Cedar Rapids Pilot Violates Chicago Security Zone at Convention
A Cedar Rapids pilot in a Mooney overflew the five mile square restricted area around the International Amphitheater during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. FAA and Secret Service questioned him. overflight likely publicized the zone. He left without filing a flight plan and could face penalties if deemed deliberate.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Bob Welty
Grande Avenue
Windy City
International Amphitheater
Secret Service
Welty
Meigs
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Neal Callahan
Callahan
Linn Candidate Calls on Iowans To Be Concerned
L. F. Hoyt, seeking the Linn county Republican sheriff nomination, urged Iowa citizens to be concerned and involved in choosing officials. Speaking before the Republican Women’s Evening club, he linked Chicago unrest to Iowa and called for action to remedy the “intolerable condition” nationwide. He cited the FBI crime report in his remarks.
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Iowa
L. F. Hoyt
Linn County
Hoyt
Republican Women’s Evening Club
Chicago
FBI
Iowa crime rise cited by Hoyt in call for police help
Hoyt reports 27 726 serious crimes in Iowa last year, a 23.9 percent rise from the prior year. He says the increase outpaced the national rate in all categories except murder and non-negligent manslaughter, urging professional law enforcement as essential for Iowa and Linn County residents.
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Lence
Hoyt
Iowa
Linn County
Auditions Set for Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra Season
Auditions for the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra 1968 69 will be held Thursday and Friday at the Junior Achievement building 205 Fifth Street SE. The first rehearsal is September 3 at 7 30 p.m. in the Coe Music building. Directed by Henry Denecke. Appointments via 362 3271 between 1 and 5 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Junior Achievement Building
Fifth Street SE
Coe Music Building
Henry Denecke
Iowa Delegates Split as McCarthy Gains Ground in Iowa
Sen. Eugene McCarthy secures another Iowa delegate and vote while a group of ten delegates remains undecided. Dagmar Vidal leans to McCarthy, and state Rep. William Gannon will back McCarthy or George McGovern on first ballots as Humphrey maintains leadership with 20 delegates.
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Iowa
Dagmar Vidal
Hampton
McCarthy
William Gannon
Mingo
George McGovern
Gannon
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
Clark Rasmussen
Des
Iowa Open Chess Tournament Set for Aug 31 and Sept 1
The Iowa Open chess tournament will be held August 31 to September 1 at the Montrose hotel. Registration runs 9 to 10 am Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Iowa State Chess Association and open to all classes of players.
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Montrose Hotel
Iowa State Chess Assn
McMartin Says Linn Clerk Needs Mastery Of Job
Sandra McMartin, Republican candidate for Linn county clerk of court, attacked the present clerk for failing to master the law or standard business procedures. She urged strong staff leadership and teamwork as the other key requirement and weighed Iowa’s female clerks in 1967, noting 39 women held the office.
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Sandra McMartin
Linn
Former Atty General Staff Back Walton Candidacy
Des Moines attorney Timothy McCarthy says eight Democratic former assistant attorneys general back Ray Walton in a three way primary for Iowa attorney general. Walton, Davenport lawyer, previously served as special assistant AG and general counsel to the Iowa highway commission in 1965 66.
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Des Moines
Timothy McCarthy
Larry Scalise
Ray Walton
Walton
Davenport
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowa Justice Department
McCarthy
Nolden Gentry
Robert Scism
Joseph Brick
Thomas McKay
Michael McGrane
Robert Martin
Douglas Miller
Gerald Ralph
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West Iowa College Site Is Narrowed
A Chicago consulting firm named Atlantic, Harlan, and Carroll as the most likely locations for a proposed four year western Iowa college. Cresap McCormick and Paget told the Iowa Board of Regents the sites can support the institution and urged an in depth study of one or more. Audubon, Manning, and Denison were viewed as less capable. Denison could suit a smaller college than proposed.
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DES Moines
Atlantic
Harland and Carroll
Chicago
Western Iowa Institution of Higher Education
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
State Board of Regents
Leo Kornfeld
Woman Dies After School Bus Car Crash Near Hedrick
Mrs. Lawrence McGinnis, 63, of Waterloo died at a hospital after a car collision with a school bus on the first day of school near Hedrick in Keokuk County. Her husband, passenger in the car, and Louise Nixon 51 of Waterloo, and her granddaughter Tracy Deyoe 3 of Fairfield, were treated. Nixon’s driver and 14 bus children had minor injuries.
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Hedrick
Delta Road
Keokuk County
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