Fear Fanned of Czech Reforms Being Quashed
In Prague and Bratislava the Central Committee of Czechoslovakia's Communist Party met amid fears the liberal reforms of 1968 might be reversed. Debates over seats for new members eyed by old-line Communists. Husak warned against street demonstrations seen as subversive. Dubcek urged calm as student and worker groups planned actions tied to the day Hitler shut Czech universities.
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Prague
Central Committee
Czechoslovakia
Community Party
Prague Castle
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Gustav Hu
Sak
Husak
Bratislava
CKD Traction
Prague Radio
Hitler
Czechsolovak
Viet Closes Saigon English Daily for Unfair Coverage
Saigon government shuts the Saigon Daily News for failing to give official response equal billing in the Paris peace talks dispute. The paper printed Clifford news conference coverage top of page one while minimizing Thien’s rebuttal.
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Saigon
United States
Paris
Information Ministry
Saigon Daily News
U.S
Clark Clifford
Daily News
The
Clifford
Ton
Thien
Mankato Hospitals Plan to Merge
Two Mankato hospitals St. Josephs and Immanuel announce a merger between a Catholic institution and a community operation. The boards approve, subject to corporate member votes with St. Josephs members voting Friday and Immanuel members on November 26.
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Mankato, Minn
St. Joseph's
Immanuel
Nixon appoints Ehrlichman counsel to the president
President elect Richard M. Nixon named John D. Ehrlichman a Seattle attorney and eight year political aide as counsel to the president. The announcement came from Ronald L. Ziegler as Nixon and advisers met at the Hotel Pierre.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
John D. Ehrlichman
Seattle
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Hotel
Pierre
Free wigs postcard fraud target in Minnesota
Minnesota Attorney General said a Philadelphia man convicted of a similar scam is behind a postcard offer promising free wigs to women. The cards urge paying styling costs up to 21 dollars, with the promoter now free on bond awaiting appeal. Governor LeVander proposes 20000 dollars yearly to save state funds via an employee idea commission.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Alty
Douglas M. Head
Head
Harold LeVander
LeVander
Night Attack Kills 287 North Vietnamese Troops
In a night battle near the Cambodian border, about 1,000 North Vietnamese attackers pressed a camp held by South Vietnamese rangers and U.S. artillery. The dawn count reached 287 enemy dead, with four South Vietnamese and no American casualties reported. The camp housed a U.S. howitzer battery. U.S. air and helicopter support, plus heavy artillery, blunted the assault after seven hours. The clash followed cross-border movements as Washington warned against peace talks if the DMZ is used for attacks.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
North Vietnam
Central Highlands
An Khe
Washington
U.S. Command
North
South
Vietnam
North Viet Nam Rejects Talks Without NLF at Table
Paris reports say North Vietnam will not negotiate with the United States unless the Viet Cong National Liberation Front attends. Hanoi demands clear conditions to resume Paris peace talks and criticizes Secretary Clifford’s stance as ambiguous. The North Vietnamese insist Saigon be present or excluded.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
Washington
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Democratic Republic of
North) Vietnam
Coast Guard to Give Citation to St. Paul Man
K Keith Kurrasch of St. Paul will receive a Coast Guard Bravery Citation for saving two people from the St. Croix River after a collision near Bayport. Four miles north of Prescott, Wis, the crash killed three. Kurrasch heard it at 11:30 p.m. and, in a motor boat, rescued two survivors. Rear Adm. Waesche will also inspect Coast Guard installations in the Twin Cities and Hastings.
Keeping Up On Language At Roosevelt School
Two young Japanese girls and 52 other Japanese children study their native language at Roosevelt School in New Rochelle New York on Saturdays. Parents fear they will forget Japanese while living in the United States as the children spend their day off from regular classes keeping abreast of their heritage.
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Roosevelt School
New Rochelle
N. Y
U.S
Austin Vocational School project moves to design stage
Austin School Board and Vocational School Committee heard plans from Wick Stansfield and Kagermeier to begin preliminary designs for a new vocational technical school. A 100000 square foot tentative size was noted with must be flexible to accommodate varying class needs and potential balcony storage. Plans call for higher ceilings and central office space to serve multiple trades including auto body and mechanics, carpentry, nursing, welding, electronics, and agriculture. Site options near Hwy 16 IL-90 and Hwy 105 were discussed. renewal granted for the former for 30 days.
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Mankuwuto
Wick, Stansfield
Kagermeier
Austin Vocational - Technical School
Austin School Board
Vocational School Committee
Morton Carney
State Board of Education
Woeynal School
William Hartmen
Dibble Pontiac
Southgate School
Soviet Zond 6 Circles Moon in milestone spaceflight
Tass reported the unmanned Zond 6 flew around the moon, matching Zond 5’s September feat. The craft, launched Sunday, may return to Earth, with Jodrell Bank noting it appeared headed home. Tass said the distance topped 1,502 miles and onboard systems functioned normally.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Moon
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Zond 6 reports fuel success and moon approach details
The piece notes Zond 6 nearly reached the moon with a Sunday launch and a Saturday recovery in the Indian Ocean, amid talk of a Soviet manned lunar attempt. NASA announced a Christmas Eve 20 hour, 10 orbit flight by three U.S. astronauts as Apollo 8 would orbit the moon at 70 miles. Lovell said Zond 6 passed within 1,000 to 2,000 miles of the lunar surface and voices heard on Wednesday suggested solar activity researchers were testing radio communications for future manned missions. The Soviets stayed silent on Zond 6 and subsequent plans.
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Indian Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Lovell
U.S. Plans Apollo 10 Moon Flyby and Descent near Surface
Apollo 10, led by Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan with John Young aboard, will fly less than 10 miles above the moon and separate the lunar module for a descent to within 50 000 feet before rendezvousing and returning to Earth. Apollo 8 follows with a 69 mile lunar orbit, crewed by Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders.
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Navy
John W. Young
Stafford
Cernan
Young
Lunar
Earth
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Dispute Among Bishops Threatens Birth Control Letter
Washington AP reports a fierce group of American Catholic bishops clashed over a pastoral letter on birth control and the Vietnam war. A closed meeting prompted a night of rewriting as a seven man panel sought a wording acceptable to all. The core dispute centers on interpreting Pope Paul VI's encyclical banning artificial birth control and whether exceptions could be allowed.
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Washington
America
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Vietnam
Paul VI
Nixon Soon to Pick Budget Director for New Administration
President elect Richard Nixon is weighing candidates for the federal budget director post. Possible choices include T Norman Hurd of New York State and Caspar Weinberger of California, with Maurice Stans not seeking the slot. Budget planning intensifies as the 1970 fiscal year starts July 1 and Johnson prepares to present the budget before leaving office. Nixon conducts staff conferences in New York while his family attends the Broadway musical George M.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
T. Norman Hurd
New York State
Caspar Weinberger
California
Maurice Stans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Congress
White House
NBC describes bicycle convoy delivering Viet Cong supplies
NBC News says a bicycle convoy filmed by its team moved red supply crates from a Cambodian border town of Ba Vet to a Viet Cong stronghold near Saigon. Dean Brellis narrates that customs barriers were ignored and the flow remained uninterrupted, aiding the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong war effort.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Cambodia
South Vietnam
NBC
Huntley-Brinkley Report
Ba Vet
Saigon
NBC News
Dean Brellis
Columnist claims Nixon treated for psych problems denied
AP reports columnist Drew Pearson alleged Nixon was under care of New York psychiatrist Dr Arnold A Hutschnecker while vice president. Nixon aide Ron Ziegler and Dr Hutschnecker dismissed the claim as untrue, with Hutschnecker saying he treated Nixon only in a medical capacity and the doctor in New York.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Eisenhower
Nixon
National Press Club
Pearson
Arnold A. Hutschnecker
Hutschnecker
Ron Ziegler
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Bobby” Baker
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Harold
Red) Hastings
Washington D. C
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