Grandma rides cycle on CBS show across country
Evelyn McCallister of Coal City rides with her 8 year old grandson David Davite on a motorcycle sidecar, traveling 400 to 600 miles daily. They marked her fourteenth summer of nationwide trips to 44 states and a recent 100000 mile odometer, taping for CBS in Chicago.
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Evelyn McCallister
Coal City
CBS Television
Yesteryear
Motor Maids
Colorado
David
CBS
Chicago
Shapiro Opens Sesquicentennial Illinois State Fair
Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro cut a ribbon to officially open the Sesquicentennial Illinois State Fair in Springfield. He reviewed the opening day parade, presented trophies for floats and marching bands, and announced prizes in youth contests while noting a 757 junior livestock entries for the grand champion steer Saturday.
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Springfield
Ill
Samuel H. Shapiro
Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Post Office Lifts Canada Mail Embargo
A spokesman for the U S Post Office in Morris says the embargo on Canadian mail is lifted and mail from Canada will be accepted immediately.
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U. S
Morris
Seabee Son of Agnew Is Surprised by Nomination
Randy Agnew, 21, son of Gov Spiro T Agnew, serving with Mobile Construction Battalion 8 in Vietnam, learns his father is nominated for vice president. He plans to help campaigns after rotation in October and may vote Republican in November. He will apply for an Maryland absentee ballot and has one infant daughter in Annapolis.
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Gir LE Combat Base
Vietnam
James
Randy) Agnew
Navy
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Randy
Hue
Mobile Construction Battalion 8
Young Agnew
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Armed Forces
Ann
Michelle Ann
Annapolis
Agnew
University of Maryland
Weather outlook with showers and mild weekend highs
The U S Weather Bureau predicts cool weather today with a chance of thundershowers late tonight. Sunday should be generally fair with mid 70s. Collins Weather Station reported a Friday high of 85 and a low of 67. At 7 p m it was 81 at the weather station.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Texas Draws Campaigners
Texas and the LBJ ranch drew national campaign teams as Humphrey visited Johnson in Austin for talks before stops in Corpus Christi and San Antonio. McCarthy campaigned in Houston while Nixon and Agnew planned a ranch stop en route from Miami Beach to California strategy sessions. Johnson signed bills including a $1.63 billion Transportation Department appropriation for air traffic control staffing.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Lbj Ranch
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Hubert H Humphrey
Minnesota
Johnson
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Eugene J. McCarthy
Houston
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Miami Beach
California
George Christian
Nixon
Agnew
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Paris
Transportation Department
Tito Receives Rapt Welcome in Prague Reform Era
Tens of thousands greet Yugoslav leader Tito in Prague as he tours Hradec Kralove Castle. Tito appears on a balcony and receives a ten minute ovation flanked by Czechoslovak reformers Alexander Dubcek and Ludvik Svoboda during talks on friendship and Moscow relations.
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Prague
Tito
Yugoslavia
Hradeany Castle
Communist Party
Alexan
Moscow
Drifter Climbs Scotland Lightship Mast Then Leaps to Death
A man known as Red climbed the 65 foot mast of the Scotland Lightship in the East River and, after eight hours atop the ship, jumped to his death despite pleas from police, a priest, and City Comptroller Procaccino. He demanded to see Mayor Lindsay who was in Miami Beach at the time.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Scotland
East River
Lindsay
Miami Beach
Mario A. Procaccino
Congressman Roudebush Hurt in Pine Mountain Plane Crash
Indiana Congressman Richard L. Roudebush and his wife were among six injured when a small plane crashed during landing at Pine Mountain airport. He suffered a broken leg and arm, and all six patients remained in fair condition at La Grange and Columbus hospitals after returning from the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.
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Pine Mountain
Indiana
Richard L. Roudebush
la Grange
Columbus
Federal Aviation Administration
Atlanta
la Grange Hospital
Roudebush
Miami Beach
Fla
Julie Nixon III Ill With Flu Ahead of California Trip
Julie Nixon 20, daughter of the Republican candidate, was in bed in Miami Beach with the flu and a 102 degree fever. A spokesman said the family hoped she could join Richard Nixon’s California trip on Saturday morning.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Julie Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon Says Agnew TV Exposure Could Boost Ticket
Nixon told reporters in Miami Beach that running mate Spiro Agnew will gain popularity with television exposure and become a national figure overnight. He plans to rally Republicans in industrial states and pursue hard hitting, issue driven campaigns while avoiding foreign travel for now.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Key Biscayne
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Mission Bay
Calif
Art Hornsby Success Story: 24 Stores, 46 Years
Art Hornsby 67 built a 24 store variety chain with his son, starting in 1922 after borrowing 1400 from a bank to acquire Kohl’s Store. The franchise grew with Century Wholesale and a new 30000 square foot Hornsby Family Center planned for Sept. 1, 1968, backed by a strong team and regional expansion.
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Art Hornsby
Kay Lindsay
A. F
Art
Hornsby
Casey Stengel
Hertz
Morris
Spring Valley
Yellow Cab Co
W. A
Rochelle
Hynds Bros
Waverly St
Phil Kohl
Hornsby’s
A&p
Amos and
Andy
Arthur
Century Wholesale Co
Liberty St
Century
Route 47
McHenry
Chain Store Age
Hornsby's
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Hornsby’s Family Center
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Census Bureau
Marie Ahern
Mildred Kearney
Theodore F. Olson
Census
U. S. Public Health Service
Department of Labor
Internal Revenue Service
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
IRS
Illinois
Office of the Chief Inspector
Alcohol & Tobacco Tax
E. Wacker Drive
Nauvoo
Mississippi River
Nauvoo State Park
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University At
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James B. Mowry
State Horticultural Experiment Station
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Drifter
Julie Nixon III
Hubert H. Humphrey
LBJ
Russia
United States
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Kohl
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Jefferson Sts
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Henry Stalker
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