Democrats Back Loyalty Oath for 1968 Chicago Convention
Western Democrats urged a loyalty pledge at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago requiring delegates to support the ticket chosen in August. Johnson’s renomination appears likely with Johnson Humphrey seen as the main ticket. debates over war policy and civil rights dissenters were noted. The site decision favored Chicago, Miami Beach, or Houston with Chicago as the front runner.
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Washington
UPI
Chicago
Johnson
John Bailey
Washington Hilton
Guam
Eugene Wyman
Los Angeles
Humphrey
South
Wyman
California
Wymar
Miami Beach
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Americans Fight From North Viet Trap In Rain Fights
UPI reports American paratroopers from the 101st airborne fought their way out of a North Vietnamese trap in heavy rain. 60 communists were killed while 17 Americans died and four were wounded. The battle revealed a Soviet flamethrower and camouflaged helicopters, signaling growing Soviet aid. Air strikes intensified near Hanoi Haiphong and the Chinese border.
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North Viet
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Tass
U.S
Ang Hoa
South Vietnam
da Nang
Highway 1
Cat Bi
Air Force
Mekong Delta
Indonesians Threaten to Break With Peking Over Staff
Indonesia on Monday said it would suspend relations with Communist China and demand the immediate exit of Indonesian staff in Peking. Jakarta would allow Chinese staff in Jakarta to depart after the Indonesian staff reach Hong Kong or Dacca.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
China
Foreign Ministry
Peking
Adam Malik
Hong Kong
Dacca
Ln Peking
Cleanup Crew Clashes Over Windstorm Debris Action
A Brownville housewife accuses cleanup crews of excessive chopping after they felled a lone remaining tree on her lot during hurricane cleanup. The incident stems from debris removal work following Hurricane Beulah.
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Brown Ville
Texas
UPV
Beulah
Teen Girl Dives Into Canal to Save Child
Paula Scoggins, 14, of Miami, leapt into 25 foot canal depths to rescue 3 year old Laura Ann Schick as a car with the mother and grandparents sank. The car remained locked. the occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Michael McGill and Joan Schick of Hollywood, perished. The mother cried to save the child as Scoggins swam to the bank and returned.
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South Bay
Fla
Paula Scoggins
Miami
Miss Scoggins
Laura Ann Schick
Tso
T- le
Retirement by Top Ace Gabreski Ends 27 Years Service
Westhampton Beach New York AP Col Francis S Gabreski senior air ace with 3742 enemy aircraft destroyed across World War II and Korea plans retirement after 27 years service. At Suffolk County Air Base Thane Island he commands the 52nd Fighter Wing since 1964 and will join Grumman Aircraft Engineering as assistant public relations director.
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Westhampton Beach
N.Y
Francis
Gabreski
Suffolk County
Thane Island
New York
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp
Fourth Front in Nigeria Opened
A misread and jumbled AP wire story reports unrest and a new drinking law in Auckland with pubs staying open later while staff strike. also mentions Lagos and a Biafra rebellion context and an Armstrong dedication. The piece blends multiple events and places, with chaotic phrasing and unclear details.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Auckland J Hotel
Lagos
Wapokoneta
Ohio
Neil Armstrong
Biafra
Ruling May Cut School Aid Sharing
An attorney general opinion suggests richer county districts may not owe as much toward aiding poorer districts as the 1967 plan anticipated. The ruling narrows county school equalization funds, potentially forcing individual districts to bear more costs, contradicting the legislature’s intent.
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General Assembly
George Murray
Leroy Petersen
Rgrimes
Petersen
Coupal Warns 50 Percent Cut in Federal Highway Aid Threatens Iowa
Ames AP State Highway Director Joseph R. Coupal Jr says a possible half reduction in federal highway funds would be nearly catastrophic for Iowa. He notes $66 million in federal funds for the year with $40 million slated for interstate work and warns a deep cut would cripple the interstate program and require ceilings on spending.
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Ames
Joseph R. Coupal
Iowa
Coupal
Secretary of Transportation
Alan
Boyd
Washington
Johnson
Apollo Debut Delayed To July Or August
NASA officials said the first manned flight of the modified Apollo moonship is postponed to mid July or August due to longer than expected testing and repairs at North American Aviation Downey plant. Astronaut Walter Schirra will lead the earth orbital shakedown with Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard for eight to 10 days if all goes well.
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UPI
Space Agency
Agency
Office of Manned Space Flight
Washington
North American Aviation
Downey
Calif
Moonport
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Walter Schirra
Donn Eisele
Walter Cuanningham
Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Child Rescued After Six Hours Trapped in Pipe
Four year old Hiroyuki Arai fell into a 23 foot deep concrete pipe at a construction site in Kyoto. Rescuers pumped oxygen and dug from the rim then cracked the pipe open to pull him to safety in serious but hopeful condition.
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Kyoto
Japan
Shiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki
Jetliner makes emergency landing in San Juan after engine failure
An airliner with 40 people aboard traveling from Spain to Cuba conducted a safe emergency landing in San Juan on Sunday after losing one engine. No injuries were reported and the passengers were evacuated calmly.
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San Juan
V.r
Spain
Cuba
Supreme Court Denies Appeals on Desegregation Order
The high court refused to block a blanket federal order forcing six Deep South states Louisiana Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi Texas to desegregate all public schools. The 5th circuit ordered unitary systems without Negro or white schools, applying to about 1.761 million pupils.
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Washington
API
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
Texas
5Th Circuit
Deep South
U. S. Office of Education
Jack Gremillion
The
Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Weekday Preference Sparks a Cautionary Joke
A witty quip suggests valuing Monday over Friday may lead to unintended success as the calendar week is teased in light humor. The line plays on the idea of pursuing achievement by changing attitudes toward the start of the work week.
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Indira Gandhi
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
Kosygin
Rawal Singh
Gandhi
Europe
Yugoslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
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