Oregon and other states hold primaries amid Vietnam debate
Oregon focuses on Howard Morgan versus Robert Duncan with Wayne Morse backing Morgan as voters weigh Vietnam war views. Florida runoff pits Haydon Burns against Robert King High for governor while Oklahoma and Kentucky host Democratic and Republican nominations. Kentucky also names House candidates as Oregon nominates governor hopefuls.
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Warren G. Magnuson
Democratic Senate
Southeast Asia
Oregon
Florida
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Howard Morgan
Robert B. Duncan
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morgan
Haydon Burns
Miami
Robert King High
Burns
High
Raymond Gary
Preston Moore
American Legion
Dewey Bartlett
John N. Happy Camp
Waukomis
Pat Pat
John Sherman Cooper
John Young Brown
Lexington
Lost Picket Child Tugs at Father in Boston Line
Three year old Pat Leonard of Charles Town Massachusetts clung to her father on a picket line outside New England Telephone and Telegraph Co in Boston. The protest drew about two thousand participants including mothers with babies in carriages.
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Pat Leonard
Charlestown
Mass
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Boston
Rockefeller Hint Sparks Romney Javits ticket talk
Washington reports Gov. Nelson Rockefeller floated a Romney Javits 1968 ticket drawing moderates. Nixon shows cautious stance as Romney refines core appeal. Hatfield seen as rising national voice for moderates. Romney pursues Michigan re election and inflation Viet Nam critique while party leaders seek a moderate compromise.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ters
New York
Michigan
George Romney
Jacob A. Javits
R-N.y
Rockefeller
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
South Viet Nam
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Nixon
Miami
Romney
Oregon
Mark C. Hatfield
Johnson
Weather Outlook Shows Clouds and Showers Tonight
The forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with showers and a low in the lower 50s. Wednesday should be clear and mild with a high near 75. Yesterday reached 86 with an overnight low of 65 and a 11 am reading of 80.
Chuckle A Good Listener Is Usually Thinking Elsewhere
A compact reflection on listening habits notes that a patient listener often harbors thoughts about other matters, hinting at inattention or mind wandering during conversations. It underscores the value of focused attention in communication.
Rocket Expert Other Killings May Be Linked
Police pursue links between the execution style slaying of OSU rocket scientist Loren Bollinger and other recent killings. The same .25 caliber gun may have been used in the murders of service station attendants Chester Scowden and Claude Quesenberry, plus possible ties to Lisbeth Davenport’s Findlay death.
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Columbus
Loren E. Bollinger
Bollinger
Ohio State
Uni
Versity
Chester Joseph Scowden
Claude Quesenberry
Scowden
Quesenberry
West Jefferson
Upper Arlington
Lisbeth
Lisa) Davenport
Findlay
Minimum wage bill would cover farms and workers
The House opens debate on a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 1.60 by 1968 with an interim 1.40 and extend coverage to 7.2 million workers, including about 485000 farm workers. critics warn of inflation and unemployment.
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Washington
House
House Education and Labor Committee
Da Nang Returns to Normal After Week of Fighting
After a week of street battles in Da Nang, shops reopen, police return to posts, and traffic flows as residents resume daily life. Crowds fill markets, while at Tinh Hoi pagoda the dissident Buddhist stronghold shows defeat and relief replaces tension across the city.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Tinh Hoi
Rescue Ends 4-Day Drift On Ice Box
Three men survive four and a half days adrift after their 65-foot yacht Sea Lark sank 61 miles off Dry Tortugas. They clung to a homemade wooden ice box until the Liberian motor vessel Cape Marina spotted them and took them ashore. Raymond Murphy, Bill Rogers, and William Linn endured dwindling provisions and sharks as they drifted in the Gulf of Mexico, aided only by a lone fishbox before rescue.
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Tampa
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Cape Marina
Raymond Murphy
Bill Rogers
William Linn
Key West
Murphy
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Columbus Dispatch
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