Kennedy to announce bid for Democratic nomination
Sen Robert F Kennedy told reporters in Garden City New York that he would announce Saturday morning in Washington whether he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He gave no clear indication of his choice amid shouting questions at a business lunch.
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Gold Buying Triggers U S Move to Halt Market
Washington imposes higher rates as Europe rushes to buy gold and calls an emergency meeting of gold pool nations. The Fed raises the discount rate to 5 percent, Canada lifts to 7.5, and a seven-nation meeting in Washington aims to stabilize the $35 an ounce price. Paris gold hits 44.36, Hong Kong speculates wildly, and London suspends trading under decree.
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Allies Launch Major Push Between Saigon and Cambodian Border
Allied forces including U.S. and South Vietnamese troops press a large operation named Quyet Thang from Saigon outward toward the Cambodian border. At least 50,000 troops, six divisions and two task forces, seek to regain the initiative lost to the Viet Cong since January. Casualties and enemy losses are reported as the drive proceeds with air support and police units aiding civilian security.
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Wounded War Objector Tithes to Church in Will
Pvt Jonathan Nathaniel Spicer, a conscientious objector mortally wounded near Khe Sanh, left $1,000 of his $10,000 Army life insurance to his church in keeping with tithing. The 19 year old medic described scorn from Marines over antiwar views. He died after transfer to a Japanese hospital. He also earmarked $200 for his younger brother and left the remainder to his family. Highs in upper 50s, no major temperature change expected.
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Fla
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Jonathan Nathaniel. Spicer
Spicer
Rocky
Bill
Timmy
Iowa Teachers See Substantial Pay Gains In 1968-69 Contracts
ISEA reports Iowa public school teachers will gain in pay and fringe benefits next year in a year of retention. Beginning salaries rise about 450 dollars yearly for bachelor’s degree holders. Maxima for 10 to 12 years experience with a bachelor’s could jump about 716 dollars, and those with a master’s about 990 dollars. long-time underpaid teachers may gain up to 3000 dollars. New steps for those beyond a bachelor’s but not yet master’s are also being added to encourage summer study.
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Iowa
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Kenneth Wells
Dorothy Brazzle
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Brazzle
Ers
St Patrick’s Day parades and green celebrations rise
A roundup of St Patrick’s Day festivities across the nation notes green rivers in Chicago, green-lit Niagara Falls, green ice in Nassau County, and parades in New York and Philadelphia. The piece also mentions historical context on Patrick’s life and a Pentagon plan shifting kitchen duties to civilians by mid 1970.
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St. Patrick
Niagara Falls
Nassau County
Hewlett, Nly
San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Carmel O'Leary
Italy
Remains to be Seen In a Month at Drive-In Funeral Windows
Thornton plans drive-in viewing windows at his Atlanta funeral home. He says the remains will be tied in and lighted, with the front window for easier viewing. The idea came to him in a dream and the windows should be ready in about a month.
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Thornton
Atlanta, Ga
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