Romania Offers Concessions to Avert Soviet Invasion
Romania press reports say President Ceausescu proposed a package to the Soviet Union to avoid occupation. concessions include renewing the 1948 pact, pledges to Warsaw Pact loyalty, troop participation in maneuvers with immediate limits, expanded East bloc trade, and increased foreign aid to underdeveloped countries.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Loy
Ceausescu
Alexander Bassev
Kremlin
Warsaw Pact
Liberal shakeup hits Czechoslovakia under Soviet grip
Prague AP reports a government reshuffle as Premier Oldrich Cernik removes liberals who controlled information education and secret police while Soviet security men tighten control by placing experts in ministries and party central committee. Cernik's Interior Minister Josef Pavel rumored to resign as press censorship returns.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Oldrich Cernik
Josef Pavel
Secret Police
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Pavel
Miroslav Galuska
Vladimir Kadlec
Cesimir Cisar
Communist Party Presidium
Cisar
Ota Sik
Dubcek
Jiri Hajek
Yugoslavia
Cernik
Wheeler urges staying U S troops in Europe after Czech invasion
General Earle Wheeler argues the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia proves a substantial requirement for U S forces to remain in Europe. He warns against relying on long-range aircraft to rush troops back, noting about 200 000 U S troops stay in West Germany. He cautions against letting volatile Soviet intentions guide strategy and recalls prior testimony on no military justification for further pullbacks.
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Dallas
Earle Wheeler
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Europe
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
West Germany
Congress
Traffic Deaths Mount During Labor Day Holiday
News briefs note 40 highway fatalities on the first full day of a three day Labor Day weekend with a NSC estimate that 575 to 675 more may die in highway accidents. Other items include Montreal heart transplant success and local labor disputes in St. Petersburg and Duluth.
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National Safety Council
Montreal
Montreal Heart Hospital
Elie Zaor
Turkey
Canada
ST. Petersburg
Fla
Lynn Andrews
Local Temperature Readings Show Mixed Warmth
This report lists today compared with year ago figures. At 9 am the temperature is 62 with a low of 57 and a high of 71. Friday’s readings show a high of 78 and a low of 49 with earlier 74 and 57 noted.
Pilot escapes as jet crashes on highway in Minnesota
The Michigan Air National Guard F84 pilot Capt Sylvere H Coussement 35 of Glen Ellyn Illinois survived a high fence crash during takeoff aborting on a four lane Interstate 494 in rush hour Minneapolis traffic. The jet skidded into median fire and authorities planned an investigation.
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Minneapolis
Johnson Warns Red Aggressors in Eastern Europe
President Johnson urged against aggression as Red troops are reported massing in Eastern Europe potential Czech style invasion. He avoided naming targets while stressing no appeasement of boundary violators and urged leaders to seek solutions at the conference table.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Europe
Moscow
San Antonio
Dean Rusk
Denise Clark M. Clifford
Czechoslovakia
Commies Kill 15 in Refugee Camp
In a northern central lowland move, enemy mortars hit Hoi An and refugees camps, killing 15 civilians and wounding 22. In the last three days another raid killed 18 and kidnapped 65 in two hamlets, with 85 houses burned. A U.S. official warned the enemy could escalate again.
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Saigon
Hoi An
Humphrey Hears Cheers and Jeers on His Return
Hubert H. Humphrey and running mate Edmund Muskie arrived in Minnesota after the Democratic National Convention to a mixed greeting of supporters and McCarthy backers. About 250 people gathered at the Minneapolis airport, some shouting Gene's name and antiwar chants. The pair then headed to Lake Waverly for rest with no public schedule.
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Minneapolis
Humphrey
Democratic National Committee
McCarthy
Democratic Party
Vietnam
Gene
Hubert
Horatio
Disguised Policeman Reveals Yippie Riot Plans
Chicago police infiltrated the Youth International Party to expose premeditated riot and provocation plans during the Democratic National Convention. Officer Robert L. Pierson, 35, carried as bodyguard for Jerry Rubin after gaining Yippie trust, later turning over a diary with details of Monday night actions. Rubin faced charges and bond after police used the diary to arrest him.
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Chicago
Youth International Party
The
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
Robert L. Pierson
State’s Attorney's Office
Jerry Rubin
Pierson
Rubin
Blackstone Rangers
South Side
Yippies
Cook County
State’s Attorney’s Office
Lincoln Park
North Side Park
Piers
Legal Aid Bureau
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David Gordon
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