G O P Registration Drive Goes On This Afternoon
About 250 to 275 Linn county Republican volunteers will finish the Target ’72 voter registration drive in Cedar Rapids from 1 to 4 p.m. Today. The effort, started Saturday with Gov. William Milliken and Cedar Rapids native Don DeFore, aims to mobilize voters and support Ted Ellsworth for Congress. Milliken cautioned against assuming victory and urged participation over money, while DeFore praised Ellsworth and Nixon’s prospects. Ellsworth urged volunteers to get out and wade in.
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L. W. Ward
Frances Prescott
Fifth Avenue SE
McKinley School
Target
Don DeFore
McKinley Junior High
Ted Ellsworth
Dubuque
Michigan
William Milliken
Joan Lipsky
Cedar Rapids
Target '72
Miss Prescott
McKinley
Linn County
Washington High School
Iowa City
National Committee
Milliken
Nixon
Congress
DeFore
Ellsworth
Wade
Kis singer’s comeback to German accent jokes at press conference
Washington AP reports presidential adviser Henry A. Kissinger opened a news conference by quipping about his German accent. He said after a TV brief statement in Germany he thought he spoke one language correctly and now realizes he speaks German with a Swedish accent.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Germany
Cedar Rapids Briefs Show Busy Club Meetings
A Cedar Rapids page lists Sertoma and Optimists club meetings with speakers Timely notes from Long Branch Embassy and Roosevelt venues. Other items include Jaycees Toastmasters talks, Rotary Munich Olympics talk, and a Gazette sports editor speaking at Montrose. Also mentions ad notes, tours, and staff appointments.
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Gus Schrader
Tom Ecker
Montrose
Gus |Schrader
Gazette
Frank Nye
The
Cedar Rapids
National Assn. of Accountants
Montrose Hotel
Forty indicted in Chicago vote fraud probe indictments seal
UPI reporting that U S Attorney James R Thompson announced forty people were named in the first grand jury indictments in a Chicago vote fraud probe tied to the March 24 Illinois primary. The group includes precinct captains and election judges. arrests ongoing with several missing.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
James R. Thompson
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Jepsen Eyes 1974 Comeback After Turning Down Federal Post
Davenport Republican Lt. Gov. Roger Jepsen said he rejected a Transportation Department job to stay active in Iowa politics and plans a 1974 elective bid. He may seek governor, senator, or congressman, and will return to his Davenport insurance business after his term ends.
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UPI
Roger Jepsen
U.S. Transportation Department
Jepsen
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Transportation Department
Greeks Deny Jailed Journalists Arrest Figures
ATHENS AP the army backed Greek government announced that 311 persons were jailed for subversive activities and that no journalists were among them. Spokesman Byron Stamatopoulos said 294 had been sentenced and 17 were awaiting trial in what was seen as refuting reports by an Istanbul journalists meeting alleging action against Greek reporters.
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Athens
Byron Stamatopoulos
Istanbul
Norway's Torp Speaks at Decorah Banquet Twenty Years On
Twenty years ago Oscar Torp prime minister of Norway addressed a Decorah banquet. The event highlighted Norway U S relations and cultural ties as local leaders welcomed the visiting statesman.
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Decorah
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Elks Club
Jess Martin
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Canopus Club
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Optimists Club
Frank Sieh
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37Th St
Jaycees
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Wayne Williams
Steve Menzner
Jim Shafer
Mike Trabert
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Pierson
Chess Club
Cedar Rapids Chess Club
Riverside Roundhouse
Optimist Club
Russ Anthony
Iowa State University
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Lindale Plaza
Wisconsin
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Irene Fay
Eighth Avenue
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Stamp Club
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Solon
Leonard
3Rd Ave
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Gordon Sabine
University of Iowa School of Journalism
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YMCA
Dean Lindsey
Hawkeye Zoological Society
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Taft School
Call Family Service Agency
Taft
Mexico City
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Wesley Kluber
Twenty-seventh Street
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Waverly
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