Brandt Seeks Chancellor Post in Coalition
In West Germany’s federal elections Social Democrats gained ground while CDU lost ground. Brandt announced he will seek Bundestag approval to become federal chancellor and form a coalition with the Free Democrats, potentially ending Kiesinger’s CDU government. NPD failed to reach 5 percent amid a 93.5 million turnout.
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Brandt
Free Democratic Party
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Christian Democrats
Kiesinger
Social Democratic Party
SPD
CDU
Walter Scheel
FDP
Free Democrats
Bundestag
Scheel
Oet
Teconomics
National Democrats
NPD
NPD Selbitck
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Cor
Purging of Czech Reformers Spreads Across the Country
AP reports a weekend purge in Czechoslovakia ousts reformers led by Alexander Dubcek from Communist leadership, with regional shakeups from eastern Slovakia to Bohemia. Nine cabinet members lose posts as Dubcek and aides are removed from the National Assembly, while Josef Smrkovsky and Jiri Hajek are expelled.
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Prague
Alexander Dubeck
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Bohemia
National Front
Ludvik
Svoboda
Dubcek
Presidium
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Dubeck
Husaki
CTK
Smrkovsky
Jiri Hajek
Central Committee
Frantisek Vlasak
Weekend Traffic Claims Three Lives in Berkshire County
Berkshire County toll rises to 26 for the year as three deaths occur over the weekend. Acton couple Buford W. Oakes and Martha Washington Taft Oakes die after an ambulance rushes a heart attack patient to St. Luke's unit, BMC, on West Housatonic Street in Pittsfield. A separate single-car crash on Main Street in Dalton kills James I. Higgins and seriously injures driver Howard C. Blanchard.
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Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Buford W. Oakes
Martha Washington Taft Oakes
Acton
West Housatonic
St. Luke’s
BMC
Main Street
Dalton
James I. Higgins
Glennon Ave
Howald C. Blanchard
East Housatonic St
Carnute
Lebanon Valley Protective Association
Bruce Smith
New Lebanon
N.Y
Oakes
Lena~Dubie
North Adams
Central Berkshire
Irving I. Rubin
Moon Crew Launches Earth Trip
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins begin a 38 day world tour to promote goodwill. They will visit 22 nations, carry replicas of the peace plaque, and present messages from 73 nations. Stops include Mexico City Bogota Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Madrid Paris Amsterdam Brussels Oslo Cologne Berlin London Rome Belgrade Ankara Kinshasa Tehran Bombay Dacca Bangkok Darwin Sydney Guam Seoul Tokyo and more.
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Houston
Earth
Nixon
Neil Armstrong
Edwin &. Aldrin Jr
Michael Collins
Mexico City
United States
Yugoslavia
Middle East
Iran
Turkey
Armstrong
Seabrook
Tex
White House
Bogota
Columbia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South America
Canary Islands
Europe
Madrid
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
Oslo
Cologne
Berlin
London
Rome
Belgrade
Ankara
Kinshasa
The
Congo
Tehran
Bombay
India
Dacca
Pakistan
Bangkok
Thailand
Darwin
Sydney
Australia
Guam
Seoul
Tokyo
Movement of earth from abandoned coal mine in Scranton area
In Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area a subsidence movement from a long-abandoned coal mine 80 feet below tilts houses and opens fissures across Jackson Street. Federal and state funds tackle fires, tunnels, and buried debris as millions in damages accrue. A Philadelphia salesman snowboarded into a tunnel collapse, a dog suffocated from CO in Wilkes-Barre, and a coal refuse mine has burned since 1915.
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New York Times News Service
Scranton
Mary Patenyage
James Abbott
Jackson Street
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau of Mines
Birmingham
Ala
Springfield
Des Moines
Iowa
Kansas City
Kan
Bureau
Forest City
Harrisburg
Sidney T. Dvorak
Philadelphia
U.S
Baltimore
Nettie Castaline
Saurer Run
Wilkes-Barre
Red Ash Coal Co
McNamara Urges Broad Strategy to Aid Poor Nations
World Bank President Robert McNamara warned of worsening conditions in the underfed and overpopulated regions. He called for a comprehensive development plan combining financial aid and technical guidance, emphasizing population control, education, and agricultural growth alongside tackling unemployment urbanization and industrialization. He noted the need for new Population Projects Department and secretive talks with governors from major financial groups.
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Washington (Ap
World Bank
Robert
McNamara
Bank
International Development Association
International Finance Corporiation
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Kopechnes Renew Bid On Autopsy
In Wilkes Barre a judge heard a renewed bid by Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents to prevent autopsy on her body. They argued public curiosity should not override rights and questioned crime evidence while the district attorney urged the autopsy to resolve doubts about death in the Chappaquiddick incident.
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Joseph A. Kapechne
Berkeley Heights
Flanagan
Dist
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Miss Kopechme
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Dinis
Armand Fernandes
Dukes County
Fernandes
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Karl Schilley
Schiller
National Democratic Party
Dubcck
Gustav Husak
Duherk
Josef Kempny
Kempny
Blanchard
Smith
Central Berkshire District Court
By Ben A. Franklin
Robert. McNamara
Kopechnes
Autopsy
Joseph F. Flanagan
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