Florida primary race tightens as Wallace leads field
Florida voters head into the Democratic primary with Wallace favored to capture a majority of the 81 delegates while Humphrey Muskie Jackson Lindsay and McGovern vie for second. Wallace campaigns in Miami as Humphrey and Muskie seek to close the gap. Political notes include Muskie pledge to disclose campaign funds in stages starting within 10 days.
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Irvings plead guilty to fraud in Hughes manuscript case
Clifford and Edith Irving admitted guilt to federal conspiring to defraud publishers with a fake Howard Hughes autobiography. They face up to five years and $10,000 fines, as researcher Richard Suskind accompanies them in court. Separate state charges include grand larceny conspiracy forged instruments and perjury. Swiss charges against Mrs Irving involve forgery and embezzlement over $650 000 in checks.
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McGraw-Hill
Life Magazine
Black Third Party Seen Step Closer
The National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana ended with the emergence of a new black political movement dubbed The National Assembly. The gathering produced a steering committee to finalize policy, adopted a controversial anti bussing resolution, and backed a National Black Agenda advocating proportional representation, reparations, black unions, urban homesteads, universal public education, and reduced defense spending.
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Weather Outlook With Showers and Chilly Temperatures
Mostly cloudy with showers and scattered thundershowers today tonight and likely tomorrow. Highs in the 40s and lows around mid to upper 30s. Probability of precipitation 90 percent today 80 tonight 70 tomorrow. Winds northeast 10 to 20 mph. Sunset 6 31 pm Sunrise 6 40 am. High yesterday 58 lows 35 details on page 5.
Local delegate says convention 100 years late
Floyd Blackwell of the Black Convention in Gary Indiana declared the gathering a century overdue as he and his wife Ethel joined more than 2500 delegates in voting to form a 427 member assembly to function as a black congress. He described the new body as a peoples party endorsing candidates and lobbying for black interests within the white power structure. He noted dissension over segregation and said some delegates found common ground with black nationalists.
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Bell Ave
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Wellington youth dies from indoor charcoal fire accident
Larry Diller, 17, of 123 Forest Street, died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after using a charcoal fire in a closed patio room. Wellington police and Lorain County Coroner's reports confirm the fatal exposure, with death pronounced at 10:45 a.m. at Wellington Community Hospital.
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Richard Diller
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Buchanan
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US and China hold first friendly talks in Paris
US Ambassador Arthur Watson and Chinese Ambassador Huang Chen met for 50 minutes at the Chinese Embassy in Paris seeking a continuing Sino American dialogue. Huang said contacts would be maintained via Paris as a channel, marking the first normal diplomatic meeting since 1970 amid resumed exchanges.
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UPI
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Huang
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Cambrilia
Government audit flags abuses in subsidized housing program
An AP report details a government audit of HUD subsidized housing showing ways developers inflated costs and profits. It cites inflated land values, architectural fees, and overestimated construction times, with eight cases of land profits and incentives for early completion.
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Ciime Thes
Midwest Project
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