U N Warns North Korea After Ambush Slayings
U N Command angrily protests the ambush killings of six Americans and a South Korean south of the armistice line. U N commander Bonesteel sends a warning to North Korea while Maj. Gen. Ciccolella presents evidence including a bloody glove and bloodied bandages. North Korea rejects the charges.
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John Roderick Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
U.S
Richard Ciccolella
Military Armistice Commission
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
South Korea
Ciccolella
U.N
Charles Bonesteel III
U.N. Command
Pyongyang
U. S
Richard Cieccolella
Panmunjom
Arthur Kennedy
Seoul
Johnson to Rest Prompts DFL Rally Cancellation
Minnesota governor and DFL leaders planned a major Minneapolis rally with President Johnson as headliner but he will not attend due to surgery. Humphrey shifts to a broad campaign across Twin Cities region and multiple towns to convey the party message amid unfavorable editorials and polls.
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Minneapolis
Hubert H. Humprey
First National Bank
Arthur Naftalin
Lyndon B. Johnson
Democratic - Farmer - Labor
DFL
Johnson
Karl F. Rolvaag
Humphrey
Twinties
Alexandria
Mankato
St. Cloud
Willmar
Montevideo
Brainerd
Hibbing
Chisholm
Buhl
Mountain Iron
Virginia
Duluth
Rolvaag
Johnson Says Manila Conference Unites Nations in Peace Walk
President Johnson described the Manila conference as a united effort to walk the last mile toward peace in Vietnam. He noted his upcoming surgery but said his Asia trip was not hindered, and expects continued U.S. support and alliance readiness. Johnson dismissed election outcomes as changing policy and emphasized negotiating pressure on North Vietnam. He indicated Westmoreland will request more troops if needed, and said any Christmas truce proposal from the Pope would be seriously considered.
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Bonesteel
United Nations Command
Ciccolella
Park Chung Kook
Pyongyang
Kim Il-sung
U.N
Washington
Johnson
Manila
White House
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Freezing Temperatures Reach Mexican Gulf States
A sweeping early season snowstorm lingers from the South to the Great Lakes and into Canada. It drives freezing temps to the Gulf, blankets Kentucky with snow, and drops up to four foot drifts in Michigan while disrupting travel, power, and school schedules across multiple states. At least 32 deaths are attributed to the storm, with Michigan reporting four fatalities amid widespread closures and transport paralysis.
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Gulf of Mexico
Birmingham
Ala
Kentucky
Michigan
Nashville
Tenn
Charlotte
N.C
Meridian
Miss
Atlanta
Charleston
S.C
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Lone Rock
Wis
Park Falls
International Falls
Minn
Wood
Fremont
Ind
James McKibben
New England
Boston
Millinocket
Maine
Italy Floods Vastly Swamp Northern Central Italy
The worst floods since WWII rage across northern and central Italy, submerging Florence and Venice and sweeping floods to Rome’s reach. Arno river breaches flood Renaissance palaces as water cuts Florence off, while Venice endures three foot tides and ruined canals. Rescue teams struggle amid outages and road closures.
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Florence
Venice
Rome
Europe
Italian Alps
Arno
Ombrone
Grosseto
Bologna
Italy
Sicily
Alps
Lagoon
Kroman invokes Fifth in Goff campaign case
State witness David R. Kroman invoked the Fifth Amendment after testifying that he was present when a $2,000 political contribution check passed from Philip Kitzer Jr. to Sydney Goff in the Ramsey County District Court trial. The case centers on alleged illegal corporate political contributions under Minnesota law.
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Goff
Democratic - Farmer Labor Party
Allied Realty of
St. Paul
Minnesota
Kroman
Paul Lindholm
Ramsey County
Rocky River
Ohio
Kitzer Jr
Lindholm
Allied Realty
John Daubney
Kitzer
High Court Upholds Sentence of Pelican Rapids Man
Minnesota Supreme Court sustains life term for Donald Lee Fruhrman in the 1954 Pelican Rapids station slaying of Rodney M. Gilberts. Court notes a dissent arguing the crime was not premeditated and suggests third degree murder as appropriate.
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Pelican Rapids
Donald Lee Fruhrman
Fruhrmann
Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rodney M. Gilberts
Gilberts
Fruhrman
Thomas J. Gallagher
Daytons Jewelry Theft Reported in Minneapolis
Two trays of diamond rings valued at more than 11000 were stolen from Dayton's jewelry department counter in Minneapolis. Clerks saw two men leaning over the counter shortly before the trays disappeared. Nine rings valued at 825 each were among the 16 missing.
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Minneapolis
Dayton
Powell Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail
New York Supreme Court Justice Matthew M. Levy found Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. guilty of two counts of criminal contempt and ordered a 30 day jail term. The arrest order would not be issued until after the election on November 8. The criminal order may be served outside New York State.
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New York
Supreme Court
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Matthew M. Levy
Powell
New York State
Wisconsin Sues Four Salt Firms Over Price Fixing
Wisconsin state anti trust action ends with four salt firms paying nearly 340000 to settle price fixing charges. Morton Salt Co Chicago Diamond Crystal Salt Co St Clair MI Cutler Magner Co Duluth MN and Cargill Inc Minneapolis are named in the settlement.
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Madison
Wis
Bronson LaFollette
Wisconsin
Morton Salt Co
Chicago
Diamond Crystal Salt Co
St. Clair, Mich
Cutler-Magner Co
Duluth
Forsythe Plans 1000 Mile Plane Tour Across Six States
Republican senatorial candidate Robert A. Forsythe schedules a 1,000 mile six city jet tour from Minneapolis–St Paul to Duluth Fargo Moorhead Alexandria Sioux Falls Rochester and back. The Democratic Farmer Labor Party ran a whistle-stop train across the state the last two days to boost Mondale. News notes include party accusations over tax policy and a rural electrification loan proposal.
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Associated Press
Robert A. Forsythe
Democratic - Farmer Labor Party
Forsythe
Twin Cities
Duluth
Fargo
N.D
Moorhead
Alexandria
Sioux Falls
S.D
Rochester
Minneapolis- St. Paul
DFL
Walter F. Mondale
Cooperative Power Association
Minnesota
George Thiss
Karl F. Rolvaag
LeVander
Outnumbered Viet Militia Fights Off Communist Attack
South Vietnamese militiamen repelled a large Viet Cong assault near the Cambodian border with air aid after five hours of combat. American troops in Operation Attleboro reported 10 enemy killed and five captured by Thursday afternoon. B52s bombed suspected concentrations in Bin Dinh and Kontum as 155 missions flew over Hanoi Haiphong and the southern panhandle.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Attleboro
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Panhandle
Guam
bin Dinh
Kontum
Sam Sheppard retrial referenced old affair in case
In Cleveland the retrial of Samuel H. Sheppard for the bludgeon slaying of his wife Marilyn includes mention of an old affair with Susan Hayes. Police testimony continues as state contends the death followed quarrel over the affair.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Marilyn
Dayton
U.S. Supreme Court
Fred Drenkhan
Sheppard
Bay Village
Miss Hayes
Star
Santa Monica
Calif Crenkhan
Four Men Douse Man at Bus Stop Then Set Him Afire
In Los Angeles County four assailants drenched John W. Smith, 37, with gasoline and set him on fire after learning he had no money. Smith was assaulted Thursday night while waiting at a bus stop and remains in critical condition today.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Deputies
John W. Smith
Truce Reached Between Aurora Housewives and Coop
In Aurora Minnesota the housewives led by Mrs Russell Monson reached a truce with the Aurora cooperative supermarket after a three day picket over high food prices. Fifteen workers were laid off when the coop closed. The two sides agreed to reconvene later to discuss prices while the women will continue picketing National Food Store markets in Virginia.
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Virginia
Minn
Aurora
Aurora Cooperative
Russell Monson
Coop
Co-Op
Slain Diane Olkwitz Found in Wisconsin Plant
The body of Diane Olkwitz aged 20 was found Thursday stabbed 106 times in an industrial plant in suburban Menomonee Falls Wisconsin where she worked as a receptionist. It follows two other fatal stabbings in the Milwaukee area in two months including a 19 year old woman and a 10 year old girl.
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Diane Olkwitz
Menomonee Falls
Wis
Milwaukee
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