Open convention urged to release unit rule in nominating race
The piece argues Hubert Humphrey should release delegates from unit-rule binding to reflect voters’ wishes. It notes critics doubt many switch to McCarthy, but supports open elections and compares to electoral college limits. It cites polls, winds of opinion, and predicts delegates may act on best judgment on November's first Tuesday.
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Jack Warren
Rockefeller Surges as Swing Voters Tilt 1968 Race
Louis Harris analyzes why Nelson Rockefeller leads Humphrey and trails Nixon in 1968. Swing voters in key industrial states favor Rockefeller, with Wallace draining Southern votes and independents backing Rockefeller. Rockefeller gains in Democratic strongholds and unions while Nixon remains strong with Republicans.
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Plan to charge for airport parking at Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids airport commission proposes a paid parking system handled by a private operator as a trial. Rates discussed include 35 cents for two hours, 10 cents for each extra hour, or 1.25 for 25 hours, with visitors under a quarter hour also considered. The plan aims to ease space shortages and long-time parkers’ dominance while ensuring reasonable fees.
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Cedar Rapids
Readers note multiple earthquakes and a request for daily geology column
The writer lists earthquakes across California Alaska and the Soviet Union plus a Costa Rica eruption in July and asks The Gazette to start a daily geology column. They then critique Cedar Rapids drivers lack of courtesy and unmarked intersections highlighting traffic fatalities and calls for safer signage and city funding to prevent deaths.
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Alpine
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North Dakota
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Santa Barbara
Japan
Costa Rica
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Traffic Woes Highlighted By Reader
The letter cites Cedar Rapids as a leading site for rising traffic accidents and blames drivers’ disrespect and lenient laws. It notes night delays on First Avenue caused by drivers conversing in traffic, and oddly proposes clock purchase restrictions and mail-in clock licensing as congressional action. Homer E. Busby signs the missive.
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U.S
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapidians
First Avenue
Crowing or Belittling How Politicians Twist the Polls
James Reston analyzes how politicians inflate or suppress poll results to influence voters. He cites Nixon and Kennedy tactics, press reactions, and the need for voluntary standards by pollsters amid a growing influence of public opinion data on the election.
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York
George Gallup
Louis Harris
Herb Kline
Nixon
Harris
Gallup
Humphrey
McCarthy
Lyndon Johnson
National Committee On Public Polls
Don Murchmore
California
Martin Luther King
Robert Kennedy
Buying Presidential Garb Shopper Can't Outtalk the Haberdashers
Washington humor piece about Jim Titus visiting political haberdashers Bailey and Bliss to buy a new president. They push models Humphrey Nixon Gene Rocky while joking the customer is usually wrong. Jim leaves vowing no new president this year. They admit customers face pressure and mock the public.
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