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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
3
Vladimir Horowitz, long absent from public performance, returns to the stage at Carnegie Hall. CBS plans a September 22 one hour special marking the 40th anniversary of his American debut. He rehearsed seven hours over two days and the network spent 75000 on tests to ensure the music shines on television.
Quinn Martin Eli Parker and QM Productions sue ABC in federal court for 102.725 million claiming ABC repudiated a contract to produce three two hour TV movies and three one hour series over four years. QM previously produced The FBI The Invaders The Fugitive and Twelve O Clock High for ABC. George Patrick mentioned money giveaway on DIALING DOLLARS.
Three teary eyed girls were named livestock queens at the Iowa State fair. Jayne Olson of Alma was named Iowa Park Queen, Jill Rife of Wilton Junction became Hereford queen, and Mary Catherine Sullivan of Dunlap earned Angus queen honors.
DES MOINES AP Secretary of Agriculture L B Liddy accused State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg of name calling after Franzenburg blasted Republican members of the State Executive Council. The dispute centered on a value analysis plan and whether the meeting was canceled or rescheduled.
Donald F. Dougherty 46 was found dead Monday on a county road farm northwest of Waukon. The sheriff says the death was due to a heart attack. He lived with his father E. F. Dougherty in Waukon. Services Thursday at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church. Bakke-Hanson Funeral Home in charge.
Democratic platform writers set a special Tuesday night session to hear Secretary of State Dean Rusk testify on war and peace amid fierce debate. Rep. Hale Boggs, chair of the 110 member panel, announced the move after deadlock between Humphrey and McCarthy camps. McCarthy supporters rejected a compromise plank as deliberations opened, with a dissenting report possible for Chicago’s national convention.
President Johnson and Republican nominee Richard Nixon spoke by two way radio while speeding in opposite directions on a Michigan freeway. Johnson headed to Detroit for the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention and Nixon to the airport after addressing the group. Secret Service radios linked them. Nixon said he received a friendly reception and Johnson was glad to speak to the vets.
The U S air force ordered inspection and possible modification of its 135 series turbo jets after a KC 135 tanker crashed near Castle base California on June 30. Planes remain in service under operating restrictions while investigators probe a possible structural failure in the tail section.
The 103 mile Suez Canal remains shut after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, as Egypt opens an emergency land route between Port Said on the Mediterranean and Suez on the Red Sea to spare shippers the Cape of Good Hope. Cargoes formerly moved via the canal now use the land corridor.
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