Kidnaping Payoff Arranged for Beverly Hills Boy
Police said a $250000 ransom was arranged to free Stanley Stafford Jr. the Beverly Hills banker's 4-year-old son. A man posing as an electrician abducted the boy during the day, bound the mother, fled in the family car, and left the scene after authorities tracked the vehicle. The case mirrors an earlier abduction of Kenneth Young, 11, with both fathers civic leaders.
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Clinton Anderson
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Kenneth Young
Kenneth
Herbert Young
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Staffords
Stanley Stalford, Jr
Fidelity Bank of
Anderson
Joanne
Rioting Hits Chicago as Convention Protests Escalate
Hundreds of police and National Guard faced about 3,000 antiwar demonstrators near the Conrad Hilton hotel as Hubert Humphrey received the Democratic nomination. 267 youths were arrested and at least 300 were injured amid tear gas, clubs, and street clashes on Michigan Avenue.
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International Amphitheater
Humphrey
Sen
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McCarthy
First Avenue NE Site Named Best For Civic Center
Cedar Rapids mayoral study committee recommends the First Avenue NE site as best for the civic center. Chairman Hub Schimberg will report reasons later. committee compared four sites including Greene Square and river-adjacent locations. A financial findings report is expected later this year.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue NE
Frank Bush
Hub Schimberg
Greene Square
Fourth Street
Cedar River
Fifth Avenue SE
F Avenue NW
Civic Center
60 000 Trout Killed By Decorah Vandals
A vandal act at Twin Springs fish hatchery southwest of Decorah killed 60 000 eight month old trout. The five to six inch fish were to be stocked next year and the loss is valued at 15000 in fishing license funds. Sheriff Eugene Simonson Decorah police and the game warden investigate.
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Sidney Lens
Decorah
Twin Springs
Eugene Simonson
Grant III, Civil War General’s Grandson, Dies at 87
Major Gen U S Grant III, grandson of Civil War general and former president, died Wednesday night in Clinton New York. He was 87.
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Labor Day Observed With Closures Across Cedar Rapids
Most stores industries and government offices in Cedar Rapids will close Monday for Labor Day. Post office will not deliver mail except special service nor open windows. City collections shift to holiday schedule with Friday pickup moved to Saturday and the landfill closed. County offices including Cen tral City conservation board will be closed.
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First Street
the Conservation Board
Central City
Agnew to Speak in Cedar Rapids Iowa Campaign Swing
Spiro Agnew and his wife will arrive in Cedar Rapids for a major campaign stop. He opens Linn County G O P headquarters at 5 p.m. and delivers a main address at the Roosevelt hotel at 8 p.m. Agnew tours Iowa as Nixon’s running mate.
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Richard Nixon
Cedar Rapids
Agnew
Linn County
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Nixon
Houston
Jack Warren
Iowa
Warren
Maryland
Fatality Toll in Vietnam Rises to New Weekly High
U S command reports 308 American deaths and 1 144 wounded in the past week the highest toll since mid June with heavy enemy assaults continuing near Saigon and across the DMZ a village battle northwest of the capital involved a 300 man Viet Minh battalion 103 killed 22 captured and one defected while 16 Americans died in the fight and jets and gunships remained active. A Navy Phantom misfire killed another Phantom and both air crew are missing.
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Humphrey weighs Muskie Shriver as running mate choice
In Chicago Hubert Humphrey weighs Edmund Muskie or R. Sargent Shriver for vice president while speculation widens to include Daniel Inouye. McCarthy and McGovern react to nomination results and violence at the Democratic National Convention.
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R. Sargent Shriver
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Muskie
John Burns
Hawaii
Daniel Inouye
Inouye
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Mike Mansfield
Nixon
McCarthy
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Shriver
Kennedy
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Ani
Slaying of U S Envoy Shocks Guatemala City
U S Ambassador John Gordon Mein was machine-gunned in Guatemala City as his limousine was boxed in. Guatemala declared a 30 day state of siege and three days of mourning. Authorities seek the assassins amid rival extremist factions. Mein, a veteran diplomat, leaves a widow and three children.
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Julio Mendez Montenegro
United States
Mendez
Mein
Ultraright
Ultraleft
Richard Knowles
Waterloo
Towa
John Daniel Webber
Ernest Monrie
Europe
Asia
Latin America
Rio de Janeiro
Cadiz
John C. Mein
Brazil
On Tap Tonight At Convention
Chicago AP reports a tentative Democratic National Convention schedule for tonight. Call to order at 7 p m Iowa time roll call of states for nominating vice presidential candidates balloting on the vice presidential nominee and acceptance speeches by candidates for president and vice president.
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Chicago
Iowa
Iowa votes in one-ballot scramble for Democratic nomination
In Chicago the Iowa delegation failed to caucus before a late roll call, delaying its 46 votes. Hubert Humphrey led with support near Kennedy, McCarthy, and McGovern, with Herb Smith accidentally voting after bringing wrong credentials. An Iowa error caused a humorous postscript to the convention night.
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Smith
Humphrey
Ted Kennedy
Iowa
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
McCarthy A Eee Gy
Humphrey Eave Eeee
McGovern
Wees Kennedy
McCarthy Rejects Humphrey Bid For Unity On Stage
Eugene McCarthy declined Hubert Humphrey's offer to join the Democratic presidential candidate on Thursday night in Chicago. George McGovern agreed to appear only if McCarthy also took part, as Humphrey sought a unified platform amid Vietnam war opposition.
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Eugene McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
McCarthy
George McGovern
McGovern
Port Tense as Yanks Arrive in Izmir for Friendly Visit
Riot police patrolled Izmir streets as six units of the U.S. Sixth Fleet arrived for a friendly visit. No violence was reported, but the atmosphere remained tense.
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Izmir
Turkey
U.S
College Sit-Ins Spark Hiring Stand-Ins Trend
A lighthearted note reports that some college groups hire stand-ins for sit ins to appear larger and louder, reflecting campus activism lip service and PR tactics amid student movements.
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