Iowa caucus turmoil helped shape 1968 Democratic reform
The 1968 Iowa caucuses drew new voters and upset party rules as McCarthy supporters challenged traditional delegate picks. A regional surge and hostile convention debates foreshadowed calls for a more open nominating process, leading to reforms under McGovern at the national level.
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McCarthy
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowa
Democratic Party
West Des Moines
Johnson
Horace Mann
Iowa City
William Sueppel
Richard Bender
Tom Harkin
Bender
Hubert Humphrey
Chicago
Kennedy
Sueppel
Seeppel
Harold Hughes
South Dakota
George McGovern
National Democratic Party
Iowa farm sanitation rules require one toilet per 20 workers
New field sanitation standards apply to farm labor operations with 11 or more workers and mandate one toilet for every 20, plus drinking water in fields. Facilities may be spaced about a quarter mile apart, and workers must wash before and after handling work.
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Pioneer
OSHA
Barrier
History of Iowa caucuses and key moments through 1984
A weeklong series outlines Iowa caucuses from their pre national attention era to recent intensification. It covers 1968 shifts under McCarthy, 1972 campaigning by McGovern and Muskie, 1976 joint GOP-Democrat caucus nights and straw polls, Carter era memories, 1980 and 1984 escalation, and views on the caucuses’ future amid critics.
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Lowa
McCarthy
McGovern
Muskie
Protests Erupt Across Gaza as Israeli Forces Quell Clashes
Soldiers patrol Gaza City Khan Yunis and Rafah sealing refugee camps after weekend clashes. Youths as young as 6 to 13 erect barricades and hurl rocks while police disperse crowds with tear gas and gunfire. Palestinian groups call for a general strike and protests spread to refugee areas as international aid agencies report injuries.
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Rafah
Yitzhak Rabin
Bureij
Nidal
Gaza
Shijaiya
U.N
Jihad Islami
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Bir Zeit
Woman linked to Jordanian group in bombings probe
Investigators tie a suspected woman to a Jordanian-born pair behind a nightclub bombing that killed a Turkish woman. Police cite evidence leading to an arrest warrant while noting the case’s links to past West Berlin terrorism and Libyan involvement rumors.
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Libya
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Endrigkeit
Ahmed Nawaf Hasi
Nezar Hindawi
Farouk Salameh
West Berlin
Hindawi
U.S
Benghazi
Tripoli
Muammar Gadhafi
East Berlin
Gadhafi
Drunken bicyclists face penalties in some states
Police reports show a rise in intoxicated bicyclists in 1987 with 46 cases in nine months in Ohio and 42 in all of 1986. A UNC Highway Safety study found about 20 percent of bicycle crashes involved alcohol. California permits Pedaling Under the Influence with a $250 cap. In Cedar Rapids drunken bicycling is rare. Iowa handles such cases as public intoxication with a $135 bond.
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Ohio
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
Jane S. Stutts
California
Cedar Rapids
Larry Ralston
Denver Dillard
Iowa
Linn
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