Amendments Carry in Poll By League of Women Voters
All five proposed amendments to the state constitution passed in a straw poll at the All Iowa fair conducted by the Cedar vote and Mt Vernon Leagues of Women Voters. Results show party breakdowns for President and state offices including Nixon 335 and Hughes 334, Culver 324, Ray 172, Synhorst 279, Smith 252, and Turner 244 among others.
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League of Women Voters
Cedar Vote
Mternon Leagues of Women Voters
George Wirth
Richard Nixon
Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
George McGov
Ern
George Wallace
U.S
James BE. Bramwell
David M. Stanley
Dayton Countryman
William Plymar
Harold Hughes
Robert Nereim
Tom Riley
John Culver
Robert Ray
Robert Beck
Donald Johnson
Paul Franzenburg
Max Milo Mills
Roger Jepsen
Donald Bowin
Andrew Frommell
Edward Gilbert
Vincent Steffen
Howard C. Reppert, Jr
Melvin D. Synhorst
Robert Dodds
Dale Awtry
Maurice Baringer
John Cruise
Lloyd Smith
Donald Kelly
L. B. Liddy
Kenneth Owen
Richard Turner
James Hayes
Dan Johnston
Ray Walton
Modernize Iowa constitution urged by lobbyists and Lipsky
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a push to approve amendments passed by the 1965 and 1967 legislatures to modernize state government. Rep Lipsky said ratification by voters is needed and difficult to amend the constitution. Other Republican candidates for legislative and county offices appeared.
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Cedar Rapids
Tues
Rep. Lipsky
Erika Schoonover seriously hurt in Cedar Rapids train crash
Five traffic crashes left six injured in Cedar Rapids Monday and Tuesday. Erika C Schoonover 40 of 1102 Elmhurst Dr NE was in poor condition at St Luke s hospital after her car was struck by an Illinois Central train at a crossing on the 1100 block of Avenue NE.
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Erika Schoonover
Cedar Rapids
Erika C. Schoonover
Elmhurst Drive
St. Luke’s Hospital
Illinois-Central
Avenue NE
John P. Davidson
Knollshire Drive
Walter Rich
Center Point Road NE
Davidson
Ron Stastny
Oakland Road
St. Luke’s
Henry E. Parrish
Lester L. Jones
Jones
Mary L. Teachout
Second Avenue
Third Street
Teachout
Charles C. Keyes
Centerville
Allen C. Clinton
Thirteenth Street
Clinton
Ruth A. Clinton
Mercy Hospital
Keyes
Allen Clinton
Ruth Clinton
McIntyre Urges Voter Approval Of Amendments
Cedar Rapids leaders urge adoption of five constitutional amendments in November's ballot. State Rep. Scott McIntyre says approving them will make state government more effective and responsive, reducing dependence on federal bureaucracy and enabling annual legislative sessions.
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Linn County
Scott McIntyre
Joan Lypsky
Cedar Rapids
McIntyre
Wisconsin storm wrecks home. two farmers die
A severe storm with tornadoes hit Wisconsin causing a farmhouse collapse near Marinette. Jack Maloney, about 70, died as his home collapsed. his brother Cecil died an hour later. The event injured more than a dozen others as windows were smashed and barns destroyed.
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Marinette
Wis
Wisconsin
Jack Maloney
Cecil
Nixon Redoubling Efforts Amid Victory Outlook
Nixon toured state capitols and met Republican leaders amid a confident push for victory. He touted unity from recent strategy meetings and claimed major party leaders are on his team while Romney praised Nixon's political strength and pledged to assist in Michigan.
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New York City
Nixon
Columbus
California
Lansing
Romney
New Hampshire
Michigan
Democrats In Convention Face Vietnam Split and Delegation Questions
The Democratic convention debates Vietnam policy with McCarthy and Humphrey factions divided over a bombing halt and coalition in Saigon. Platform leaders push for speaker Muskie and Fulbright to urge talks with NLF, while Rusk defends current policy. Boggs names a diverse drafting subcommittee as hearings conclude in Washington.
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Humphrey
Alabama
Credentials Committee
Washington
McCarthy
Saigon
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Platform Group
United States
Dean Rusk
Platform Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
NLF
U.S
McGovern
Syrians Defect in Failed Damascus Coup
Beir ut fed reports twelve Syrian pilots defected to Iraq after a failed coup in Damascus. The defectors include 185 army officers and former chief of staff Maj Gen Ahmed Sweidani, who was removed from his post. The coup is linked to the flight of two Mig fighters to Israel, with asylum granted to all defectors.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iraq
Damascus
al Nahar
Ahmed Sweidani
Baath Party
Bagdad
Israel
Sweidani
City Opposes Signal at Cedar Rapids Intersection
The Cedar Rapids council weighs installing a traffic light at Twelfth Avenue and Fifth Street SE after a traffic signal division recommendation against it. Of 499 petitioners, 177 lack city addresses, while 214 workers at Wilson and Co. signers use the intersection during peak hours. a stop sign is urged. Mayor Frank Bosh denies signing the petition.
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Twelfth Avenue
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Harry Green
Wilson and Co
Bush
Frank Bosh
Oelwein Waukon Win Iowa Vehicle Safety Awards
DES MOINES AP The cities of Oelwein and Waukon and Wapello county were named Iowa winners of vehicle safety check awards by Safety Commissioner Jack M. Fulton. Oelwein Junior Safety Council won the Circle of Safety for the ninth straight year. Waukon earned a state award for excellence in towns under 10 000 population, while Wapello county received the state award for areas with 25 000 to 100 000 residents.
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DES Moines
Oelwein
Waukon
Wapello County
Jack M. Fulton
Iowa
Fulton
Junior Safety Council
Circle of Safety
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