Poll Finds Vietnam War Top Issue in 1968 Campaign
A Sindlinger & Co poll based Aug 30 to Sept 2 shows 49.3 percent of 1800 adults rank the Vietnam War as the No 1 problem for the next president. Racial riots civil rights concerns trail, with 26.5 percent. Differences appear by gender and candidate support.
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York
UPI
Vietnam
Sindlinger & Co
Norwood
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Hospital Ruling May Hike Costs Enormously
Superior Court voids residency rules for Pima County indigents, risking hundreds of thousands of dollars in extra costs to the County Hospital. Officials estimate about 70 more in and out patients could be served if the ruling remains in effect, though some indigents may have never sought care due to residency requirements. The Board of Supervisors will study the ruling’s impact.
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Superior Court
Pima County
Thomas
Jay
Board of Supervisors
Montgomery County
Clarksville
Tenn
East Chicago
Ind
Chicago Heights
Rhode Island
Cumber
State To Get 1.2 Million For Projects
Washington based UPI reports Arizona will receive more than 1.2 million dollars for public works in fiscal 1969. Senator Carl Hayden announced allocations including 606,000 for engineering work on the Tat Monolikot Dam near Tucson. Other funds cover flood control on the Little Colorado River, Painted Rock and Whitlow Ranch reservoirs, and investigations of the Lower Colorado River region.
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Washington
UPI
Arizona
Carl Hayden
Dariz
Santa Rosa Wash
Tucson
Colorado River
Painted Rock
Alamo Reservoir
Whitlow Ranch
Goldwater Study Fund Established
In Cincinnati the Barry Goldwater Research Fund was set up at the American Jewish Archives of Hebrew Union College to buy or copy documents, diaries, letters, and materials on Jewish pioneers in the West. Archives director Dr. Jacob R. Marcus said the fund honors Goldwater and aims to expand knowledge of Western Jewish pioneers.
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Cincinnati
Barry Goldwater
Hebrew - Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
U.S
Jacob R. Marcus
West
Goldwater
Marcus
Ten Die In Swedish Navy Helicopter Crash Off Stockholm
A Royal Swedish navy twin engine Boeing Vertol 107 helicopter carrying 12 aboard crashed into the Baltic Sea near Stockholm after an explosion possibly aboard. Two crew members were rescued alive, one body recovered, and ten feared dead with another survivor in critical condition. The craft was en route from Gotland Island to Berga naval base when radio contact was lost.
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Stockholm
UPI
Royal Swedish Navy
Navy
Gotska Sandeen
Baltic Sea
Berga
Central Flight Command
Huvudskaer
Pierce Sees Big Peril In Crime Rate
Republican Congress candidate Oliver F. Pierce addressed the North Side Lions Club asserting the rising crime rate threatens democracy. He called for modernized law enforcement and statewide coordination beyond mere funding to fight crime effectively.
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Pierce
America
Oliver F. Pierce
Congress
Arizona
North Side Lions Club
French Explosion Fallout Recorded in New Zealand AP report
Auckland New Zealand AP says fallout from the Mururoa atoll nuclear test two weeks ago was less than from three earlier tests. George Roth director of the National Radiation Laboratory notes the lab runs testing and sampling stations across New Zealand and the Pacific.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific
George Roth
New Zealand National Radiation Laboratory
Teachers Strikes Delay Openings Across Nation
Nationwide walkouts disrupt classrooms as Philadelphia averts a strike with a 27.6 million wage deal for 12 560 teachers. Michigan Tennessee Indiana Illinois Rhode Island Connecticut New York all face closures delays and injunctions as unions press for pay and budget changes.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Michigan
Overtime Costs Put State Hospital Budget At Risk
State Hospital overtime payments threaten to exceed the salary allotment before the quarter ends September 30. Joint Budget Committee director Robert Lawless notes the hospital's 125 employees run high overtime, risking emergency funds or endowment use if trends continue. Arizona Crippled Children's Hospital and Arizona State University posted smaller overtime totals. Lawless says a special appropriation may be needed for overtime dating to February 1967.
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Phoenix
Robert Lawless
Hospi
Tal
Lawless
Arizona Crippled Children’s Hospital
Arizona State University
Ultimate credit card dispenses cash from street machine
A Miami bank tests a seven foot street money machine that issues $50 per card. From a $300 loan, holders receive six magnetized credit cards that produce cash when fed into the device. The machine is steel bolted outside the bank, with a burglar alarm, and runs 24 hours.
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Miami
UPT
Theodore A. Davis Jr
Capital National Bank
Tokyo
U.S
Beetle Bailey Headlines the King of Snafus
Beetle Bailey dominates the page in the Citizen with a string of comic misadventures. Snafu moments pile up as he muddles his way through daily military life, drawing laughs from readers.
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King OF Snafus
Beetle Bailey
Triangular UFO Sighted Over Madrid Stirs Citizens and Jets
The Spanish Air Force reported a triangular unidentified flying object eluding a supersonic jet near Madrid. Observers described a bright, blinding light with a solid-translucent look, while radar tracked a high altitude flight. The weather bureau dismissed lost balloons and suggested a returning satellite.
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Madrid
Air Force
New N Blast At Nevada Site
A nuclear test blast equivalent to 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT was set off underground at the Atomic Energy Commission Nevada test site. It marks the 19th weapons related blast reported by the AEC this year.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
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Cumberland School Committee
East Haven
Conn
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United Federation of Teachers
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St, Marys
U. S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Donald Bufkin
Davis
The
Baily Citizen Magazine
Ole Magazine
Citizen Sports Department
University of Arizona
Darrell Mudra
Ole
Elsie Perkins
Round Lake
Ill
A.C. Merrick
Ity Aceh
Gordon Jewelry Corp
FRA News
Jevelers
EL Con Center
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