Mayor Johnson Sees Big Plans For Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids outgoing mayor Bob Johnson reflects on a career of large projects and big dreams for the city while passing the gavel to Frank Bush. He credits self discipline and a citywide survey for shaping leadership and a push for a centralized metro government.
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Bob Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bush
Johnson
May
ESSEA
the Gazette
Bob
Iowa City
Des Moines
Linn County
Johnson County
Cedar Valley Road
Coe Road
Municipal Court
Stumptown
Gazette
John McIvornaah
Lee Oswald
State Reformatory For Men
City Hall
Art of the Times Artistic Welcome Planned By John Canaday
New York Times critic John Canaday surveys Mexico City plan for the 1968 Olympic Games. Architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez aims to present modern Mexico with a controlled design program, blending culture and infrastructure to avoid clutter and chaos.
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John Canaday
N.Y. Times
New York
Mexico City
Pedro Ramirez Vazquez
Mexico
Ramirez Vazquez
Islands
Eduardo Terrazas
Terrazas
Reds Accuse No. 5 Man Kang of Maoist Murders
Ming Pao reports Red Kang, a No. 5 figure in the Chinese party hierarchy tied to Mao wife Chiang Ching loyalists, is denounced as leading violent actions and killings by May 16th Corps and anti Maoist underground Red Guards in Peking. The Red Guards allied with Chiang Ching also attack Kang and his followers in Guanxi, Guangdong, and Fukien.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Red Kang
Mao
Central Committee
Tse-tung
Kang
Sheng
Shiek
Red Guards
Ming Pao
Red Guard
Peking
Red Flag
Chiang Ching
Pik
Sivup Us
Vmang II Lst
Red Flag Red Guard
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Fukien
Washington Oddities and Commentary From Capitol Hill
A collection of satirical bites from UPI style notes in Washington. Rep Otis G Pike denounces American hospitals as monuments to inhumanity while Metcalf scolds price of political stunts and a Christmas gift box labels Made in Japan. Mansfield lists repeal of bagpipe tariff amid other anecdotes.
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Washington
UPI
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
American Hospital
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Japan
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Commerce Department
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bitter Pineapple Row Sparks Mexican Agricultural Clash
Veracruz and Oaxaca growers protested a plan to export 10 000 pineapple plants to Cuba arguing it would boost Cuban competition with Mexico. The government halted the sale unloading the Frucuba shipment amid leftist critics calling pineapples a bitter reality.
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Veracruz
Mexico
UPI
Oaxaca
Cuba
el Dia
Victoria Tries Prison Reform in The Big Valley
Barbara Stanwyck as Victoria introduces reform ideas to three convicts during a COLOR broadcast of The Big Valley at 5 p.m. on KCRG TyV 9.
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Victoria
Barbara Stanwyck
Big Valley
Kcrg-Tyv
Kentucky settlers used collapsible log chimneys for fire safety
In Kentucky settlers built log chimneys with a removable key log to allow rapid collapse if a chimney caught fire, a feature described in historic practice. The method aimed to prevent house fires by enabling quick dismantling of the chimney structure.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
UPI Editors Pick Viet War Tops 1967 News
American editors named the Vietnam War the leading story of 1967 in UPI polls, noting its headline value and long range significance. Other top picks included the Arab-Israeli conflict, race riots, spaceflight, heart transplants, and the Johnson Kosygin summit.
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UPI
New York
Vietnam
United Press _ International
United States
Asia
Europe
U.S
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Detroit
Newark
Britain
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Stalin
Adam Clayton Powell
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Robert M. L. Johnson
Frank Magid Associates
Stewart Shank
John C. Culver
Congress
David McGuire
Coe College
Kim
Syracuse
N.Y
Kris
Kennedy High School
University of Oklahoma
Kim Johnson
Debra Barrett
Edna Mae
Art of the Times
New York Nor
Montreal
Reds
Washingtom
By Leon Burnett
Pike
Metcalf
Bureau of Standards
Commerce
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Bureau
Rexall
Lee Metcalf
By J. Paul Wyatt
Kosygin
Glassboro, N.J
Red
China
Mao Tse-tung
Headline Value
B. W. Joseph
Optometrist
1St Ave
Cheracof
SUN Mart Pharmacy
Mt. Vernon Rd
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