American warplanes and battleship hit North Vietnam
American warplanes led by B-52 bombers targeted North Vietnam along the southern panhandle, with 139 sorties the heaviest in a month. The battleship New Jersey fired 16 inch shells, while Marine fighters pressed operations in the DMZ area. Allied reports tallied 50 enemy soldiers killed in skirmishes near Saigon and Da Nang.
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Nixon's Plea Pushes Hard in Closing Campaign Week
Nixon urged Republicans to intensify turnout in the final campaign week describing Humphrey as old politics. He rallyed in Livonia Michigan with thousands present and canvassed Dearborn schools and a Negro job center. He urged party workers to win a half vote per precinct. He warned against panic amid personal attacks and predicted tricks by opponents during Halloween week.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Cosmonaut Beregovoi Extends Earth Orbit
Cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoi continued his solo space mission looping the Earth with no end in sight. By 2:37 p.m. Moscow time he had completed 51 orbits in 76 hours aboard his Soviet flight, circling about every 89 minutes. The current Soviet solo record is 119 hours six minutes set by Valery Bykovsky in 1963.
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Hubert Humphrey Backed by Mrs King in Atlanta
Mrs Martin Luther King Jr announced her support for Hubert Humphrey in Atlanta saying his administration would be more responsive to Negro demands.
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UPI
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Agnew Rejects Times Charge in Major Blooper Clash
Vice President candidate Spiro Agnew denounces a New York Times editorial as a major blooper claiming conflicts of interest while governor of Maryland. He asserts the Times distorts facts and notes his net worth and land dealings were disclosed before his governorship. The Times reprinted the editorial amid Nixon’s demand for a retraction.
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Humphrey Targets Wallace Amid Pennsylvania Campaign
In Pittsburgh Hubert Humphrey campaigned among Pennsylvania workers to deny votes to George Wallace. He challenged Wallace’s ability to run the government and keep the economy strong, labeling his Alabama record as a warning for a national presidency. The tour featured pep speeches hostile to Nixon and little focus on policy.
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Nixon Forces Withdraw TV Smear Commercial
NBC said the Nixon Agnew campaign pulled a one minute ad shown on Laugh In that linked Hubert Humphrey to bloodied rioters soldiers and refugees. The DNC filed a protest and urged action with NBC and the National Fair Campaign Practices Committee.
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National Fair Campaign Practices Committee
Czechs Await Soviet Penalty for Outburst
In Prague crowds protested the Soviet invasion with slogans like Russians go home while officials met in Bratislava for Slovakia’s golden jubilee. Dubcek Svoboda and Cernik faced pressure as Moscow weighed retaliation and the regime sought to normalize the situation.
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Oldrich Cernik
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Red Army
National Theater
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Hospitals' Joint fund drive approved in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Solicitations Revenue committee approves a 3.5 million joint fund drive by St. Luke's and Mercy hospitals to launch in December and run into 1969. Funds will be split evenly. Mercy seeks to replace the 1906 wing on Sixth avenue SE and St. Luke's expects near term needs of about 2 million with a recent six story addition.
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Mercy Hospitals
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Sixth Avenue SE
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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St. Luke’s
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McCarthy Plans Vote For Humphrey Amid Party Tensions
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy announced he will vote for Hubert Humphrey for president. He warned he may quit the Democratic party and said he will not seek re election to the Minnesota Senate in 1979 or the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. He urged supporters to back Humphrey while noting reservations about key issues and lingering Chicago convention memories.
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Computers to replace schools in home based system says experts
Pasadena reports at NAS meeting that a computer network could replace traditional schools. Junior would study at home via console tutors, with instant feedback and no fixed school day. Experts say this shifts learning from age norms to individual pace and could halve costs versus teacher salaries.
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National Academy of Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Ralph Gerard
University of California At Irvine
USC plans aging study center in Los Angeles
The University of Southern California will establish a center to study human aging, signaling a major expansion in aging research in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Dough sticks to fingers in strange money quip
A light joke notes that men call money dough and adds that dough clings to fingers, implying money leaves a visible mark as it passes. The playful line pokes at cash in a humorous way.
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