Weston site chosen for 875 million atom smasher
Weston Illinois was selected as the site for a giant 20 BeV proton accelerator after a nationwide competition. The project aims to employ about 2,000 people, with initial design funding of 10 million dollars in 1968 and construction costs around 375 million plus 75 million for equipment.
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Washington
Weston
The
Atomic Energy Commission
North Liberty
Sunbury
Cedar County
AEC
Glenn Seaborg
Chicago
Argonne National Laboratory
National Accelerator Laboratory
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
National Academy
Argonne National Labora
Coppolino Acquitted in New Jersey Faces Florida Trial
Dr. Carl Coppolino, 34, acquitted of murder in New Jersey but to be flown to Sarasota, Florida for a February trial on murdering his first wife Carmela. The verdict came in the Farber case after a four hour, 27 minute jury deliberation.
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Freehold
N.J
Carl Coppolino
Florida
Army
William Farber
Sarassota
Carmela
Cappolino
New Jersey
Coppolinos
Coppolini
Farber
Middletown
N. J
F. Lee Bailey
Coppolino
Milton Helpern
New York City
Vincent Keuper
Cedar Rapids Chamber names 1967 officers and directors
Harold Wendorf was elected president for 1967 at a Friday noon Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce meeting. Edward J. Altorfer and F. Forbes Olberg were named first and second vice presidents, Milton E. Coulson treasurer, with a lifetime honorary membership awarded to Mrs. Robert Caldwell. New directors for three-year terms include Victor Bock William C Gray William C Hubbard E J Payne er and Richard Proctor.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Harold Wendorf
Roosevelt Hotel
Wendorf
The
Killian Co
Joseph F. Hladley, Jr
Chamber
Robert Caldwell
Edward J. Altorfer
Altorfer Machinery Co
F. Forbes Olberg
Merchants National Bank
Milton E. Coulson
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Vic
Tor Bock
Carlson
William C. Gray
William C. Hubbard
Osberg
E. J. Payneer
Richard Proctor
Wladky
Gordon DeLay
Robert O’meara
van Vechten Shaffer
Stevan B. Smith
M. G. Swords
W. H. Wenkstern
Democratic governors push back on Johnson exit talk
Democratic state executives at the interim national governors conference rejected GOP claims that President Johnson must not seek re election in 1968 due to his low polls and the Republicans gaining 47 House seats. They said the party lost in November because of backlash against the Great Society era.
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White Sulphur Springs
Johnson
Great Society
G.O.P
House
Democratic governors rail at Johnsons Great Society push
Three Democratic governors Hearnes Missouri Wallace Alabama and Kerner Illinois urged slowing Johnsons Great Society program citing war costs and political backfire. Kerner blamed Johnsons image for GOP gains and said the program moves too fast without solid organization.
Suit on Book Linked With Secret Meeting
Mrs. John Kennedy seeks to bar publication of Death of a President in book and magazine form. Manhattan Justice Streit orders show cause against William Manchester Harper & Row and Cowles Communications. Case set for December 27 with claims of breach of contract over manuscript approval and objection to passages about Mrs. Kennedy.
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New York
John Kennedy
Manhattan
Supreme Court
Saul Streit
William Manchester
Harper & Row, Inc
Cowles Communications, Inc
Look
Kennedy
Look Magazine
Harper & Row
Manchester
Sen. Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Simon Rifkind
Rifkind
Two Injured In Collision On Route 1
Two young people died in a two-vehicle crash on Route 1 six miles north of Iowa City near I 80. The dead are Robert Northup and Jane Flanagan both 20. Injured were Vernon Van Antwerp and Brenda Pierce. The tank truck driver Howard Cook and another driver Donald Vatroubek escaped injury. The crash occurred at 2 25 a m on a slight curve.
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The
Iowa City
Highway 1
Robert James Northup
Jane M. Flanagan
Williamsburg
Vernon Dean van Antwerp
Brendan Pierce
Van
van Antwerp
Howard Wade Cook
John Wilson
Lows City
Donald Dean Vatroubek
Mt. Vernon
Vatroubek
Cook
Miss Flanagan
University of Iowa
Jim Flanagan
MecSwiggin and Uhlmann Funeral Home
Post office adds evening hours for Christmas mail
Cedar Rapids stamp and parcel post windows at the main post office and First Street station will stay open from 7 to late this evening to handle Christmas mail.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street
Johnson faces tough race if Republicans run strong in 1968
Gov Harold Hughes of Iowa says Lyndon Johnson would meet a stiff challenge from a respectable GOP opponent in two years. He criticizes the national committee as ineffective and says Democratic governors want greater involvement and better communication with the Johnson administration to steer Great Society programs at a popular, internal level.
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Ators
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Johnson
Hughes
President Johnson Visits Eisenhower in Hospital
President Johnson visited former President Eisenhower in his hospital suite on Friday and praised his progress toward recovery. He said they discussed international and defense issues and that Eisenhower offered guidance Johnson would follow. Johnson noted two uncertain issues he now has clear direction on.
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Kerner
Johnson
Congress
Lnovis
Washington
Eisenhower
Wife Delays War Fender Dent Talk After Dinner
A humorous note reports a wife choosing to tell her husband about a dent in the car fender after dinner, adding a light domestic twist to a routine mishap.
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Sacramento
California
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Tony Whetstine
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