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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
1
Allied forces report more than 700 enemy soldiers killed in three days of attacks and counterthrusts from the Cambodi an border to the northern frontier. U S forces say one allied unit was overrun 15 miles south of Da Nang with 10 Marines and 24 South Vietnamese killed. A relief force could not reach them due to explosions.
Maria Giannar of Hargerstown Maryland recovers in the heart transplant unit at Texas Children’s Hospital Houston after receiving the heart of an 11 year old boy. She becomes the second child to receive a transplant. An AP photo caption notes the case as part of a broader report on the region around Tay Ninh in Vietnam.
At the Democratic platform hearings in Washington, McGovern urged immediate steps to end the Vietnam War, calling for halting bombing and reducing U.S. forces while pressing for negotiations. Fulbright and McCarthy backed talks including the Viet Cong’s National Liberation Front, with Humphrey opposing a coalition government in Saigon.
President Johnson rejects a total bombing halt and any de escalation until Hanoi shows clear intent to end the fighting. Speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Detroit, he says the next move must be theirs and vows to stay in control of U S policy through his term.
Nixon argues President Johnson’s Vietnam posture is realistic and calls for a de escalation only with enemy concessions. He says the US should not pause bombing unilaterally and aims to end American troop deaths while maintaining readiness. He met with Ohio Governor Rhodes and Pennsylvania Governor Shafer as part of a statewide campaigning push.
The Pravda editorial warns the Soviet bloc will resist any challenge to the Czechoslovak Communist Party leadership in Prague. It vows unbreakable unity against capitalist attempts to erode socialism and pledges high vigilance to nip imperialism in the bud.
Reports from Cleveland indicate a fierce debate at the 52nd annual American Federation of Teachers convention. About 900 delegates face a Thursday vote on a resolution denouncing decentralization as undemocratic and a threat to teachers rights.
National Guard trucks and reservists will depart Camp Ripley next Friday and Saturday bound for Nebraska. The Cornhusker contingent will stop at Benson and Glenwood for noontime meals Friday and will lunch in Benson Starbuck and Morris Saturday. Overnight stops include Ortonville Worthington with later stops at Worthington and Pipestone.
Warren Kretzman 17, of Minneapolis, drowned while swimming at Twin Lake seven miles south of Aurora. He dived from a dock at about 6:45 p.m. and called for help moments later as his nephew Richard Reed 13 tried to reach him. The body was recovered from six feet of water. coroner Dr. David Sher said a cramp likely caused the tragedy.
Army doctors at Walter Reed report General Eisenhower's prospects are guarded and his condition remains critical. They note a favorable trend in heart rhythm after his heart attack, but halted plans for a heart transplant and ongoing questions about further deterioration.
Two Wisconsin farmers died when their home collapsed during tornadoes and thunderstorms that struck from the west. The storm system damaged barns and homes across numerous counties while injuring more than a dozen people and causing power outages and road closures.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Eugene J. McCarthy lead Democrats in a push for a national televised debate Friday night. format and equal time issues linger with talks of three segments or an open hour long exchange pending a resolution.
The Concorde, a joint French British project, completed its first taxiing test in Toulouse without difficulty. Officials say the aircraft is scheduled for its maiden flight later this year as the world's first commercial supersonic airliner.
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