McCarthy Backers in Hilton Row Clash in Chicago
Police stormed the Conrad Hilton on the 15th floor after a bar scene with smoked fish and beer cans. Dozens of McCarthy supporters were swept into the lobby. no arrests reported. Officers and guardsmen later faced antiwar demonstrators downtown with tear gas and arrests outside the Hilton.
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Conrad Hilton
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Michigan Avenue
Illinois
McCarthy
Anthony Podesta
Podesta
John Warren
Arkansas
William Davidson
Boston
McCarthy Headquarters
Mary Beth McCarthy
Hilton
International Amphitheater
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Thomas Frasier
Tulsa
Frasier
Grant Park
Humphrey-Muskie Ticket Gathers Unity Amid Discord
Hubert Humphrey wins the vice presidential nomination for Edmund Muskie at the Democratic convention. Humphrey urges patience with Eugene McCarthy, praises George McGovern's support, and pledges national unity while addressing war and domestic crises. He calls for order, security, and responsibility if elected president.
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Muskie
Humphrey
Family Ties Block Action Over Frustrating Salesman
A reader vents about a stubborn sales associate who is his brother in law and about blocked complaints due to a father in law serving as chairman. The column highlights workplace friction and in law family influence on business oversight.
Humphrey selects Lawrence O'Brien as DNC chairman
AP reports Hubert Humphrey announced on Friday the selection of Lawrence O'Brien to lead the Democratic National Committee. The presidential nominee said he had conversations Thursday night with O'Brien regarding party strategy and the national campaign.
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Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Chicago
Humphrey
Muskie
McCarthy
Democratic National Committee
Sen
George McGovern
Lawrence O’brien
Humphrey names O'Brien and Bailey in party shakeup
Lawrence O'Brien and John Bailey discussed stepping aside as Humphrey reorganizes the party. Bailey, Connecticut Democratic chairman for eight years, becomes chairman emeritus. O'Brien, 51, ex postmaster general, served as Johnson and Kennedy adviser and backed Humphrey after Kennedy's death.
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John Bailey
Bailey
Connecticut
Humphrey
Turnslug O’brien
Johnson
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
O’brien
Robert Kennedy
Illinois Couple Killed in Crash South of Tama on Highway 63
A man and woman from Illinois died in a car-truck collision about midmorning Friday on Highway 63 south of Tama. A child in the Illinois car and the truck driver were hospitalized. The dead were not named initially. the child was found in a ditch after the wreck. Gerald Shayer, 42, of Tama, the truck driver, was trapped under his vehicle and suffered serious injuries. The two vehicles collided on a curve. the truck belonged to Northern Propane of Tama. Bodies were taken to Mason-Hand and Harrison funeral homes. The crash was investigated by state patrol and county deputies.
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Illinois
Marshalltown
Harrison
Gerald Shayer
Northern Propane
Shayer
Mason-Hand
Harrison Funeral
Sheriff's Office
William Talman of Perry Mason dies at 53
Hollywood reports actor William Talman former district attorney on the Perry Mason TV series died after a lengthy illness.
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William Talman of
TV Is Dead
Hollywood
UPI
William Talman
Fighting intensifies across Vietnam fronts with heavy casualties
In northern and central South Vietnam heavy combat left about 200 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed. A small government outpost fell, 18 civilians were killed and 65 kidnapped in two hamlets. In three Da Nang area engagements 126 enemy troops fell while 10 Marines and 5 Rangers were killed and 52 Marines and 23 Rangers wounded. Fighting continued around Duc Lap camp with 66 enemy soldiers killed and a government outpost captured in the central lowlands amid shelling of a Green Beret camp.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Duc Lap
U.S
Culver Attacks Police State Practices At Democratic Conv.
U S Representative John Culver of Cedar Rapids voiced deep dismay at Chicago security measures at the Democratic national convention. He condemned barbed wire restraints and police excess, urging an atmosphere permitting delegates and press to work without undue controls while noting positive convention milestones.
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Chicago
Iowa
U. S
John Culver
Cedar Rapids
Culver
Tom Riley
Drake Hotel
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Why Muskie Boosts Humphrey Ticket in 1968
Hubert Humphrey selects Edmund Muskie of Maine as running mate citing Senate know-how and coordination skills. Muskie, a Polish Catholic from the Northeast, is viewed as a vote getter with federal state relations expertise and a steady, effective campaigning style likely to energize Northern industrial states.
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Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Humphrey
Humpephrey
Senate
House
Congress
Washington
Johnson
Cedar Rapids Officials Disagree With Expressway Policy
Cedar Rapids city officials say parts of an Iowa highway commission resolution on the Cedar Valley Expressway combine city and state duties but contain missing provisions. Public Improvements Commissioner Donald Canney said the preliminary resolution is not ready for council passage and a meeting with commission members will occur before action.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Commission
Donald Canney
U.S
L Street
Third Street
Thirty-third
Twenty-eighth Avenues
Cedar River
Kidnapped Banker’s Son Rescued After Car Chase Gunfight
FBI agents freed the four year old son of a Beverly Hills banker after a high speed chase ended in a crash and gun battle. The boy suffered a leg wound and seven stitches. The kidnapper, identified as Robert L. Dacy, was wounded and arrested. A $250,000 ransom in twenties was not paid.
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Calif
FBI
Emmett Doherty
Robert L. Dacy
Los Angeles
Washington
Dacy
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