Fair Host To Mayors From Iowa
Twenty eastern Iowa mayors and Cedar Rapids officials visited the All Iowa fair for a noon luncheon and afternoon grandstand show. Mayor Bob Johnson introduced peers from Blairstown Center Point Ely Hazleton Hiawatha Independence Lisbon Lamont Manchester Marion Mt. Vernon Monmouth Monticello Olin Palo Springville Stanwood Tiffin University Heights, with Lt Gov Robert Fulton present for Gov Hughes. Entertainment included the Browning Family and later acts at the Amphitheater and Teen Center, plus music by Leo Greco and Norma Jean with Faron Young and The Temptations. Monday's Kids Day drew 16,186, boosting total four-day attendance to 86,383, up from 70,685 last year.
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Bob Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Blairstown
Center Point
Ely
Hazleton
Hiawatha
Independence
Lisbon
Lamont
Manchester
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Monmouth
Monticello
Olin
Palo
Springville
Stanwood
Tiffin
University Heights
Robert Fulton
Hughes
Browning
Eugene Browning
Frank Bosh
Beast
Anc
Kennedy declares neutrality in New York governor race
In Washington AP dispatch Senicontrol reports Robert Kennedy states he will not back any candidate for New York governor. He urges convention delegates to choose a candidate with broad coalition appeal to win in November while criticizing the party convention process and noting key contenders like O'Connor Roosevelt Jr. and Samuels. Kennedy remains influential in state Democratic circles as the field seeks the nomination amid Rockefeller challenges.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Ig Gigant
Chalenie J
Governjornor
New York
Thement
Gene Nickerson
Kennedy
Mon- Frank O’connor
Nickerson
Nassau County
Informa
Aisne
Rockefeller
O’connor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Tammany Hall
Congress
Manhattan
Howard Samuels
Canandaigua
Upstate
Scotland Yard Trails Two Suspects in Slayings
London AP report says Scotland Yard is trailing two fugitives in the shootings that killed three police detectives. John Witney 3 was ordered held without bail for a murder hearing. Police describe Harry Roberts 30 and John Duddy 38 as dangerous and armed and urged the public to contact authorities if seen. The manhunt drew about 20,000 officers and even involves help from criminals funding families and information.
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London
John Witney
Scotland Yard
Britain
Harry Roberts
John Duddy
Witney
Shepherd's Bush
Fulbright says Johnson not isolated on Vietnam policy
In Washington Senator Fulbright states that critics who claim President Johnson is isolated are mistaken. He says Congress is more warlike than the President and notes the administration has won large margins on war legislation. Fulbright adds he would tell the Russians if the US would quit Vietnam due to political opposition, stressing a peaceful settlement over military victory.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Johnson
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Newsweek Magazine
Vietnam
Hf T
Mechanics Plane Pact Gains Reported For 5 Per Cent Pay Rise
New York AP reports tentative air line contract agreement for International Association of Machinists members includes a 5 percent wage increase in each of three periods. First year adds about 17 cents an hour for a $3.52 mechanic, with $300-$400 retroactive gain and later increases. First raise retroactive to Jan 1, 1966, through Jan 1, 1967, and escalator clause cited as an improvement. Strike continues, ratification urged by union leaders as flights may resume this weekend.
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New ‘York
Striking International Association of Machinists
P. L. Siemiller
International Association of Machinists
White House
Siemiller
Court Upholds Quiz By House Committee
A tumultuous hearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee erupted as eight protesters were carried from the room after shouting at witness Philip Luce of Washington. Rep. Pool ordered removals while police and marshals watched as demonstrations continued outside and in corridors. The three-judge appeals panel had earlier declined a temporary restraining order, set a Wednesday session to consider constitutional questions, and noted no irreparable damage.
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JPL
George Ewart
Berkeley
Calif
House
un-American Activities Committee
Washington
Rep. Pool
D-Texas
Laway
Philip Luce
Pool
Vietnam
U. S
Congress
Poe
U. S. Court of Appeals
Mig Foray s Farthest South Yet
North Vietnamese MiGs shadowed four U S Skyhawks in a 70 mile south of Hanoi dogfight. Both sides withdrew unscathed as U S fighter bombers pounded targets in North Vietnam approaching a record mission tally. In South Vietnam ground fighting waned while overall air activity surged.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.s.command
U.S
Haiphong
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Highlands
Shares Hit Low for ’66 as Dow Dips to 824.83
New York AP reports stocks fell to 824.83 at 2 p.m., down 10.02 points from the day’s prior close. Traders cited no immediate news and noted the Dow had already set a 1966 intraday low earlier in the session.
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Unita
Stephen Cheriboss
NEW York
Chuckle: Why a flying saucer short stay
Joke suggests a saucer visits seven planets on a two week tour, poking fun at space travel and brief extraterrestrial tourism.
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Conyright
Heat Broken by Storms in Italy
Violent weather Tuesday ended a heat wave across northern Italy. Rain lightning and gale winds from Venice to the French border damaged power lines and disrupted city communications north of Rome for most of the day.
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Italy
Rome
Ialy
Venice
French
Death Row Convictions Voided by Fifth Circuit Ruling
In a landmark decision the Fifth U S circuit court of appeals reversed the 1953 convictions of Edgar Labat and Clifton Peret for assaulting a white woman, ruling Negroes were excluded from both grand and trial juries. The case remanded for possible free release but re arrest and retrial, with concerns over jury access and wage-earner exclusion.
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New Orleans
Angola State Prison
Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Edgar Labat
Clifton Peret
Alvin Oser
Labat
Peret
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