GOP Renomination Battle Signals Floor Fight At Convention
Conservative delegates from the South and smaller states push a delegate apportionment plan amid a debate over the 1976 GOP layout while Nixon seeks renomination. The convention proceeds with Nixon’s nomination tonight and Agnew’s on Wednesday amid mixed enthusiasm and procedural snags.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nixon
South
Spiro T. Agnew
William McLaughlin
Michigan
GOP
Agnew
Sen
Charles Percy
Illinois
Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
New Mexico
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George McGovern
McGovern
Austin
Tex
Lbj Ranch
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Robert Dole
Kansas
Virginia Delegates Discuss 1976 GOP Prospects
Virginia delegates at the 1972 Republican National Convention foresee Nixon likely winning re election and consider a 1976 run by Vice President Agnew. An informal polling of about 20 delegates shows a majority would back Agnew if he seeks the presidency, with some doubt about Nixon’s pick for a successor and speculation on Mills Godwin’s gubernatorial plans.
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The
Star
Miami Beach
Nixon
White House
Vice
Agnew
Teddy Kennedy
Virginia Press Corps
Mills Godwin
Virginia
Saigon Offers To Return 600 N Viet POWs
Saigon proposed unconditionally releasing 600 disabled North Vietnamese prisoners of war and granting amnesty to 496 South Vietnamese convicts. Foreign Ministry urged Hanoi to discuss reception plans and framed the move as humanitarian during Wu Lan festival.
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Saigon
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
John C. Sexton Jr
Warren
Mich
United States
South Vietnam
Washington
North
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Indochina
Lineman in Fair Condition After Hydraulic Lift Fall
George Banks a 37 year old first class lineman for Pike Electric Company of Mt. Airy N C remained in fair condition at Warren Memorial Hospital after a bucket on a hydraulic lift fell about 15 feet at W Main and Cherry in Front Royal. He was transported by Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department Rescue One just before 3 p.m. The accident is under investigation by Front Royal authorities and Pike Electric safety consultants.
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Front Royal
Warren Memorial Hospital
W. Main St
Cherry St
George Banks
Pike Electric Company
Mt. Airy
N.C
Front Royal Volunteer Fire Department
July Costs and Wages Rise Sharply in Consumer Index
The Labor Department reports consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in July driven by a 1.0 percent jump in food costs while nonfood prices edged up 0.3 percent. Average weekly earnings for production workers increased 0.8 percent, lifting real earnings by 0.4 percent with a July total of 136.47 dollars. meat poultry and fish led price gains at 2.8 percent, and apparel and new cars fell as summer discounts cooled prices.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Edwards Resigns From Winchester City School Board
H Robert Edwards, chairman since 1968, announced his resignation to City Council at a School Board meeting. The board accepted the move and named nine staff appointments including a new elementary supervisor Jack Richard Dixon to succeed Ray Chapman at the John Kerr Elementary School. Dixon, from Nicklesville, with degrees from Milligan College and the University of Virginia, will direct in service training for the upcoming Middle School. Superintendent Jacob L Johnson praised Edwards for leadership during difficult transitions.
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H. Robert Edwards
Winchester
Edwards
Winchester School
Jacob L. Johnson
Winchester City
Ray Chapman
John Kerr
Jack Richard Dixon
Dixon
Nicklesville
Milligan College
Tennessee
University of Virginia
Johnson
Alexandria
Ficklin
Chesterfield County
Fork Union Military Academy
Navy Jets Hit Targets Along N Vietnam Coast
U S Navy jets ranged from Vinh to Haiphong hitting bridges depots and army barracks. About 150 strikes were flown due to overcast skies with 10 bridges and 100 stacks of war material destroyed near Vinh. Kitty Hawk crews hit Son Duong depot near Haiphong in flames.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Vinh
Haiphong
U.S. Command
U.S
Navy
Kitty Hawk
Son Duong
Vuc
Thanh Hoa
South Vietnam
McGovern Johnson Meet Marred by News Ban at LBJ Ranch
Senator George McGovern arrived in Texas for a unity session with Lyndon B. Johnson but newsmen and photographers were barred from the midday meeting with McGovern and Sargent Shriver at the LBJ Ranch. McGovern praised Johnson at an airport rally as differences lingered over war policy yet a place for diversity was asserted.
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Austin
Tex
George McGovern
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
McGovern
Johnson, McGovern
Sargent Shriver
LBJ
Here
Shriver
South Dakota
John B. Connally
Nixon
Treasury
Weather Update for Richmond With Showers This Evening
A weakening high pressure ridge from Virginia toward the Atlantic boosts the chance of showers in Virginia tonight. A local line about events mentions Family Special at Pizza Hut and a confidential helpline in Clarke County Fair context.
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Richmond
Virginia
Atlantic
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Raritan
Bill Rhoden
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Old Dominion
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William B. Spong Jr
N. Viets Coast
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Neal Ulevich
U.S. Air Force
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Que Son
Quan Loi
An Loc
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Johnson Center
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