McGovern maps fall campaign on massive registration drive
Sen George McGovern plans a nationwide fall campaign built on large youth registration drives reform rhetoric and strong grassroots organizing to win the White House. Aiming to outpace Nixon in public opinion polls advisers like Gary Hart and Frank Mankiewicz express confidence while dismissing claims of surprise in the party rise.
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James M. Naughton
Miami Beach
George McGovern
White House
South Dakota
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
McGovern selects Eagleton as running mate at convention
Senator George McGovern named Thomas Eagleton of Missouri as his vice presidential choice at the Democratic convention in Miami Beach. The 42 year old attorney and antiwar Democrat from St. Louis was billed to unite the party and bolster appeals for unity, labor support, and reform. McGovern pursued Kennedy and other leaders to join the push for party cohesion as dissension lingered around the nomination. Eagleton’s selection aimed to mollify factions and project a vision of national renewal.
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Miami Beach
George McGovern
Thomas Francis Eagleton
Missouri
America
Nixon
Eagleton
St. Louis
Vietnam
Labor
Sen
Edmund Muskie
McGovern
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Milton
Shapp
Pennsylvania
John Gilligan
Ohio
Kennedy
Thomas F. Eagleton
McGovern seeks 4.5 million loan funds from wealthy donors
McGovern campaign money chiefs outline a plan to raise 36.5 million for the fall race, with 15 million from large donors as seed money to register voters and cover early campaign expenses. Miles Rubin, a New York lawyer, will head the special gifts drive soliciting 5000 plus gifts.
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McGovern
Miles Rubin
Rubin
New York
Butte Weather Forecast Cools Slightly With Cloudiness
Variable cloudiness dampens the day in Butte with a cooler feel. Today's outlook calls for 75 in the afternoon and 45 degrees at night, shaping a mild, unsettled weather pattern.
Haag found guilty in kickback payroll mail fraud case
George A. Haag, aide to Texas Rep. James M. Collins, was convicted on 23 counts of mail fraud and falsifying payroll forms. He claimed Collins ordered parts of the scheme. Haag's sentence could reach five years, and he plans an appeal as Collins denies knowledge of the kickbacks.
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Washington
George A. Haag
Texas
James M. Collins
Haag
Collins
Jack Anderson
George
British Troops Crack Belfast IRA Stronghold in Andersonstown
About 1,800 British troops with armor moved into the Andersonstown Catholic area in Belfast after four days of IRA attacks on a police post. A soldier was believed killed as heavy fighting erupted in Lower Falls and other districts. The operation followed Britain's direct rule in Northern Ireland and aimed to end an IRA cease-fire breach and post siege.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Andersonstown
Lower Falls
Britain
William Whitelaw
IRA
Pilots Strike at Northwest Stalls Without Resumption Date
Negotiations in the Northwest Airlines pilot strike were cut off with no date to resume. Federal mediator Harry Bickford returned to Washington after informal talks in Minneapolis. About 1,600 ALPA pilots walked out June 30 after a year without a contract amid a Railway Labor Act cooling off period. An agreement reached Friday on a pension plan was seen by ALPA as a major stumbling block.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Northwest Airlines
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
Northwest
McGovern pledges unity and defeat of Nixon
Democratic nominee George McGovern keynotes his acceptance speech saying Nixon can be beaten and urging Democrats to unite. He vows to open doors on policy, end the Vietnam War, and restore government to the people, noting the process as the gift of open politics.
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Miami Beach
Fla
George McGovern
Nixon
Richard Nixon
McGovern
South Dakota
Behind the scenes with McGovern and Fischer for dollars
The Sunday Standard reports on a contest between Anaconda and Butte for dollars and discusses McGovern’s public life. Fischer forfeits a chess match in the same feature.
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Fischer
Sunday Standard
Anaconda
Butte
U.N. Yearbook Links Demographics and Trends Worldwide
The U.N. Statistical Yearbook surveys birth and death rates marriages and divorces by country. Liberia shows 38 marriages per 1000, Sweden reports the lowest infant mortality and longest life expectancy, while the United States records high output in steel books and beer.
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Liberia
U.N
U.S. Virgin Islands
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
South Pacific
Virgin Islands
U.N. Statistical Office
Soviet Union
Swaziland
Zambia
Africa
Asia
Sweden
Chad
Yabon
United States
Two air pirates surrender after 21hour hijack ends in Texas
Two hijackers surrender at Lake Jackson Texas after a 21 hour ordeal that began with diverting a National Airlines jet to Philadelphia for ransom and parachutes. They released three stewardesses and trapped the Boeing 727 with fuel exhausted.
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Lake Jackson
Tex
Philadelphia
First National
New York
Houston
R Ted
Mayor and police judge clash over police court revenues
Mayor Mike Micone and Police Judge John Selon met to discuss a disputed $13,000 drop in police court fines for 1971 72. Micone defended the inquiry as budget related while Selon demanded a retraction of wording he viewed as painting the court negatively.
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Mike Micone
John Selon
Selon
Montana Standard
Ways and Means Committee
Micone
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