Leadership Fight Unfolds As House Democrats Vie For Floor Leader
Washington AP reports Democrats fight for the next floor leader as candidates including Hale Boggs Morris Udall James O’Hara Richard Bolling John Moss and Wayne Hays court Southern regular and liberal members amid a potential shift in party balance after the 1968 elections. Boggs leads in activity while liberals gear up for a unified bid. The dynamic includes possible compromise picks like Dan Rostenkowski or Edward Boland as new seats reshape the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Albert
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
James G. O’hara
Democratic
Richard Bolling
Missouri
John E. Moss
California
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Boggs
Democratic Study Group
Sease
Dan Rostenkowski
Illinois
Edward P. Boland
New Orleans
South
Russia Lets U S Contact 2 Army Generals
The Soviet Union filed protests with the United States and Turkey over air space violations by an American Beechcraft aircraft that landed in Soviet territory near Leninakan after a weather disrupted flight. Two American generals aboard the plane visited by Soviet Armenian authorities, with Turkish and American officials seeking release of the crew and aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bausman
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
U.S.S.R
Tass
Turkey
Soviet Armenia
U.S
Beechcraft
Leninakan
Officer Killed Near Panther Headquarters in Detroit
Acting Mayor Ravitz praised restraint as 15 black youths faced murder charges after Patrolman Glenn E. Smith was killed near the National Committee to Combat Fascism headquarters. Two other suspects linked to vehicle arson were held while tear gas dispersed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn E. Smith
Detroit, Mich
Marshall Emerson
Detroit
Mel Ravitz
National Committee To Combat Fascism
Ravitz
Nicholas Hood
James del Rio
Detroit Common Council
Roman Gribbs
Smith
Marshall Emerson Jr
Black Panther
West Side
NCCF
Robert Harris
Emerson
Bank of America Branch Burns at UC Irvine
A fire burned the Bank of America campus branch at the University of California Irvine in Irvine California. The blaze caused about 125000 damage to the interior and nine other businesses in the building sustained smoke damage. The incident was labeled highly suspicious with no injuries reported and investigators could not immediately determine arson.
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Irvine
Calif
Bank of America
University of California At Irvine
California
Isla Vista
University of California At
the Bank
Plane Crash Kills 3 Returning From Hunt
Three St. Cloud residents Freeman George his wife Louise and Gene Schlichting were killed when their light plane crashed in Stearns County north of Eden Valley after a Willmar hunting trip. The craft left Willmar at 6 30 p.m. and went down near Eden Lake shortly before 8 p.m.
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Edan Valley
Minn
St. Cloud
Stearns County
Eden Valley
Sheriff's Office
Freeman George
Louise
Gene Schlichting
Willmar
Eden Lake
Packer Picker Winner Claims $25 Prize
Diane Hagmann of La Crosse won $25 after correctly predicting the Green Bay versus Philadelphia score 30 to 17 and edging five others on the tie breaker. The tie breaker used was the Bears Lions total, with a near guess of 28 against the actual 54. The Packers travel to San Francisco next Sunday for another scoring wager.
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Diane Hagmann
Liberty Sr
Bangor
John Schroeder
Viroqua
Don Gerwitz
Stoddard
Russell McClintock Jr
West Salem
Larry Gilbertson
Chaseburg
Packers
49Ers
San Francisco
Egypt accuses Israel of military buildup at UN debate
At the United Nations General Assembly Cairo accuses Israel of adding planes and tanks with U.S. support while pressuring Cairo to dismantle missile sites in the Suez Zone. Foreign Minister Mahmud Riad blames Washington for Israel's expansionist policies and says Israel deceived talks with UN envoy Gunnar V. Jarring. He defends Egypt's right to defend itself against air raids and calls Israel’s actions dangerous.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
Egypt Today
Israel
United States
Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
General Assembly
Middle East
Mah
Moud Riad
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jarring
United Arab Republic
Riad
Suez
Bloodmobile schedule for Bangor and La Crosse churches
Bloodmobile events run at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Bangor on Monday October 26 from 1 30 to 6 30 p m. Then at St Paul’s Lutheran Church West Ave and Division St La Crosse from Tuesday October 27 through Thursday October 29 between 1 and 6 p m, and again Friday October 30 at St Paul’s La Crosse from 9 a m to 2 p m.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Bangor
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
West Ave
Division St
la Crosse
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
One Killed Two Injured In Tomah Crash
A two car collision on Interstate 94 near Tomah Wisconsin left one person dead and two injured. Arthur Farner 71 Bowman North Dakota died in the crash his wife Fannie 65 hospitalized with head and rib injuries and daughter Mae Farner 31 in critical condition with multiple fractures. The Farner car driven by Mae went left of center when another car pulled in front of her struck guard posts reentered highway and collided with Lovell Wavrin 50 of Owatonna Minnesota who was uninjured. Several other nearby incidents raised Wisconsin highway tolls for the week ending.
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Tomah
Wis
Here
Arthur Farner
Bowman
N.D
Fannie
Tomah Memorial Hospital
Mae Farner
Sebeka
Minn
la Crosse Lutheran Hospital
Monroe County
Dale Trowbridge
Farner
Lovell Wavrin
Owatonna
Wavrin
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Madison
Joseph Fowler
Terrence Makela
Douglas
Larry Sandberg
Oneida
Sauk County
Thomas Snyder
Spring Green
Plain
Mary Schmitz
Joni Schluter
Hartland
Jerome Gill
Michael Hoffman
Waukesha
Marjorie McGettigan
Richard Ruff
Arcadia
Dan J. Pizzini
Black River Falls
Cheryl Stimers
Rice Lake
Israel claims massive missile buildup by Egypt and Soviet union near Suez
Israel's military intelligence chief Gen Aharon Yariv warns of 500 to 600 missiles, about 40 batteries inside the 18 mile standstill zone west of the Suez Canal, with 7 miles to the canal. He says 3,000 Soviet personnel operate in the area and notes arms deliveries continue.
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Marcus Eliason
Tel Aviv
Israel
Military Intelligence Department
Egypt
Soviet Union
Suez Canal
Aharon Yariv
Vietnam
Yariv
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Nadine Brown
Black Weekly
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