Mexico City Opens 1968 Olympic Games with Ceremony
Mexico's opening ceremony at the University of Mexico Stadium features President Diaz, Avery Brundage, and Pedro Ramirez Vasquez as 7,639 athletes from 110 nations parade. Enriqueta Basilio to light the torch and Janice York Romary to bear the U.S. flag. The event, televised worldwide, caps with dove release and balloons.
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Mexico City
UPI
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz
University of Mexico
Fernando Garza
Ordaz
Garza
Pedro Ramirez Vasquez
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Diaz
Greece
United States
Estados Unidos
Enriqueta Basilio
Mexicali
Janice York Romary
Woodland Hills
Calif
Basilio
Absenteeism Halts Adjournment of 90th Congress
Washington UPI reports that excessive absenteeism blocked the House from adjourning the 90th Congress. A quorum shortage left only 188 members on the floor, thwarting passage of an adjournment resolution as lawmakers aimed to return Jan. 3, 1969. The Senate, voting to adjourn sine die, awaited House action amid campaigns and a revived debate bill attempt.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Delbert Latta
Ohio
Carl Albert
Okla
Richard Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Wallace
Albert
Texas
Boggs
Johnson hints special session to act on nuclear treaty
Washington UPI President Johnson warned Friday he may call a Senate special session if it adjourns without ratifying the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield rejected the warning as Congress hurried to its end.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
90Th Congress
Mansfield
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Guiseppe Medici
Italy
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Silent treatment marks Wallace Fargo rally in 1960s campaign
George C. Wallace faced a silent crowd of about 4,000 at Fargo's Civic Center as Concordia College students refused to clap or boo during his 30 minute Fargo rally. He urged farm parity and warned of 30,000 police in Washington while noting voters fear.
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Fargo
N.D
UPI
George C. Wallace
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
Dubcek says hard line return is impossible in Czechoslovakia
Prague leader Alexander Dubcek told Czech officials that a return to pre January hardline Communist rule is impossible. He cited Moscow talks that produced a treaty legalizing Soviet forces and called for normalization while warning against stagnation of socialism. Rockslide blocks I 91 in Rockingham. 8,000 tons of rock and 4,000 cubic yards litter the southbound lane prompting heavy cleanup and possible dynamite blasting if the rock ledge cannot be loosened. A crane and wrecking ball will be used. the cleanup may extend to Sunday. Officials plan to remove danger from an overhanging ledge as the state explores all options. Prague press assails Soviet occupation and cites the pact’s plans to withdraw 90 percent of foreign troops within two weeks.
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Rockingham
UPI
Highway Department
Dubcek
Moscow
Atonin Novotny
Communist Party
Oldrich Cernik
Kremlin
Cernik
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Wal
Inside features on wild turkeys and Bennington government
George Gordon writes on raising wild turkeys on page 4. A selectman’s graph traces interlocking aspects of Bennington’s government on page 5.
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George Gordon
Selectman
Bennington
Nixon vows to repeal 10 per cent surtax at SMU rally
Nixon promised to repeal the 10 percent surtax as soon as possible, arguing it is a war tax that tempers inflation. He spoke before 11,000 at Moody Coliseum, criticizing Hubert Humphrey and Democratic policy while urging balanced budgeting and reduced federal spending. The surtax expires June 30 unless Congress acts, with signals it may be extended.
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Dallas
UPS
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson-Humphrey
Moody Coliseum
Southern Methodist University
Nixon
Congress
America
Hubert Humphrey
White House
U.S
Moulton labels Hoff and Hunter hatchetmen in Vermont race
Montpelier Vermont GOP Chairman Elbert Moulton accused Gov. Philip Hoff and Lt. Gov. candidate William A. Hunter of malicious untruths in the campaign. He cited an independent poll showing Hoff’s rising absenteeism and national actions have hurt his rating. Davis and Daley are said to run a clean campaign as Hoff and Hunter are called hatchetmen in the contest.
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Hoff
National Front
New York-Vermont
Moulton
Davis
John Daley
Hunter
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