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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1968
Page
26
The Commerce Department reports February personal income rose to a record annual rate of 658.4 billion dollars, with private wages contributing 5.8 billion of the gain. Retail sales climbed one percent, marking a second straight monthly record, while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.7 percent.
The United States urged South Vietnam to curb public talk of invading North Vietnam. State Department spokesman Robert J. McCloskey cited Saigon’s October 1966 Manila statement that it had no desire to threaten or invade. Officials viewed Saigon’s invasion talk as bluff and propaganda after recent setbacks.
Illinois GOP activists launched an Illinois for Nixon organization aimed at strong second ballot support from Illinois 58 delegates at the Republican National Convention during Nixon's campaign stop from Wisconsin to Oregon. William Rentschler heads the statewide effort with Ray Page as downstate chair.
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