Nixon drives effort as GOP convention narrows field
At the GOP convention Nixon intensifies his push for the nomination with delegates pledged and strategy focused on second ballots. Reagan Rockefeller and Evans mobilize support while Dirksen leads a 13 000 word platform tackling Vietnam and law order to please major contenders.
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Klein
Nixon
New York
Reagan
Alabama
Rocky Mountain
Rockefeller
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Associated Press
Sellerep Cor Vanter
Evans
Daniel J, Evans
Washington
Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
California
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Winth- Top- Rockefeller
Arkansas
Nelson Rockefeller
George Romney
Michigan
Pennsyvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Alfred Goldthwaite
Relief United Methodist youth barbecue on Saturday
The Young Adult Class at Relief United Methodist Church on Middle Road will hold its annual barbecue on Saturday starting at 5 p.m. The event offers chicken and beef barbecue and homemade ice cream cakes and pies.
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Relief United Methodist Church
Middle Road
Americans Killed in Korea Amid Frontiersman Firefights
An AP report from Seoul says one American and at least one North Korean were killed with nine North Koreans and five Americans wounded in shooting along the Korean frontier. A clash occurred near Panmunjom during a UN armistice commission session as U.S. troops pursued infiltrators.
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Seoul
Ateast
Panmunjom
Joint Military Armistice Commission
2Nd
U.S. Infantry Division
Aging theory suggests genetic programming limits human lifespan
Research hints that aging may be preprogrammed in genes, implying life span is embedded in the genome. The idea contrasts with models of aging driven solely by environments or wear.
Tuck Against Gun Controls
Weldon W. Tuck the South District Republican candidate for Congress said he opposes federal gun control legislation. He warned approving any such law would set a precedent eroding citizens rights to own guns and lead to increasing controls.
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South Boston
Weldon W. Tuck
Sth
Congress
Tuck
Republican platform draws sharp Soviet criticism in Tass report
Tass criticizes the Republican draft platform for Miami Beach as vague and lacking concrete remedies. The Soviet agency notes it mixes moderate and ultra views, hints at Goldwaterism, and offers no clear alternative to current U.S. policy, including Vietnam.
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Moscow
Republican Party
Miami Beach
Soviet New Agency
Tass
O. Anichkin
H. Freeman
Viet
Colorado’s near rectangle boundaries proclaimed
The state asserts the most regular boundaries of any state with a near perfect rectangle shape. It spans 387 miles east to west and 276 miles north to south.
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Denver
Colorado
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Total Electric Living
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General Electric
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Winchester
Ee Ey Anderson
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Holland
Klompen
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Miller’s Hardware
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