Senate shows support for Carswell amid tight confirmation fight
The Senate rejected a move to recommit Judge G Harrold Carswell's nomination by 52 to 44, signaling a potential victory for administration backs as final confirmation looms. Key senators remain undecided and labor lobbyists swarm Capitol Hill amid a closely contested battle. Carswell, at his Tallahassee home, awaits Wednesday's decisive vote.
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New York
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Oregon
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Maryland
Richard S&s. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
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Grim Toll In California: 5 Deaths, 1 Capture 4
Gunman Twinning, 34, killed during a 10 hour siege after highway patrol officers were ambushed. A second suspect was captured earlier. Twinning appeared at the Hoag home and shot, then likely killed himself as police closed in. Witness accounts described a chaotic gun battle with about 100 shots fired.
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Steve” Hoag
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California
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Chicago
Schwartz
Enormous Viet Cong Toll Claimed After Dak Saeng Battle
Saigon reports 496 enemy soldiers killed Monday near the Dak Saeng U S Special Forces camp. Of 466 in a single battle, 270 were said slain by artillery and air strikes, while questions arise over the tally and captured weapons. Ranger casualties listed as light, though sources report 9 killed and 418 wounded.
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Cambodia Moves Troops to Border as Viet Cong Cross
Cambodian army massed air born troops artillery and armored vehicles toward the South Vietnamese border after Viet Cong forces crossed into Cambodia at Bavet 90 miles southeast of Phnom Penh. Casualties were reported as two Cambodian soldiers and six civilians killed after a weekend attack on a military outpost near Chiphou. Pro government press crews on a sponsored trip were kidnapped by Viet Cong near Chiphou with multiple reporters reportedly captured and a car found burned.
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Measles May Delay Apollo 13 Launch at Cape Kennedy
Apollo 13 faces potential mission delay after all three astronauts were exposed to German measles. Dr. Berry said immunity tests on James A. Lovell Jr. Thomas K. Mattingly II and Fred W. Haise Jr. could push launch to May 9 if immunity is low.
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Fred W. Haise Jr
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Charles Duke
John W. Young
John L. Swigert Jr
Lovell
Jeffrey
Reeves Stalls At Starting Gate Rocky's Bid Faces Hurdle
Erie County Judge Joseph F. Mattina declined the GOP offer for state comptroller creating a setback for party plans. The New York State Republican Committee pressed toward designation of Governor Rockefeller and running mates but postponed final choice after Mattina’s decision.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rochester
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New York
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New York State Republican
Regan Named GOP Pick for New York State Comptroller
Edward Regan, former Buffalo councilman at large, was tapped by the Republican Party as its candidate for state comptroller. The Associated Press reported from Rochester.
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GOP State Committee to name statewide candidates this afternoon
Counter pressure surfaced in Manhattan as the GOP State Committee prepared to designate candidates for statewide offices this afternoon alongside other contenders.
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MacDonald Named Suspect In Slayings At Fort Bragg
Green Beret doctor Captain Jeffrey R. MacDonald who reported his wife Colleen and two daughters dead at their Fort Bragg apartment seven weeks ago was told by the Army he is a suspect. He remains confined to his quarters and escorted movement while investigations proceed.
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Douglas Alvey Jr
Schenectady
Troy
Colleen
Kimberly
Kristen
Troy soldier Guenette to receive Medal of Honor
Peter M. Guenette, a 1965 Catholic High School graduate from Troy, will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor at the White House from President Nixon for dying in Vietnam May 18, 1968 while smothering a grenade to save fellow soldiers. His family and community will honor him as his name joins the Pentagon Hall of Heroes.
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