Convicts Hold Nine Guards as Hostages at Ohio Prison
Rebel inmates at Ohio State Penitentiary refuse to release nine guards held for more than 24 hours. Warden Koloski says prisoners seek amnesty and prison reforms while authorities avoid using force. A separate riot at Lebanon Correctional Institution leads to five prisoners shot and two in critical condition.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Penitentiary
M. J. Koloski
Koloski
Koleski
Ohio Highway
Ohio National Guardsmen
Val
Maury Koblentz
Koblentz
Lebanon Correctional Institution
Lebanon
New School of Penologists
Richard Armstrong
Howard Conti
M. J. Koleski
Columbus
UPI
Invasion Crashes Prague Liberals as Soviets Move In
Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces crushed Czechoslovakia's liberal reform with tanks planes and troops. Prague and Bratislava saw street fighting with civilians killed wounded and tanks burned. Officials blamed illegal invasion while calling for calm and passive resistance.
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Prague
UPI
Russia
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Kosice
CTK
Slovakia
Czechoslovak
Reform
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Ludvik Svoboda
Wencelas Square
Harriman Explains U S Action in DMZ at Paris Talks
UPI report shows U S chief negotiator Averell Harriman accusing North Vietnam of refusing restraint in the DMZ after Johnson's March speech. He said actions by North Vietnam forced a change in the agreed restraint and cited North Vietnamese troop movements and casualties in the DMZ while stressing Allied pressures to restore the DMZ to its original status.
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UPI
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
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Harriman
Dmz
South Vietnam
Inside story notes chaos on Chicago and local issues
Elizabeth Dwyer and Max Lerner analyze looming chaos in Chicago in a feature. Letters to the editor discuss Bennington County's new highway and Arlington sewer problems. Hoosick hosts a distinguished visitor from India.
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Elizabeth Dwyer
Max Lerner
Chicago
Bennington County
Arlington
Hoosick
India
Tavern Owner Loses License In Vermont Showdown
Douglas Bouton seeks to suspend The Cub restaurant license for 30 days and attaches selectmen trucks in a civil suit alleging defamation for $5,000. The alleged actions center on outsiders versus natives in Winhall Vermont as tensions flare over local conduct and licensing.
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Winhall
Douglas Bouton
Bondville
Bouton
Muriel
Vermont
Selectman Oe
Alwin Ameden
Harry P. Edgerton
William F. Coleman
Bennington County
Selectmen
Connecticut
Moscow Says Prague Invited Invasion To Preserve Socialism
The Tass statement says Czechoslovak leaders asked for armed help to meet a threat from counterrevolutionary forces and foreign forces. It asserts troops from Soviet allies will be withdrawn once the danger eases and authorities decide further presence is unnecessary. The broadcast vows solidarity against outside threats and warns against breaking the socialist bloc links.
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CTK
Bratislava
Wencelas Square
Radio Prague
Moscow
Warsaw
East Berlin
Soviet Bloc
Czechoslovakia
Eastern Alliance
Jeff Roberts
San Francisco State University
Prague
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Tass
Kremlin
UPI
Soviet Union
Radio Moscow
Johnson Calls for Withdrawal of Troops from Czechoslovakia
President Johnson urged the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies to pull their troops from Czechoslovakia. He called the intervention a flat violation of the UN charter and said the U.S. would consult other nations in the Security Council to defend Czechoslovak rights. Johnson noted the action undermines east‑west relations and jeopardizes peace efforts in Asia.
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Soviet Union
Community of Socialist States
Washington
UPC
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United Nations
U.S
U.N
George Ball
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Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
West
Asia
Russia
Prague
United States
Europe
North Vietnam
National Security Council
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
East Germany
Ham operator in Vermont reports invasion as Czechoslovakia falls
UPI recounts Montpelier bureau chief Charles Kershner describing a brief ham radio contact from his Stowe home with a Czech operator when Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia late Tuesday. Morse code faded, ending the international conversations that summer had filled with hope for freedom and open dialogue.
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UPI
Montpelier
United States
Stowe
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
U.S
Iron Curtain
Prague
Bratislava
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Palm
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