Airport Bond Fails by Narrow Margin in Cedar Rapids Vote
Final unofficial results show 12 576 in favor and 9 103 against the 5 million airport improvement bond, 58 01 percent, 1 99 short of the 60 percent needed. Voter turnout set a city record, with 21 679 ballots cast and 32 precincts tallied, including many on Cedar Rapids west side. Mayor Canney criticized the super majority rule after the count.
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Cedar Rapids
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John Arthurs
Polk School
Jane Hoyd
Canney
Senate Fails to Narrow Anti Busing Provisions in Higher Education Bill
The Senate rejected a bid to send the 21.3 billion higher education bill back to conference with House amendments by a 44 to 26 vote. The measure would fund a broad student aid program and delay court busing orders for 19 months while appeals proceed. Senators Javits Brooke and Weicker criticized the stay as a desegregation setback and praised the bill’s educational aims.
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R-Mass
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R-Conn
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Marines Land Behind Red Lines North of Hue in Haiphong Raid
U S amphibious craft and helicopters put nearly 2000 South Vietnamese marines ashore north of Hue for an end run into enemy territory. Haiphong area bombings hit North Vietnamese industrial targets as air raids expand. Two US helicopters were shot down with nine crewmen missing. early reports tallied two Vietnamese killed and nine wounded.
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Haiphong
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Additional B-52s Head for Vietnam
The 7th Fleet landed marine battalions near Quang Tri with carrier helicopters moving in a second force and airlifted a third to the south. US forces supported by air and naval fire clashed with North Vietnamese units seven miles east of Quang Tri. Pentagon officials reported 133 enemy killed. U.S. planes destroyed 41 weapons. additional B-52s are heading to Indochina to widen strikes.
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McGovern sweeps Rhode Island and Oregon in key primaries
Sen. George McGovern wins Rhode Island and Oregon Democratic primaries and advances toward the California showdown on June 6. He builds momentum with 56 delegates and vows to press toward the nomination, while Hubert Humphrey and others trail in the race.
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Fla
Missouri
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MacGovern
Wallace Says Campaign Travel May End This Way
Silver Spring Md AP Governor George Wallace of Alabama spoke to reporters for the first time since being shot on May 15 He said he was sorry it has to end this way and he plans to attend the Democratic convention in Miami Beach His voice was low and husky as he smiled at his wife and children in the room
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Henry Kissinger
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexei N. Kosygin
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Moscow
Kremlin Wall
East Bridgewater church builds war apology monument
In East Bridgewater Massachusetts the First Parish Unitarian church erected an $800 granite monument about five feet by four feet titled There Nam An American Tragedy An Apology for What We Did . The Rev Paul John Rich said 100 citizens raised funds and the monument stands 12 feet in front of the town war memorial. Some American Legionnaires criticized the project.
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Cornelia
Wallace
Historic 1975 joint space flight discussed at Moscow summit
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev agreed to add American and Soviet spacemen on a historic earth orbital flight in 1975 after 18 months of talks. The summit produced a framework for a nuclear arms and missile pact and a pollution cooperation agreement.
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Outlawing Sale of Dolphin Carcasses Earns Final Approval
Sacramento lawmakers gave final approval to a bill banning the sale of dolphin or porpoise carcasses for commercial uses such as dog food. The measure targets dolphin meat and byproducts sold for profit.
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Sacramento, Calif
UPS
Chuckler Questions Insurance Wins After Marriage
Cartoon caption jokes that men raise insurance costs when marrying a woman, reflecting a light satire on domestic life and finances.
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