Czech Leaders Urge Hope as Censorship Tightens
Prague AP reports Communist Party chief Alexander Dubcek and officials urged Czechoslovaks not to lose hope while pledging to push liberalization within Moscow’s limits. They warned there would be no more anti Communist political freedom as thousands seek home or emigrate. Skyline telecast featured a girl singing as Smrkovsky promised to tell the truth. mood remained somber despite Soviet withdrawal.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
Europe
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Russia
Oldrich Cernik
Ivan
Cernik
Navy to Deactivate Six Naval Reserve Squadrons
The Pentagon said six Naval Air Reserve squadrons with about 600 personnel will be deactivated and moved to ready reserve status by November 1. The units were activated after the Pueblo seizure and are to return to civilian life as part of a broader reserve drawdown following a week of related actions.
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Washington
Naval Air Reserve
North Korea
Uss Pueblo
Pentagon
Navy
Pueblo
Socialists Ramp Up Win In Sweden Election
The Social Democrats captured 125 of 233 lower-house seats, a 12-seat gain, securing a 17-seat majority and ending a wartime pattern of smaller majorities. The result shifts Sweden left amid a high turnout and a Czechoslovak crisis backdrop, with Tage Erlander hinting at a post-1970 transition and Olof Palme as likely successor.
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Stockholm
Ia Democratic Party
Scandinavia
Norway
Denmark
Tage Erlander
Sweden
Social Democrats
Communists
Center Party
Liberals
Conservatives
Red Feather Luncheon Scheduled in Biddeford
Plans for a Dutch Treat luncheon of the Biddeford Saco Community Chest on Sept 26 announced by President Harold P Waight. Roger F Woodman of Campo Payson and Noyes Portland will speak. Lunch at 12 15 at Wonderbar Steak Com Washington Street Biddeford.
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Biddeford-Saco Community Chest
Harold P. Waight
Roger F. Woodman
Wonderbar ‘Steak Com
Washington Street
Biddeford
Woodman
Campo, Payson
Noyes Portland
Portland United Fund Camp
Portand United Community Services
United Fund and Community Council of New
United Fund and Community Council of New England. Biddeford
Saco
Area Community Chest
Twin Cities
Nixon Leads In National Polls As Campaign Gains Steam
The Associated Press reports four national surveys and a California poll place Richard Nixon ahead of Hubert Humphrey in the presidential race. Time Newsweek and the New York Times surveys show Nixon winning if the election were held today, with Wallace carrying several southern and midwestern states. The Times projects Nixon 346 electoral votes in 30 states, Humphrey 42 in six states, and Wallace 77 in eight, while other polls show varying spreads and regional support, including Wallace leading the South and Nixon strong in the Midwest.
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Associated Press
California
Richard M.nixon
Hubert H.humphrey
Time
Newsweek
Gallup
New York Times
Nixon
the Times
Humphrey
George C. Wallace
District of Columbia
Wallace
Los Angeles Times
Eee
Wrence O’brien
Democra National
Vention
O’brien
NBC
Meet the Press
Times
Maryland
Minnesota
West Virginia
Rhode Island
Maine
Hawaii
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
New York
Ohio
Sau Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Massachusetts
Delaware
Missouri
Florida
Michigan
Washington
House of Representatives
Fortas Nomination Faces Test After Privilege Claims
Two Johnson officials refused to testify at Senate hearings on Abe Fortas for chief justice citing executive privilege. Letters from Barr and Pierson were read as Allott testified Barr discussed a May 27 amendment cleared by Fortas and Pierson. Filibuster fears loom, with cloture votes in doubt and debate likely to stretch into year end.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Abe Fortas
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
The
Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
W. Devier Pierson
Sen
Gordon Allott
R-Corp
Barr
Appropriations Committee
Pierson
Fortas
Appropriations
Earl Warren
Allott
Clark M. Clifford
White House
Richard Goodwin
Daniel Yergin
New York Magazine
John Holleman
Devier Pierson
Supreme Court
Execuive Department
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Beach Police Chief Is Reinstated
OLD ORCHARD BEACH Chief of Police John H. Clark was reinstated by the Civil Service Commission with retroactive effect to Aug 24 after a hearing found him guilty on two of 13 charges and suspended him five days on each. The commission ruled the first 10 days of his suspension satisfied its judgment and cited emergency summer hires and a private officer as issues. Clark and counsel indicated possible appeal as they disputed the hiring methods.
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Old Orchard Beach
John H. Clark
Civil Service Commission
Clark
Commission
Catch-Me Killer Surrenders in Phoenix Standoff
John Erler 24 a former policeman who fled a Florida murder case surrendered Sunday night to an off duty Maricopa County deputy and his family after a 45 minute talk. He held a .38 revolver and threatened suicide while discussing his case with deputies and relatives before handing over the weapon and being jailed for Florida authorities. The Hollywood Florida slaying of Marilyn Clark is his alleged crime.
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Phoenix, Ariz
John Erler
Hollywood
Fla
Erler
Dave Koelsch
Koelsch
Maricopa Countty
Florida
Sear
Danny
Bob
Dee Dee
Kansas City
Humphrey presses Nixon for televised debate across nation
Hubert H. Humphrey stepped up his campaign urging Richard M. Nixon into face to face debates including the two vice presidential candidates. Nixon aides say he will not engage in a running argument. Muskie warned crime control rises before poverty and Agnew blamed dissent for crime and cited Humphrey’s 1966 slum remark as adding to trouble.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Humphrey
Edmund S
Muskie
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Santa Barbara
California
ABC
Spiro
Agnew
Southern England Lashed By Gales
Gales and torrential rain lashed southern England disrupting road and rail services across Kent to Dorset. Hundreds homeless as commuters inability to reach work. higher tides feared along the Thames Estuary. An earlier flood disaster in 1953 killed 307. this time a woman swept from her car and a daughter rescued alive amid river inundation in Sussex.
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London
England
Kent
Dorset
Thames Estuary
Britain
Sussex
Weather Bureau
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Red Feather
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Atlantic Precision Products
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