Chicago Police Riot Sparks Congressional Fallout
The report to a presidential commission defines the Chicago clashes at the Democratic National Convention as a police riot marked by indiscriminate violence. It cites taunts against demonstrators, injuries to bystanders, and police misconduct despite protests for peace.
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Expanded Vietnam peace talks move toward opening
U S and North Vietnamese negotiators meet in private to set procedures for a broadened peace conference. Aiming for a rapid start after the Saigon delegation arrives, talks may pursue two tracks: a military scale down and a slower political track for South Vietnam.
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Johnson
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Miss Teen-Age America Crown Goes To Melissa Babish
Chicago report notes 16 year old Melissa Babish named Miss Teen-Age America after winning in Fort Worth Texas. She describes herself as normal amid national pageant attention.
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Melissa Babish
America
Pittsburgh
Fort Worth
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Medal Winner Returns To Viet Nam
Captain Joe Marin, Medal of Honor recipient, returns to Vietnam the first among 61 such honorees to go back to combat. He left a desk job as a general's aide at Fort Belvoir to lead an airborne unit after wiping out an 18 man machine gun nest in 1965.
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Joe Marinn
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Ft. Belvoir
Israel mounts air raid and ground raids into Jordan
Jordanian military spokesman reports Israeli air strikes and shelling across Jordan with land raids. Commandos blew two bridges inside Jordan, destroying a highway rail link between Amman and Aqaba, killing two soldiers and wounding one. Helicopters evacuated commandos after strikes near Kfar Yuba and a convoy was hit on a desert highway. Israel cites Arab sabotage since November 16.
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Disruption Prompts College Reopen Plan At San Francisco State
San Francisco State College readies for reopening as student demonstrators vow more disruptions. New president Dr. S. I. Hayakawa pledges to keep the campus open and enforce due process, with swift expulsions for violations. The Black Students Union and Third World Liberation Front had led a November strike demanding reinstatement of a militant instructor, broader Negro studies, and admission of all Black applicants.
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San Francisco State College
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Ohio presidential vote totals from 1968 canvass are released
Ohio Secretary of State canvass shows 4 010 480 total votes in the November general election with Nixon at 1 791 014, Humphrey 1 700 586, Wallace 467 495, and 603 write ins. Nixon gains 7 276, Humphrey 9 267, Wallace 1 503. write ins include Gregory 372 Blumen 120 Halstead 69 Michell 23 Munn 19.
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Johnson weighs recall call as holiday ends in Texas
President Johnson nears a decision on calling a special Senate session to ratify the nuclear nonproliferation treaty while Averell Harriman meets him for talks. The trip includes church services and a visit to the Blanco County Hereford Breeders sale near Round Mountain. Mrs Johnson visits Karnack, Texas, planting magnolia trees from Andrew Jackson’s tree.
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Ohio returns show Saxbe wins Senate race in 114812 vote margin
Neither Mitchell nor Munn gained full backing of their presidential electors as write-ins appear. Ohio allows write in votes for the first time since 1948. In the U S Senate contest Republican William J. Saxbe defeated Democrat John J. Gilligan by 114,812 votes, Saxbe 1,928,964 to Gilligan 1,814,152.
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Toll hits 44 dead on Ohio highways Thanksgiving weekend
The Thanksgiving holiday weekend saw Ohio record 44 highway deaths amid eight deadly crashes. Wet roads and bad weather across numerous states contributed to the high toll, which topped the prior year’s 42 deaths and the 1966 holiday record of 748 nationwide.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Michigan
Sofas and Household Goods Advertised for Quick Cash
A persuasive ad urges selling sofas and other items like antiques rugs freezers desks stoves to daily Messenger Action Ads readers. It pitches household goods as valuable and rapidly saleable for cash through targeted notices.
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Messenger Action
Courageous 6 year old Bridget Holmberg dies after burns
Bridget Holmberg, age six, died Saturday night at Shriners Burns Institute after a three month battle. Her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmberg, both 27, planned to bring her body home to Seattle.
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Bridget Holmberg
Shriners Burns Institute
Thomas Holmberg
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Wash
Inside Today Orient Man Traffic Victim
The report notes a fourth traffic victim over Thanksgiving holidays. The text warns Nelsonville voters may face district consolidation if the school levy fails on December 10. A six part series begins on Nixon's incoming administration with Middle East, Vietnam, and Soviet power issues.
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