Iowa Democrats mum on favored 1968 presidential candidate
Gov. Harold Hughes and Reps. John Culver Neal Smith avoided naming a preferred nominee at the Iowa state convention. Hughes pledged to back the eventual Democratic nominee and urged fair consideration for all three top contenders while praising Johnson and Kennedy administrations. Culver urged unity and an energetic campaign, stressing practical change and steady leadership to win in November.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
U.S
John Culver
Neal Smith
Hughes
Chicago
Windy City
Culver
Smith
Democratic Party
Global Flight Pioneer Is Dead
SAN DIEGO AP Jack Harding 71 a member of the first round the world flight team died Sunday He was one of four U S army air service lieutenants who completed the flight Sept 28 1924 Harding and Capt Eddie Rickenbacker later formed Florida Airways an airmail carrier Harding invented and produced special plane equipment including fuel pumps used in the B 29 bomber of World War II
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San Diego
Jack Harding
Leos Dennen
U.S. Army Air Service
Harding
Capt
Eddie Rickenbacker
Florida Airways
Mercy College honors convocation awards highlight
Mount Mercy University held its annual convocation awarding the president's prize to JoAnn Deutmeyer and the Jaycee leadership prize to Linda Cronin. Other honors went to Rita Whelan, Charlene Champar, Gwen Moffit, Carole Deeny, and five seniors inducted into Kappa Gamma Pi.
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T Jaycee
Mounts of the Chemical Rubber Co
Mercy College
Cleveland
Patricia Randall
Springville
Variane
Mary Agnes
Mount Mercy
JoAnn Deutmeyer
New Vienna
Jaycee
Linda Cronin
Decorah
Roger Clark
Cedar Rapids
Rita Whelan
Charles City
Florentine Craemer
Sister Mary Sldephonse
Charlene Champar
Swisher
Sister Mary Xavier
Gwen Moffit
Mechanicsville
Carole Deeny
Waucoma
Kappa Gamma Pi
Cecelia Gronen
Waterloo
Karen Beal
Lansing
Ann Jackman
Eagle Grove
Joan Koch
Mitchell
S.D
Carol Ann Short
Masonville
Cronin
Humphrey Backed by Iowa Trades Council
The Iowa State Building and Construction Trades Council endorsed Vice-president Hubert Humphrey for president. At their weekend convention in Burlington 57 delegates pledged to actively work for his Democratic nomination.
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Burlington
Towa State Building and Construction Trades Council
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Dubcek Warns Hard-Liners Ahead Of Central Committee Meeting
Prague AP report says Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek told Rude Pravo the reform faction will push out hard-line veterans at Thursday’s central committee meeting. He criticized Stalinist abuses and urged openness.
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Harriman Advocates Peace Move Amid Viet Cong Claims
Harriman pressed for a simultaneous discussion of bombing cessation and related issues in a report to President Johnson. He dismissed Thuy's charges as unfounded and fantasy, urged rejection of Hanoi distortions, and outlined North Vietnamese strength and third-party peace proposals while signaling a planned top-level review of U.S. strategy.
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Democratic Party
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Vietnam
Israel
Winston Churchill
Johnson
Russia
Harriman
Thuy
U.S
Court approves limited desegregation approach in freedom of choice cases
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling with Brennan writing three opinions, endorses a narrow view of freedom of choice plans. It notes such plans largely fail to promote integration but leaves room for alternative methods like zoning to hasten unitary nonracial schools.
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William Brennan
Brennan
Harriman
Cyrus
Vance
Cedar Rapids Public Schools Set 1420 Graduates for Three High Schools
Graduation ceremonies for Jefferson Kennedy and Washington high schools will run on successive nights next week at Kingston stadium. Jefferson opens at 8 pm Tuesday, Kennedy at 8 pm Wednesday, and Washington at 8 pm Thursday with 1420 diplomas listed. If weather fails, ceremonies shift to school gyms.
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Cedar Rapids
Kingston Stadium
Jefferson High
Kennedy’s
Washington’s
Washington
Jefferson
Kennedy
the Gazette
Two Russian poachers jailed over lake draining scheme
MOSCOW. Andrei Sorokin and Alexei Fedotov received two year sentences for poaching thousands of fish by draining two small lakes with a mechanical pump, according to the newspaper Gudok.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei Sorokin
Alexei Fedotov
Gudok
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