee
Agriew
St.Louis
Memorial service planned for Dorothy Huntington writer
A memorial service will be held today for Dorothy Phillips Huntington 79 a widely published magazine short story writer who died Friday at Newfield Nursing Home Her works appeared in Cosmopolitan Good Housekeeping and other magazines she wrote under her maiden name Dorothy Sanborn Phillips Michigan has 19 million acres of forestral land.
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Newfield Nursing Home
McGovern faces wary party as campaign postures shift
The piece notes Martha McGovern voices strain amid campaign tensions blaming personal strains on political life. A Republican veteran, Sen. George Aiken, says McGovern could win votes for offering change even if not clearly defined. Aiken cautions party leaders not to assume an easy November race.
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George D. Aiken
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George
Aiken
McGovern Prepares Southern Swing Amid Delegates Draw
Senator McGovern plans a south and southwest tour with 134 delegates in five states Oklahoma Texas Georgia South Carolina and Virginia still uncommitted. He will not seek to convert the 27 delegates in Arkansas pledged to Rep Wilbur Mills as he stops in Little Rock for a campaign meeting.
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