Iowa Democrats Battle for Delegates at District Meetings
Iowa Democrats pressed toward a summer convention with about 4000 delegates after three way fights among McCarthy Kennedy and Humphrey backers. District meetings split delegates 4 or 3 percent by district as big-name surrogates campaigned, while talks of unifying McCarthy and Kennedy delegates and potential favorite son status for Gov. Hughes shaped the Friday through early Saturday proceedings.
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De Gaulle era under threat as riots rock France
Premier Pompidou warned agitators risk civil war and ordered police to break up crowds as France faced nationwide rioting, a 10 million worker strike, and student demonstrations. De Gaulle pledged to resign if confidence was not forthcoming, while protests and clashes spread from Paris to the Riviera. Georgia also is known as the Empire State of the South.
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Rain and mud at Resurrection City encampment
Washington UPI reports Resurrection City residents endured ongoing rain and mud at the encampment while remaining hopeful. About 2,800 residents stayed in damp shelters as Rev Jesse Jackson led a march to the Agriculture Department and to Rep Wilbur Mills. Abernathy visited the camp and pledged the movement would endure, planning a June 19 mass march with Bayard Rustin coordinating the National Day of Conscience.
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Iowa Weather: Cloudy Skies With Showers Then Clearing
United Press International reports Iowa will see mostly cloudy skies with showers and thunder storms ending west of midnight and east after midnight. A cool night in the west and warmer Sunday with highs near 70. Lows tonight 45 to 50. Sunday’s high about 70.
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Iowa
War dance sighted by neighbors in Oakland tale
Stella Leach of Oakland California recalls a scene described as a war dance by neighbors. The note ends with a personal sign off to WEJ, reflecting local recollections and informal dialogue.
Iowa law officers fault crime report solutions
Four Iowa law enforcement leaders from the Crime Commission oppose the report’s approach calling it too crime centered and not enough on victims or society. They oppose expanded criminal discovery and dispute the University of Iowa law survey on the Miranda decision not harming enforcement.
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Audubon County
George J. Matias
Cedar Rapids
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Howard Miller
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U S May Seek New Offer to Break Paris Talks
The United States plans new ideas to push Hanoi toward real talks as Paris Vietnam negotiations resume. Harriman will urge ending semipublic speeches and push for secret discussions, while Hanoi demands bombing halt and unconditional war end. Both sides warn talks could fail with blame on the other.
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Washington drivers collide at West Jefferson and South Avenue C
Cars driven by Grant Fletcher and Thomas Christian Gray, both of Washington, collided at the West Jefferson and South Avenue C intersection Friday at 5 p.m. Fletcher fined $15 for failure to yield. Gray car totaled. Washington stores to stay open Wednesday night May 29 due to Memorial Day schedule shift. Dana McAvoy, a Washington exchange student in New Zealand, survived a major quake and is now in Wellington.
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Wellington
Indian family vows to stand their ground in Oakland
Stella Leach an Ogallala Sioux and nurse leads her six children in a protracted dispute with Oakland neighbors. She says harassment includes garbage dumping, furniture damage, a broken door and threats. Rent has jumped from 159 to 400 monthly and a for sale sign appears. Indian American Association and civil rights groups offer help while one neighbor blames the family.
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Charges filed after two are hit by car
Gregory Ward Burt of West Des Moines was charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a Thursday night car pedestrian collision that killed two University of Iowa students. Mary Sue Miller, 20, a junior from Randolph, Iowa, and James Robert Vanek, 25, a graduate student from Denville, New Jersey, died at the scene. A cat Miller was carrying also perished.
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