Yerger High School elects officers and Homecoming Queen
The 9 A class at Yerger High School elected officers for 1968-69 with Riley Williams as President and Velma Ford named Homecoming Queen. Douglas Lafayette Jewell Pree Shirley Glenn Dora Williams and Patricia Pree also listed as officers and student representatives Essie Carter Nickey Spellman and Velma Ford named as escort for the queen.
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Yerger High School
Riley Williams
Douglas Lafayette
Jewell Pree
Shirley Glenn
Dora Williams
Patricia Pree
Essie Carter
Nickey Spellman
Velma Ford
John Ford
Leroy Williams
Clyde Moses
One Space Ship Landed by the Russians
Moscow telegrams report the Soviet space ship Soyuz 2 landed today after three days in space while cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy remained in orbit aboard Soyuz 3. Soyuz 2 completed its mission with all systems functioning. no docking between ships was announced.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Georgy Beregovoy
Beregovoy
Earth
Beregovoy returns from Soyuz 3 mission in space flight
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Beregovoy completed the Soyuz 3 mission, landing after a controlled descent and parachute save. Officials said he remains in good health and capable of further space research while Tass reported the craft orbited Earth about once every 88.6 minutes. At Fraunce's Tavern in New York City General George Washington bid farewell to his officers.
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Soyuz 4
Earth
Spaceship
Beregovoy
Russia
Boris Petrov
Soviet Academy of Scientists
Pravda
Communist Party
Beregoyov
Vladimir M. Komarov
Tass
George Washington
New York City
Wallace dismisses polls as lies in closing campaign
Third party candidate George C. Wallace says polls showing him trailing are liars and vows to upend polling outfits after the election. He rallies 17,000 in New York and 10,000 in Cincinnati, plans routes through Missouri Texas Oklahoma Michigan West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland and Virginia, and attacks Nixon Humphrey on debates while mocking pollsters.
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Rex Thomas
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Alabama
Madison Square Garden
New York
Midwest
Cincinnati
Missouri
Texas
Oklahoma
Michigan
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Taylor
Mona and Lisa
Dixie
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nix
Wanted Men and Women for Civil Service Jobs Now
Advertises a Lincoln Service prep course for U S government jobs with high starting salaries and advancement. Claims tests required, cites 1948 private school origin, and offers a free booklet by mail including a position list and salaries. Provides form fields for name age address phone city and date.
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Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Dept
Uncoln
U.S
Nixon Escalates Oratory in Final Campaign Push
Richard Nixon steps up speeches and travel in the last eight days, returning to key electoral vote states with extensive TV time. He faces pressured polls as Humphrey narrows the lead, while aides insist the pace fits a long planned master strategy.
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Walter 1
Mears
Associated Press
New York
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Meet the Press
Madison Square Garden
Los Angeles
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Oil
Tiinois
Texas
Califor
Nixon Forecasts on Vietnam Peace Move in 1968 Campaign
The column notes the upcoming Electoral College deadline and Wallace third party impact as 1968 politics hinge on a possible Vietnam bombing pause. Nixon criticizes Humphrey as bankrupt of ideas while signaling support for any Johnson peace move that saves American lives. If Johnson ends bombing, Nixon will back the pause.
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Humphrey
George c. Wallace
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Vietnam
Johnson
Robbers Steal Two Tons Of Coin In Ohio Bell Heist
Cleveland police report two men robbed an Ohio Bell Telephone truck of pay phone coins weighing about two tons. The haul valued between 15000 and 20000 dollars in nickels dimes and quarters. Officers warn the robbers will face trouble disposing of the loot and lifting it from the truck.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
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Ark
Great Arkansas Audubon Society
Arkansas Audubon Society
Town & Country
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William, Bradford
Plymouth
St. Petersburg
Fla
Jim Pruden
Pol
Daal W. Klipsch
Monnlay
K&m
Jerry Thomasson
E. Croay
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