Czech central committee faces crucial session over Dubcek reforms
Prague A P report says Czechoslovakia’s CKD central committee met in Prague Castle amid fear it will erase liberal reforms led by Alexander Dubcek. Old guard factions may challenge new seats as Husak warns against street protests while students plan demonstrations and workers prepare “Dubcek shifts” at plants.
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Communist Party
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Dubcek
Gustav Husak
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London Telegraph Delays as 1800 Operators Walk Out
London reports 1,800 overseas telegraph operators staged a pay dispute causing widespread telegram delays. The walkout disrupted inbound and outbound messages, straining communications between Britain and international stations.
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London
Britain
Cedar Rapids Favors City Build Of Civic Center
Cedar Rapids mayoral study committee recommends the city build operate and maintain a civic center rather than lease from a nonprofit. Bonding capacity is projected to rise from 21 million to about 50 million once new assessed valuations are certified, enabling a civic center bond election.
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Cedar Rapids
L. P. Boudreaux
Civic Center
General Assembly
Boudreaux
Bob Johnson
Soviet Zond 6 completes lunar loop duplicating Zond 5 feat
Moscow reports unmanned Zond 6 spacecraft completed a lunar loop Thursday, matching Zond 5’s September round trip. Flight status unclear on return to earth and splashdown. Jodrell Bank notes Zond 6 appears bound for earth after circling the moon.
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Soviet Union
Earth
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Americans Edge NATO Burden Amid Europe Defense Assurances
In Brussels NATO members hear assurances from Clark Clifford and Dean Rusk that the United States will not alter its defense commitment to Western Europe while acknowledging Americans feel a heavier burden. Allies note new NATO contributions following the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia as Britain urges Europe to increase its own defense spending.
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Nixon
Washington
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Clifford
Dean Rusk
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Rusk
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Netherlands
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Richard Nixon
Johnson
Denis Healey
Healey
Patients Riot at Italian Mental Hospital Over Substitutes
In Ancona Italy patients at a mental hospital attacked substitute nurses after strikes over pay. More than 100 inmates broke beds windows and doors then fled to the streets as relief staff pursued them catching all but one.
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Ancona
Italy
New York Firefighters Accept Two Year Pact
New York City fire fighters with the Uniformed Fire Fighters Association vote to approve a two year work contract. The agreement provides raises totaling 1367 dollars lifting first grade firefighters to 10750 by October 1 next year.
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NEW York
New York City
Uniformed Fire Fighters Association
Board Names Advisory Panel for Iowa Braille School
A 10 member ad hoc committee was named to advise the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving school at Vinton. The panel will advise on services procedures and actions to improve services and coordinate education for the visually handicapped in Iowa. The board also approved a 395176 increase to the 1969 71 appropriations bringing the total request to 1699016 to fund staff expansion and full summer sessions.
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Iowa Braille
Vinton
IBSS
Iowa
Nixon demands Johnson’s advance foreign policy consultation
President-elect Nixon said he has Johnson’s assurance that the incoming administration will be consulted in advance on major foreign policy decisions before inauguration. He named Robert Murphy as liaison for transition matters, with authority over Vietnam talks and prior consultations, and stressed the need for an agreed approach across administrations.
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Johnson
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Robert Murphy
Murphy
Vietnam
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Foreign Service
Corning Glass International
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State Rusk
White House
Javits Pushes Multilateral Security Before Nixon Era
UPI report from Brussels quotes Senator Jacob Javits as saying the United States will not engage in future Vietnams alone and will seek backing from the UN or regional alliances like NATO or CENTO. He predicts Paris talks on Vietnam soon and emphasizes Europe as a priority in postwar policy.
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UPI
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R-N
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Javits
Vietnam
Paris
Europe
America
United States
U S Warns On Vietnam Talks Over Demilitarized Zone
Washington says no serious peace talks can occur in Paris if the demilitarized zone serves as a base for shelling U S military posts in South Vietnam. The notice was delivered Wednesday by the State Department to North Vietnam.
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Washington
State Department
North Vietnam
Paris
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
South Vietnam
Hanoi Says VN Negotiations Stand Still Without NLF Presence
North Vietnam said it would not bargain with the United States unless the National Liberation Front sits at the negotiating table. Hanoi demanded clear U.S. conditions for resuming talks.
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Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
US clarifies stance on DMZ shelling and Paris talks
Undersecretary Katzenbach authorized a White House cleared statement condemning North Vietnamese shelling of allied forces near the DMZ after attacks on Con Thien. It rejects four party peace talks and confirms the U S and Republic of Vietnam remain the two sides in Paris discussions while North Vietnam may choose its own representatives.
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White House
Dmz
U. S
Con Thien
Secretary of Defense
Clifford
Carl Barthh
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Republic of Vietnam
Representa
Heaviest In Weeks Foes Fight Near Cambodian Border
Saigon reports that under heavy bombardment U S planes and helicopters pounded the area while about 500 South Vietnamese rangers and American artillerymen held off roughly 1,000 North Vietnamese troops through the night. Dawn yielded 287 enemy bodies.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnamese attack meets heavy resistance near Saigon
U S headquarters says 166 Americans killed and 1 253 wounded last week. In a major clash 60 miles north of Saigon at Landing Zone Dot, North Vietnamese assaulted a ranger camp, breaching the perimeter and suffering heavy losses. Four South Vietnamese were killed and 23 wounded. U S forces also report 50 enemy dead in two clashes near the border, plus an American helicopter down with 2 killed and 4 wounded. Additional incidents near the buffer zone cited as peace talks stallglyphicon.
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Saigon
U. S
U.S
1Stair Cavalry Division
Central Highlands
Washington
U.S. Command
North
South
Vietnam
Davis
Chuckle on Public Embarrassment Across Generations
A humorous reflection notes that as children grow older they cease public missteps to avoid parental embarrassment, while parents themselves later say or do things that embarrass the kids. The piece satirizes intergenerational shifts in social behavior.
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