Romney Plans Return Visit to Southeast Asia
Gov. George Romney of Michigan plans a year end trip to Southeast Asia to obtain more information about Vietnam. He spoke to over 1,000 Republicans at a dinner, avoiding Vietnam talk and criticizing the Johnson administration's fiscal policy. Romney, front runner for 1968, said timing affects his candidacy and outlined a three point reform program focused on monopoly, teamwork between management and labor, and fiscal sanity. He was accompanied by former Kansas governors Landon and Avery and senators Pearson and Carlson.
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Kan
George Romney
Michigan
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Johnson
Romney
Goldberg Planning No Rangoon Visit
U S Ambassador Arthur Goldberg said he would not visit Rangoon on his current Asian tour though a three man North Vietnamese diplomatic group and U N Secretary General U Thant were present there. He noted no information about the Vietnamese delegation and planned a future trip to Rangoon possibly with stops in Malaysia Indonesia and Thailand.
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U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Rangoon
U. N
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
Burma
Goldberg
Taipei
Chiang Kaishek
South Vietnam
Philippines
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Alward Named Scout Executive for Twin Rivers District
W. R. Rod Alward, 28, will become district Scout executive for the Twin Rivers district of the Hawkeye area council. He has been Scout executive in Topeka Kansas since 1962 and is a former Cub Scout, Eagle, and Explorer. His wife Barbara and two daughters will relocate to Cedar Rapids.
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W. R
Rod
Alward
Twin Rivers
Hawkeye
Strayer Pleads Guilty in 1962 Income Tax Case
George M. Strayer executive vice president of the American Soybean Association pled guilty to a single count of income tax evasion for 1962. He reported 1962 income of 2109 with 397 in tax though the true figures showed 15668 income and 3795 tax. Sentencing delayed for probation background check. counts for 1961 and 1963 remain pending. Strayer was released on his own recognizance.
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American Soybean Assn
George M. Strayer
Hudson
Strayer
Des Moines
Edward J. McManus
McManus
Coast Guard Watches Fire-Wracked Vessel Headed for Port
Twenty two survivors from the German freighter Cal das headed to port as the coast guard watched the burning ship about 80 miles northeast of Cape Charles Virginia. One crewman died in the blaze and the fire is believed to have started in the engine room. Sixteen survivors were rescued by the Liberian tanker Somerset Trader and later transferred to the American freighter Atlantic Heritage.
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Atlantic Heritage
Truck Driver Recovers $2.5 Million in Bank Money Orders
San Francisco report says Ernie Dossa found 5 000 missing Bank of America money orders on Mills College campus Oakland after a box spilled from his Railway Express Agency truck. Officials note each order carried a $500 maximum cash value and could total 2.5 million if cashed.
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Bank of America
Mills College
Oakland
Ernie Dossa
Railway Express Agency
Dossa
Heald Set to Speak at Scout Event in Hawkeye Area
J Heston Heald, former Scoutmaster and astronaut Gordon Cooper ally, will speak at the Hawkeye area Boy Scout council recognition dinner at Town House on March 28 at 6 30 p m. Silver Beaver awards will be presented. Heald began as a Scoutmaster in 1929 and is a longtime Scout speaker. All Scouters and their wives are invited.
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Gordon Cooper
J. Heston Heald
Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Town House
Heald
Yoder Proposes Drastic Full Scale Iowa Tax Revision
Iowa Rep. Earl Yoder outlines a drastic plan to overhaul state taxes including raising income and sales taxes, repealing personal property tax credits, and shifting more school funding to state aid. The proposal would boost sales tax to 3 percent and cut local property taxes by 27 to 32 mills, funded largely by state aid.
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Yoder
Des Moines
Iowa
Earl Yoder
Iowa City
House
James Gallagher
Waterloo
Gallagher
Teacher Salary Talks Set To Resume In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids school board will resume talks on 1967-68 teacher salaries next Monday at 4 p.m. in the Board of Education building. The discussion follows the resignation of Richard Haglund from the board. The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers AFL CIO seeks a $6,000 starting salary, echoed by the Cedar Rapids Education Assn., while the current starting pay is $5,100. The meeting follows a Monday seminar on education legislation.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Richard Haglund
Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers
Aflcio
Cedar Rapids Education Assn
1968 GOP primaries shape nomination battle ahead
Bylined analysis notes primaries influence future GOP choices as contenders Nixon Romney Reagan Percy eye early tests. Nixon to prove he can win beyond Michigan. Romney needs strength outside state lines while party figures weigh western and neutral territory support. Bell questions western bias and Goldwater ties surface in debate.
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Michigan
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Charles Percy
Illinois
Saturday Evening Post
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Romney
Rep
Alphonzo Bell
GOP
Reagan
Goldwater
Arizona
Oregon
Bell
Thomas Kuchel
Thomas Kuchel (R
Calif
Union Trades AGe Council Soar Rabtos
Readable text limited to fragments shows union trades council and soaring Rabtos involved in unspecified activity. No clear event date or location available from the OCR snippet.
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Union Trades
Age. Council
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