Moscow pressures Prague liberals as Czechoslovakia widens reforms
The Soviet Union steps up public pressure on liberal reformers in Czechoslovakia as Moscow backs hard line conservatives. Izvestia brands reformists revisionists while Prague radio notes a vast campaign against liberalism and calls for demobilizing the party led militia. Jeni Prochazka and Cestmir Cisar are among targets in a broader Eastern Bloc critique.
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Moscow
Red China
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Izvestia
Soviet Union
Czech Communist Party
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Europe
Cestmir Cisar
Two Drown as Boat Sucked Under Dam at Mississippi
Davenport Illinois AP Two Illinois men Earl R Stone and Victor Arenschield were missing and presumed drowned after their boat was drawn under Dam 15 on the Mississippi River near Government Bridge. Wives in the boat were rescued as witnesses described engine trouble.
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Illinois
Mississippi
Earl R. Stone
East Moline
Victor Arenschield
Barstow
Ill
Government Bridge
Dam 15
Roger Hofland
Bettendorf
Herb Fish
Andalusia
Fish
Stone
Vinton Man Killed in Red Wing Auto Crash
Jimmy Dale Vogt, 24, of Vinton died in an auto crash at Red Wing Minnesota Thursday morning. His wife Bernadine their six month old son Jeffrey Bernice Spencer and her two children Marcella and Mitchell were en route from Vinton to visit Mrs Vogt's father. Mrs Vogt Jeffrey and Marcella Spencer were hospitalized in New Richmond with fractures and concussion. Vogt's body was sent to Fry and Holland funeral home in Vinton.
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Vinton
Jimmy Dale Vogt
Red Wing
Minn
Vogt
Bernadine
Jeffrey
Bernice Spencer
Marcella
Mitchell
New Richmond
Wis
Photos of Nazi Leaders Decorated Sniper Abode
New York AP reports that the Central Park sniper who killed a 24 year old dog walker and wounded four others lived in a sparsely furnished tenement apartment adorned with photographs of Adolf Hitler Hermann Goering and Joseph Goebbels. Detectives also found a bankbook bearing the name Angel Angelos part of his real name. He used a .45 caliber revolver and left a trail of victims including Lilah Kistler 24 Charles Bach 80 Patrolmen Philip Sheridan 28 and Jesse Hubbard 35. Residents described him as a tense loner who had traveled through the Soviet Union Bulgaria and Yugoslavia before arriving on a Greek passport in 1966.
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Adolf Hitler
Hermann Goering
Joseph Goebbels
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Harlem
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Harlem Hospital
Lilah Kistler
Kingston, Pa
Charles
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
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Queens
Carl Anderson
Anderson
West German unemployment falls by 38 thousand in last month
The federal labor office announced that unemployment in West Germany decreased by 38 100 last month to 226 500.
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Nernberg
West Germany
Federal
Wallace Rally in Minneapolis Ends in Violent Confrontation
A Wallace rally at Convention Hall drew several hundred demonstrators split roughly 50 50 white and Black. Police used nightsticks and mace to clear about 50 hecklers and six minor injuries were treated at General Hospital. Four people were charged with breach of the peace, one with simple assault.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
General Hospital
Craig Borck
The
Minneapolis Star
Dallas Young
Doctor Treats Patient Strapped Outside Copter
A heart attack patient was flown to Loma Linda University hospital strapped in a litter outside a helicopter while a doctor hung from a seat belt massaging the patient. The 54 year old Ralph Vega of Phoenix died two hours after the 20 minute 30 mile flight, arranged by anesthesiologist Dr M R Randazzo who was camping nearby when Vega was stricken during a mountain hike 25 miles northeast of San Bernardino.
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Sacramento
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San Bernardino
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Clergy Leader Urges Unity as World Council Opens
In Uppsala Sweden a Ceylon born Methodist preacher substituting for slain Martin Luther King Jr urged 3000 worshipers at the World Council of Churches opening ceremony to fight impatience frustration mistrust and violence. The assembly includes 232 denominations with 30 million members and runs to July 20 as delegates march into the cathedral led by Archbishop Ramsey and Archbishop Karkovos.
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Sweden
Martin Luther King, Jr
Ceylon
D .T. Niles
East Asia Christian Conference
King Gustav
World Council of Churches
Martin Luther King
Niles
Jesus
New Delhi
Anti-U.S. Attack Protests Roil Melbourne
About 1,500 demonstrators clashed with police outside the U.S. Consulate in Melbourne during Independence Day events. Demonstrators stoned the building, four police cars were damaged, six police injured, and more than 60 people were arrested as rioting continued despite police action and crowd dispersal.
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Australia
UPI
U.S
Commercial Road
July 4 Rocket caches threaten Saigon amid ground attacks
U S troops found another rocket cache six miles east of Saigon while 40 miles northwest a ground assault on a 25th Infantry Division camp yielded heavy fighting. Ten enemy and three Americans were killed. 50 Americans wounded. A helicopter crew with 10 aboard disappeared after a crash in the Vam Co Dong.
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Saigon
First Division
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Ninth Infantry Division
Vam Co Dong
Alec Rose completes 320-day solo global voyage in Portsmouth
Alec Rose returned to Portsmouth after 320 days alone at sea in the 36-foot Lively Lady. Thousands cheered as his ketch sailed in with escorts, wives and daughters aboard, and Prime Minister Wilson sent congratulations.
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England
Alec Rose
Rose
Alec
Dorothy
Jane
Australia
Francis Chichester
Mrs. Rose
Chichester
Plymouth
Africa
Pacific
Cape Horn
Harold Wilson
Light Rain Dampens Fourth of July in Iowa
Light showers scattered over northern Iowa and eastern counties disrupted Fourth of July preparations. No widespread rain, with Spencer reporting 0.30 inches. Lows near 60 and highs in the 80s forecast for Friday and Saturday.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Vietnam War Toll Rises to 9557 In 1968 So Far
The U S command reports 187 American combat deaths last week the second lowest weekly toll this year. The six month total reaches 9557, exceeding 1967's annual figure. Wounded combatants total 59703 year to date with 1928 last week. In seven and a half years, 25554 Americans have been killed and 159445 wounded.
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Saigon
U. S. Command
Nasser Arrives For Soviet Talks In Moscow
Egyptian President Nasser arrives in Moscow for two days of talks with Soviet leaders on the Middle East deadlock and broader Russian aid.
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Moscow
Nasser
Middle East
Pope Paul VI Receives 100 North Carolina Arts Students
Pope Paul VI welcomed 100 students from the North Carolina School of the Arts in an audience at the Vatican on Thursday, with the visit highlighting cultural exchange.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
North Carolina School of Arts
Brotherhood of Man Turns Out Fewer Brothers and More Hoods
A humorous quip reflects on social trends with a wry twist. The line suggests a cultural shift toward harsher street personas over unity and fraternity, underscoring a satirical view of current events.
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