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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1968
Page
7
In San Francisco the Hunters Point Boys Club leased a vacant block for 1 daily while a $12 million apartment skyscraper is delayed. They operate a 75 cent parking lot, earning about 125 dollars per day, as development financing stalls push the completion to late September.
Water shortage forces postponement of a splash and dance party in Clinton Iowa as vandals broke into the pool filtration room and opened valves draining about 400000 of the 750000 gallons into the Mississippi River, prompting officials to cancel for a week.
Kansas City and St Louis zoo officials arranged a midnight transfer of a 16 foot male giraffe to join a Masai giraffe at the St Louis zoo. The journey across Missouri carried a tense moment as the truck crested bridges and keepers pulled the giraffe’s head down with a rope to clear overpasses.
Officials at Stevens Point State University used a dynamite charge to break ground for the fine arts building. Fine Arts Dean William Hanford called the event a cultural explosion this project will create in central Wisconsin.
Long Beach AP reports Dr. Denton Cooley of Houston says permanent heart replacement remains wishful thinking and has limits. He notes heart transplants target end stage irreversible disease and offer bed rest, recovery, and freedom from meds, with some patients now smiling, pain free, and back at work after eight transplants in three months.
Moscow discusses liberal trends in Czechoslovakia and Soviet concerns that Prague's press freedom and opposition movements could threaten the Communist system. Pravda warns that challenging the leading role of the Communist party risks destabilizing Soviet rule. The piece frames liberalization as a dangerous contagion for the USSR.
An earthquake hit Mexico City and surrounding areas causing at least four deaths and extensive damage. The 72 second tremor damaged a nine story office building on Insurgentes Avenue and 672 towns in Oaxaca reported heavy losses. Aftershocks followed but were not serious. Buildings near the epicenter suffered widespread destruction in Pinotepa Nacional. Olympic facilities in Mexico City were reportedly undamaged.
Washington AP report shows corporate farming in 22 states remains small. Less than 1% of commercial farms are corporate, under 7% of land, about 4% of farm products. Most corporations are family owned, with 6,700 units farming about 40 million acres and under $1 billion in gross sales.
Washington AP The steel price war tests government power and industry resolve with anticipated further action from President Johnson. Amid pressures several top producers including National Steel Jones Laughlin Armco and Crucible raised prices while Kaiser and McLouth held. Bethlehem led earlier with a near five percent across the board hike following a new contract lifting wages for about 400000 workers.
The Republican race centers on Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon as they seek to convince delegates of their credentials. Reagan remains unlikely to win the nomination, while Nixon fights for southern and favorite-son support. Wallace factions clash in California as Humphrey and McCarthy push aid for Biafra amid Nigeria's civil war.
A Miami Beach politico quipped that Republicans mount their catches while Democrats eat them. He argued GOP is an upper crust group and forecast that if 1964 spending patterns hold, Republicans will spend more in Miami Beach than Democrats in Chicago, though total Democratic delegates and alternates exceed Republicans 5611 to 2666.
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