Smrkovsky Resigns as Liberals Quit Czech Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky and ten liberal deputies were ousted from the Czechoslovak parliament in a purge seen as a victory for ultraconservatives. Husak and Soviet-aligned circles push a centrist line while Dubcek becomes ambassador to Turkey. Janos Kadar visited Prague amid efforts to bolster Husak.
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Josef Smrkovsky
Alexander Dubcek
Prague
Smrkovsky
Communist Party
Gustav Husak
Kadar
Janos Kadar
Husak
Academy of Sciences
Frantisek Serm
Academy
Josef Macek
Federal Assembly
Dubcek
Assembly
Turkey
Santa Union Busted by London Police at Holiday Demonstration
London police arrested Santa Claus and 11 fellow picketers at a department store on Wednesday. The group registered as a trade union to defend children's fantasies, carrying signs declaring Santa Claus is a dirty white-collar worker.
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London
Opposition Raps Thieu On My Lai Massacre
Saigon's National Salvation Front condemned the My Lai killings as a grisly civilian massacre. It cited a two week inquiry finding mass killings of women and children on March 16, 1968 and urged joint U.S.-South Vietnamese command. The government denies a massacre, stating only artillery fire caused civilian deaths during an attack on Viet Cong in My Lai.
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Wednesday
My Lai
Sen
Tran van Don
National Salvation Front
Front
Nguyen van Thieu
Sargent pledges reform plan for auto insurance laws
Gov. Francis W. Sargent announced at a news conference that he will unveil in January a plan to revise Massachusetts auto insurance laws. He cited high rates and considered options including a modified no fault system to reduce delays, litigation and paperwork.
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Sargent
Boston
Francis W. Sargent
State Insurance Commission
Massachusetts
Mouch
Fire engine gift marks Fiedler 75th birthday at Symphony Hall
Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler received a full size fire engine from his wife and son for his 75th birthday. Three thousand two hundred attendees packed Symphony Hall to help celebrate the milestone.
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Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Fiedler
Prudential Tower
Charles River
Peter
Marlboro, Nih
Brookline Fire Department
Na Hon
U S War Toll Nears 40 000 In Ninth Year
SAIGON AP American battlefield deaths in nine years of the Vietnam war will total more than 40,000 by Jan 1 if the current rate continues. The US Command announced 83 Americans killed in action last week, 15 fewer than the prior week, raising total battlefield deaths since Jan 1 to 39,827. Wounded for the week stood at 36, with total wounded reaching 261,955. South Vietnamese casualties last week numbered 421 killed and 1,436 wounded, with overall totals to date 97,541 killed and 216,128 wounded. Allied forces claimed 2,396 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed last week, a slight drop from the prior week.
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Saigon
U.S
Pentagon overestimates slow fall of enemy strength in Vietnam
Washington AP reports US intelligence revised fall 1968 enemy strength in South Vietnam to at least 290,000, up from earlier estimates around 240,000. The change, tied to new data and Melvin Laird’s caution on numbers, highlights inconsistencies in measuring North Vietnamese and Viet Cong manpower.
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South Vietnam
Pentagon
Laird
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
South
College Stkegni: cms members of armed forces 20 per cent discount
Subscribers are notified that military personnel receive a 20 percent discount. Aiming to prevent service interruption, the notice urges accurate addresses and timely communication. Post Office services in Pittsfield and nearby areas include revised data postage rates and wire services.
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Epi
Pitts- Feld
Massechupette
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Fall River Democrat
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Worcester
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George F. Cronin Jr
Springfield
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Parole Board
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