Tent City Sprouts Near Miami During Nixon Florida Visit
At Homestead Air Force Base Florida a field tent city builds to house a battalion with latrines sleeping quarters and mess tents set up near a runway. Army Corps of Engineers from Ft. Stewart labor on the site while armored personnel carriers and named tents remain unmanned awaiting possible troop deployment.
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Homestead Air Force Base
Fla
Army Corps of Engineers
Ft. Stewart
Nixon
Florida
Turboprop Collision Kills 13 Over Lake Winnebago
Ended search finds no survivors from North Central Flight 280 and Air Wisconsin Flight 671 after collision in clear but hazy conditions. Wreckage fell into Lake Winnebago as FAA and NTSB investigate the fatal crash.
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Neenah
Lake Winnebago
Central Presbyterian to Open Methadone Clinic in Atlanta
The Central Presbyterian Church will launch a methadone clinic for heroin addicts next month in partnership with the Georgia Narcotics Treatment Program. The clinic joins a church medical program offering a clinic for low income families, a dental ministry, and a family planning clinic near the state Capitol. Dr. Randolph Taylor said the church agreed to the drug treatment clinic to address community needs.
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Atlanta, Ga
Central Presbyterian Church
Georgia
State Capitol
Randolph Taylor
Miami Beach Mayor Chuck Hall Faces Heat in Protest Stand
In Miami Beach Florida Mayor Chuck Hall endures a sweltering day as he waits for Jerry Rubin of the Yippies to take the microphone. The scene captures a tense moment between local leadership and the national protest group.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Chuck Hall
Jerry Rubin
Senate approves $9.6 billion antipoverty bill amid White House dispute
The Senate voted 74 to 16 to approve an antipoverty measure creating an independent Legal Services Corporation and extending two years of funding for OEO programs aiding 26 million Americans in poverty. House differences will be reconciled after July 17. Nixon may veto again.
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Washington
White House
Senate
House
Congress
Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
Legal Services Cor
Georgia reacts to death penalty ruling across state
Gov. Jimmy Carter vows to review state laws and extend punishment alternatives after the Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional. Lt. Gov. Maddox calls it a license for anarchy and vigilante action while Rep. Floyd pledges to push new legislation. Lucious Jackson Jr. on death row celebrates as the ruling upends decades of legal battles.
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Associated Press
Reidsville State
Supreme Court
General Assembly
James
Floyd
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Ellis MacDougall
McGovern says California delegation split may help nomination
George McGovern argued the Credentials Committee move slicing California’s 271 delegates could backfire in favor of his bid. He called the decision a shabby back room deal and said the full convention will overturn it, while promising to withhold support if the nomination is not his.
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McGovern
Washington
George McGovern
Democratic Credentials Committee
South Dakota
CBS Morning News
Credentials Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Miami Beach
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Atlantic City
N.J
White House
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
Senate approves historic twenty percent Social Security hike
The Senate voted to add a 20 percent across the board rise in Social Security benefits, the largest ever, financed by higher payroll taxes and automatic cost of living adjustments. The measure, attached to debt ceiling legislation, increases benefits for 27.8 million recipients and takes effect Sept. 1 with checks reflecting in October.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
House
Church
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
U S to Return July 13 to Peace Talks in Paris
President Nixon announced the United States will resume Vietnam peace talks in Paris on July 13 amid cautious optimism. He spoke during a White House news conference, noting past disappointments and signaling secret negotiations continue.
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U.S
Paris
Washington
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Wallace to leave hospital for Miami convention trip
Alabama Governor George Wallace will depart Holy Cross Hospital next Friday for the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, with a stop in Montgomery where he will make a brief speech. He travels in an Air Force ambulance plane provided by President Nixon and will ride in a wheelchair.
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George Wallace
Holy Cross Hospital
Miami Beach
Montgomery
Ala
Wallace
Nixon
Darnley Field
Alabama
Billy Joe Camp
Camp
Miami
Four Ambassadors Hotel
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