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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1968

Page

3

Cowsills rise fuels push by Stogel managers in Hollywood

Hollywood notes the Cowsills family singing act earns a NBC special on November 23 and a rapid rise driven by Leonard and Myrna Stogel. The husband wife team, with publishing and recording ventures, backed a $250,000 promo plan and a 23 city 30 day tour, plus a $1 million Dairy Association deal. Their MGM recording push and Sullivan Today CBS NBC cameos helped build an evolving act with potential for a TV series.

Hollywood UPS Cowsills Nbc-Tv Stogels Stogel MGM American Dairy Association Stogers Cbs-Tv Ed Sullivan Detroit Nashville

The Scientist ABC TV Special Delves Into DNA Pioneers

An ABC TV special titled The Scientist profiles Dr. James D. Watson and the DNA breakthrough. The program begins a series Man and His Universe examining major scientific struggles and successes through the people involved.

James D. Watson

Agnew Stresses Wallace Vote to Help Humphrey Campaign

Spiro Agnew campaigned in the South arguing that a Wallace vote would elect Humphrey. He spoke to about 3,000 at Staunton Va. and Charleston S C before a delay caused by a scuffle involving ABC correspondent Donald North who was arrested and jailed on assault and disorderly conduct charges. North faced a preliminary hearing set for Nov. 13.

ST. Petersburg Fla Spiro Agnew South George Wallace Hubert Humphrey Charleston S.C Staunton Agnew Robert E. Lee High School Wallace House of Representatives Humphrey Donald North American Broadcasting Co North Lee School Mace Justice of the Peace

Plastic work on a Galt reported before King assassination

Hollywood attorney says a man named Eric Galt had minor plastic surgery weeks before Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. FBI links Galt to James Earl Ray. lawyer Bennet Olan says Hadley performed procedure not altering appearance much. Olan notes records were reported to the FBI and only author William Bradford Huie may view them.

Hollywood Eric Galt Martin Luther King Bennet Olan Russel Hadley Federal Bureau of Investigation James Earl Ray Memphis King Olan Galt Hadley Los Angeles County Medical Assn FBI Ray William Bradford Huie Huie

Four Japanese Are Cleared of A 1951 Murder

Japan’s supreme court acquitted four laborers once convicted in 1952 for the 1951 murder of Sobei Hayakawa and his wife. Five were tried. one death sentence and three life terms were handed down previously. The latest ruling cites insufficient evidence, ending a drawn out case that inspired books and a film.

Tokyo Japan Supreme Court Sobei Hayakawa

Livonia Board Rejects Negro Transfer Plan

The Livonia board of education voted 4 to 3 after parental protests to reject a plan that would have sent African American Detroit inner city children into the all white suburban district under a shared learning program.

Livonia, Mich Livonia Board of Education Detroit

Vatican agrees to back taxes on stock earnings

The Vatican will pay up to 12.8 million dollars in back taxes and up to 2.4 million annually from stock dividends to Italy. The Holy See says it will settle a tax dispute over taxes on earnings from Italian stocks it owns valued at about 169 million dollars with annual dividends around 5.5 million.

Vatican City Vatican L’osservatore Romano Holy See Italy U.N Giovanni Leone The

Chiang Kai-shek to celebrate 81st birthday Thursday

Nationalist China prepares to honor President Chiang Kai-shek on Thursday as he turns 81 by the Western calendar, though he is counted as 82 by Chinese age reckoning.

Taipei China Chiang Kai-shek

Musicians Strike Hits Three Major Networks

In New York Los Angeles and Miami Beach 300 musicians strike NBC CBS and ABC over wages and job security with shows largely proceeding. NBC plans no live music on Johnny Carson while CBS substitutes a rebroadcast of Ed Sullivan and ABC seeks no programming interruptions.

New York American Federation of Musicians Afl-Cio Telesvision New York S Los Angeles Miami Beach Jackie Gleason Nationall Broadcasting Co Columbia Broadcasting System Thei American Broadcasting Co NBC Johnny Carson John Gilroy Carson CBS Ed Sullivan Dick Cavett Joey Bishop Lawrence Walk

Furniture delays halt first day at St. Joseph school

In SCHANJK Holland UPI report teachers and pupils arrived for the new term to find the St. Joseph school premises empty of furniture. The furniture order failed to be delivered, so everyone was sent home to wait.

Schanjk, Holland UPI St. Joseph School

Severe quake rattles Fairbanks area

A strong earthquake struck near Fairbanks Alaska just after noon Tuesday. Seismographs show intensity about 7 on the Richter scale with Baldry mountain as epicenter about 80 miles west. No injuries or major damage reported though buildings rocked and power briefly failed in Fairbanks. Some shelves toppled and liquor bottles broke in stores. Nenana reports similar disruption.

Fairbanks Alaska University of Alaska Seismograph College Baldry Mountain Manley Hot Springs Nenana

Bloomfield Tot Dies in Crash

A three year old girl named Lori Hewitt died in a two car collision on a county road northeast of Bloomfield. Her parents Arlo and Mrs Hewitt and the other driver Leo Garrett were seriously injured and taken to Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.

Bloomfield UPI Here Davis County James Yates Lori Hewitt Arlo Hewitt Yates

Gas in Well Shaft Kills 2 LeMars Men

Two Le Mars men died after being overcome by gas in a 45 foot well shaft on a Cherokee area farm. Alfred Van Voorst aged 28 and Merle Lill aged 30 perished with Darrell Sorgdrager stating Van Voorst went down to rescue Lill who had entered earlier and collapsed.

Cherokee (Ap LeMars Cherokee Alfred van Voorst Merle Lill Darrell Sorgdrager van Voorst Lill

Burglars Miss Sign After Safe Door Note

In Gulfport Mississippi burglars ripped open a safe in a cleaning establishment but found a sign on the door listing the combination and noting nothing of value inside except company records. The intruders learned the hard way.

Gulfport, Miss

Adams Egg Farms claims world’s largest egg output

Edwards Mississippi firm Adams Egg Farms Inc produces about 225 million eggs each year. Fred Adams Jr led the company since 1957 and earned a place among the ten Outstanding Young Men in America by the U S Jaycees in 1966.

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