Humphrey weighs running mate options in Chicago
In Chicago Humphrey huddled with party leaders overnight to pick a running mate amid bets on Joseph Alioto Edmund Muskie Sargent Shriver and others. Officials gave no clear timing for an official announcement as aides noted Alioto’s nomination biography and various prospects faced scrutiny.
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Chicago
UPS
Hubert H. Humphrey
San Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Maine
Edmund S. Muskie
Sargent Shriver
France
Humphrey
Alioto
Alloto
Kenneth Curtis
Muskie
Curtis
Guardsmen Clamp Down as Chicago Protests Escalate
National Guardsmen facing thousands of antiwar demonstrators across from the Democratic National Convention hotel in Grant Park. Police clash injuries rise as tear gas drifts, hundreds arrested and eye witness reports describe baton use and peer pressure.
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Chicago
UPI
National
Grant Park
Bennington
New England Delegates Press Hoff for VP Bid
New England delegates at the convention urged Gov. Philip Hoff of Vermont to seek the vice presidential nomination. Hoff would offer a liberal alternative if Humphrey chooses a conservative running mate. Vermont supporters distributed Hoff stickers while New York and California liberals leaned toward Humphrey. Hoff previously broke with Johnson, backing Kennedy then McCarthy, drawing access complaints from Vermont reporters.
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Chicago
UPD
New England
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
Erals
O’ Leo O’brien
O’brien
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
California
Humphrey
Benjamin M. Collins
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen
McCarthy
Madison Square Garden
Ambassadors Death Triggers Guatemalan State of Siege
U S Ambassador John Gordon Mein was killed in Guatemala City as gunmen forced his limousine off the road and opened fire. Guatemala declared a 30 day state of siege and suspended constitutional limits on search and seizure to pursue suspects.
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Guatemala City
API
Guatemala
U.S
John Gordon Mein
Mein
Reforma
Cadiz
Revolutionary Armed Forces
Guatemalan
Ministry of Interior
Johnson
Tennessee
Inside Sunny Hill camp ends summer season
An editorial ponders if HHH can mend the torn Democratic umbrella. Retired Carlo Walter reviews a Vermont book arguing retirement at 50 can be fun. Dorset's Fred Carmichael draws critical praise.
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Sunny Hill
HHH
Carlo Walter
Vermont
Dorset
Fred Carmichael
Page
Slovak Communist Party ousts Bilak as first secretary
Prague dispatch says Slovak Communist congress in Bratislava replaced Vasil Bilak with Gustav Husak amid charges of Soviet collaboration. Frantisek Barbirek and technology minister Miroslav Hruskovic also exit the Slovak ruling body while Dubcek's liberal wing remains influential. Kremlin reaction unclear as Svoboda leads Moscow talks with Dubcek.
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Prague
UPS
Slovak Communist Party
Vasil Bilak
Czechoslovak Radio
Slovak Party
Bratislava
Bilak
Gustav Husak
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Frantisek Barbirek
Miroslav Hruskovic
Moscow
Dubcek
Kremlin
Husak
Czechoslovakia
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Tribune de Lausanne
Parliament
Josef Smrkov
Bennington BCA Grants 24 Reductions in Property Appeals
The Bennington County Board of Civil Authority reduced fair market values on 54 of 78 appeals from property owners, cutting nearly 200000 from the Grand List. Village reductions exceeded 100000, nearly erasing a 116000 lister increase, with further adjustments to Paradise Motor Inn and other parcels.
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Bennington
Board of Civil Authority
BCA
Mary Hodeck
Listers
Bennington Village
Board of Listers
Paradise Motor Inn
John P. Proud
Plan To Protect Newsmen Breaks Down
Chicago report on police confrontations with antiwar protesters over four nights. Six newsmen injured and several arrested outside convention headquarters. Incidents include beatings, pepper spray, and a CBS reporter taken into custody inside the hall. DOJ orders FBI probe into beatings.
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Chicago
UPD
James B. Conlisk
UPI
Robert Kieckhefer
Hansson Ulla
Swedish Cooperative News Center
Paul Sequeira
Chicago Daily News
Edwin Kerins
New York
Caleb Orr
Dave Satter
Washington Post
John Burnett
Washington
Grapher
Jeffrey Blankfort
San Francisco
Ramparts Magazine
Thomas Corpora
Linda Mathews
Los Angeles Times
CBS
Mike Wallace
Dan Rather
Justice Department
FBI
Report projects drastic jump in population
A state planning office report uses a computer to age current populations by survival rates. It projects Rensselaer County rising from 153,000 to 322,000 by 2020, New York State from 17 million to over 31 million, and the Upper Hudson Region to about 744,000.
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Troy
N.Y
State Office of Planning Coordination
Rensselaer County
New York State
Hudson
Albany
Schenectady
Saratoga
Greene
Columbia
Schoharie
Rensselaer
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Shriver
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Oklahoma
Fred R. Harris
Hughes
Harris
Sanford
Lariver
Kennedy Brothers
Gloria Gil
Frank ’‘Chip’’ Howe
John Kristensen
Guilford
Frances Callahan
Springfield
Hilton Hotel
Conrad Hilton
Michigan Avenue
International Amphitheatre
Convention Hall
Hilton
MacCarthy
John W. McCormack
U.S. Senate
Paul O’dwyer
O’dwyer
Vietnam
N.E
Gov. John Connally
Texas
Communist Party
Elizabeth Dwyer
H. T. Cushman Mfg. Co
North Bennington
Barton Silverman
New York Times
Dave Nystrom
Chicago Tribune
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