Abrams Eyes U S Troop Exchange in Vietnam War Shift
Gen. Creighton Abrams weighs swapping rear echelon service units for combat battalions in Vietnam as construction crews and Seabees finish new ports and airfields. The plan aims to boost fighting power within manpower limits, with Hawk anti aircraft units likely to depart for home and infantry may replace them.
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U.S
Vietnam
Johnson
Creighton Abrams
North Vietam
Abrams
United States
Area Ten Arts Series Names Speakers and Schedule
Area Ten Community College unveils its first annual fine arts series with Frank Mankiewicz speaking November 12 on the 1968 election. The opening program October 13 features the Pair Extrordinaire at the Armar ballroom. Other events include Peter Jennings January 31 and The New Christy Minstrels March 13.
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Robert Kennedy
Area Ten Community College
Frank Mankiewicz
Kennedy
Armar
Bill Cosby
Carl Craig
Marcus Hemphill
Dean Martin
Danny Kaye
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Mankiewicz
ABC News
Peter Jennings
Jennings
ABC Evening News
Network
New Christy Minstrels
United States
Europe
Lion Cub Display Planned at Bever Park Farm Zoo
Lou Eating Well reports a six month old cub at Old MacDonalds Farm Zoo in Bever Park will be on display this weekend from noon to 6 pm Saturday and Sunday weather permitting. The Hawkeye Zoological Society says the cub, arrived from Busch Gardens Tampa, will be shown this last weekend before transfer to winter quarters next week as Cedar Rapids opens a winter zoo in the maintenance building beside Bever Park greenhouse starting Oct 12 with weekend hours.
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Lou
Old MacDonald
Bever Park Zoo
Busch Gardens
Tampa
Fla
Hawkeye Zoological Society
Farm Zoo
The
Zoological Society
Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Zoo
British MP Colin Jackson to Speak at Coe College Tuesday
Colin Jackson, Labor MP and Anglo-Chinese committee chair, will lecture at Coe College on The World in Crisis 1968 House of Commons View at 7 20 p m Tuesday in Cherry Auditorium. He will meet students informally at 10 a m Wednesday in Gage Memorial Union.
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Colin Jackson
Coe College
Jackson
House of Commons
Coe
Cherry Auditorium
Gage Memorial Union
Labor Party
Council For Education In
Defense and Overseas Estimates Committee
United States
Commonwealth
Punch
The
New Commonwealth
Operation Crossroads
Africa
Seek Members For Cedar Rapids Phi Delta Kappa Chapter
The Cedar Rapids area seeks members for a new field chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, the men’s education honorary. Hamilton Vasey, assistant superintendent, reports national approval of the local group’s application. Charter night is Oct. 15. contact Vasey or Howard Strong for affiliation details.
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Phi Delta Kappa
Cedar Rapids
Hamilton Vasey
Cedar Rapids ‘Schools
National
Vasey
Howard Strong
Hoover Elementary School
County Board Approves Pep Pill Use for Students
Charleston reports the county board of education approved on Thursday the use of pep pills as an anti depressant remedy for students not meeting performance. The decision aims to help underperforming students by providing stimulant medications.
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Charleston
W. Va
County Board of Education
Wiggins Named U N Ambassador as Johnson Chooses Veteran Editor
President Johnson selects J R Wiggins of the Washington Post to assume the U N seat, succeeding George Ball. Wiggins, longtime editor and press freedom advocate, will seek Senate confirmation. He has a 45 year career in journalism and military service in World War II.
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Washington Post
J. R. Wiggins
Johnson
Wiggins
George Ball
U.S
United Nations
Senate
Minnesota
United States Army Air Corps
Maine
Vietnam
U.N
White House
James
Russell
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Society
Russ Wiggins
Washington Ghetto
Luverne, Minn
Rock County
St. Paul, Dispatch
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Mediterranean
Army Air Corps
New York Times
The
Post
Mabel Preston
Barber Uses Free Haircuts to Settle Debt
Milwaukee television store operator Irving Eder and his son will receive $164 worth of free haircuts over six months to settle a debt for a television purchase. The out-of-court agreement, approved by Judge Robert Miech, states the arrangement as the settlement of the claim.
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Milwaukee
Irving Eder
Eder
Robert Miech
Milwaukee County Court
Riley Urges Congressional Approval Before U S Troop Deployments
Republican Tom Riley of Iowa second district called for congressional authorization before any future combat troop commitments to avoid Viet Nam style traps. Speaking at Lotus College after urging withdrawal from Vietnam in Cedar Rapids, he urged a flexible policy focusing on vital areas and non vital aid.
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Dubuque
Tom Riley
Congress
Iowa
U.S
Lotus College
Riley
Cedar Rapids
Vietnam
Rible
Trades in april court ruling decision
Partial readable OCR shows a firearms trader context. The note mentions April court ruling and trade actions. Names, dates, and places are unclear due to damaged text. core idea indicates a legal decision affecting trades in April.
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Army Engineers
William Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Area Ten Arts Series
Area Ten
Mt. Mercy
Area Ten Office of Student Affairs
Lion Cub
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U.N. Post
War Service
Craemer’s
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