Viet Cong Terror Attacks Hit Saigon and Nearby Towns
Viet Cong launched two grenade strikes in Saigon injuring seven civilians and wounding others near U.S. and AID sites. A separate attack hit Long Thanh district town 20 miles east, killing 20 and burning 85 houses. Another blast near Phan Thiet killed 16. Airstrikes around Saigon continued as U.S. B-52s target suspected positions.
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U.S
U.S. Agency For International Development
Long Thanh
Phan Thiet
Iowans Split On McCarthy Ballot Plan
Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst plans to notify Eugene McCarthy and Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. that their names will appear on Iowa's ballot for president and vice president unless withdrawn by Friday midnight. He calls it a courtesy due to the unusual situation and notes withdrawal is allowed up to 60 days before the November 5 election. Mrs. King says she cannot consider nomination due to her late husband’s death but has not requested removal.
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Eugene McCarthy
Martin Luther King, Jr
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Synhorst
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Last Symbol of Czech Resistance Crumbles
Prague reports the last stronghold of protest against the Soviet occupation crumbling as liberal leaders pursue a cautious path toward troop withdrawal. A one hour Soviet ultimatum prompted youths to abandon the St Wenceslas monument while authorities warned of tanks.
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Prague
St. Wenceslas
Quakes Kill Tens of Thousands in Iran Reach
In northeastern Iran a massive earthquake and aftershocks leave more than 20,000 dead and 50,000 injured with 100,000 homeless. Officials battle disease and cold as relief airlifts and blood donations race to aid survivors. Iran’s shah and Empress Farah visit stricken areas. In Iowa, voters turn out in a light to moderate primary with 300,000 to 350,000 expected statewide.
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Tehran
Farah
Shah
Qazvin
Anatolia
Turkey
Turkey Quake Kills Ten and Injures Two Hundred
An earthquake along Turkey's Black Sea coast killed ten and injured about two hundred. Bartin was the epicenter. many homes collapsed trapping residents. Italian officials and troops rushed to Bartin for relief as tremors were felt from Sivas to Edirne.
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Turkey
Black Sea
Bartin
Ministry of the Interior
Ankara
Labor Day highway deaths dwarf Vietnam combat toll
During the three day Labor Day weekend about 60 Americans died in Vietnam, while highway crashes claimed 666 lives in the summer holiday period. The National Safety Council and Associated Press noted ongoing high counts, with worst single crash killing eight North Dakota teens and Arkansans suffering two deadly accidents within 45 seconds.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
North Dakota
Union County
Ark
Missing Cedar County Woman and Children Found
Special to The Gazette reports Mrs. James H. Hawn and her three children have returned to her Davenport parents after a Cedar County search. They were last seen July 13 in a rented Sunbury trailer. Mrs Hawn says her husband abandoned them in Kentland Indiana and later joined a carnival there. The missing location remains unclear.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Richard Barden
James H. Hawn
Davenport
Hawn
Sunbury
Barden
Kentland
Ind
Draft Call Lowest Since March 1965
The Pentagon issued a 10,000 man draft call for next November, the lowest since March 1965 when 7,900 were inducted in a pre Vietnam buildup. All inductees go to the army as quotas have declined from a peak of 48,000 in April.
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Pentagon
Army
Prague debates draw crowds as Soviet soldiers face Czech youths
In Prague nightly debates pit Soviet armored car personnel against Czech youths and elders outside Svobodne Slovo. The talks cover invasion motives, capitalism, counterrevolution, and the question of who invited the Soviet presence, ending with both sides ready to go home after questioning observers.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Svobodne Slovo
Czechoslovakia
Agitprop
Wenceslaus Square
Major Address By Agnew for C R Appearance
Republican vice presidential nominee Spiro Agnew arrives at Cedar Rapids Municipal airport shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday to address Linn County GOP events and launch his vice presidential campaign. He holds a 3 30 p.m. press conference at the Roosevelt hotel and 5 15 p.m. proceeds to Linn GOP headquarters on Second Avenue.
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Spiro Agnew
Cedar Rapids
Linn G.O.P
Agnew
Roosevelt Hotel
Second Avenue
Chuckle: Missing Work Feels Like Government Loss
A humorous line notes modern life where missing a day of work costs the government nearly as much as the worker. The quip reflects workplace and public sector economics in a light tone.
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