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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
1
Thousands of Colombians hailed Pope Paul VI as a pope of hope when he kissed the soil after entering Colombia. He addressed Latin America’s poor and later ordinated 161 priests and 41 deacons amid huge crowds at the 39th International Eucharistic Congress in Mosquera, near Bogota.
Prague hosts a one hour general strike against the Soviet led invasion as President Svoboda goes to Moscow. Soviet tanks block bridges while crowds stay away. leaflets urge movement disruption and Radio Prague names arresting cars. United States and other foreigners exit via trains to Austria. Svoboda vows to recognize only the legal government of Cernik.
At the United Nations a Soviet veto blocked an eight nation resolution condemning the Soviet bloc occupation of Czechoslovakia and calling for troops to withdraw. The vote was 10 to 2 with three abstentions. Malik vetoed at 3 28 a m after a filibuster by Soviet bloc allies. The sponsors included Brazil Senegal the United States Britain France Canada Denmark and Paraguay.
The Rev. Charles Dahlen of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Hibbing is dead and his wife seriously injured after a three car crash on Highway 169 west of Nashwauk St Louis County authorities said no further details were available Friday morning The 1968 traffic death toll reached 634 up from 569 in 1967
Democratic Credentials Committee forces a Georgia delegation split 21-21 between Maddox and Bond factions, aiming to bar minority exclusion. The ruling, 59-30, ties to party nominee and could spark a floor fight at the convention as McCarthy and Humphrey factions maneuver for influence.
Norman B. Ganter and Wendy Hartley recount their arrival in Prague just after Soviet occupation. They describe the sense of shock and the early days of life under occupation, detailing their experience as among the first U.S. visitors to leave the city in the new power environment.
Delegates and supporters of the Kennedy faction press for a hard line on Vietnam as the party pleads for a strong peace plank. Sorensen and Edward Kennedy push for a final platform stance while other nominees face splits over the Vietnam policy and delegate seating.
The third astronaut to resign in five months reduces the U S space program corps to 52. Dr John A Llewellyn 35 quit claiming difficulty learning to fly jet aircraft. The items also report a Minn man dies in a one car rollover and campaign plans for Rockefeller in Worthington and a 20 passes limit for Minnesota delegates to the DNC.
Across South Vietnam more than 50 rocket and mortar attacks hit northern zones and the central highlands as fighting persisted. A Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border held out against around 500 North Vietnamese troops, while Marines battled to retake Marble Mountain and clear a village near Da Nang.
Washington AP reports doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital described Dwight D. Eisenhower's condition as still critical but with encouraging signs. The medical bulletin noted the outlook remains uncertain and survival cannot be predicted for some time.
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