Red Chinese Paratroops Take Bridge in Wuhan
AP dispatch from Moscow reports Red Chinese paratroops have landed in the Wuhan district, seized a bridge over the Yangtze and captured a university and other buildings. Tass says they delivered an ultimatum to Wuhan leaders and threaten death if surrender. Warships head toward Wuhan ready to shell the city industry.
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Moscow
Red Chinese
Wuhan
Yangtze River
Tass
Mao Tse - Tung
Wang Jen - Chun
Chen Tsai - Tao
Yangtze
Red Guards
Chen
Peking
Chekiang
Szechwan
Honan
Liaoning
Kwangchow
Hong Kong
Kwangtun
Bliss Miami Beach Named G O P Sites
Ray Bliss announced that Miami Beach has been chosen by the GOP site selection committee for the 1968 nominating convention, pending national committee approval. Chicago was rejected for seating limits. Miami Beach offered cash and in kind support, with plans to expand the convention hall to 20 000 seats and ensure transportation and hotel arrangements for about 25 000 visitors.
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Miami Beach
Ray Bliss
G.O.P
Bliss
G.O.P. National Committee
Chicago
McCormick’ Place
Democratic Party
Mao Forces Seize Key Wuhan Targets In Paratrooper Move
Tokyo dispatch cites Sankei Shimbun reporting paratroopers captured a Yangtze bridge telegraph office and university in Wuhan. Maoist forces reportedly moved 10 ships toward the city as clashes with Liu Shao chi supporters intensify. A Wuhan Red Army leadership notice promises to align with Mao.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
Wuhan
Strifetorn
Central China
Peking
Sankei Shimbun
Yangtze River
Sankei
Mao
Yangtze
Liu Shao - Chi
Peking Radio
Red Chinese Army
Severe Quake Strikes Colombia Killing Six and Injuring Fifty Five
A severe earthquake struck central and northeast Colombia at dawn. Police report six dead and 55 injured, with two victims crushed under a collapsed church steeple. Heavy damage reported near the Venezuelan border.
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Bogota
Colombia
Citizens Urged To Observe Day Of Prayer Sunday
Cedar Rapids area churches back President Johnsons proclamation designating Sunday as a national day of prayer for peace and reconciliation. The council urged all citizens to attend church and pray for peace while renewing commitment to human brotherhood and the rule of law.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Council of Churches
Johnson
Council
Feel Fine Says Bruce After Emergency Flight
Bruce Taylor a 13 year old from Annapolis Md was flown to New York by navy helicopter landing in Central Park near Mount Sinai hospital for oxygen therapy in a rare hyperbaric chamber to treat gas gangrene. He undergoes eight hour cycles with two hour sessions and says he now likes the treatment after initial fear.
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New York
Bruce Taylor
Annapolis
Navy
Central Park
Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai
Bruce
Bus Crash in Alabama Kills Two and Injures Forty One
Two killed and about 41 hurt when a bus clipped a car on U.S. 78 in Edwardsville Alabama, then plunged into a creek. Driver Melvin Harper 49 of Birmingham died with an unidentified woman passenger. many injured transported to Heflin Anniston Fort McClellan hospitals.
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Edwardsville
Ala
Melvin Harper
Birmingham
James Hyatt
U.S
Atlanta
Harper
Heflin
Anniston
Tallapoosa
Bremen
Amfibious Pun Appears In Fisherman’s Son Tale
A pupil exercise asked for a sentence using amphibious. A fisherman’s son offered a playful pun claiming most fish stories am fibious. The remark circulated in classroom chatter with light humor and mischief.
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Fibious
Western Europe Remains Open Despite Suez Closure
London reports Western Europe continues trade two months after the Suez Canal shut during the Arab Israeli war. Despite five sunk obstacles and trapped ships, shipping patterns rapidly adjusted, easing economic pressures Nasser foresaw. Egypt vows to keep the canal blocked as ships seek alternative routes and supplies.
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London
Suezanal
Western
Europe
Nasser
Port Said
Ill Fated Liberty Docking at Norfolk
Norfolk AP report says the navy communication ship Liberty, whose attack by Israeli jets and torpedo boats on June 8 led to 34 deaths and 175 wounds, will dock in Norfolk Saturday. Cmdr. William L. McConagle of Norfolk commands the Liberty, due at 4:45 p.m.
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Norfolk, Va
Liberty
Norfolk
Navy
William L. McConagle
Johnson meets Civil Disorders Unit in White House
In Washington Johnson urged the new Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to pursue urgent answers to racial violence. The panel, meeting in the Cabinet room, faced congressional inquiries as it seeks causes and solutions to summer riots. Separate incidents in Detroit, Albany, Chicago, Mount Vernon, and Poughkeepsie were noted as police dispersed crowds and arrests topped ten.
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Washington
Johnson
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
White House
Chicago
Conl
Negro Com Commission
Dick Gregory
Detroit
Albany
N. Y
Mount Vernon
Poughkeepsie
Atkins Fremont district stay of attachment upheld by high court
Iowa City and Benton County news report that two state supreme court justices stayed the Atkins Fremont district’s attachment to the Benton Community school district while an appeal proceeds. The order pauses district actions and keeps records at Atkins until further court ruling.
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Cyrus Vance
Johnson
Iowa City
Atkins
Detroit
de Aumont
Upd
District Court
Benton Com
Atkins-Fremont
State Supreme Court
State Board of Public Instruction
Robert L. Larson
Clay LeGrand
Davenport
M. C. Farber
Marshalltown
Larson and
LeGrand
Benton County
Farber
Atkins- Fremont
Benton Community
van Horne
You Learn Care on a Big Carrier
AP report aboard the Navy carrier Forrestal in the Tonkin Gulf recalls two fires in one day as the ship supported combat operations off North Vietnam. Sailors compare the incident to the Oriskany disaster, noting the ship’s vast size and vulnerability.
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Steve Stibben
Forrestal
Tonkin Gulf
U. S. Navy
North Vietnam
Pilet
29 Planes Destroyed On Carrier Forrestal Disaster
In a deadly fire aboard the Forrestal off North Vietnam base, 26 or more sailors were killed and 29 jet planes destroyed while 80 to 85 others were damaged. The blaze aboard the Forrestal during her first combat tour on Yankee Station led to extensive casualties, with many missing or unaccounted for and the ship heading to port under its own power.
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George McArthur
Saigon
U.S
Forrestal
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Oriskany
Bon Homme Richard
America
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin i
Dong Hoi
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UPI
Villa
334Th Armed Helicopter Co
Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Cairo
Abdul Riad
Suez
Lawrence Malkin
Port of
Ismailia
Great Bitter Lake
Bitter Lake
LBJ
Civil Disorders Unit
Wilmington
Del
Brooklyn
Bedford Stuyvesant
Larson and LeGrand
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