California Poll Rates McGovern Runaway Leader
In California a poll of Democrats ready to vote in the pivotal presidential primary shows Sen. George McGovern with a 20 percent lead over rivals. Sen. Hubert Humphrey dismissed the survey as baloney as the primary nears to determine the Democratic nomination for the White House.
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San Francisco
George McGovern
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Melvin D. Field
McGovern
South Dakota
White House
Humphrey
Baloney
Bakersfield
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Cornelia
Los Angeles
Gov. Wallace
Richard Daley
Chicago
Food prices rise in May 1972 A P report says wholesale costs climb
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows farm products up 1.4 percent in May after two declines, pushing wholesale prices up 0.4 percent. Unemployment holds at 5.9 percent as meat and livestock costs rise, delaying Nixon wage and price controls. McGovern Humphrey Wallace polling shapes Democratic race headlines.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Nixon seeks approval for U S Soviet arms pact
President Nixon’s report to Congress on the Moscow SALT agreements drew strong partisan reactions. Republicans cheered the presentation while many Democrats criticized it as campaign rhetoric. Some lawmakers urged waiting for details before voting.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Moscow
Yea
House
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
George McGovern
California
Vietnam
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Pittsburgh
John Ashbrook
Ashbrook
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
House Foreign Affairs
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Mike Mansfield
Senate Armed Services Committee
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Nixon asks Congress for approval of Moscow SALT steps
Nixon urged rapid congressional approval of the Moscow summit framework, seeking a two thirds Senate vote on the ABM limiting SALT treaty and majority support for the executive agreement. He called the move a foundation for a new U S Soviet relationship and peace, while critics warned of Soviet advantages and ongoing debate in Congress.
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Moscow
Nixon
Congress
Andrews Air Force Base
Henry M. Jackson
John M. Ashbrook
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Senate
GOP
White House
Florida
House
Capitol Hill
America
Peking
Iraq Suspends Oil Exports Amid IPC Nationalization
Iraq nationalizes the IPC oil company after rejecting demand to raise northern field output and suspends Mediterranean exports. Baghdad broadcasts say Banias Syria and Tripoli Lebanon terminals halted shipments, while al Bakr seeks foreign help to market Iraqi oil.
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Beirut
Moscow
Baghdad
IPC
Iraq
Banias
Syria
Tripoli
Lebanon
Rumelia
Bakr
U S Jets Hit Hanoi Power Plant and Rail Bridge
U S Phantom jets attacked the Bao Giang power plant northeast of Hanoi and damaged the Cao Nung railroad bridge, aiming to disrupt war industry and transportation. The raids involved laser guided bombs, with no U S losses reported. further strikes across North Vietnam claimed dozens of targets damaged or destroyed.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
China
Bao Giang
North Vietnam
Air Force
Cao Nung
U.S. Command
Winchester approves contract for new Middle School on Senseng Road
Winchester School Board awarded the Winchester Middle School contract to Central Valley Construction of New Market as the low bidder. Base bid 2,462,517 with two options bringing total to 2,479,626. The project, designed for 1200 students in grades 6 7 and 8, should be ready by September 1973.
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Winchester School Board
Winchester
Senseng Road
Central Valley Construction Company of
New Market
Central Valley Construction
Winchester School
Jacob L. Johnson
Central Valley Construction Company
Dowell J. Howard
Robert E. Ayler
Drowning Death of 11-Year-Old Barry Anthony at Petersburg YMCA
In Petersburg an 11 year old boy named Barry Anthony drowned in the Petersburg YMCA pool. Police say the drowning was accidental and the body was found at the pool bottom shortly after a 10 member class finished instruction around 5 30 p m. The boy was a member of the class.
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Petersburg
Barry A. Anthony
Frank Martin
Martin
Judge Rules Wiretapping Law Unconstitutional in Philadelphia
U S District Judge Joseph S Lord III ruled the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act unconstitutional on its face citing Fourth Amendment privacy violations. The decision concerns a $10 million gambling case where a wiretap on Matthew Whitaker's phone aided arrests in 1970. The ruling notes long searches, investigator discretion, and lack of prompt notification as flaws, with no immediate effect expected pending further study.
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Philadelphia
U. S District Court
Joseph S. Lord III
U.S. Atty
Peter Vaira
Justice Department
Washington
Criminal Division
Lord
U.S
Matthew F. Whitaker
Pottstown
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
FBI
Tap
U.S. District Court
John W. Lord Jr
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Back Creek
Roscoe Bowers
Stonewall
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
H. Rap Brown
New Orleans
Brown
New York City
Ervin Cleveland
Parkway
William Mallory
Newton D. Baker Veterans Hospital
Martinsburg
Mallory
First Assembly God Church
Springcrest St
Iraq Petroleum Co
Ahmed Hassan al Bakr
Middle East
London
Margaret L. Hodgson
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Mobil
British Petroleum
Royal Dutch Shell
Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles
Gulbenkian Foundation
France
Hanoi Power Plant
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Winchester's New Middle School
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Joseph Lord
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
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