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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1968
Page
1
Police contained the largest anti Vietnam war demonstration in London with about 30,000 marching peacefully through the city and 7,000 in Grosvenor Square. A small extremist attack on the U S Embassy triggered clashes as authorities held firm.
Several hundred students shouted slogans at Prague Castle during a 50th anniversary of Czechoslovakia independence as police formed lines and padlocked palace gates. Soviet observers watched while leaders moved to federalize the country into Czech and Slovak states effective 1969.
Austin State Bank accelerates plans for a new building at Main and 4th Ave NW after purchasing the former Good Year building and nearby land from the Herald-Thomson. Archiect Warren Kane refinines plans for traffic flow, parking, and auto access with bidding set for early 1969 and construction to start in spring. General Mills buys the present bank building vault area for records storage and the remaining space will be available to rent. The Herald garage with four stalls will be demolished, while the Laundromat site and land west to Ist St NW remain with Herald.
Hong Kong AP reports Radio Hanoi declares North Vietnam is not ready to accept any U S conditions for a bombing halt. The denial marks another step beyond previous days when Hanoi rejected such terms.
Three Liberal lawmakers from the Iron Range urged Gov. LeVander to declare St. Louis County a disaster area to aid farmers blocked by heavy fall rains. Reps. Fenn and Rutter and Sen. Perpich sought Wednesday talks on farm harvest delays.
Secretary of State Joseph L. Donovan said Griffin Marvin Griffin remains listed as Wallace American Party vice president candidate on petitions and ballots. He warned voters against editing ballots and noted votes for Wallace Griffin will count for 10 electors. if Wallace wins Minnesota, electors could choose LeMay.
Moscow reports the unmanned Soyuz 2 landed in the Soviet Union after a three day mission. Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy remained in orbit aboard Soyuz 3, following Soyuz 2 in tandem for two days and maneuvering to approach the pilotless sister ship.
The AP report says NASA is weighing a moon orbit or multiple lunar orbits for the next Apollo mission with a final decision the week of Nov 11. If approved, astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders could spend Christmas week en route to around and from the moon. Apollo 8 liftoff tentatively set for Dec 21.
South Vietnamese infantry clashes with the veteran North Vietnamese Dong Nai Regiment 24 miles north of Saigon, killing 32 North Vietnamese and capturing 13. The battle yielded 21 weapons and two stockpiles, with six South Vietnamese killed and 20 wounded. The Dong Nai’s return signals possible full strength and a third Saigon assault.
Henderson Minnesota sheriffs seek two missing hunters, Larry Steckman and Dave Kahlow, both in their mid twenties from Henderson. They were last seen Saturday morning heading to pheasant hunt. Their car was found by the Minnesota River and deputies searched LeSueur Scott and Sibley counties but found no boat or sign of the men.
In Council Bluffs Iowa a 16 year old from Minneapolis was fatally shot by a deputy during a police chase Sheriff Roy Wichael of Pottawattamie County identified the youth as Peter Studelska Jr Authorities said two hitchhikers took a car near Minden Iowa and robbed the driver of his wallet
Three people died in Minnesota traffic accidents over the weekend, a low toll for the year. Lavern Brien, 35, of Leonard, was killed when her car overturned near Clearwater County while returning from charity work. Marvin Grapp, 27, of Minneapolis, died in a two car crash on Highway 6 near Cohasset. the other driver uninjured. Ben Kaplan, 65, of St. Paul, died in a two car crash in the capital. wife Becky injured as their car hit another vehicle and a utility pole.
President Johnson accuses Richard Nixon of unfair charges over security and peace efforts while Hubert Humphrey blasts Nixon for spreading unfounded rumors about Democrats using peace talks for politics. Humphrey and Johnson dispute Nixon’s claims as the 1968 race tightens and Wallace is criticized.
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