Czechs and Soviets OK gradual troop withdrawal
President Ludvik Svoboda told Czechoslovaks that the liberal path would continue and that Warsaw Pact troops would be withdrawn gradually as talks with the Soviet Union concluded. Soviet tanks pulled back from Prague as Moscow announced conditions for troop withdrawals and negotiations continued.
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Peter Rehak
Prague
Dvik Svoboda
Czechoak
Antonin Novotny
Moscow
Commuist
Svobodaid
National Front
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Svoboda
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
National Assembly
Free Czechoslovak
Joseph Smrkovsky
Hradeany Castle
Ludvik Svoboda
Humphrey Breaks 900 Mark in AP Primary Vote
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's AP survey shows a strong primary performance with 93 7 12 of 1 3 12 votes toward nomination. Florida contributed 45 to Humphrey, 6 to McCarthy, 12 uncommitted, as Smathers endorses and withdraws as favorite son.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Associated Press
Florida
George A. Smathers
Smathers
Humphrey
McCarthy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Michigan
Kansas
McGovern
California
Sen
George Smathers
Mondale Sees Good Omens On Delegation Votes
Chicago AP Mondale says convention votes on contested delegations are good omens for Humphrey. He predicts Humphrey will be nominated on the first ballot and notes the Texas challenge seats align with Minnesota splits 34 42 to 14 %.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Mondale
Humphrey
Texas
John Connally
Minnesota
Gov. Connally
Eugene J. McCarthy
Gene
McCarthy
Two Boys Killed in Minnesota Car Mishap
Two youngsters died in separate accidents pushing Minnesota 1968 highway toll to 651. Cary Dean Collins aged 10 months died in a two car crash two miles north of Zumbrota while riding with his mother Linda Marie Collins 20 and aunt Linda Lee Collins 17 both hospitalized along with Evelyn Bannitt 32 who drove the other car south of Zumbrota.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Cary Dean Collins
Zumbrota
Highway Patrol
Linda Marie Collins
Goodhue
Minn
Linda Lee Collins
Welch
Evelyn Bannitt
Rochester
Humphrey Tightens Grip as Kennedy Draft Ebbs
Humphrey advances in the Democratic contest as Kennedy draft fades and Southern resistance weakens. A Platform vote on Vietnam policy, McCarthy and McGovern opposition, and seating battles shape the convention path toward the vice president's nomination.
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Humphrey
Kennedy
McCarthy
McGovern
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
DiSalle
Frank Mankiewicz
Robert F. Kennedy
Price Daniel
Texas
July consumer prices rise again large
Living costs increased one half of one per cent in July matching June and marking the sharpest two month rise in 11 years. Higher mortgage rates and medical care costs drove the uptick with food prices also climbing though less than usual. The CPI stood at 121.5, up 4.3 per cent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Sleepy Eye Boy Drowns in Four Feet of Water
A 9-year-old Sleepy Eye boy, Michael Augustine, disappeared while wading with three brothers in Long Lake. His body was found about 20 minutes later in four feet of water.
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New London
Minn
Sleepy Eye
Long Lake
Michael Augustine
Russell Augustine
Democrats to Vote Tonight on Vietnam and Tax Reform Platform
The Democratic National Committee plans to vote on a platform emphasizing ending the Vietnam War through limited bombing and troop withdrawal, fair elections in South Vietnam, crime reduction, civil liberties, tax reform, and a strong defense including a pact with the Soviet Union to limit antimissile systems. The document links Vietnam negotiations in Paris to policy timing and stresses democratic dissent within lawful bounds.
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Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
Soviet Union
Escapees From Red Wing School Captured Near Albert Lea
Three of 25 youths escaped from the Red Wing State Training School for Boys were captured after a high speed chase on Highway 65 near Albert Lea Minnesota. A Minneapolis boy among four detained remains at large and three other youths may be caught near Iowa Falls Iowa. All teens aged 14 to 16 were taken to Freeborn County jail as Red Wing authorities prepared to collect the three from the institution.
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Red Wing State Training School For
Albert Lea
Minn
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Minneapolis
Freeborn County
Red Wing
Ground Breaking Styles Shift With Federal Projects
The piece notes a change in how ground breaking is staged for federal projects. It cites North Dakota pump water work near the Missouri River with a $7 million price tag and contrasts it with the 1960s Garrison dam start, highlighting formal ceremonies and a Texas shovel driver as the honor.
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Minneapolis
Minn.ap
North Dakota
Udall
Missouri
Garrison Dam
Associated Press
Corps of Engineers
Bismarck Tribune
Fred Randahl
Texas
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