Johnson orders halt to bombing of North Vietnam
Hanoi radio vows to fight until every American leaves while Washington announces a halt to all air, naval, and artillery attacks. Johnson says the suspension begins at 8:00 a.m. Friday and aims to push Paris peace talks forward, with North Vietnam signaling terms as negotiations resume next week.
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Hong Kong
Radio Hanoi
Johnson
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Radio
North Vietnam
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Humphrey
Paris
National Liberation Front of
Saigon
Creighton W. Abrams, Jr
William C. Westmoreland
Hanoi
War Of The Worlds Panic Returns In Buffalo Broadcast
An updated War of the Worlds program on WKBW Buffalo caused heavy telephones with listeners seeking information after the Halloween night airing. Calls poured in from Bangor to Albany as people worried about meteors, Mars invasion, and the bombing halt in Vietnam amid media confusion.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Orson Welles
Teleno
WKBW
Jeff Kaye
John
Son
North Vietnam
Welles
Mercury Theatre Group
Mars
Associated Press
Northeast
Bangor
Maine
New York
Grand Island
Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Minor party candidates vie on ballots in 25 states
In the 1968 race voters in 25 states will see minor party presidential hopefuls alongside the big three tickets. The Socialist Workers party led by Fred Halstead and Paul Boutelle tops entries in 19 states, followed by the Socialist Labor party with 13. Other minor groups fielded candidates, continuing a trend of broad third party presence in the election.
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Washington
Pene Nixon
Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund
Socialist Labor Party
Henning A. Blumen
Cambridge
Mass
George Sam Taylor
Phila Ja
Democrats Lead In Race For House As Election Nears
A state by state AP survey shows Democrats leading in 231 districts, 14 more than needed to control the 435 member House, with Republicans leading in 180 and 24 tossups. The new House could inherit the process to pick the president if no candidate wins 270 electoral votes.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Associated Press
House
Electoral College
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Hawaii
Kansas
Nevada
Montare
Liu Shao-Chi Expelled From Chinese Communist Party
The Central Committee announced Liu Shao-Chi is expelled from all posts and the party after a plenary session in Beijing October 13 31. The communique labels him renegade traitor and vows to continue settling accounts with him and accomplices.
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Tokyo
Chinese Communist Central Committee
Liu Shao-Chi
Hsinhua
New China
Liu
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Teng Hsiaoping
Peng
U Acao
Central Committee
Lin Piao
Liu Shao- Ichi
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