Highlights of Nixon's 1968 Acceptance Speech
Nixon argues the 1968 choice will shape America and world peace. He calls for new leadership, a first priority to end the Vietnam War, open diplomacy with the Soviet and Chinese peoples, and a shift to law and order with a new attorney general. He praises private enterprise to create jobs and urges progress over dependency.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
America
Vietnam
United States
Illinois State Fair Saturday Schedule
Springfield AP Illinois State Fair events Saturday Labor Day and Editors Day run from 8 a.m. with Hampshire and Yorkshire judging to evening shows in the Coliseum and exhibition buildings. Highlights include horse shows, chicken judging, harness races, wool show, rodeo, gymnastic exhibitions, 4-H festival and flower parade.
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Springfield
Ill
Hampshire
Yorkshire
Illinois
North Arena
Nine Troopers Join District State Police
Nine troopers were assigned to District 5 State Police headquarters in Joliet. The group includes Connell F. Smith Jr. and others from Illinois towns, part of 51 graduates from the Illinois State Police Academy in Springfield. The force now numbers 1,356 officers with training to reach 1,500. recruiting trips occur each district on the second Saturday monthly.
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District 5
Joliet
Connell F. Smith Jr
Cairo
William L. Zeisser
Aviston
Dennis L. Meyer
Sibley
Thatis T. Kemp
Madison
Wis
Donald A. Murray
Garrett
Doyle O. Duvall
Springerton
John G. Moyer
Bloomington
Joseph W. Wilkinson
John C. Nordin
Mt. Vernon
Illinois
Turner Co. wins Joliet bridge and road contract
The A. M. Turner Co. of Maywood received a $129,050 award to improve Smith Bridge and North Base Line Road at Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. The Chicago District Army Corps of Engineers will supervise for the Ammunition Procurement and Supply Agency from its Joliet area office. Completion is due in 100 days. The project includes about 9000 linear feet of bituminous pavement, a 22 foot wide roadway with stone base, grading drainage sodding fencing guard posts and site work.
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A. M. Turner Co
Maywood
Smith Bridge
North Base Line
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
Chicago District Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago District
Ammunition Procurement and Supply Agency
Joliet
Fine Showing for Seneca FFA at Ottawa Wong Fair
Seneca FFA capped a strong showing at the Section 7 Vocational Agriculture Fair in Ottawa. The team earned four trophies including best dairy and best sheep school exhibits, led by David Boldt and Bruce Flatness with multiple grand championships and firsts. Other members, including Bruce Hayer and Kent Danielson, contributed top placings across dairy, sheep, and swine divisions among 640 total entries from 18 high schools.
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Seneca
Seneca Ffa
Ottawa
Bruce Flatness
David Boldt
FFA
Bruce Hayer
Kent Danielson
Rich Petges
John Danielson
Richard Sampson
Greg Palaschak
Barrow
Dale Johnson
Kenneth Eike
Newark Man Attends Seed School Session in Rochelle
Ron Thanepohn of Newark attended the first of two American Forage Alliance Seedmanship sessions in Rochelle. The two day program covered new seed varieties and crop practices for hybrid corn soybeans and forages. AFA with over 800 Midwest farm supply dealers is sponsored by L. Teweles Seed Co. Milwaukee. The schools began in 1963 and fourteen AFA schools are conducted this year. Graduates are qualified to advise on seed and crop management.
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Ron Thanepohn
Newark
Forage Alliance School of
Rochelle
AFA
L. Teweles Seed Co
Milwaukee
Midwest
Minooka FFA Members Sweep Section 8 Fair Honors
Seven Minooka Future Farmers of America members showed cattle at the Section 8 FFA Fair this week. Larry Yunker won grand champion Holstein while Rick Coop earned reserved grand champion of beef and showmanship awards.
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Minooka
Future Farmers of America
Larry Yunker
Rick Coop
Wife of GOP VP Nominee Homemaker Judy Agnew profile
Elinor Judefind Agnew, the wife of Gov. Spiro T. Agnew, is a 5 foot 4 inch homemaker with four children who plans to stay in the background. She emphasizes cooking at home, brief public remarks, and accompanying her husband, while noting she is not a campaigner. She and Agnew met while working at Maryland Casualty Co. and were to marry in 1941.
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Annapolis
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Judy
Spiro
Davidson Chemical Co
Baltimore
Pearl Harbor
Family adjusts wedding plans as four children featured
The couple delayed the wedding until next May. They have four children: Pamela, 25, a social studies teacher in Baltimore. James Randy Randy, married and father of a baby boy, stationed with the Navy in Vietnam. Susan, 20. Kimberley, 12. The daughters live at home.
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Pamela
Baltimore
James Randy
Randy
Navy
Vietnam
Susan
Kimberley
Service Pvt Hobart Bloomfield Sends Vietnam Address
The Marine Corps private first class known as Skip Bloomfield has sent home his address from Vietnam. He lists his unit as C Company 1st Battalion 3rd Marines FPO San Francisco California 96602 and signs with USMC.
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Pvt
Hobart
Skip
Bloomfield
USMC
Vietnam
FPO
San Francisco
Calif
Wife of Nelson Riddle sues for separate maintenance
Doren Riddle filed a separate maintenance complaint in Santa Monica claiming mental and physical cruelty and seeking custody of their five children. Nelson Riddle filed a cross-suit for divorce on the same grounds and also requested custody.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Nelson Riddle
Doren Riddle
Riddie
Blind Naked Hamster Emerges Into World at Three Weeks
A hamster is born blind and naked and, after three weeks, ventures outside on its own, marking an early milestone in survival and independence.
Saigon Student Leader to Be Retried Next Friday
Saigon Students' Association chair man, sentenced in absentia to 10 years hard labor by a military court, has surrendered and will be retried next Friday. Nguyen Dang Trung was charged with responsibility for the Sinh Vien student paper published by the 25 000 member association. The government charged the paper with pro Communist stories and sentenced editor Nguyen Truong Con to five years hard labor.
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Saigon
Saigon Students’ Association
Vietnam Press
Nguyen Dang Trung
Sinh Vien
Students’ Association
Nguyen Truong Con
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Pinder Lawnmower Sales & Service
Franklin St
Morris, WI
Carbon Hill
Beverly Phillips & Orchestra
Plymouth
IBC Homes
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