Disturbance in Waterloo as racial tensions flare
Police quelled a civil disturbance that spread about 25 blocks into Waterloo’s predominantly Negro area. Fires burned at East High, a garage, and Shepard Lumber Co. A gunshot injured a policeman, Sergeant Don Baruth, with a fractured skull. About 100 officers and extra patrols contained the melee. several officers were treated for injuries.
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East High
Shepard Lumber Co
Don Baruth
Iowa Highway Patrol
Black Hawk County
Debates roil Iowa U.S. Senate race over scheduling
Charges fly as Gov Harold Hughes and State Senator David Stanley face off over debate timing. Republican chair Jack Warren accuses Hughes of avoiding discussion after a Waterloo confrontation, while Democratic chair Clark Rasmussen and Stanley campaign manager Edward Failor push for four debates and flexible scheduling.
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DES Moines
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
David Stanley
U. S. Senate
Iowa
Jack Warren
Hughes
Dave Stanley
Warren
Stanley
Muscatine
Iowa Daily Press Association
Waterloo
IDPA
U.S. Senate
Senate
Washington
Clark Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Clinton
Edward Faior
Failor
Iowa man killed at construction site in Boone
Orville Waller 58 from Stratford was struck by a passing car while walking from behind a parked truck at a Boone construction site. Driver LaVern Thielman 41 of Des Moines was involved. No charges filed.
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Boone, Iowa
Campaign debate over crime hot as candidates clash
UPI report notes Humphrey and Nixon trading charges on crime policy amid Wallace criticism of foreign aid. Humphrey mocks Nixon as naive while Nixon argues war on poverty cannot substitute for crime fight. Wallace blames urban ills on foreign aid and vows strict law enforcement if elected. Also news from Puebla on U S Ambassador Mein assassination claims.
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America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Fosdick
Nixon
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Cincinnati
Sea Girl
N.J
GOP
Cleveland
Wallace
Weather by United Press International Iowa
Clear to partly cloudy tonight with mild southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunday partly cloudy with a chance of occasional rain and thunder storms. Cooler in the northwest. Overnight lows 55 to 60, east to near 60 west. Sunday highs from the upper 70s to mid 80s.
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United Press International
Iowa
Daley to respond to TV coverage of DNC disturbances
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley plans to reply Sunday night to television coverage of disturbances at the Democratic National Convention. An hour long film presenting the city’s side will air at 9 p.m. CDT on many stations with a concurrent radio broadcast. The Henry Ushijim Film Co. produced the film with city workers and WGN Continental Broadcasting Co. supplying facilities.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Henry Ushijim Film Co
Park Ridge
WGN
Continental Broadcasting Co
National
Intercepted memo details a thriller moment
A brief intercept memo recollects a tense scene described as a thriller. The author signs as WEJ, noting suspense and dramatic tension surrounding a recent event.
Navy to release 30,000 reservists early to save costs
The Navy will grant early active-duty releases to about 30,000 sailors under the two by six contract, with civilian return dates between October and December. Viet Nam theater personnel are excluded. The move aims to save roughly 48 million dollars as Congress seeks budget cuts.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Vietnam
Richard S. Schweiker
Congress
Schweiker
Defense Department
Pentagon
Eisenhower Shows Gains After Seventh Heart Attack
Washington reports Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, has made steady progress at Walter Reed four weeks after his latest heart attack. He can read watch television and sit up in bed but remains confined to the bed. Doctors describe his strength as improving though no return home date is set and visitors are limited to family.
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Eisenhower
Allied forces hit DMZ as 158 North Vietnamese killed
UPI report says Allied troops moved into the DMZ with heavy naval gunfire and killed at least 158 North Vietnamese regulars. Twenty two Americans were wounded, none killed. Maj. Gen. Keith L Ware was killed in a helicopter crash near Loc Ninh with seven of his men. Allied losses stood at 45 dead and 211 wounded. South Vietnamese forces near Quang Ngai City killed 27 Reds, following a day of clashes.
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Puebla
Mexico
UPI
U.S
John Gordon Mein
Guatemala City
Mein
Guatemala
Manuel Sanchez Valencia
Saigon
Loc Ninh
Ware
Tay Ning
Hue
Quang Ngai
An Hoa
Quang Ngai City
Vietnam
Proceedings of the county board of supervisors in 1968
The record notes official proceedings of the board of supervisors for September 3 and September 6, 1968, detailing actions taken, approvals, and on‑record votes and motions.
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The
Board of Supervisors
U S Planes Supposedly Violating Czechoslovak Air Space
Soviet publication Nedelya accuses American and West German espionage along the Czechoslovak frontier. It claims U S aircraft conducted nine provocative flights near the border to observe Soviet troop positions, while denying border closures to nonprovocateurs.
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UPI
Russia
Czechoslovak
Izvestia
United States
West Germany
Nedelya
Czechoslovakia
Provo
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