Minnesota Delegation Back Rockefeller At GOP Convention
The Minnesota delegation shifted to support New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller at the Republican National Convention with Nixon losing ground. Early tallies showed Rockefeller 14 to 7 over Nixon, with final expectations around 16 to 9 or 17 to 9 as voting neared.
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Gerry Nelson
Associated Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Minnesota
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Seven-Inch Rain Floods Minnesota Towns
Torrential rainfall soaked Minnesota overnight with seven inch totals in Mankato and Albert Lea. The Weather Bureau recorded 7.09 inches in Mankato with roads washed out and basements flooded, while towns like New Ulm Swan Lake and LaFayette reported varied amounts. Highway closures and downed lines disrupted travel as residents pumped water and cleared mud from homes and streets.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Mankato
Albert Lea
Weather Bureau
Eagle Lake
Lowell Schreyer
Minnesota Highway Department
St. Peter
North Mankato
Highway Department
Albert Sea
Austin
Sheriffs Office
New Ulm
Swan Lake
LaFayette
Seven Policemen and Woman Shot in Harvey Disturbance
Seven white policemen were wounded by shotgun pellets during a disturbance by Negro youths in Harvey Illinois. A curfew was ordered by Mayor James Haines as the area remained tense after the incident near the Harvey Dixmoor border. Eight arrests were reported for disorderly conduct.
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Harvey, Ill
James Haines
Harvey
Chicago
Haines
Dixmoor
Nixon Inches Nearer Vote to Win Prize
Nixon surges in the race for the Republican presidential nomination as delegates line up for first ballots. Nixon's aides expect a running mate choice soon with Hatfield viewed as likely. Rockefeller and Reagan push for delegate counts to stall Nixon while Hickel backs Nixon in California and Michigan. AP tally shows Nixon with 630 first round votes versus Rockefeller 270 and Reagan 177. 667 needed.
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Nixon
Rockefeller
Harold LeVander
Harold
Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Mark O. Hatfield
Oregon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reagan
Soviet Union
Johnson
Hickel
Michigan
George Romney
White House
Associated Press
Bethlehem Steel Cuts Prices In Half To Stay Competitive
Bethlehem Steel Corp trims recent price hikes by nearly half to compete with U S Steel which announced milder increases earlier in the day. Also Johnson to finish annual physical at Army hospital. Le Sueur voters reject Sunday liquor and power plant sale. Rekowski pleads innocent to murder charge. Humphrey urges cutting red tape. July jobless rate shows 3.2 million unemployed.
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Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
LE Sueur, Minn
le Sueur
Northern States Power Co
Eisenhower Suffers Major Heart Attack Again
Army doctors at Walter Reed said Eisenhower's Tuesday heart attack is a major one equal in severity to his earlier attack. They characterized the outlook as guarded and noted he is on continuous oxygen as treatment.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Animals on Farmyard Ask What Do You Like Best
A bill goat tells the crowd at the Adams Centennial fair what he dislikes about questions from visitors. He jokes about growing breath and forgetting to shave after the celebration.
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Bill Goat
Allied Force Kills 219 Red Troops
A U S выз- A U S South Vietnamese task force struck a major Viet Cong depot in three provinces near the U Minh forest. Over the week 219 enemy soldiers were reported killed with minimal allied losses. American helicopter gunships and artillery credited with the high kill ratio. U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers also reported strong combat elsewhere near Da Nang.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
U Minh Forest
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
da Nang
5Th Regiment
Minnesotan Killed as Cycle Hits Car
A young Minnesotan man, 21 year old Robert Miller of Elmore Minnesota, was killed when his motorcycle skidded on wet pavement and struck the rear of a car on Highway 9 near Lakota Iowa.
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Lakota
Iowa
Robert Miller
Elmore
Minn
Platform pledge stirs GOP for new leadership at convention
Senate Republican leader Sen. Everett Dirksen pushed a platform calling for new national leadership and a just peace in Vietnam while advocating an anti crime, pro unity agenda. Presidential hopefuls Nixon Rockefeller and Reagan endorsed the platform as Rom ney urged adoption without changes to avoid floor battles.
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Fla
GOP
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Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Michigan
George Romney
Kinston
N.C
R. T. Hood Jr
Gerald Ford
Hood
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