Heavy Fighting Breaks Out In Soviet-Occupied Prague
In Prague, heavy fire erupted around the U S Embassy and near Wenceslas Square as Soviet troops tightened control during the fourth day of occupation. Bullets and tracer fire unsettled guests at the Hotel Akron and Hotel Yalta while underground radio Prague warned of planned roundups before dawn. No injuries were reported at the Embassy.
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Prague
UPI
U.S
Free Radio
Wenceslas Square
Terence Andrew
Akron
Yalta
David Mazel
Vitava
Mazel
Free Radio Prague
Czechoslovakia
Inside George Gordon on the varmints in his life
On the Inside George Gordon discusses the varmints in his life. The page notes a picture page reminding readers a mother school is about to open.
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George Gordon
Mother School
Texas considers placing Johnson's name for president at convention
Texas Democratic leader Frank C. Erwin Jr suggested the state might nominate Lyndon B. Johnson if a party rule change eliminating the unit rule is not dropped. The idea follows pressure from Humphrey McCarthy and McGovern to discard the rule binding delegations to a majority. Johnson, vacationing in Texas, did not comment. A rules subcommittee voted against enforcing the unit rule, with full committee to decide.
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Chicago
UPI
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Frank C. Erwin Jr
Humphrey
McCarthy
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Erwin
McGovern
John B. Connally
Johnson
Connally
Conrad Hilton
White House
Merriman Smith
Ohnson
Stephen A. Mitchell
National Democratic
Da Nang Battle Rages As Marines Defend City
US Marines and South Vietnamese Rangers clash with Communist forces on the fringes of Da Nang, driving invaders from the city center. A 24 hour curfew seals streets as civilian casualties mount. reports say at least 81 Communists and 15 Marines killed, 49 Marines wounded, with further fighting near the Cambodian border and Central Highlands.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Cam le
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Dan Nang
United States
Cpl
Isaac Matthews
Boston
Mass
Congressional Leaders Briefed On Crisis in Czechoslovakia
congressional leaders condemned the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia after a White House briefing. They urged a hands off policy while warning that East West relations suffered. Leaders urged UN diplomatic pressure to deter further repression.
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Czechoslovakia
Washington
UPI
White House
United States
Russia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Soviet Union
John McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
United Nations
Europe
Pope Paul calls taxing rich to aid poverty in Latin America
Pope Paul VI told about 300000 peasants in a cow pasture near Bogota that governments must tax the rich more heavily to ease poverty while urging nonviolence. He warned against sudden structural changes and urged reforms toward a just social order across Latin America and beyond.
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Bogota
Coloma
UPI
Paul VI
Temple of the
Latin America
Pigasus Nominated by Yippies Arrested at Chicago Demo
In Chicago at the Democratic National Convention a Hampshire pig named Pigasus, standard bearer for the Youth International Party, was arrested as police disrupted Yippie delegates. The event included a mock nomination and brief acceptance speech before police moved in.
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Chicago
UPD
Hampshire
Pigasus
Youth International Party
Civic Center
Pablo Picasso
Arl
Cmdr
James Riordan
First Police
Anti-Cruelty Society
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West Rutland
Proctor
London
Central Committee
Slovak Communist Party
Ludvik Svoboda
Moscow
Mitchell
Lawrence F. O’brien
Lake County
Ind
Alexander S. Williams
Gary
Hale Boggs
D-La
Middle East
Vietnam
Pope Paul
South America
First District
Yippie
Super Joel Yippie
New York State
Isolene Marsh
Jackson
Wolter
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