Nixon Leads as Nixon Favorite Son Delegations Stage Convention Start
The 1968 Republican National Convention opened in Miami Beach with Richard Nixon leading the presidential field. Governor Ronald Reagan used his favorite son status to mingle with delegates while George Romney and James Rhodes remained committed to their state delegations on the first ballot. Spiro Agnew planned to endorse Nixon after a Maryland caucus.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Ray Bliss
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Rockefeller
New York
John Andrews
Ohio
James Rhodes
George Romney
Michigan
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Marvin Reid Dies In Fire At Urbana
Marvin Reid aged 45 died from apparent smoke inhalation in a residence fire in Urbana. Firefighters found him in the bathroom after a passerby reported smoke at 7 20 a m. The blaze started in a northwest Davenport area and burned locally with smoke and water damage to the home. Reid was taken to Virginia Gay hospital and his body remains at Murdoch funeral home Central City awaiting funeral arrangements.
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The
Gazette
Urbana
Marvin Reid
Reid
David Hoff
Davenport
Hoff
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Murdoch Funeral Home
Central City
Miller backs Iowa bid for favorite son
Iowa’s divided GOP delegation considers a favorite son candidate at the Republican national convention to project openness and unity. Senators B B Hickenlooper and Jack Miller are discussed as possibilities. Miller remains neutral while Hickenlooper hours from comment due to his wife’s hospital stay.
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Miller
Iowa
U.S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Cedar Rapids
Jack Miller
Sioux City
Hickenlooper
Washington
Nixon
Chuckle Marriage Defies Management
A witty brief notes a humorous take on marriage as a union that challenges control and expectations in a playful, satirical tone. The item injects light satire into social relations, using corporate language to depict matrimony as an arrangement that resists managerial oversight.
Pope Defends Birth Control Stand Before Pilgrims
Pope Paul VI defended the encyclical Of Human Life opposing artificial birth control while affirming a "reasonable" limit to family size. He said the ban does not oppose responsible parenthood or peace, though opposition among American and Catholic clergy remains strong as theologians and lay Catholics react.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
Rome
Washington
Catholic University of America
Passenger Trains Collide Near Winter Haven Injuring Dozens
A Seaboard Coast Line Silver Meteor southbound and northbound sections collided near Winter Haven Florida injuring about 50 people many seriously. Two locomotives and several cars derailed. one locomotive reportedly caught fire and a man was trapped in a overturned car before rescue crews freed him.
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Winter Haven, Fla
UPI
Seaboard Coast Line
New York
Miami
Winter Haven
Winter Haven General Hospital
General Wounded in Viet Combat Near Saigon
Brig. Gen. Franklin Davis Jr. of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade was wounded when Viet Cong guerrillas attacked a river patrol southeast of Saigon. The assault left two Americans dead and 13 wounded, with Davis sustaining facial shrapnel injuries. His son Stephen was killed in action in 1967.
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Saigon
U.S
Franklin Davis
199Th Light Infantry
Davis
Waltham
Mass
Vietnam
Stephen Davis
GOP Platform Compromise Promises Peace in Vietnam
The Republican platform committee backed a Vietnam peace proviso aimed at a fair settlement without surrender, while also pledging crime control and domestic social reforms. Dirksen indicated no floor fight expected. Nixon and Rockefeller praised the document as principled and electable.
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Miami Beach
Vietnam
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Platform Group
Jacob Javits
New York
Rockefeller
U. S
Vietnam Policy Statement Calls for Peace Talks and Clarity
A GOP communiqué asserts Vietnam policy rests on self determination and long range peace. It pledges vigorous peace negotiations if a just prospect exists and promises a clear negotiating stance while accusing the administration of breaching faith with the people over America’s involvement.
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G.O.P
Vietnam
Cedar Rapids Weather Brings Third Heaviest Rainfall
Cedar Rapids was drenched by the third heaviest rain in city history Sunday night. Two downpours three hours apart overwhelmed sewers and flooded streets, basements, and gardens. City crews worked nonstop as pumps ran, outages occurred, and emergency calls flooded in.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin Avenue
U.S. Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapidians
Blairstown Hit By Flash Flood
Northeast and central Iowa experienced heavy rain with Blairstown hit by flash floods Sunday night. Thundercreek overflowed flooding basements and washing out a footbridge as rainfall ranged from 4.5 to 5.8 inches across towns including Vinton Belle Plaine and Anamosa. Forecasters warned the Wapsipinicon river would rise further in the coming days.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Blairstown
Keystone
Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Thundercreek
Mack’s Standard Station
Fiester Repair
Northeast Side Stores Suffer Damage to Stock
Cedar Rapids faced two severe rainstorms causing cars to float in streets and refrigerators to bob in basements. Residents described boys swimming in flooded avenues and toddlers playing in rising streams as the city endured widespread hardship and narrow escapes. The Beltz family escaped a flooded basement at 622 Westwood drive NW as water pressure burst the door.
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Cedar Rapids
James Beltz
Westwood Drive
Mark and
Clark
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