Da Nang Under Red Offensive In House to House Fighting
UPI reports a Da Nang push by North Vietnamese forces with Marines and South Vietnamese rangers battling snipers in the city and in Cam Le suburb. A 24 hour curfew, civilian casualties feared, and significant clashes near the Da Nang base runway marked the intense early phase of the assault.
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Saigon
UPI
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S
Cam Lein
Mekong
Cam le
Navy
Plea Voiced by Dubcek Mother Heard on Slovak Radio
The mother of Czechoslovak party chief Alexander Dubcek pleaded for him to reveal his location in a broadcast monitored from Graz. Kleine Zeitung reported the Slovak radio message originated from Bratislava on Thursday.
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Graz
Austria
Alexander Dubcek
Alex
Kleine Zeitung
Stefan Dubcek
Bratislava
Washington
Europe
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Cisar
Communist Party
Prague
Communist Party Central Committee
Free Radio
Prace
Drahomir Kolder
Kolder
Party Presidium
Freedom” Voices
Svoboda
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Ivan Chervonenko
Oldrich Cernik
Moscow
Chuckle About Windup Record Player at School
A child claims the school has a magic windup record player not needing electricity. The comment playful suggests a crank powered device, reflecting a humorous schoolyard line.
Ike's Doctors Encouraged Yet Ike Still Critical
Washington (UPI) Doctors reported Eisenhower's heart action improved and he spent a comfortable night. They cautioned his overall condition remains critical with the outlook guarded. He remains alert and cheerful, showing courage despite the seventh heart attack a week earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Three Killed in Durant Car Crash
A Muscatine county road crash near Durant killed Stephen Pleen 17 and Jerry Durand 35 and Nicholas Sluz 24 of Davenport. Ronald Bierkamp 24 of Durant was injured and hospitalized in Davenport in fair condition. The car driven by Durand left the road, struck a fence and the Edward Bockwoldt farm foundation before stopping in a basement. Damages to the farm structure were estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 dollars.
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Edward Bockwoldt
Bockwoldt
Czechoslovak Radio Reports Soviet Plane Crash
Czechoslovak radio said a Soviet transport aircraft crashed near Budějovice with many dead and injured among those aboard. The report appeared Friday from Vienna.
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Vienna
Budejovice
Astronaut John Llewellyn Quits Space Program
The third astronaut to resign in five months leaves the program. Dr. John Llewellyn, 35, quits citing difficulty learning to fly jet planes, reducing the corps to 52 in Houston.
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Houston
John Llewellyn
Force Split Of Georgia Delegation At Democratic Convention
Democratic convention officials split Georgia’s delegation between rival groups in a racial political clash. Gov. Lester Maddox faced potential exclusion from the delegation as the Credentials Committee demanded pledges to the party nominee and asserted veto power over Georgia's final makeup. The 59-30 decision cited limited Negro participation and named Maddox and state party chair James Gray as the only proposers.
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Chicago
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Maddox
Hughes
James Gray
Czechs Posing Real Trouble for Russians in Germany
WAIDHAUS Germany AP reports Western observers see growing Czech resistance as potentially dangerous for Russian forces. Travelers describe protests slogans heavy traffic signs altered to mislead the Russians and locals voicing defiance amid calls for unity and potential revolt.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Vietnam
Arnold Jacobius
U.S. Library of Congress
Prague
Moscow
Robert Kostoch
Redondo Beach
Calif
Dubcek
Stapleton
Hans Hansen
Copenhagen
Ulrich Zoch
Hannover
West Germany
Pope Paul VI Calls for Just Social Setup in Colombia Pasture
In a 60 acre pasture near Bogota Pope Paul VI addressed hundreds of thousands of peasants. He urged governments and wealthy classes to create a peaceful and more just social arrangement and warned against violent revolution as contrary to Christian teaching.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
Paul VI
South America
Czechs Stage General Strike Over Soviet Occupation
President Ludvik Svoboda traveled to Moscow for talks on the Warsaw Pact intervention as Czechs rally in a national strike demanding the invaders free imprisoned leaders and withdraw.
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Prague
Ludvik Svoboda
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek mystery deepens as Moscow visit unfolds
Washington reports say Alexander Dubcek remains imprisoned and the Czech reform movement faces a Soviet led occupation. Svoboda’s Moscow trip signals a push for a new government while clandestine radios claim Dubcek’s allies prepare resistance and a general strike spreads across Prague.
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Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Vnukovo
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Free Czechoslovak
Kremlin
Gustav Husak
Vasil Bilak
Alois Indra
Life Under Soviet Occupation in Prague Report
Two American travelers Norman B. Ganter and Wendy Hartley recount their first two days in Prague after Soviet troops seized the city. They describe unlit stations, roadblocks, tanks, queues for basic foods, and quiet conversations with occupying soldiers as life shifts under occupation.
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Prague
Norman B. Ganter
Mechanicsville
Wendy Hartley
Green Bay
Wis
U.S
West
Mernberg
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University of Southern California
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Gazette
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Free Czechoslovak Radio
Cesimir Cisar
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Norman Ganter
Vitava River
Stalin
Mlana Strana
Charles Bridge
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