Leaflet urging Vietnamese villagers to join south
Amid ongoing border fighting in South Vietnam new leaflets dropped by U S planes urge North Vietnamese villagers to move south. General Westmoreland says allies have made military gains while Con Thien endures heavy shelling from Communist forces near the DMZ.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
Percy Planning No Campaign
Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy vows no active participation in the 1968 Republican preconvention race. He will keep his name off ballots in New Hampshire Wisconsin Oregon and Nebraska and will avoid campaigning while evaluating whom to support. Percy also notes a private agreement with Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen on Vietnam policy and urges a different national leader to end the war.
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Washington
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Ronald Reagan
California
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Reagan
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Hanoi
Khartoum
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Israel
Eban
Reagan Endorsed As Favorite Son In California
California GOP unanimously backs Gov Ronald Reagan as favorite son for the 1968 presidential delegation. A party poll shows Reagan's popularity slipping slightly, with voters faulting state policy on health, taxes, mental health funding, and university costs. Debate over minority representation in the delegation preceded the vote. Reagan will appoint a three member steering committee to name delegates.
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Anaheim
Calif
California
Republican Party
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Larity
Republican State Central Committee
GOP
James W. Halley
Republicans
Melvin D. Field
Field
Wdresident
Central Committee
Negro Central Committee
Benjamin Perry
Los Angeles
Barry Goldwater
House Is Finding Little Work To Do
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders struggle to find business for the House as many bills remain buried in committees. With the Senate behind on appropriations and key measures like antipoverty and tax increase stalled, leaders plan to clear items weekly though action is slow and contentious.
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Washington
Congress
House
James A. Haley
D-Fla
Carl Albert
Committee On Rules
Oklahoma Democrat
Haley
Senate
Mittee
Post Office Committee
Rio Grande Flood Threatens Five South Texas Cities
Beulah driven flood surge from the Arroyo Colorado floods Mercedes and Harlingen areas. DPS urges residents to high ground as 1000 flee to shelters. Coast Guard helicopters evacuate 635 Mexicans. Flood crest predicted near 1958 levels while Three Rivers reports Nueces flood impact and continued sheltering.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande
Beulah
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Arroyo Colorado
Mercedes
la Feria
Rio Hondo
Lozano
Coast Guard
Department of Public Safety
Rio Grande Valley
Border
Here
Nueces River
Three Rivers
Nueces Ely
Corpus Christi Tony
Caribbean
Yucatan Peninsula
Mexico
Boundary and Water Commission
Moore
Oliver Named Business Agent for Local 305 TWUA AFL-CIO
Ralph C. Oliver, 39, of Biddeford, has been named business agent for Local 305 TWUA AFL-CIO representing West Point Pepperell employees. He starts Oct 2, with 22 years at West Point Pepperell and extensive union service including steward and president of Local 305. He is married to Laurette Dubois with two children Patricia and Ralph Jr.
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Ralph C. Oliver
Clark’s Court
Biddeford
T.W.U.A
Afl-Cio
CLC
West Point-Pepperell Inc
Alexander Anastasoff
Biddeford-Saco Joint Board
TWUA
Oliver
St. Louis Grammar School
West Point-Pepperell
Local 305
Twua-Cope
Laurette Dubois
Patricia
St. Louis High School
Ralph Jr
Sanctions Recommended Against Cuban Traders
At the OAS meeting in Washington, ministers urged limited sanctions on non Communist ships sailing to Cuba and called for curbs on Cuban trade credits. The resolution condemned Castro’s interventions in Venezuela and Bolivia and favored non mandatory sanctions to pressure Cuba while avoiding a full blacklist.
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Washington
Latin America
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Venezuela
Bolivia
Organization of American States
U.S
Hemisphere
Havana
United States
OAS
Castro
Americas
West
England
France
Spain
Rusk and Gromyko Meet as Talks Promise a Tall Task
Secretary of State Dean Rusk arrival for talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the United Nations amid slim prospects for progress on Vietnam and the Middle East. Rusk will host a dinner for Gromyko after separate sessions with Abba Eban George Brown and Jens Otto Krag while U Thant coordinates a Big Four dinner.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean ‘Rusk
United Natons
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vietnam
Middle East
Rusk
Gromyko
Abba Eban
George Brown
Jens Otto Krag
Brown
Maurice Couve de Murville
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Eban
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
CBS Radio-Tv
United States
Geneva
Goldberg
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Britain
Romney's Rambles Challenge Conservative GOP Ambitions
Michigan Governor George Romney tours urban areas from Watts to Haight Ashbury to study city problems and win delegates for 1968. Aides warn his visits may backfire with party conservatives despite Romney's non political mission and effort to balance urban outreach with GOP support.
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Los Angeles
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Watts
San Francisco
Haight-Ashbury
Barry Goldwater
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Con Thein
White
Camp Carroll
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Quebec University
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Savage Rio Grande Bears
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Camargo
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