Secret Service Expands Role Amid Shifting Presidential Campaigns
The Secret Service has broadened its duties protecting major presidential and vice presidential candidates after the Kennedy assassination and new laws. Agents now cover six candidates including McGovern and Humphrey, with protection decisions guided by a treasury committee and support from other federal agencies as needed.
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Washington
Secret Service
G.O.P
Spiro Agnew
George McGovern
South Dakota
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Johnson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
House
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Packwood Men Sweep All Iowa Ag Show
Packwood men dominated the All Iowa fair agriculture show winning thirty three blue ribbons. A G Mitchell led with eighteen firsts across ten best ears and numerous crops including corn barley oats soybeans timothy millet and clover. Gordon Mitchell earned ten firsts for popcorn grasses and soybeans, while Orville Brown topped several categories with corn straw wheat and alfalfa. Other blue ribbon winners included Barbara Radda Washington tall corn and Alice Brodie and David Novak for Japanese hulless popcorn and sweet corn.
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A. G. Mitchell
Gordon Mitchell
Orville Brown
Barbara Radda
Washington
Alice Brodie
David Novak
Ely Road
Earhart Flights Recreated In Anniversary Boston-Maine Run
Ninety two passengers flew Boston to Portland Maine in 20 minutes reenacting the Aug 11 1933 flight that carried eight passengers including Amelia Earhart. The event marks the 35th anniversary of Northeast Airlines first flight, Miss Earhart among the line's founders once known as Boston and Maine Airways.
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Amelia Earhart
Boston
Portland
Maine
Northeast Airlines
Miss Earhart
Boston and Maine Airways
Israel Holds Syrian Pilots
Two Syrian air force pilots whose faulty navigation forced them to land in Israel are detained as prisoners of war. Lt Walid Adham, 25, brother of a former Syrian intelligence chief, and Lt Ridfan Rifae, 22, were interrogated after landing Mig-17s on a northern Israel air strip during a training flight, believing they were over Latakia.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
Walid Adham
Army
Adham
Ridfan Rifae
FAA Grounds Airline Strands 300 Students in Europe
The FAA ordered Temple Airliners to suspend operations after DC-7s were impounded for debt. About 300 American high school and college students, who had round trip tickets from Oakland, were stranded in Europe after the grounding.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation Administration
Temple
Europe
FAA
Oakland
Calif
Want Ads Sell Anything Big or Small
Classified line invites readers to place want ads to sell items of any size with a contact phone number 369 1234 for listings.
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Dia
Anti-Castroite's Farm Raided In New Jersey Arsenal Found
In Shades of Death road rural New Jersey a self proclaimed anti Castroite Mihhael DeCarolis age 32 was arrested after police seized an arsenal at his farmhouse and barn. Officers backed by FBI found 12 cases of dynamite a 50 mm mortar three British rifles one semiautomatic rifle a .22 revolver a sawed off .22 rifle a zip gun 30 half gallon jars of tear gas 4000 feet of fuse 125 dynamite blasting caps four gas masks four spools of blasting wire and ammunition. The raid followed a search warrant based on FBI information. DeCarolis and his family were inside the home during the raid.
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Johnsonburg
N.J
FBI
DeCarolis
New York City
Park Size Snapshot at Acadia National Park Maine
Acadia National Park in Maine spans 41,634.01 acres, highlighting its extensive protected wilderness and historic coastal landscapes within the national park system.
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Acadia National Park
Maine
Prague Council Demands Permit to Stop Street Petition Drive
Prague city council rules petition sponsors must obtain official permission to solicit signatures for abolishing the militia amid ongoing downtown demonstrations. The move follows council claims of street congestion and unrest linking to broader debates after talks between Dubcek and East German leaders.
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Prague Council
Prague
Czechoslovak Peoples
Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Galvani First To Produce Electric Current In Frog Experiments
Luigi Galvani an 18th century physiologist conducted frog anatomy experiments and noted muscle twitching when frogs contacted copper and iron revealing an early link between electricity and nerve response.
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Luigi Galvani
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