All-Iowa Fair Moves Into Final Day with Big Cheers
The 34th All-Iowa fair advances to its final day with shows by The Cowsills at 3 and 7:30 pm and The Golden Knights parachute display preceding them. Attendance reached 164,402 to date as Century 21 Show midway operator Al Kunz explains thrill driven, youth oriented rides and the midway’s appeal.
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Cedar Rapids Accordion Aces
Cowsills
Golden Knights
Army
U.S. Army
Cowsill
Indian Lake
Alabama
Kunz
Carnival
Chuckle Matrimony Teases Union Life and Love
A lighthearted note from 1969 frames marriage as a unique union that resists formal organization yet remains a labor of love. It humorously critiques management while celebrating intimate partnership and commitment.
Code Names for Apollo Ships Disclosed Eagle Columbia
Houston Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins hold a news conference 11 days before launch. They confirm training, health, and readiness while revealing radio code names Eagle and Columbia for the lunar landing and command ship respectively.
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Apollo
Eagle
Columbia
New York Times
Houston
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Manned Spacecraft Center
Armstrong
Vietnam War Shelling Breaks Lull With Major Attacks
In Saigon area, Communists launched heavy shelling against 44 allied bases and towns, hitting 11 U.S. bases including the 1st Infantry division camp 27 miles northwest of Saigon. A 3,300-ton merchant ship Welfare was sunk after striking a mine on the Saigon river while carrying 2,000 tons of rice.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
1St Infantry Division
Welfare
Doctor Fears Nixon Germs at Apollo 11 Dinner
The chief astronaut doctor urged President Nixon not to dine with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin citing preventive medicine. He warned of a remote quarantine risk for Nixon if aboard the Hornet recovery ship and emphasized the need for full understanding of pre and post flight quarantine rules.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Moon
Collins
Charles Berry
Berry
Nixon
White House
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin Aldrin
Cape Kennedy
Uss
Hornet
Agnew Urges Defeat of Nixon Municipal Bond Plan
Vice president Spiro Agnew urged opponents to organize against Nixon’s tax reform on municipal bond interest. He warned that limiting deductions would hurt state and local governments, reduce bond sales, and impair funding for schools and public projects. The Ad is set to discuss the issue further at a June 13 Advisory Commission meeting.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Congress
Treasury Department
The
Treasury
Agnew
Mitchell
Maryland
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Officials Scale Down Number Feared Lost
Rescue ships plowed Lake Erie searching for victims of flash thunderstorms that hit Fourth of July crowds. At least 19 dead and 300 injured in Ohio floods and storm damage stretched from Toledo to Cleveland. Coast guard reported 14 aircraft and 39 vessels, with two Canadian cutters, sweeping the lake for unaccounted boaters. Officials feared overboard numbers ranged from 10 to 20, possibly 50 as a wild guess. Inland, Red Cross shelters housed hundreds. Gov. Rhodes planned federal disaster declarations as Ohio endured its largest flood. No drownings on Lake Erie were confirmed. mainland fatalities included a 10-year-old girl near North Lawrence, an 18-year-old near Youngstown, and others in Port Clinton and Springfield. Canton brothers died during a flooded intersection and failed rescue.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Ohio
The
Coast Guard
Canadian Coast Guard
Red Cross
Washington
Toledo
Sandusky
Painesville
Rhodes
Mansfield
Perry
Pennsylvania
Coast
Marblehead
Youngstown
Springfield
Port Clinton
Coed Shot Near Area of Six Slayings
University of Michigan graduate student Margaret Phillips was shot twice in the head and gravely wounded in her Ann Arbor apartment, two blocks from campus. Police say no definite link to six nearby sex slayings can be ruled out, though the matter may relate to a national survey she was conducting.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
UPI
University of Michigan
Margaret Phillips
Coopersville
Mich
Michigan Campus
Ann Arbor
Walter Krasny
Miss Phillips
Vandals smash 18 windows at U.S. consulate in Melbourne
In Melbourne on Saturday vandals damaged 18 windows at the U.S. consulate and attempted to burn an American flag, prompting police response and additional security measures at the site.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPI
U.S
Kenya minister Tom Mboya shot in Nairobi street
Police launched a nationwide manhunt for Tom Mboya Kenya's economic affairs minister and Kanu secretary general after he was shot in a busy Nairobi street. Rioters clashed outside hospitals and in his home district as the nation mourned a pivotal political figure. The Florida White House condemned the killing as a senseless act of violence against an influential African leader.
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Gazette
Nairobi
Kenya
Tom Mboya
Kanu Party
Mboya
Florida White House
Ronald Ziegler
Africa
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Cedar Rapids News
al Kunz
Midway
Showman’s League of America
Moon Men
Edwin E
Buzz" Aldrin
Jules Verne
Earth
Lunar
Vietnam
Space Agency
By Eileen Shanahan
New York Times Service
James Rhodes
North Lawrence
Canton
Ypsilanti
Eastern Michigan University
Krasny
Lake Victoria
Jomo Kenyatta
Daniel Arap Moi
Kenya African National Union
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