Linn 6.0 P Gives No Sanctions At GOP Convention
About 300 delegates and 100 guests gathered at the Roosevelt hotel to back changes in Vietnam policy while rejecting a call to seek a candidate offering a clear Vietnam choice. Nixon remained the preferred leader for most, with minor support for Hatfield and murmurs over Rockefeller. The convention adopted amendments for greater congressional input and South Vietnam’s expanded role in the war.
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David Stanley
Muscatine
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Lloyd Humphreys
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids planner Warriner dies at 98 in California
Thomas Reed Warriner, famed as the grand old man of civic planning in Cedar Rapids, died in Los Gatos, California at 98. A World War I drafting board chairman and long time city planner, he shaped hundreds of subdivisions and riverfront improvements over a 60 year career in Iowa.
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Cedar Falls
Adams Center
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Coe College
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Linn County Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
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Warriner
Iowa Engineering Society
Powell Returns to Harlem to Run for House Seat
Harlem preacher Adam Clayton Powell, 59, flew in from self imposed exile to face contempt charges and seek reelection to the seat he held 22 years. He was greeted by cheering supporters at the Renaissance ballroom as he resumed his public role and vowed to campaign despite legal risks.
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Markewich
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CREA Teachers Vote Against Salary Schedule
Cedar Rapids Education Assn members vote to urge the school board to reopen salary negotiations. CREA president Bob Arnold says 464 teachers objected to the 1968-69 package while 348 supported it, totaling 812 of over 1,000 votes. The board was asked to reconsider the $6,000 base pay. Ernest Pence, school board president, has been notified.
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Rebuff Seen in Westmoreland Role as Army Chief
President Johnson named Gen William Westmoreland as army chief of staff in a surprise move amid debate over his Vietnam leadership. Westmoreland said he regretted leaving the war torn land as he returned from the Philippines to Saigon.
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Gen. Abrams
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Truman
Rich Texans and a Rolls Royce Party Line Tale
A humorous note from America jokes about a notably poor Texan whose luxury car still uses a party line for telephone service. The quip contrasts wealth with outdated amenities in a light, satirical tone.
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America
Rolls-Royce
Nerve Gas Likely Caused Sheep Deaths at Dugway
Utah state investigator Dr. D A Osguthorpe says tests at Dugway Proving Grounds caused deaths of about 6400 sheep near Skull Valley. He cites an organic phosphate compound from nerve gas and favorable winds spreading contamination. no danger to humans now.
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Johnson shocks with Shriver to France and Cohen to HEW
President Johnson discloses two major admin changes. Sargent Shriver leaves the Office of Economic Opportunity to become ambassador to France, replacing Charles Bohlen. Wilbur Cohen rises from undersecretary to secretary of health, education and welfare, succeeding John Gardner. Bert Harding becomes acting OEO director. Johnson comments on Kennedy challenge and riot study commission.
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Wilbur Cohen
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Bert Harding
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Johnson
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
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Rockefeller
New York
Shelling of Khe Sanh Stepped Up by North Vietnam
In a major assault on Khe Sanh, North Vietnamese gunners fired 1100 shells and rockets over 18 hours, while B 52s and fighter bombers conducted seven and 186 missions respectively. U S Marines reported light casualties as air strikes focused around the base and a chemical plant between Hanoi and Haiphong was hit. Helicopters sank 30 sampan boats in the Mekong delta near the Cambodian border.
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Edwin O’Connor Dies at 50 in Boston
Boston AP report states Edwin O’Connor died Saturday after a heart attack. He won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Edge of Sadness about an Irish American priest and is known for The Last Hurrah about a Boston political regime.
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James M. Curley
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Frank Skeffington
O’connor
Dixie Snowstorm Drops Record Cold Across Dixie
A massive winter storm left up to foot snow from Mississippi to Ohio and record lows in Nashville Evansville and Memphis. Memphis logged 16.1 inches, statewide deaths rose from icy roads, and many areas faced power outages roof collapses and business closures as the storm moved into the South and Midwest.
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Bottle Blowers End 51-Day Strike With New Pact
The Glass Bottle Blowers Association accepted a three year contract ending a 51 day strike that disrupted supply as major users shifted to cans plastic and paper containers.
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Glass Bottle Blowers Association
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