Hughes in Denial of Illegality
Des Moines Iowa Gov Harold Hughes praised Lex Hawkins work as state chair but questioned his claim that the party used machinery to back candidates illegally in past primaries The governor disputed Hawkins charge that the party financed Hughes 1982 campaign Hawkins stepped down as chair after the state convention Clark Rasmussen named full time chair at 15000 annual salary Hughes called Hawkins a friend and top national chair man He urged a new party constitution with pre primary endorsements and noted no legal basis for illegal activity in party backing of candidates
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Lex Hawkins
Hawkins
Clark Rasmussen
West Des Moines
Hughes
Car Hits Scooter In Heavy Rain Kills Teen in Cedar Rapids
Theodore Russell Heller 16 of 75 Oakland Rd NE died from head and chest injuries after a scooter with passenger John S. Williams 17 was struck from behind by Raymond E. Randall 35 driving a car on Mt. Vernon Rd SE near Thirtieth St during a heavy rain at 12 20 am. Williams was hospitalized with a head cut and arm bruises. Randall, charged with driving with license suspended, drove off after the crash and his car hit a pole causing about 600 dollars damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Theodore Russell Heller
Oakland Road
Mt. Vernon Road
Thirtieth Street
Heller
John S. Williams
Daniels Street
Mercy Hospital
Williams
Raymond E. Randall
Third Avenue
Randall
Rains Flood Iowa Streams Stranding Campers at Backbone Park
Torrential weekend rains in central Iowa caused flash flooding across the region. At Backbone State Park near Strawberry Point, 56 camping families were stranded as the Maquoketa River rose. Cedar River in Cedar Rapids climbed to 6.4 feet, while Four Mile Creek forced evacuations in Des Moines and Coralville lake rose 1.5 feet to 688.81 feet. No injuries reported.
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Itowa News
Iowa
Backbone State Park
Strawberry Point
Maquoketa River
Coralville Lake
Des Moines
Four Mile Creek
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa
Floyd Sherry
Sherry
Kansas City
Kansas
Warren
Missouri
Jefferson
Weather Bureau
Skunk
Oskaloosa
Sigourney
Ottumwa
Central Counties
High Court Rules Police May Not Question Isolated Suspect
The Supreme Court ruled that police may not interrogate a suspect who is alone and signals unwillingness to talk. Chief Justice Warren said prosecutors cannot use statements obtained without safeguards against self incrimination. The decision arises from four cases linked to the 1964 ruling on custodial interrogation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Backbone State
Strawberry Point
Maquoketa l
Escobedo
Supreme Court Seeks FBI Bug Probe Details
The Supreme Court asked the government for more information on how the FBI bugged the hotel suite of Washington consultant Fred Black, linked to former senator Bobby Baker. Justices Harlan Stewart and White dissented in all four cases, Justice Clark dissented in three and concurred in one. Voluntary.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
FBI
Fred Black
Senate
Democratic
Bobby Baker
Harlan, Stewart and White
Clark
Three Rail Labor Unions Seek Merger Vote
Leaders of the ORC&B BLF&E and SUNA announce plans to merge into a single union with about 9 000 members The plan aims to strengthen labor presence as rail jobs dwindled since 1963 arbitration law The announcement came from George H Harris H E Gilbert and Neil P Speirs on an upcoming vote in Cleveland Ohio AP
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Cleveland, Ohio
Bers
Sun Iward
George H. Harris
Order of Rail
Orc&b
H. E. Gilbert
Brotherhood of Lolily
Gilbert
Senate
Blf&e
Neil. P
Speirs
Men’s Union of North
Freedom March Still in Second Week From Enid Lake
Nearly 400 demonstrators left lakeside campsites and resumed Mississippi freedom march toward Jackson. Leaders from SNCC CORE and SCLC face growing tensions over route as march plans to push through U.S. 51 area and urge Negro voter registration amid renewed weather and flood concerns.
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Enid
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Jackson
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Congress On Racial Equality
CORE
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
James Meredith
Enidlake
U. S. 51
Scouts Weren't Worried During Rio Grande Stranding
Fifteen Boy Scouts and their leader John Rachel were marooned on a Mexican ranch for two days after floodwaters swept away their rafts on the Rio Grande. Rescued by an air force helicopter, they said they knew their location and felt no real danger, though they learned of the search only Saturday.
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Boquillas
Texas
Air Force
Mexico
Rio Grande
Scout
Big Bend National Park
Denver
John Rachel
Hobbs
N. M
Rachel
Pat Nugent as Brother of Groom Faces Wedding Plans
Lt. Gerard Nugent, Pat Nugent's younger brother, commands Echo Company platoon near Da Nang. He will not attend Pat and Luci Johnson's Washington wedding on August 6, with their father acting as proxy best man while Gerard completes his tour.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Pat
Gerard Nugent
Pat Nugent
Johnson
Luci
Washington
Gomez
Gulf Company
White House
Nugents
Jerry Nugent
Echo Company
2Nd Battalion
3Rd Marine Regiment
Hill 2
Nugent
Gerard
Phyllis
San Diego
Calif
Waukegan, Ill
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Norman Erbe
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Bill Carpenter
West Point
Ron Brown
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D. M. Flood
India
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Montezuma
Grinnell
Independence
High Court
Kansas, Missouri
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Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
U. S
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
BLE
Blf&eh
BRT
Finns
Helsinki
Alexei Kosygin
David Paul Janey
Av Uvuu
Preuicueu
Betty’ Janey
Medlond Run
J Avenue NE
Janey
Daniel D. Kirk
ARN Wlaventhectroat
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James Gillen
Redfield
van Meter
Des Moines ‘River
Skunk River
Town
Marshalltown
Turkey Creek
Merriam
Rock Creek
Missions
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Indain Creek
Bob O'Connell
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