Prague uneasy as Soviet Czechoslovak talks wrap
In Kiev, a two day Soviet Czechoslovak summit issued a vague communique on cooperation and common interests. Brezhnev and Kosygin led the delegation while Dubcek faced concern from a center group seen as pro Moscow. The meeting amid secrecy stirred disquiet in Prague and among reform advocates.
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Alexander Dubcek
Kiev
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Antonin Novotny
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Pinocchio gets a modern Hall of Fame treatment on NBC
NBC offered a 90 minute Hall of Fame musical adaptation of Pinocchio with Peter Noone as the puppet and Burl Ives as Gepetto. Ernest Kinoy wrote new adult asides while the show mixed ballad and rock songs in a contemporary style. Hugh Downs announced departure from Today with Bob Clayton replacing him on Concentration. CBS reshuffled midseason replacements Blondie to The Queen and I starring Larry Storch. A Cool California firehouse door problem prompts a lightweight door solution for firewomen after a fence incident.
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F Troop
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Space training craft crash sparks una sessable setback debate
The Lunar Landing Training Vehicle crash at SPACE CENTER Houston involved pilot Joseph Algranti ejecting from 550 feet during a six minute flight. NASA officials termed the incident an unassessable setback to the moon program, with an investigation board led by astronaut Walter Schirra Jr. examining the accident and prior crashes.
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Protests Flare at Two Colleges Amid Unrest
The Associated Press reports student protests at San Francisco State College and Washington University in suburban St Louis. Brandeis security found five sticks of dynamite near Mailman's Hall tied to a soldier seeking sanctuary. Ivy League campuses like Brown and Cornell announce steps to aid black students and expand Afro-American studies amid ongoing campus tensions.
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Wilmington
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Toll on Minnesota roads rises as 12 die in weekend crashes
The weekend deaths bring Minnesota 1968 traffic toll to 965, matching the 1967 total and within 18 of the all time high of 983 set in 1966. Victims include Victor Kivenen 70s killed near Biwabik, Charles A Logan 26 near Pine River, Jill Sander 18 in Minneapolis area, and Waldemar Brown 54 with his wife Helen 53 in a Soo Line collision near Otter Tail.
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Minnesota
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Highway 4
Biwabik
Charles A. Logan
Bloomington
Minn
Cass County
Pine River
Lester F. Beatty
Joseph’s Hospital
Brainerd
Jill Sander
Minneapolis
Brooklyn Park
Highway Patrol
Deborah Parzyck
Frederick Koenig
St. Paul
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Perham
Helen
Soo Line
Otter Tail
Blanche M. Alson
Glencoe
Highway 212
Tiniest Quadruplet Dies in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES AP One of the quadruplets born to James and Lorraine Gallion died Sunday at County University of Southern California Medical Center. The tiniest infant, a girl weighing one pound 11 ounces at birth last Friday, could not survive. The other three — two girls and a boy — remained in satisfactory condition. The largest weighed 2 pounds 11 ounces at birth. The parents, 28 and 22, also have two older sons and live in Sylmar.
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James
Lorraine Gallion
University of Southern California Medical Center
Gallion
Sylmar
Italian Producers Campaign Against Misleading Sex Ads
Italian film producers campaign against misleading advertising amid a surge of sex themed movies. Directors defend a clinical approach while critics and Vatican media denounce “porno publicity.” The sector vows to police film ads though debates about market demand persist.
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Associated Press
ROME
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Avallone
Franco Montemurro
Producers’ Association
Il Tempo Magazine
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
Federation of Italian Entertainment
Italo Gemini
Pope Paul VI to Broadcast Christmas Message Dec 20
The Vatican announced that Pope Paul VI will deliver his Christmas message to the world at 2 p.m. EST this Friday December 20. The address will be broadcast globally from Vatican City via the Holy See media outlets.
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