Protest vote threatens Wallace as 1968 election protest
The piece argues some voters plan a protest vote in the upcoming conventions fearing a Nixon Rockefeller Humphrey or McCarthy nomination. They express support for George Wallace as a protest choice regardless of desire for his presidency, warning such a vote could tip the White House to Wallace. The author urges restraint and urges voting for other offices instead.
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Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
George Wallace
Wallace
America
Air traffic congestion debate provokes reader letters
Two letters to the People's Forum respond to airport gridlock and a proposed temporary priority for larger airliners. The writers credit Stuart Shipton for raising the idea but emphasize that non airline travelers funded airport facilities and deserve consideration. they warn against heavy regulation and urge balancing needs of travelers over carriers.
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Stuart Shipton
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Rockefeller Opens Five Point Lead in Harris Poll
Louis Harris reports Nelson Rockefeller with a six point lead over Humphrey or McCarthy as the Republican National Convention nears. Nixon trails both Democrats by substantial margins while George Wallace runs 15 to 20 percent nationwide, stronger in the South and drawing support from Nixon supporters.
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Rockefeller Gains Highlight July Poll Shifts
The latest survey shows Rockefeller leading Humphrey by 10 points and McCarthy by 12, with Nixon’s support steady between 35 and 37 percent. Undecided voters drive Humphrey’s fluctuations, while Rockefeller’s rise reflects a major dynamic shift in public opinion since mid June.
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Republican Hobby Death by Own Action
Russell Baker delivers a satirical guide to the GOP. The piece mocks the party as a solid, self-destructive force with punchy examples from history and modern politics, including Dewey, Eisenhower, and the fantasy of the Grand Old Party’s fate.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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General aviation defense of access to public airport facilities
Reader letters argue that general aviation serves thousands of U S airports and should share public facilities with airlines. They accuse airlines of congestion bias and urge fair use of public funds, noting JFK and O Hare as congested examples and advocating bus priority or aviation balance.
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O-Hare
Cedar Rapids approves tower and contracts for airport project
The 1958 civil aero administration gave the green light to a $50 000 control tower at Cedar Rapids Municipal airport and approved contracts awarded July 9 to Mc Kay Rowley Construction Paulson Electric and Modern Refrigeration Plumbing and Heating Low bidders were named and construction planned. A Cedar county farmer William Davidson of Stanwood accepted a two year assignment as agricultural credit adviser in Libya. Thousands attended Ellis Park’s Community Sports festival second year sponsored by the Playground and Recreation Commission and Allied Industrial League featuring archery weight lifting and fly casting demonstrations. The Cedar Rapids milk price boost increased a cent per quart for homogenized milk to 19 cents. Amana’s cooperative system, begun in 1932 after 75 years, had proven successful.
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Howard Green Company
McKay Rowley Construction Co
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Allied Industrial League
John McGuire
Tony Vyhnanek
Ralph Bell
Izaak Walton League
10 20 30 Years Ago Ca nopus club notes stock colony
A Ca nopus club talk referenced a new setup where colony members become stockholders in a corporation. Springville received a PWA grant of 65,250 dollars for a school building. The State theater showed Harold Lloyd in The Professor Be ware as the feature film.
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PWA
Springville
Harold Lloyd
State Theater
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