Platform Timing Is Disputed By Iowa Republicans
In Des Moines the Second district GOP caucus demanded copies of the proposed 1966 platform ten days before the state convention. They criticized the platform committee for delaying release until 7 a.m. Saturday and leaking early to reporters, arguing delegates should review the document in advance.
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Frank Nye
Des Moines
G.O.P. State Resolutions Committee
Second District
Jensen
Brice Oakley
Clinton
Platform Committee
Maurice Barringer
R-Oelwein
Dirksen Faces Criticism Over Civil Rights Talks At Shrine Show
More than 1,000 spectators gathered at Hawkeye Downs for the Shrine Horse Show in Cedar Rapids as Sen. Dirksen defended his open housing position amid a Katzenbach meeting with Attorney General Nichols. The three day event featured top entries from Rockwood Farms and Hawkeye Melody Stable with Night Song H. G. winning the Open Walking Horse. Competition wrapped with jumper, harness, and gaited classes across Friday night and weekend performances.
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Ave
L. A. Ward
Joe Simpson
Grimes
el Kahir Shrine
Hawkeye Downs
Simpson
Washington
Sen
Jarena
Fri- Dirksen
R-Ill
Gen
Nicholasi
Shrine Horse
Katzenbach
John J
Stonewall Barrymore
Philip Evans
Willard Elliott
Country Gent
Rockwood Farms
Wesley Knipfel
C. Russell Davis
Fashionette
Shriners
Downs
Dirksen
Ceed
Senate
J. Ralph Peak
Iowa
Night Song H. G
Hawkeye Melody Stable
Grundy Center
Jerry Barker
Davenport
Cinderella
Gail Wilson
Greenfield
L. G. Shields
Keokuk
Golden King
Jean Caspers
Anamosa
Sunny Acre
H. D. Harrison, Jr
Kirksville
C. W. Robinson
Mer
Mary Eruns
Des Moines
Sweet Charlotte
Charlotte Glaess
Clinton
Easter Angel
DJ Loan Co
Sugar Grove
Ill
Open Walking Horse
Hawkeye Melody ‘Stable
Bombardier’s Man
Emery Doonan
Bids From Bed in New York Buy London Paintings
A New Yorker bid from his bed by transatlantic phone to Christie's London and purchased three paintings for 74 970 dollars. The buyer, who requested anonymity, kept the line open for over an hour as Roy Davidridge relayed bids to the auctioneer. The sale featured British painters with two Pollard prints and a George Stubbs portrait of the stallion Goldfinder, plus John Herr ing's race horses Launcelot and Maroo.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
New Yorker
New York
Fine Arts
Roy Davidridge
Christie
James Pollard
Goldfinder
George Stubbs
John Herring
Launcelot
Maroo
Today's Chuckle About Dragging the Other Foot
A lighthearted quip notes you need not show your best effort when one foot is dragged behind you. It wryly contrasts effort with physical missteps for humorous effect.
Government education chief calls for bold desegregation drive
New York AP The U S Education Commissioner Harald Howe told a conference that U S schools are nearly as segregated as in 1954 and urged a third front for racial equality. He warned that leaders must risk political backlash and even resignation to push integration forward. Continued on Page 2, Col. 6.
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New York
U. S
Harald Howe
Howe
Freeman Says Farm City Income Gap Narrows
Washington informs that Ag Secretary Orville Freeman notes progress in closing the farm city income gap. He cites rising net farm income, optimism for the future, and an era of balanced production reducing price depressions and taxpayer burdens.
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Freeman
Washington
UPI
Triculture
Orville Spatity
Iowa
Spencer
Movalle
Policeman Slain as Buddhist Mob Clashes in Saigon
Saigon police seal off Buddhist Institute after a policeman is shot with his own gun and another beaten by about 150 protesters. A crowd torches an American Jeep as authorities devalue the currency by 50 percent and promise 20 to 30 percent raises for state workers to curb inflation amid unrest.
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Saigon
Coopdhist Institute
Republi
Johnson
Iowa
Michigan
George Romney
G.O.P
Institute
Vietnam
Johnson names Richard Helms CIA director succeeding Raborn
President Johnson announced the resignation of CIA director Admiral William Raborn and named deputy Richard Helms to succeed him. The move follows friction over sources and methods and ties to the Senate Fulbright committee dispute. Helms, a veteran journalist and OSS veteran, joined the CIA in 1947. Johnson also signaled a tougher Vietnam policy and hinted at accelerated military hardware purchases.
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Washington
Johnson
William Raborn
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Helms
Poe
CIA
Raborn
Super Secret Agency
Helms
Tulbright
D-Ark
Senate Oreign Relations Committee
Ariefing
Senate
Fulbright Committee
Senate Group
St. David's
United Press
Indianapolis Times
Navy
Office of Strategic Services
U.S
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Two teen protesters plan 500 mile march to Washington
Georgia youths Willie Hunter 17 and Arthur Williams 18 announce a 500 mile march from the north Georgia border to Washington to urge peace and support for the U S role in Vietnam. They represent the National Youth Assembly for Peace and aim to depart in late July reaching the capital by August 1.
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Atlanta
Washington
Vietnam
Willie Hunter
Arthur Williams
North Georgia
Hunter
Newsmen
Williams
National Youth Assembly For Peace
U.S
Former Official Given 5 Years
In Leopoldville Congo a military court found ex Foreign Minister Cleophas Kamitatu guilty of complicity in an anti government plot and sentenced him to five years in prison. The closed trial lasted fifty minutes.
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Leopoldville, Congo
Cleophas Kamitatu
Did Soviet Tell Castro To Hush
Washington analysts question if Moscow ordered Fidel Castro to stop speaking and step back in Cuban affairs. Public notices cite Castro’s reduced foreground role since May 1 amid reports of growing popular discontent and Cuba's economy strain.
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Ben Meyer
Washington
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
State Department
Castro
Robert McCloskey
Moscow
China
Romania
Poland
Chou
Red China
Cuba
Yugoslavia
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Cedar Rapids
Hasseling
B. D. Silliman
State Platform Committee
R. 0. Shirk
Oelwein
Barringer
Shrine
Copper Comet
Lester Hindman
Alburnett
Panther Pete
Ward Bell
Princup
Ginny
Maccay
Miss Kalarama
Ed McMurray
Newton
Ralph Murray
Marion
Dom Tare
N.Y
Robert Ohman
Hanoi
France
Canada
de Gaulle
Samuel Nabrit
Texas Southern University
Mary Bunting
Atomic Energy Commission
Nabrit
Communist Bloc
Kremlin
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