Blount Defends Nixon Cabinet Against Media Bias
Postmaster General Winton Blount rejects claims of a divided Nixon cabinet saying the nine colleagues and he are strong individuals who sometimes differ but are not divided. He criticizes media for overemphasizing Agnew and Cambodia while praising administration outreach to youth and draft reform. Blount defends coverage as biased and calls for balanced context in reporting.
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Washington
Winton M. Blount
Nixon
Blount
Cambodia
Spiro T. Agnew
Indochina
Jount
New York
London Faces Invasion by Supersized Supermice
London reports super-mice harder to kill than warfarin resistant rats on the Welsh border. The invaders reached Westminster Palace and only a new poison after two years brought them under control. Public health officials face rising calls for help from hotels factories hospitals and homes as mice reproduce quickly feeding on hundreds of foods.
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London
Westminster Palace
Twister Damages Radford Elementary Roof Injures Five
A freak wind event described as a twister ripped a glass roof at a Radford elementary school injuring five children. Seven year old David Ridpath was hospitalized with severe leg cuts and an arm injury but listed in good condition.
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Radford
David Ridpath
William Cochran
Ex-Guard Officer Convicted of Property Fraud in Virginia
Norfolk AP A former National Guard officer Maj Luther Dewey Melton Jr was found guilty on eight counts of self dealing after a 12 member jury deliberated briefly He was accused of selling surplus Jeeps trucks and a crane to Portsmouth and using the funds for a public relations campaign Melton testified he swapped government surplus vehicles for city money and spent 7100 on cocktails and dinners for local dignitaries The defense sought to overturn the verdict alleging juror misdirection and potential appeal to higher court The judge said a ruling on the motion would come later and noted money testimony would be assessed only by Meltons credit and fiduciary status
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National Guard
Luther Dewey Melton Jr
Portsmouth
Stanley Sacks
Richard B. Kellam
Kellam
Sacks
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Roger Williams
Melton
Williams
Aubrey P. Johnson
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