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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1968
Page
6
Apollo 7 astronauts host a space age cooking show aboard their 111 day mission as they test the craft and plan a moon fly around. The crew reports better health and fewer cold symptoms while flight directors eye Apollo 8's Christmas moon loop with a Dec 21 launch target.
The Iowa highway commission hired Howard Needles Tammen Bergendorf to design two bridges over the Cedar Valley expressway in Cedar Rapids at Seventh and Eighth streets NE. The design cost is 18 485 dollars. The panel also tabled a proposal to allow oversize vehicles on the interstate with a plan to revisit November 6.
A four member Republican team tracks Hubert Humphrey’s campaign notes in St. Louis and calls Tuesday night’s labor and Negro leaders speech a "garbage can" attack. They urge him to defend his four year record and question his focus on Nixon and Wallace. Miller criticizes his Vietnam views.
Pittsburgh AP Spiro Agnew suggests unemployed workers returning from the North to the South could be a minor positive. He favors standardized welfare benefits through the SSA and notes reverse migration might ease crowded northern cities. He spoke in Pittsburgh and Campaigned in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne. He will tour Youngstown and Detroit and urged reducing city population densities to solve urban problems. He warned Wallace votes could become Humphrey votes.
The article notes etiquette requires referring to the President as Mr. President or sir, avoiding use of his name in direct address and formal speech to maintain respect and decorum. It discusses traditional courtesy in executive communication.
A Cedar Rapids wig shop, Dino's Hair Styles and Dino's Wig Salon on Mt. Vernon Road, was entered through a rear door Tuesday night. About 25 hairpieces valued at roughly 2700 dollars were stolen along with a television set. Detective notes describe a range of wigs and wiglets taken in colors and styles, while unstyled wigs were left behind.
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