Voters face five special elections in Linn Cedar Rapids area
Area 10 officials warn of a heavy tax impact from multiple upcoming measures. A 4 mill vocational levy, a county health complex bond, a rural library tax, public housing plans, and a regional transit proposal could go to voters within six months. Coordinated timing may ease voter fatigue.
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Area 10 Technical School Wiew Board
Linn
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn Board of Supervisors
County Library Service
Linn County Farm Bureau
Board of Supervisors
Area 10 Board of Education
County Board of Supervisors
Speck Beaten by Fear as Trial Looms for Nurse Slayings
Richard Speck, accused of killing eight nurses in Chicago, is wheeled to surgery after a reported self harming incident and a heart attack scare. He talks with a minister about his relationship with God as due process tests sanity and punishment.
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Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
GOP Eyes Senate Gains in Five Southern States
A Associated Press report notes GOP leaders foresee governors in South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama and Arkansas and Senate pickups in Virginia South Carolina Mississippi Alabama Tennessee. The piece highlights shifts in the region as industries grow and African American voting rises, with predictions from Drake Edens Jr on imminent Republican gains and party realignment across the South.
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Ashington
South
Drake Edens, Jr
GOP. National Committee
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Arkansas
Virginia
Mississippi
Tennessee
G.O.P
Johnson
Louisiana
Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Bradley Morrah
Marshall Parker
Ernest J. Hollings
Hollings
Donald S. Russell
Parker
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N_Y
John O. Rogers
Robert S. McNair
McNair
Kennedy Turmoil Fades After South Africa Tour
After a month of criticism and rising tension in South Africa sparked by Senator Robert F. Kennedy, anti Kennedy sentiment has cooled. The violence and discontent that followed his New York visit have begun to wane with only sporadic unrest remaining.
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United Press International
Eee
Nea
South Africa
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Freay
Nationalist Party
United Party
Batman stocks and moonshine wealth in a changing market
The columnist contrasts old era titans like J. P. Morgan and Rockefeller with modern bold bets on Batman themed collectibles and other pop culture profits. He notes a shift from tangible mining and mills to speculative hype, Baby on the way and a 75 million dollar Batman market, plus global political angles. The piece reflects on values, risk, and the rise of celebrity driven wealth.
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J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Bernard Baruch
Mieches
Oor
Sears
Penguin
Batman
America
National Periodicals Publications, Inc
Uncle Sam
Vietnam
Arizona Water Crisis Deepens Across Southwest
The piece connects Arizona water mining with federal subsidies and the Grand Canyon dam plans. It highlights Sen. Carl Hayden and Rep. Morris Udall shaping a two-dam strategy, the Colorado River allotment disputes, and the push for a national water commission to coordinate long term water resources amid drought and political risk.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Glen Canyon
Arizona
Bureau
Grand Canyon
Bridge
Marble
Central Arizona
Morris SK. Udall
D-Ariz
Udall
America
Colorado
National Water Commission
Colorado Basin
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Senate
Interial Committee
Pacific Northwest
Jackson
Columbia River
Columbia
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Chinss
G.O.P. May
William T. Peacock
Associated Press
Russell
GOP
Howard H. Callaway
Hayden Burns
Robert King High
Miami
G.O.P. Betts
Burns
Claude Kirk, Jr
Jacksonville
George C. Wallace
Lurleen
Wallace
Rep
James Martin
Gover
Martin
John Grenier
John Sparkman
Winthrop Rockefeller
Orval Faubus
Faubus
Prentiss Walker
Congress
James O. Eastland
Walker
Edens
Deep South
Ross Bass
Frank G. Clement
Bass
Howard Baker, Jr
House
Kenneth Roberts
William B. Spong
Willis Robertson
Harry I. Byrd, Jr
Jame P. Oulder
Lynchburg
Spong
Bobby
By Neil J. Smith
J.P. Morgan
John Chamberlain
Irving
Gary
Charlie Schwab
J. P
Minnesota
Michigan
Robin
Riddler
Weyerhausers
Campbell
Moonshine, Inc
State For African Affairs
G. Mennen
Soapy’ Willams
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Harold Wilson
Bobby Kennedy
Marquis Childs Ashington
California
West
Texas
Department of Agriculture
Phoenix
Tucson
Solomon
Mexico
Frontiers
Liberals
Childs
Senator Hayden
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