Linn G O P Gathers Support At County Convention
About 300 delegates and 100 guests attended the Linn county Republican convention at the Roosevelt hotel. They backed changes in Vietnam policy and added amendments for greater congressional involvement and South Vietnam participation, while avoiding active endorsements for specific candidates. Eva Stanley urged a clearer Nixon stance on Vietnam, amid minor Rockefeller support.
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Linn County
Vietnam
Roosevelt Hotel
Eva Stanley
Whittier
Richard Nixon
Mrs. Stanley
David Stanley
Muscatine
South Vietnam
Lloyd Humphreys
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids planner Warriner dies at 98 in California
Thomas Reed Warriner known as the grand old man of civic planning in Cedar Rapids died in Los Gatos, California at 98 after a 60 year career. He helped plat some 100 subdivisions, chaired the riverfront improvement commission, and served on the city planning commission for 30 years. He also worked as city engineer in Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids and held many civic roles. Born 1869 in Adams Center New York he studied at Coe College and Cornell. He was married to Annette Harwood in 1901.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas Reed Warriner
Los Gatos
Calif
Iowa
Higley
Mark M. Cleaver
First Avenue
California
City Plan Commission
Riverfront Improvement Commission
City Planning Commission
Cedar Falls
Adams Center
Annette L. Harwood
Linn County Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Planning Commission
Warriner
Iowa Engineering Society
Rich Texan Rumor Sparks Rolls Royce Party Line Joke
A humorous line notes a notably poor Texan so destitute the telephone in his Rolls Royce shares a party line. The quip reflects classic playful stereotype about wealth and practicality in American humor.
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America
Rolls-Royce
Powell Returns to Harlem to Campaign After Legal Release
Adam Clayton Powell, 59, a famed Harlem preacher and former congressman, returns from exile to face contempt charges and seek re election to his old seat. He was paroled after agreeing to appeal contempt by April 8 and was greeted by cheering supporters in Harlem at the Renaissance ballroom.
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Powell
Adam Clayton Powell
Renaissance
Harlem
Bahamas
Bimini
Big Daddy
Newark
Manhattan
State Supreme Court
Arthur Markewich
Markewich
Renais
Adam
CREA Teachers Vote Against Salary Schedule
Cedar Rapids Education Assn members vote to ask the Cedar Rapids Community School Board to reopen negotiations. Bob Arnold says 464 teachers oppose the 1968-69 package. 348 supported it, 812 of about 1,000 teachers voted. Ernest Pence, school board president, has been informed.
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Cedar Rapids Education Assn
Cedar Rapids Community School Board of Education
Bob Arnold
CREA
the Gazette
Arnold
Ernest Pence
Nerve Gas Pinpointed As Sheep Toll Cause
Salt Lake City AP reports Utah investigators conclude that an organic phosphate nerve gas component caused the 6400 sheep deaths near the Dugway proving grounds. Dr D A Osguthorpe notes western wind conditions aided the spread as tests occurred the day before deaths. He confirms no current risk to people or animals.
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Utah
Dugway Proving Grounds
D. A. Osguthorpe
Osguthorpe
Army
Desert
Skull Valley
Utah State University
Calvin Rampton
Johnson’s Pass
Rampton
Proving Grounds
Rebuff Seen in New Westmoreland Role
Washington AP President Johnson revises war leadership by naming Gen William Westmoreland army chief of staff and moving him from Vietnam. Westmoreland leaves Vietnam for Pentagon July 2 with Abrams as potential successor, amid mixed reaction and speculation about the maneuver.
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Johnson
William Westmoreland
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Wartorn
Philippines
Saigon
Gen
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific Area
Army Staff
Wheeler
Gen. Westmoreland
Harold Johnson
Pentagon
Abrams
Gen. Abrams
Joint Chiefs
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Shriver to Paris and Cohen to HEW Chief Roles
President Johnson announced two major personnel changes. Sargent Shriver will leave the Office of Economic Opportunity to become ambassador to France, replacing Charles Bohlen. Wilbur Cohen will be promoted from undersecretary to secretary of health education and welfare, succeeding John Gardner. Bert Harding becomes acting OEO director. Johnson commented on Kennedy’s challenge and the riot study commission in cautious terms.
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Washington
Johnson
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
France
Charles E. Bohlen
Wilbur Cohen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cohen
John Gardner
Bert Harding
Shriver
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Heaviest Khe Sanh shelling since February rocks base
United States forces reported 1 100 shells and rockets pounded Khe Sanh for 18 hours in the siege, while B 52s and fighter bombers conducted seven and 186 sorties respectively. Navy air power hit North Vietnamese targets as helicopters sank 30 sampans in the Mekong delta.
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Saigon
UPS
Khe Sanh
Navy
Air Force
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Mekong Delta
Edwin OConnor Dies at 50 Author of The Last Hurrah
Boston AP Edwin OConnor 50 died Saturday after a heart attack. He won the 1962 Pulitzer for Edge of Sadness about an Irish American priest. His best selling The Last Hurrah drew on Boston politics and Governor James Curley. All in the Family appeared in 1966.
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Boston
Edwin O’connor
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Curley
Frank Skeffington
O’connor
Dixie Snowstorm Baffles Dixie States With Record Cold
A massive winter storm blanketed the Dixie region with up to 16 inches of snow in Memphis and heavy totals across Mississippi Tennessee Kentucky and Ohio. Record low temperatures plagued the region as multiple deaths were blamed on icy roads and power outages accompanied by widespread business closures and structural damage.
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Memphis
Dixie
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Ohio
Nashville
Tenn
Evansville
Ind
Pensacola
Fla
Weather Bureau
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
St. Patrick’s Day
Louisville
Clarksdale
Oxford
Miss
Dyersburg
Jackson
Georgia
Alabama
Lower
Dayton
Detroit
Bottle Blower Strike Ends With New 3 Year Pact
Philadelphia AP reports the Glass Bottle Blowers Association accepted a three year contract on Friday, ending a 51 day strike that disrupted major bottle users who turned to cans and alternative containers.
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Philadelphia
Glass Bottle Blowers Association
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