Boating Safety Warnings From Rock Island District
The U S Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island District urges boaters to follow safety rules on the Mississippi river. Requirements include lights and fire extinguisher for small crafts and a whistle for larger ones, plus a list of gear like anchor, line, paddle, first aid kit, flashlight, fenders, tools, fuel, compass and distress fire. In fueling, extinguish cigarettes, avoid spills, and keep extinguishers ready. If bad weather arises, stay in port or seek shelter, and if afloat head into waves slowly with passengers low and calm.
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Mississippi River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
Damage of LBJ Withdrawal Shocked Vietnam and World
A Washington dispatch notes the psychological damage from Lyndon Johnson's withdrawal from the 1968 presidential race. It discusses global uncertainty, U.S. policy implications, and morale effects on troops in Vietnam, with mixed views on Nixon and Humphrey's futures and Paris peace talks shaping the year’s end.
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Washington
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
South
Paris
Johnson
SDS Eyes Alliance with Workers Across America
Radical SDS leaders plan broadened activity beyond campuses. National secretary Carl Davidson says students will take summer factory jobs to learn worker perspectives and organize a France style alliance with labor. Proposals for community organizing surface at the Michigan State convention amid campus unrest and off campus plans.
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America
Students For A Democratic Society
France
Carl Davidson
SDS
Davidson
Cites
U.S
Columbia University
Charles de Gauille
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Covention
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Berkeley
SDS National
Chicago
Why Porterhouse for Lunch
A humorous column in search of why life hums with curiosities and paradoxes. The piece playfully poses questions on aging hair, umbrellas, innocence, racing horses, tuna lunches, cats, diets, motherhood, in laws, crabgrass, teen behavior, fat judgments, parenting, raises, postage glue, hash meals, luggage delays, and science versus the simple pleasures of life.
Breast enlargement questions to Dr Molner
Reader letters seek quick fixes for larger breasts including implants and silicone injections. Dr Molner cautions against unregulated silicone use, notes risks of migration and long term effects, and urges weight gain and posture as safer options.
Letters to the Editor Defend Gun Rights After Kennedy Murder
A reader argues against gun control calling for preserving the right to bear arms. They question safety without guns, compare England and Russia gun deaths, defend servicemen’s rights, and urge voters to act with their ballots to untie hands for self defense and policing.
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Kennedy
England
Russia
Yesterdays in brief and local notes across decades
A compact roundup of local tidbits from 100 to 10 years ago. Mentioned are John Robinsons circus plans in this city on the 26th, Rev W E DeClaybrook’s Letts visit, E C White in Columbus Junction, strawber ry prices, a Red Men Lodge flag dedication with 18 stars, Frank Gipple and Max Gipple’s Africa war injury report, Dr T F Beveridge attending an surgeons convention in New York, and Garry Woodward named campaign chairman for Muscatine United Fund drive.
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John Robinson
W. E. DeClaybrook
Letts
E. C. White
Columbus Junction
Red Men Lodge
Frank Gipple
Max Gipple
Africa
Carroll Davis
Louisa County
T. F. Beveridge
New York City
International College of Surgeons
The
United Fund of Muscatine
Garry Woodward
Today in History June 13 1968 highlights
On this date notable events include Columbus reaching Martinique in 1502 William Yeats birth in 1865 General Pershing reaching Paris in 1917 Lindbergh honored in 1927 Paris open city in 1940 Germany flying bombs hit England in 1944 Geneva talks on nuclear detection in 1958 Kennedy civil rights push in 1963 Marshall first Black Supreme Court justice in 1967
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Christopher Columbus
Martinique
William Yeats
John J. Pershing
Paris
Germany
England
Soviet Union
Geneva
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Daily Prayer Verse and Request for Wisdom
A devotional prayer quotes James 1 5 and asks God for wisdom and forgiveness. The supplicant seeks to place God first and to receive guidance when asking and seeking in Christ.
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Alianeapolis
St. Louis
Ram
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Texas
Polk County
Fla
Somerset (Mass
Spectator
Small Society
DPE Gaulle
Bric Kmaos
By Gaylord Shaw
Ganizing
Discover
Penn State
Philadelphia
the Guardian
Steve Halliwell
Columbia
Haliwell
Hari Dillon
Cochairman
San Francisco State College
Sonder
Boyle
Joseph G. Molner
M.D
Dr. Moiner
W.ll
Food and Drug Administration
W.j.s
Dr. Molner
M.C
Charles A. Lindbergh
the Daily Prayer
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