Weather and charity notes mix with political travel updates
Washington experienced gusty winds and light rain as temperatures stayed in the 50s. The Washington Community Chest is just over $10,000 short of its goal with $26,066.05 raised today. Jaycees events include a Wednesday ladies night with Wendell Smith and Gene Maddox attending. A Washington crash near the high school left John Francis Eagle’s 1954 car a total loss and Kelley’s car damaged. George Wallace teases Peggy Sue as future First Lady if elected. Joan Kennedy and Carol Channing campaigned for John Culver at a Cedar Rapids rally. U S Ambassador Bunker and President Thieu met in Saigon on peace discussions. California lists over 50 winter sports areas in its National Forests.
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Washington
Bob Gross
Dick Anderson
Wendell Smith
Jaycees
Washington Jaycees
Mr. Smith
Michigan
White House
Tulsa
Okla
Iowa
Gene Maddox
John Francis Eagle
Fourth Avenue
Eagle
Clyde Kelley
Kelley
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
UPI
Joan Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Carol Channing
Hello
Dolly
John Culver
Kennedy
Kosygin Presses Japan to Halt Bombing in Vietnam
Soviet Premier Kosygin urged Japan to persuade the United States to call an unconditional end to bombing North Vietnam. He spoke after a 90 minute talk with Japanese Transport Minister Yahiro Nakasone, who asked Moscow to use its influence for peace in Vietnam. President Johnson gave no public comment as Hanoi signaled tentative moves toward talks while Saigon resisted negotiating with the Viet Cong.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietnam
United States
U. S
Kosygin
Moscow
Yahiro Nakasone
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
London
Russia
Hanoi
Johnson
Paris
Hanoi Group
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Bomb threat empties five state buildings
In Des Moines a bomb threat prompted evacuation of about 1,600 state employees from the five buildings of the capital complex. The caller warned of a bomb at 12:45 p.m. and said authorities should be notified by the switchboard operator. Multiple agencies coordinated the evacuation and security response.
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Des Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Stephen Robinson
Iowa
Robinson
Executive Council
Hughes
Iowa Civil Defense
Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Capitol Security Police
Weather Iowa fair to Tuesday with cooler nights
Weather outlook notes generally fair conditions in Iowa through tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the east. Lows range from the upper 20s in the northeast to the low 30s in the southwest. Tuesday brings warmer temps with highs about 60 in the east and 60s in central and west. The Wednesday outlook calls for mostly fair and warmer conditions. A separate incident describes a threat call during a campaign speech at Ottumwa Heights College in Ottumwa, delaying Hughes by about 30 minutes as buildings were evacuated.
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Iowa
Hughes
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Heights College
Des Moines
Robinson
Statehouse
Capitol Hill
Lucas and Grimes
Iowa Employment Securities
Campaign roars into final week of 1968 race
As election day nears, Eisenhower endorses Nixon from a sickbed urging unity, while Johnson predicts Humphrey will win. Nixon accuses administration of politics over Vietnam talks, Wallace laments eastern money, Muskie says victory is near, Agnew faces press scrutiny, and LeMay backs a swift Vietnam win if pursued.
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White House
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
America
New York Times
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
Agnew
Times
the Times
Humphrey
George Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Edmund
Muskie
Oregon
Washington State
San Francisco
Soviet spaceman still in flight
Soviet news agency Tass reported cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi remained aboard the Soyuz 3 capsule orbiting Earth on its third day. Soyuz 2, the unmanned sister capsule, landed in the Soviet Union after a parachute soft landing, as experiments to develop docking systems in orbit continued with Beregovoi approaching the unmanned craft.
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Moscow
UPI
Russia
Georgy Beregovoi
Tass
Beregovoi
Soviet Union
Beregovi
Intercepted Memo DANNY ESCOBEDO Chicago
A fragmentary intercepted memo references Danny Escobedo and hints at a coded communication from a Chicago contact. The text suggests an identity angle with Espinosa style byline and a peripheral note about a signature or alias.
Name Change Motion For Notorious Chicago Criminal
Danny Escobedo seeks a legal name change ahead of an upcoming attempted burglary trial to prevent pre trial knowledge of his identity. His attorney argues a new name would ensure a fair trial by avoiding prejudicial associations with a Supreme Court case. Escobedo is serving a 22 year federal sentence for drug trafficking and previously linked to a murder conviction overturned in 1964.
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Chicago
UPI
Danny Escobedo
Crime
Escobedo
Gerald M. Werksman
James J. Mejida
U.S. Supreme Court
Worksman
Weekend Toll: Twelve Die In Iowa Traffic Crashes
A weekend on Iowa roads left at least 12 dead in multiple crashes across the state. Victims include Robert Hogan of North Sioux City and Truman Engen near Decorah. Waterloo and Cedar Falls residents among the injured and deceased. Police report head‑on and collision deaths on US routes 20 and 61, Iowa 9, and local county roads, with fatalities spanning Waterloo, Decorah, Manson, Clinton, and surrounding areas.
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United Press International
Iowa
Waterloo
Robert Hogan
North
Sioux City
S.D
Jerry Simons
Truman Engen
Decorah
Engen
Iowa 9
Andrew Carstensen
Cedar Falls
Thomas English
Glenview
III
Anton Ausich
Woodward
Arnold Reid
Burlington
Wis
Thomas Mensch
Kingdon Stover
Lene Nichols
Stover
London Protest At U.S. Embassy Draws Fewer Than Predicted
UPN reports that London anti American protest drew about 30 000 of the 100 000 predicted as police kept about fifty officers between marchers and the U S Embassy. Demonstrators chanted Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh while the event was described as disappointing by police.
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London
UPN
U.S
Prague student rally marks 50th republic anniversary
Thousands of Czechoslovak students marched through Prague to mark the 50th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic. Russian troops watched as police warned the unauthorized demonstration. Dubcek pledged reform while signaling continued Kremlin alliance amid Soviet invasion fears.
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UPI
Old Town
Czechoslovak Republic
Hradcany Castle
Communist Party
Rococco Castle
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
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