Olympics Start as 18-year-old ignites 1960 flame
Munich opens with a West German policeman lighting the Olympic flame as 10,500 athletes from 123 nations begin competition in 21 sports. The ceremony features Guenther Zahn, a Passau standout, and the host nation leads a massive parade ahead of the United States and the Soviet Union, with East and West Germany fielding large squads amid expectations of strong medal battles.
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Munich
App
West Germany
United States
Soviet Union
80 Vehicle Pileup on Dutch Highway Kills 13
A fog bound Rotterdam Antwerp highway crash involving 80 vehicles left 13 dead and about 40 injured as a tanker exploded and fire swept through a long line of cars. Rescue workers and police feared further explosions from a refrigerated tanker while witnesses described a chaotic toll along a mile of road between Zevenbergschenhoek and Prinsenbeek.
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Breda
Zevenbergschenhoek
Prinsenbeek
Bread Waste Crackdown In Soviet Union Prompted By Harvest
report notes a grain harvest shortage drives a campaign to curb waste of bread in the Soviet Union. Pravda cites two Ukraine men jailed for tossing 1,000 stale loaves. Brezhnev flies to Kazakhstan amid fears of a tough agricultural year and lower grain output.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Ukraine
Brezhnev
TV Schedule For Olympics Munich Opening Ceremonies
AP reports the 20th Olympic Games opening ceremonies will be televised live in the United States at 9 am CDT Saturday with 6 1 hours of coverage by ABC. Highlights and a forecast air at 7 pm CDT. Sunday schedule includes live boxing basketball gymnastics diving volleyball and wrestling at 2 30 pm with a recorded wrapup at 7 pm. ABC will provide two weeks of prime time coverage plus weekend daytime telecasts.
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Munich
United States
American Broadcasting Co
ABC
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Warps Bread Shortage Message
An intercepted letter to Cha argues Soviet bread waste harms global hunger, warning that shortages would starve children in India and citing vegetables like spinach cauliflower and parsnips in a satirical jab.
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India
Youths complete Europe study trip for college credit
Three Cha nute teens Chris Abbuehl Rick Good and Tyson Smith spent six weeks in England France Germany Switzerland and Spain with the Foreign Study League earning three hours of college credit. The $1 000 trip covered transport housing meals and excursions. They toured ice carvings Mont Blanc a Spain castle that inspired Disneyland and The Valley of the Fallen cathedral. They noted Spain's late meals and long workday customs and described a bloody bullfight and a $30 000 matador payday. They bought leather trousers a guitar hat stein and cuckoo clock and mailed home dirty clothes.
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Chris Abbuehl
Rick Good
Tyson Smith
W. Main
Europe
Foreign Study League
England
France
Germany
Switzerland
Spain
Annemasse
Diane
Geneva
Madrid
Mont Blanc
Alps
Disneyland
Valley of the
U.S
Area Weather Fair and cool with sunny mild days
Fair and cool conditions with sunny skies continue through Sunday. Highs range from the mid 70s to low 80s with nights in the 50s. Sunday highs reach the low to mid 80s as northeasterly winds increase to 10 to 20 mph.
City Commission Meeting Agenda Details Projects and Appointments
The City Commission will meet at 4 p m Monday to hear a report from city attorney Robert Pennington on street and sewer projects. Resolutions cover electric utility revenue bonds, Columbian Securities sale, drainage projects, and salaries for Municipal and City Court judges. Three members will be appointed to the new Board of Building Appeals. A beer license for the Mexican Fiesta will be considered.
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City Commission
Robert Pennington
Board of Building Appeals
Feminists Rally Across Nation for Rights and ERA Push
Nationwide marches mark the 52nd anniversary of women’s suffrage and advocate ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. NOW protests unfold at the American Stock Exchange and in Chicago while groups seek education and voting equality. demonstrations color San Francisco and Boston as Omaha prepares Women’s Rights Day events.
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Associated Press
American Stock Exchange
Boston
Chicago
Lucy Wilson Benson
League of Women Voters
Washington
Farmer’s Almanac
Ner
Illinois
Michael J. Bakalis
Massachusetts
Cambridge
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
City Hall
Board of Supervisors
Omaha
Nebraska
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Smith
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Kazakkhstan
Cha
Sherry Lynn Ging
Mrs. Lynn Ging
Thayer
Opal Ging
By Barbara Kihm
Chanute
Tyson
Shakespeare Playhouse
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City Agenda
Feminists March
Mexico
Connie Williams
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