Humphrey Attacks Agnew as Campaign Heads into Final Week
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey pressed his case in Pennsylvania and Ohio arguing Nixon cannot be trusted on peace talks or the economy. He spotlighted Agnew as a target, criticized Nixon’s military claims, and proposed an emergency public sector employment act funded by the federal government to create unskilled jobs. He campaigned in East Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Bethlehem, Allentown, and Philadelphia amid cold, rainy weather.
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Czech Students Protest Occupation In Prague Demonstration
About 5,000 students held a 14 hour protest in Prague against Soviet occupation, candlelit displays and poems decorating Wenceslas Square. Protests spread to the Soviet Embassy, with chants demanding Russia leave. Dubcek and Svoboda were cheered at a national theater audience.
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Nixon Targets Chicago Convention Critique as Campaign Push
In Detroit and New York, Richard Nixon denounces the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a disorganized rabble while urging voters to back his leadership. He plans a campaign swing through Michigan and Syracuse, revisiting Chicago clashes to sway undecided independents and discourage Humphrey support.
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Wallace Attacks News Media Conspiracy at Beaumont Rally
George C. Wallace railed against the news media calling them biased and “in a conspiracy” to undermine his candidacy. He faulted editors of big papers for geographical bias against southerners and mocked television “platinum folks” while promising to both take and dish it out. He planned rallies in Enid and Detroit and spoke at a Beaumont dinner.
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B52s Strike North of DMZ in Heavy Raids
UPI reports heavy U.S. air raids north of Da Nang as B52s hit North Vietnam and supply routes. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong attacks near Saigon and Thuong Duc tested defenses as U.S. paratroopers trapped about 200 Communists on a rocky peninsula 15 miles northwest of Saigon. Casualties were reported as one American killed.
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Beregovoi Starts Fourth Day In Earth Orbit Aboard Soyuz 3
Soviet cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi began his fourth day in orbit aboard Soyuz 3, in excellent health as all systems function normally. He sent congratulations to Soviet youth on the 50th anniversary of Komsomol and performed routine exercises and docking checks with Soyuz 2, the unmanned craft.
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Johnson to teach seminars at Rice after presidency
Former President Lyndon B Johnson will return to teaching at Rice University in Houston after leaving the White House next January. Seminars in political science are planned for spring with dates to be announced, said Rice officials. Johnson has long indicated he will pursue academia again and accepted the invitation.
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