Iowa Republicans set 2 484 caucuses across state tonight
Iowa GOP caucuses convene at 2 484 precinct sites with 504 Linn county delegates and 3 480 total delegates from 99 counties to pick delegates for county conventions and the state conventions for the 1968 presidential nominating process. The plan includes biennial conventions in Des Moines and a presidential delegation to Miami Beach. Delegates are allotted by historical vote counts and precincts.
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Iowa
Linn County
Des Moines
Miami Beach
State Central Committee
Jack Walters
Cedar Rapids
Richard Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Jack Warren
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert Taft
G.O.P
Carl Weinbrenner
Dows_ building
Court actions span redistricting cases and free speech challenges
A federal three judge court must review Indiana redistricting, while considering Missouri’s revised district map. The justices weigh Pennsylvania and DC rulings nullifying welfare residency requirements and hear five men including two French citizens on a heroin case. They uphold antitrust against St Louis Globe Democrat and allow a New Jersey youth’s conscientious objector claim. They also affirm no duty to limit auto speed from 115 mph crash, uphold Candy obscenity ruling, and refuse to block its sale in Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
National States Rights Party
Maryland
New York
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
New Jersey
United States
Phillip Schemel
Springfield
Ohio
Terry Southern
Suit Filed Against Government by Iowa Falls Firm
Weaver Construction Co of Iowa Falls sues in Cedar Rapids federal court seeking a $9,792 refund of 1964 corporate income taxes paid totaling $59,217. The firm filed the refund claim on August 27, 1965, but says it has not received any communication from the government.
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Iowa Falls
Weaver Construction Co
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Residents Injured in Minor Traffic Accidents
Two Cedar Rapids residents were treated for minor injuries after Sunday traffic incidents. Gordon L. Freeman failed to yield at a yellow light turning onto Twenty seventh Street, colliding with motorcyclist Don J. Slife who was treated for a foot injury. Judy Himes sustained arm and knee injuries after being struck by James H. Neilly who was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian.
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Gordon L. Freeman
Lindale Avenue
First Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Freeman
Twentyseventh Street
Don J. Slife
Third Avenue SE
Slife
St. Luke’s Hospital
Judy Himes
Seventeenth Street SE
James H. Neilly
Grande Avenue
Second Avenue
Seventh Street
Miss Himes
St. Luke's Hospital
Neilly
New IE Plant To Be Topic At CRTA Meeting
Iowa Electric Light and Power plans a Collins Radio Technical Assn session at the Town House hall Wednesday noon to discuss its new nuclear fueled electric plant. GE representatives Smith Mattson and Showalter will join Commonwealth Associates staff Havorka and Scott for a luncheon program with slides, a film, and a facility model.
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Collins Radio Technical Assn
Town House
General Electric Co
Duane Arnold Energy Center
G.E
James M. Smith
San Jose
Calif
P. R. Mattson
Chicago
J. L. Showalter
Des Moines
Commonwealth Associates, Inc
Jackson, Mich
George Havorka
Nuclear Services
Norman Scott
Memorial Page Notes For East Buchanan Student
Sheriff Beier and four Iowa highway patrolmen are involved in the crash coverage. Robert Steffen, senior at East Buchanan High, played varsity football. Surviving family includes two brothers Gene and Randy and sister Mrs. Jerry Sheeley. Services set for Wednesday 10 a.m. at St Patrick's Winthrop. Rosary Tuesday 8 p.m. at Fawcett funeral home with calling after 7 p.m. Monday.
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Iowa Highway
Robert Steffen
East Buchanan High School
Gene
Winthrop
Randy
Jerry Sheeley
Marion
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Fawcett Funeral Home
Belle Plaine Man Dies in Accident
Veryl Floyd Brightwell 52 of Belle Plaine died instantly in a one car crash Sunday at 10 15 p m four miles east of Chelsea on Highway 212. The Iowa highway patrol said he was driving east when his car struck a bridge abutment. Tama County Medical Examiner Dr Charles Maplethorpe pronounced him dead at the scene. Services are pending at Pef fers Halverson funeral home Belle Plaine.
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Chelsea
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Brightwell
Tama County
Charles Maplethorpe
Peffers-Halverson Funeral Home
Stanley Hughes debate clash eyed by Plymat in Iowa race
Des Moines UPI reports William Plymat blasts State Sen. David Stanley over challenging Gov. Harold Hughes to a debate for the U.S. Senate GOP nomination. Bramwell also seeks the nomination and Plymat urges a Vietnam war stance and tax law clarity as conditions for any debate.
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UPI
William Plymat
U.S
David Stanley
R-Muscatine
Stanley
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Plymar
James Bramwell
Cedar Rapids
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Gov. Hughes
Vietnam
Iowa
North Vietnam
Political leaders urge action on urban crisis during TV roundtable
Lindsay warns inaction costs more than action, describing urban apartheid and curtailed freedoms. Panelists Kerner Harris Wilkins call for open housing, funding, and reallocation of priorities while mayors press for federal aid and coordinated slum programs amid riot conditions. McCarthy attacks Johnson budget and Vietnam focus.
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Congress
CBS
Commission
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NBC
Anamosa Inmate Seeks Habeas Corpus Petition
Kenneth J. Koons of the Men’s Reformatory in Anamosa files a writ of habeas corpus claiming rights violations during his Polk County district court conviction for break ins. Judge Edward J. McManus orders Warden Hough to show cause. Koons pled guilty and received a ten year sentence in December 1964.
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Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Polk County
Kenneth J. Koons
Edward J. McManus
Charles Hough
Koons
Burglars Steal Car Titles and Carburetors at Baums
Detectives report a breakin at Billy Baums Economy Salvage Co. 4031 Bowling Street SW. Between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday burglars forced a west side window and stole 40 to 50 car titles along with four carburetors.
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Billy Baums Economy Salvage Co
Bowling Street
City Urged To Await Study Before Leasing Air Space
The Greater Downtown Cedar Rapids Association urges the city council to wait for a parking study before leasing air space above downtown municipal lots 10 and 11 for a Geneva Corp 200 apartment project. The group favors low rent elder housing but wants air rights reserved for future parking or delayed until the study results are known. The Burke parking survey is due later this year.
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Cedar Rapids
William Pohorsky
Drive Closes Short of Goal in Iowa City Campaign
Fred Doderer, chairman of the Community Givers drive for Iowa City, Coralville and University Heights, officially closed the campaign after raising 119,358 dollars, 86 percent of the 138,621 dollar goal. It marks the second year the target was not met and funds for 15 agencies will be cut.
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Iowa City
Fred Doderer
Coralville
University Heights
Doderer
Board of Directors
Vietnam Looms Large as U.S. Seeks More Troops
The article notes U S troop strength at about 510 000 with 15 000 more planned, and General Westmoreland requests still more to regain initiative after the Lunar New Year offensive. It also reports South Vietnamese police hindering talks with Viet Cong linked to the embassy attack and says survivors from the embassy assault remain officially unconfirmed.
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U.S
Saigon
Youth Gives Self Up Wants To Quit Running
Cedar Rapids youth Darwin L. Lewis 19 surrendered to local FBI officers Monday saying he stole a 1966 Lincoln in Los Angeles on Aug 25 and drove it to Boise Idaho. He appeared before U S Commissioner K W Fuelling, posted 25 dollar bond, and sought transfer of his case from Idaho to Cedar Rapids.
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FBI
Los Angeles
Boise
Idaho
Darwin L. Lewis
Seventh Street SE
U.S
K. W. Fuelling
Lewis
Walsh to announce bid for Second District seat
State Senator John Walsh of Dubuque set a 10 am news conference at the Dodge house to decide if he will seek the Republican nomination for Congress. Fellow senator Tom Riley of Cedar Rapids is the lone GOP candidate for the seat held by Democrat Rep. John Culver. Walsh cited concerns over Vietnam crime Iowa’s national role the economy and education.
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John Walsh
Dodge House
Walsh
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
John Culver
Iowa
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