Galbraith Drops Senate Hopes Aids Dems in Boston area
Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith says he will withdraw his name from consideration for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. He notes that retiring Nixon and Agnew is the main liberal task and he should devote energy to that effort. Galbraith, a McGovern delegate, consulted black and civil rights groups and found some support, though he remains uneasy about the decision. If nominated, he would face Republican Edward W. Brooke.
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Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
U.S. Senate
Charles Flaherty, Jr
Democratic State Committee
Galbraith
Messrs. Nixon and Agnew
George McGovern
South Dakota
New York
McGovern
Edward W. Brooke
Senate
Suspension Recommend for Des Moines Officer in Dog Shooting
Des Moines Police Chief Wendell Nichols said a five day suspension was recommended for Patrolman Timothy Cunningham who fatally shot a neighbor's dog with his service revolver after being disturbed by barking. The board’s action could cost $187 in wages pending appeal to the chief's advisory board.
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Des Moines
UPI
Des. Mowines
Wendell Nichols
Timothy Cunningham
Cunningham
Nichols
Board of Supervisors
Detour Approved for Highway 6 During Muscatine Bridges
The highway commission approved a detour for Highway 6 traffic during two Muscatine County bridge projects. Vehicles from Coralville to the east will reroute via Interstate 80, affecting travel between Coralville and Highway 38.
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AMES
Highway Commission
Muscatine County
Coralville
Suspect in Shootings Jailed After Treatment
Waterloo man Arthur Williams, 23, charged with two counts of murder in the May 31 Waterloo East Side apartment shooting deaths of Gwen Reed, 26, and William Jones, 23. Williams, who also wounded himself, returned from Iowa City hospital to Black Hawk County jail in lieu of $50,000 bond per count. arraignment date not yet set.
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UPI
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Iowa City
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Gwen Reed
William Jones
Williams
Stop Senegalese On Entry Charge
Six Senegalese and an Italian taxi driver were questioned in Melun France after they entered the country illegally in an Italian taxi from Milan seeking work. All involved will be tried.
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Melun
France
UPI
Paris
Milan
Beaten AP correspondents hailed as Cuban journalists attack
Two Associated Press reporters Nicholas Lillitos and George Brodski were assaulted in their Warsaw office by four men posing as Cuban journalists accompanying Fidel Castro. The attackers shouted in Spanish over roughly 10 minutes, injuring Brodski and wounding Lillitos slightly. Castro’s health and travel plans were noted in context of the incident.
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Warsaw
Associated Press
Nicholas Lillitos
George Brodski
Lillitos
Fidel Castro
Castro
Brodski
Candidate List Mailed Early by State Auditor
Iowa Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst said certified lists of candidates for state and national offices in the Aug. 1 primary have been mailed to all 99 county auditors. Names supplied enable ballots to be prepared by the June 23 deadline, ensuring absentee ballots can be issued.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Synhorst
Synhorst
Oska loosa pilot survives river crash after plane hits power line
Oska loosa man R. D. Pierson, 41, escaped serious injury when his single engine crop-dusting plane struck a Des Moines river area near Ottumwa. The aircraft hit a power line during a mosquito spraying run, losing a wing before plunging into the river. Pierson was treated and released from Ottumwa hospital.
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Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Here
R. D. Pierson
Air Passenger Found Smuggling Diamond Cache
Brussels police seized a cache of diamonds worth nearly 45000 at Brussels airport during baggage searches linked to terrorist arms. A man from Sierra Leone was arrested after diamonds were found in a double-bot tomed suitcase. A Turkish woman with four children was questioned after a 9mm pistol was found in her lingerie and released.
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Brussels
Sierra Leone
Turkey
Lon Nol Wins Cambodia Presidential Vote With 55 Percent
Cambodian leader Lon Nol secures about 55 percent of the vote as unofficial returns from the information ministry show him leading in the first presidential election. The results reflect a near-complete count released midweek.
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Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Information Ministry
Britain accuses Soviets of oil purchase violate law
London says Libya’s seizure of the El Sarir field invalid and accuses the Soviet Foreign Trade Corp of arranging to buy El Sarir crude oil from a Libyan owned engine. The El Sarir concession is held by British Petroleum with a 48.4 percent stake and nationalized by Libya last year.
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Britain
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Libya
el Sarir
British Petroleum
Arab Gulf Exploration Co
Soviet Foreign Trade Corp
Four Spanish soldiers killed in river plunge crash in Huesca
The official news agency reported that four Spanish soldiers were killed and seven injured when their military vehicle overshot a curve and plunged into a river near Huesca in Spain.
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Spain
UPI
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