Italy Faces New Crisis as Socialist Party Splits
Rome AP reports Italy confronts a new political crisis after the Socialist party failed to agree on terms for rejoining a center left coalition. Factions split over relations with the Christian Democrats and demands for reform.
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Rome
Italy
Italian Socialist Party
Communist Party
Christian Democrats
Republican Party
Vatican
Giovanni Leone
A_ Christian Democrat-Socialist alliance
Chamber of Deputies
Israeli Forces Rout Saboteurs on Lebanese Border
Israeli army units repelled a saboteur group attempting to cross the Lebanon frontier near Honeen and Malkesh in the upper Galilee. Eight men including Abu Gissan were captured after a 40 minute clash, with claims of Jordanian army clearance and details of a guerrilla diary.
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Tel Aviv
Honeen
Malkesh
Upper Galilee
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Israel
Che Guevara
Abu
West Bank
Suez Canal
Jerusalem
Swedish Poll Shows Nixon Favored by Swedes
A Stockholm AP report says 39 percent of Swedes would vote Nixon in a U S election with Humphrey at 24 percent. The poll, by the Swedish Institute for Opinion Polls, surveyed six European countries with Sweden posting the highest Nixon support while Italy trails at 15 percent.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Swedish Institute For Opinon
Nixon
Hobert H. Humphrey
Nixa
Italy
Aly
Humphrey
Netherlands
Witzerland
Rance
Wallace factor may decide Illinois governor race
Illinois voters face a contest between Democrat Samuel Shapiro and Republican Richard Ogilvie with third party George Wallace potentially swaying the outcome. Both candidates tout records in public service, share similar stances on crime and taxes, and campaign with strong fundraising as they seek a constitutional convention to address fiscal issues.
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Chicago
George C. Wallace
Illinois
Samuel H. Shapiro
Richard B. Oglivie
Wallace
Yale
Ogilvie
Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Kerner
U.S
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Cook County
Charles H. Percy
Critics Disagree on Pacification Progress in Vietnam
Former ambassador Robert W. Komer, about to become US ambassador to Turkey, says Viet Cong control fell by half under his pacification effort. Critics deny a real win, arguing villages stay loyal only with guards in place and genuine peasant support remains elusive.
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Vietnam
Cong
John T. Wheeler
Saigon
Robert W. Komer
U.S
Turkey
America
Komer
Johnson
Pacification chief Komer to leave Vietnam for Turkey
The article notes Komer’s aggressive push on South Vietnam pacification facing corruption and indifference, with 9,600 Viet Cong killed this year per Komer. He had worked with Maj. Gen. Nguyen Duc Thang, seen as Vietnam’s top official, before Thang’s ouster. Komer will be replaced by deputy William E. Colby.
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Komer
CIA
Saigon
Nguyen Duc Thang
U.S
Vietnam
Thang
Turkey
William E. Colby
Mediator Urges Binding Arbitration to End Teachers Strike
New York AP report notes mediator Vincent D. McDonnell calls for binding arbitration to resolve the 1.1 million pupil strike and secure polling sites for next week’s elections. He warns walkout jeopardizes ballots as talks with Albert Shanker and John Dear yield no progress.
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NEW York
State Mediation Board
Vincent D. McDonnell
McDonnell
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
John M
Pentagon plans airlift exercise to South Korea
Pentagon sources say the Defense Department plans an exercise airlifting troops to South Korea but is delaying a formal announcement to avoid jeopardizing the Paris peace talks. The move would mirror a 1963 transfer from Fort Hood to West Germany.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
South Korea
Paris
Ft. Hood
Fairmont Man Killed in Vietnam
A Minnesota Army man among 47 U.S. servicemen reported killed in action Monday by the Defense Department. Edwin E. Carson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred A. Carson of rural Fairmont, Minnesota, is identified among the fallen.
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Washington
Minnesota
U.S
Defense Department
Pie
Edwin E. Carson
Wilfred A. Carson
Fairmont
Prague Wary of Soviet Retaliation After Anti-Soviet Rally
Prague faces possible Soviet retaliation amid post rally tensions. Leaders Dubcek Svoboda Cernik travel to Bratislava for Slovakia celebrations while crowds chant Russians go home and clash with security near the Soviet Embassy and Red Army posts.
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Gene Kramer
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Oldrich Cernik
Bratislava
Svoboda
Prague Castle
Red Army
National Theatre
ADN
Traffic Toll Rises to 826 in 1968 Minnesota Deaths
The 1968 Minnesota traffic death toll reached 826 after Thomas E. Lake, 21, of Duluth died eight days after his car went out of control, sideswiped a tree, and struck a stone outcropping. He had been in critical condition with head injuries since the crash.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Thomas E. Lake
State Board to Assure Parole Rights
The State Parole Board said parole of criminals on parole is not revoked unless conviction seems certain. Chair Ted F. Telander tied the policy to national trends protecting defendants, while Sheriff Chester J. Goenner criticized it as crime rises. The issue followed a burglary arrest in Clear Lake where parolees faced no revocation due to flimsy evidence.
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Goenner
Clear Lake
St. Paul
Telander
TV Hits Easy to Spot Misses More Difficult to Single Out
AP television critic notes 1960s audience shifts as pre emptions by political broadcasts sports and specials affect ratings. Highlights include The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show rising after CBS prior competition and Mission Impossible pre emptions. Several shows struggle while Rowan and Martin Laugh In tops weekly, Julia remains a major hit.
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Phyllis Diller
NBC
Nielsen
Diller
Kennedy Onassis
ABC
Don Rickles
CBS
Daktari
Bob Hope
Hope
Julia
Mother Found Innocent by Insanity Ruling in 1965 Drowning
Mrs. Jaret Tanavoli was found innocent by reason of insanity in the 1965 drowning death of her three year old daughter Shirin. Judge Leonard Keyes ordered commitment to a mental institution after psychiatrists testified she was insane at the time of the incident.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts
St. Paul
Iran
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