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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1968
Page
27
After four days of clashes between protesters and authorities in Grant Park along Michigan Avenue, the Battle of Chicago concluded leaving litter and debris as Hippies and Yippies faced off against police and National Guard units.
Illinois delegates cheered Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley on Thursday night as he arrived on the convention floor amid his defense of the Chicago police department against accusations of excessive force toward peace demonstrators.
A young girl dressed in Hippie clothes used Grant Park fountain for a morning shower near the Conrad Hilton, the Democrats national convention downtown headquarters. Grant Park housed antiwar demonstrators as delegates and protesters bid farewell to Chicago on Friday.
The 1969 Dodge Polara 500 two door hardtop goes on display at dealerships in September with new exteriors and high styled interiors aimed at driver and passenger comfort. Cedar Rapids dealer is Handler Motor Co.
A satirical Chicago piece depicts a Democratic convention near stockyards with talking heifers and bulls describing the scene. The narrator notes television trucks filming the events and quips about branding and butchering Democrats. The piece ends with a darkly comic longing to taste a Democrat.
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