Nixon Delegates on Track for First Ballot Victory
Nixon aims for a first ballot win as delegates gather with 646 to 642 counts from UPI AP totals. Rockefeller and Reagan vow to block him, citing Southern influence and potential defections in New Jersey Florida and Ohio. Rhodes could deliver 56 votes, possibly toppling Nixon with a pivotal release.
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Iowa Counties Shown Flooding as Rainfall Peaks
Wet weather drenched northeast and central Iowa with showers and severe storms overnight into Wednesday. Dike and nearby towns recorded heavy totals including 2.5 inches, while chains of funnel clouds were seen in Decorah and New Albin. Lightning knocked out street lights in Manchester.
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Iowa Delegation Splits Three Way On Nixon Lead In First Ballot
Iowa delegates split their first Republican presidential ballot with Nixon at 13 votes Rockefeller 8 and Reagan 3. Several undecided or previously pledged supporters shifted, signaling continued bloc-free, independent delegation tendencies amid historical patterns and Willson label.
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Convention Docket Tonight Opens With Republican Nominating Roll
Associated Press notes a 5 p.m. (EDT) opening with colors pledge national anthem and invocation. The program includes call to order, election of the Republican national committee, roll calls for nominations and for presidential nominee, followed by benediction.
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U S Pushes Hanoi to Free 14 North Vietnamese Seamen
At Paris peace talks, the United States demands release of 14 captured North Vietnamese seamen. Ambassador Harriman cites goodwill gesture linked to peace effort while Hanoi delays authorities statement on bombing halt. North Vietnam allegedly infiltrated 30,000 troops into the South. Xuan Thuy misses session due to illness.
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Dirksen Delivers Roaring GOP Convention Oration
Everett McKinley Dirksen energizes the Miami Beach GOP gathering delivering a forceful keynote as delegates roar in approval. He quips about throwing nine pounds of speeches and lambasts the Great Society while urging unity and invoking Lincoln and Franklin to rally the crowd.
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Survive 5 Days in Rubble Suzie Wong Chan Rescued
In Manila a 10 year old girl Suzie Wong Chan and cousin Nancy Wong Chan were found alive after five days in the debris of the Ruby Tower collapse that killed 260. Doctors said Suzie would recover about 80 percent strength. Nancy was in serious condition. The rescue followed repeated false alarms and the first lady Mrs. Marcos offered a job to a rescuer who found cash and a corpse.
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Eisenhower’s recovery after sixth heart attack cautious
Doctors at Walter Reed said Eisenhower, 77, had a comfortable night and stable vital signs after the sixth heart attack. They termed the prognosis guarded and noted no plans for a heart transplant, with oxygen therapy and a low salt diet continuing as his condition is monitored.
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Bethlehem and U.S. Steel roll back price increases
Bethlehem Steel Corp bowed to government pressure and cut its announced 5 percent rise to 2.4 percent. U S Steel boosted prices industry wide but said planned increases would be trimmed, with rollbacks anticipated at Inland Steel and Armco as government officials said a 2 percent rise could cover new labor costs.
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Johnson to complete annual physical Thursday at Brooke Army Medical Center
President Johnson will return to an army hospital Thursday to finish his yearly physical. In Vietnam, allied forces pushed deeper into the Mekong Delta with heavy clashes, claiming 219 enemy soldiers killed and no allied fatalities. Six U.S. infantrymen and three South Vietnamese marines were wounded. Helicopter gunships and artillery were credited with most of the enemy deaths.
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Moorer to Visit Vietnam on Two-Week Far East Trip
The Pentagon said Adm. Thomas Moorer chief of naval operations will depart Thursday for a two week inspection tour to Vietnam and other Far East regions.
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Population growth timing joke in a comic line
A humorous line notes population rises by one person every 10.5 seconds with a tongue in cheek remark about timing and control. It ends with a copyright notice.
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