GOP Plank-Writing Advances with Few Major Snags Seen
Republicans press ahead with drafting the 1968 platform in Miami Beach as Dirksen and Javits report a harmonious tone. Debate centers on two issues Vietnam and cities with 100 platform committee members shaping a 50-page document, while Rockefeller Nixon and Reagan vie for influence.
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Rain Destroys Crops in Stephen Minnesota
Rain floods Stephen and the Red River Valley wrecking two thirds of potato crops and ruins grain. About 2,000 acres of potatoes damaged. Ralph Hvidsten and Tom Kuznia each lose 200 acres. Riverside Golf Course greens underwater. farmers use boats to survey fields. Water receded late in the week but fields remain too wet to swath.
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Three American pilots released arrive in Vientiane Laos
AP reports that three U S pilots released by North Vietnam landed in Vientiane Laos aboard an International Control Commission plane late today according to U S Embassy sources in Laos.
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Vientiane
Laos
International Control Commission
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Army Has Not Found Missing ROTC Cadet
Army units at Fort Riley Kansas report no trace of Cadet Robert D Hagen 25 of Brookings South Dakota missing since July 3 after leaving a summer training camp to return to the post hospital He had joined the ROTC second brigade June 29 and was hospitalized July 3 before leaving for the hospital again but did not report for admission His wife Karen remained in Brookings while Hagen disappeared from the facility.
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Dubcek Seeks Stronger Pact With Soviet Bloc
Czechoslovak Communist leader Alexander Dubcek announced that reformists have agreed to deepen economic and military cooperation with the Soviet Union and other Communist nations under COMECON and the Warsaw Pact. He indicated no threat to sovereignty and touted a strong Czech army to defend borders.
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Johnson approves rollback effort against steel price hikes
President Johnson ordered higher steel costs to be avoided by Defense Department purchases and urged shifting orders to firms not raising prices. Defense Secretary Clifford said rises would raise defense costs, impacting Vietnam era supply and the broader budget as major producers Bethlehem Republic U S Steel boosted prices.
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Hall Says Rocky Blocks Quick Ballot for Nixon
A strategist claims Nelson Rockefeller blocked a quick Nixon nomination at the GOP convention by securing a pact among major favorite sons to stick to the first two ballots. Leonard W. Hall said governors Rom ney of Michigan and Rhodes of Ohio would stay the course.
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Sirhan Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan pleaded not guilty to the murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. His trial was set for November 6 amid a forced courtroom appearance. He also pleaded innocent to five counts of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Traffic toll climbs to 543 in Minnesota
Accidents in Minnesota late Thursday and today claimed four lives. Kenneth Minn. man Burdie Fodness died when his car hit a train at Chandler crossing and was dragged 750 feet. The toll for 1968 rose to 543, up from 507 a year ago. Two more fatalities occurred five miles south of Newfolden in a head on crash involving Miles Thorson and Raymond Moe, while Edwin Hildbrand escaped injury. A Burnsville man, Ervin Richter, died after being struck on I-35W by a car driven by Irving Meyer. Two additional deaths occurred Wednesday near Belle Plaine and Harmony.
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Thief River Falls
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Goodrich
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St. James
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Minneapolis
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Richter
Lloyd White
Near Belle Plaine
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Harmony, Minn
Three Dead in Mexico City Earthquake Destruction
An intense quake struck Mexico City and surrounding areas causing a nine story building to topple and extensive damage. The Red Cross reports three dead and sixty injured, largely from falling debris.
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Vietnam War Clashes Depth in Da Nang Area Killing 14 Marines
North Vietnamese troops attacked two U.S. Marine units near Da Nang within 35 miles of each other, killing 14 Marines and wounding 22 as reinforcements arrived. An earlier recon team was overrun, with five Marines killed and 14 wounded. Army units reported 60 enemy killed in related engagements. A pair of Navy pilots shot down a MIG21 near the 19th parallel.
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North Viet Nam Denounces U.S. Peace Moves as War Intense
Paris AP report quotes Nguyen Thanh Le accusing the United States of using peace proposals to intensify the war. He cites 4,000 new troops and Johnson and Rusk statements as proof and says the U.S. seeks reciprocity while plotting aggression. He notes three pilots to be released soon and criticizes Humphrey’s Vietnam stance as revealing U.S. embarrassment.
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Johnson
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Rusk
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Laos
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Manila quake drops five story building collapsing trapping tenants
A medical aide crawls under hanging debris of concrete and rubble in Manila to reach trapped occupants after a strong earthquake struck before dawn. The five story apartment building collapsed as tenants slept, with AP Wirephoto credits from Manila.
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Philippines
Manila Quake Destroys Apartment Block in Luzon
Rescue workers chewed through rubble after a five story Manila building collapsed in the Philippines worst quake in memory. About 200 feared dead nationwide with 12 bodies recovered and estimates of tenants ranging from 400 to 1100. The 4 21 a.m. tremor lasting nearly a minute registered six on the scale and damaged the Church of Christ Cathedral.
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