Labor Day closures and assorted brief items
The news in brief notes Labor Day closures across Washington stores and offices with the Journal publishing at noon. Firemen fought a hog house fire on a farm in Ainsworth, saving a nearby barn. Insurance claims on autos in Iowa rose 16.7 percent in 1967 to 71.2 million. Governor Maddox of Georgia withdrew from the Democratic presidential race citing liberal leadership. Eisenhower shows improvement in health. a medical bulletin offered cautious optimism. State legislators endorse David Stanley for U.S. Senate. A public hearing in Muscatine will decide on Iowa’s first state owned toll bridge. A Negro candidate, Rev Channing Phillips, is slated for nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Atty Gen Turner says a vacant Cedar Rapids senate seat may be filled in November. Nationwide protesters predicted to march at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
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Ames
Iowa
Muscatine
Mississippi River
Cypress Street
Chicago
UPI
Channing Phillips
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
Phillips
Des Moines
Richard Turner
Tom Riley
Cedar Rapids
Turner
Riley
Iowa Senate
Iowa Weather Summary From United Press International
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers or thunderstorms likely in northwest and extreme west tonight and west and central areas Thursday. Temperatures little changed. Lows tonight around 50s east to 60s-65 in extreme west. Highs Thursday 75-80 east and 80-85 in extreme west.
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United Press International
Iowa
Peter Paul and Mary sing to pacify McCarthy crowd
In Grant Park Chicago two folk icons Peter and Mary led a peaceful sing along during a tense antiwar demonstration near the Democratic National Convention. National Guardsmen relieved police as about 850 officers maintained order while protesters slept under oaks and fires burned in holes. The duo urged democracy and an end to the war, performing If I Had a Hammer and Blowing in the Wind as small demonstrators, including a line of young girls, formed a human barrier between troops and marchers.
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Chicago
UPI
Peter, Paul
Mary
Grant Park
Lake Michigan
Peter
Paul and
National Guardsmen
McCarthy
National
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Michigan Avenue
Humphrey Near Victory at Democratic Convention
Hubert H. Humphrey moved toward a likely first ballot win for the Democratic presidential nomination with a firm disavowal from Edward M. Kennedy. Kennedy supporters, despite his latest message, keep drafting hopes alive while McCarthy and McGovern seek a Vietnam plank shift. UPI tallies show Humphrey 1268 delegates to 484 for McCarthy as balloting may stretch into Thursday amid platform fights and anti Humphrey filibusters.
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Chicago
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
McCarthy
George S. McGovern
Kennedy
Johnson
Washington
Humphrey
Thieu tours Duc Lap as allied troops press Vietnam battle
UPI reports near Duc Lap in the Central Highlands as North Vietnamese forces are driven from outposts near a U.S. Special Forces camp. Thieu visits the battlefield area, pins medals on American troops, and watches dive bombers strike targets while combat continues nearby. The engagement follows a six day effort that lifted a four day siege with more than 1,000 Communist casualties cited.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Perry Young
Duc Lap
Thieu
Young
Cambodia
Green Beret
March in Prague as students protest Soviet occupation
About 3,000 Czech students marched in Wenceslas Square behind a No Compromise for Treason banner as Soviet occupation intensified. Premier Cernik opened an occupation cabinet while Prague Radio reported bans on foreigners and a commission to implement Moscow accords.
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Prague
UPI
Wenceslas Square
National Assembly
Oldrich Cernik
Prague Radio
Moscow
Ota Sik
Jiri Hajek
Sik
Hajek
Farm house destroyed after flooring fire near Keota
Three men suffered severe burns while installing a new poured floor at the Elmer Greiner farm home 12 miles southwest of Keota. Paul Knous of Williamsburg was seriously burned while Jay Maudlin and Don McAdam, both of Williamsburg and Victor, were critically burned. All were taken to University Hospitals at Iowa City. The three worked for Maudlin and McAdam decorators, based in Williamsburg. The Greiner family was away. firemen from Keota and Richland fought the blaze.
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Elmer Greiner
Keota
Greiner
Paul Knous
Williamsburg
Jay Maudlin
Don McAdam
Victor
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Maudlin and McAdam
Decorators
Knous
Albert
Bud) Harras
Richland
Iowa Regents pick Atlantic Harlan or Carroll for new college
The Iowa Board of Regents unanimously chose Atlantic, Harlan, or Carroll as finalists for Western Iowa's four year state college. Perkins & Wills urged a detailed study of the three sites with a report due mid November costing about 48000 dollars. Atlantic appears tentatively preferred, followed by Harlan then Carroll.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Board of Regents
Western Iowa
New State College
Atlantic, Harlan Or
Carroll
Chicago
Perkins & Wills
Regents
Atlantic
Harlan
No progress in Paris conference
UPI reports the United States urged Hanoi to switch to private negotiations and offered deescalation steps beyond a bombing halt. W Averell Harriman said the U S is ready to take a second and third step, yet after the 19th session he remained pessimistic and noted no progress toward Hanoi dropping its demand for a North bombing halt without reciprocal restraint.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Hanoi
Paris Vietnam
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Iowa Woman Dies After Bus Car Crash Near Hedrick
A Waterloo woman, 61 year old Iona Mc Ginnis, died in Ottumwa’s St. Joseph hospital from injuries suffered Monday when a school bus and a car collided at the Iowa 149 and Keokuk County road intersection. She was a passenger in the car.
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Ottumwa
Demonstration Delays Vote On Vietnam Peace Plank At DNC
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, antiwar delegates sparked clashes, booing and chants delaying the session over the Vietnam bombing stand. A test vote split with a push to end bombing and negotiate a troop withdrawal, while officials hoped a majority supported the administration line. The session adjourned at 1:16 a.m. CDT with noon reopening planned, amid fatigue and protests from Wisconsin and other delegates.
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Chicago
UPI
Vietnam
CDT
Platform Committee
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
Johnson
Paris
Phillip Burton
Richard Goodwin
Eugene McCarthy
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Don Peterson
Carl Albert
Albert
Notice of Mid-Prairie School Election
Probate records show wills for John M. Goodwin and Guy Fred Jarvis with executors named. Public notices announce school election details and probate actions affecting local estates.
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Mid-Prairie
John M. Goodwin
Guy Fred Jarvis
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