Red Losses Top 1 000 In Two Days
In eight days of intensive fighting across South Vietnam allied forces report more than 6 000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead. The latest clashes near Duc Lap and Con Thien left 643 South Vietnamese and over 200 weapons captured as U S planes and ships take further losses.
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Duc Lap
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Cambodia
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Eisenhower In Critical Condition Shows Further Heart Irritability
Army doctors at Walter Reed report former President Eisenhower has a continued rise in heart irritability with extra heartbeats increasing since Sunday. No new rapid heart action episodes occur, and the general remains in critical condition as doctors express guarded optimism about survival due to modern medical facilities.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
School Bus Car Crash Near Hedrick Injures 14
About 14 people were hurt when a school bus carrying 30 pupils collided with a car a mile west of Hedrick at highway 149. The car was driven by Louise Nixon of Waterloo. Bus driver Earl Doud and two passengers from the car were hospitalized in serious condition in Ottumwa. Ten children and the bus driver were treated and released.
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Rain Forecast For East Iowa
Rain showers moved across northwest and north central Iowa with southeastward progression. Carroll reported .98 inches, while Sioux City and Des Moines logged thundershowers and a 70 percent chance of rain in the southeast. Highs hovered in the mid sixties to low seventies with cool overnight lows around 57 degrees.
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Carroll
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Democratic convention opens under heavy security amid race for nomination
Chicago braces for the 1968 Democratic National Convention as Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, and George McGovern enter the fight for the nomination. Thousands of troops guard the Stockyards Amphitheater while delegates debate Vietnam policy and strategize on ballots and coalitions.
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Eugene McCarthy
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George McGovern
South Dakota
Stockyards International Amphitheater
McCarthy Narrowed Iowa Lead In Delegates Fight
Senator Eugene McCarthy gained three Iowa delegates totaling 22 votes as Humphrey secured one delegate and one vote. Humphrey stands with 20 delegates and 182 votes, McCarthy has 19 delegates and 17 votes, while George McGovern trails with two delegates and 12 votes.
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Chicago
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Hubert Humphrey
Iowa
Minnesota
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McCarthy
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Liberals To Keep Power But Soviet Troops Stay
In Prague a report says the Soviet Union will permit troop stations in Czechoslovakia in exchange for Kremlin recognition of the liberalized leadership. Informants say the deal stems from talks between the Czechoslovak delegation in Moscow and Moscow authorities amid the ongoing crisis with more than 200,000 Soviet and allied troops in the country.
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Reform
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Poland
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National Front
Draft Kennedy for President group opens in Chicago during convention
The Draft Kennedy for President operation forms in Chicago as Ted Kennedy faces opposition from Mayor Daley and other party leaders. Kennedy declines national nomination citing family obligations after Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination, while Chicago and Iowa figures shift loyalties amid ongoing campaign maneuvering.
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UPI
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Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Michigan
Philip Hart
Richard Daley
Illinois
Jesse Unruh
California
Daley
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Robert F. Kennedy
Richard Drayne
Hyannis Port
Mass
Lincoln Park Field Scene Ahead of Democratic Nomination
In Lincoln Park near the future convention venue, a large triangular field hosts youths playing baseball while families picnicking and couples relax along Lake Michigan. A bright blue dress speaker with a handheld mic notes medical advice about stopping hemorrhage with pressure.
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Lincoln Park
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Lake Michigan
Not a Happy Convention in Chicago 1968
The crowd faces a tense Democratic scene in Chicago as police, soldiers, and federal agents guard hotels and the convention hall. Peace marchers, strike disruption, and amid the turmoil figures like Humphrey and McCarthy jockey for support while campaign history lingers in a city scarred by past riots.
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Chicago
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