Convention Opening Round Fires Up Democratic Contests
AP dispatch from Chicago and Springfield tracks Humphrey and McCarthy firing opening rounds in the Democratic delegate seating struggle at the convention. Humphrey predicts a first ballot nomination and promotes a labor democratic coalition while Nixon campaigns in Illinois. Mondale insists on an open convention and fair debate amid McCarthy challenges to Humphrey's delegates. McCarthy and Humphrey spar over Vietnam policy and coalition government options with different paths for peace.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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Illinois
United Steelworkers Convention
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Vietnam
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Walter F. Mondale
D.minn
Mondale
Don McClure
Minnesota
McClure
Indica
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ashington
Washington
South Vietnam
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
United States
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Saigon
Telstar Regional Opens With Space Age High School Plan
Telstar Regional, a $2.3 million high school in northwestern Maine, opens in fall with a 139 course catalog and flexible scheduling. Principal Vaughan says classes meet 30 to 90 minutes two to four times weekly, some ungraded, with midterms and finals abolished and progress tracked by subject sections. Superintendent Ryder calls it a great adventure aimed at personalized learning. Enrollment exceeds 400 from Andover Bethel Newry Greenwood and Woodstock.
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Telstar Regional
Maine
Aim
Richard C. Vaughan
Ralph K .Ryder
Vaughan
Andover
Newry
Greenwood
Woodstock
Ryder
Telstar
Japanese American Arrested in Biddeford Market Robbery
Police detained a Japanese American youth Saturday on Main Street in Biddeford on suspicion of the Aug 18 robbery of Boucher's Market at 33 Main St. The 20 year old from Tren ton,NJ listed as a cook was questioned and jailed for robbery with a district court hearing scheduled. Desi re Boucher reported the market lost 208 dollars when a dark complexioned man jumped the counter and took the cash while the owner was in the rear.
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Main Street
Boucher
Main St
Peter Hall
Everett Bowden
Thomas Matrantuano
Trenton
N.J
Roger Fecteau
Alfred
Desire Boucher
Eisenhower Remains in Extremely Critical Condition
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower stays in extremely critical condition as doctors report ongoing irregular heart activity since Sunday night. An electrical pacemaker was removed after failing to stop spasms, with two shocks required. he remains alert, resting, and visited by family at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Gordon Moore
Col
John Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
Eisenhower i
Sideburns Sparks Crew Shakeup At Airline
Northwest Orient Airlines suspended 14 Kennedy cargo handlers for long sideburns amid a dress rule. Only four passed inspection. union talks with management followed. A separate Navy case found a technician kept his job despite long hair and beard, after Civil Service reinstatement.
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NEW York
John Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
Cotoe Orient Airlines
Kennedy Air
Adams
Vanuren
George Parker
California
U.S. Navy
Point Mugu Pacific Missile Range
Longair
Richard Beckley
Navy
Beckley
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
Warning Changes Could Ruin Markets
Washington AP The Securities and Exchange Commission hearing heard investor concerns that abolishing minimum commissions could end the current securities markets. Louis Haack of the exchange argued the shift would destroy the market structure and noted the Justice Department said no basis existed for fixed charges. The 1967 volume on the Big Board reached about 2.5 billion shares worth roughly 125 billion dollars with about 15.5 million dollars in exchange commissions.
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New York Stock Change Commission
Exchange
Gath
Robert W. Haack
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
New York Stock Exchange
Antitrust
Haack
Pope Paul VI Prepares For 12Hour Bogota Flight
Pope Paul VI, 70, certified healthy, plans a 12 hour flight to Bogota for the 39th International Eucharistic Congress. He aims to meet the Colombian poor and urge world social and economic justice while addressing poverty and inequality amid high altitude concerns for the trip.
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Pope Paul VI
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Andes
Bombay
India
Pope Paul
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Italy
Ope Paul
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro
Service Stations Emphasize Looks in Massachusetts Contest
Massachusetts service stations compete to win for appearance as well as price. The state contest, run by the Massachusetts Petroleum Council, rates stations on over 100 items in 15 categories, with inspections and outside judges. Winners are announced at a Halloween awards night at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
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Rhode Island
Vermont
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Petroleum Council
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Council
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