Mao Control Claim Across China Reported by Peking Radio
Peking radio said Mao Tse-tung supporters have seized control of China’s 29 provinces and regions, with Sinkiang Uighur and Tibet latest to fall under revolutionary committees. Reports of resistance in Chekiang Kiangsu Henan and other areas persist, while PLA leadership largely backs Mao.
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Peking Radio
Mao Tse-tung
China
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Tibet
Mao
Hong Kong
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Henan
Yunnan
Manchuria
Communist Party
Red Guards
People’s Liberation Army
Peking
Siankiang-Uighur
Red China
Czech Gloom Deepens as Soviet Exit Delays Slow Normalize
Czech leader Alexander Dubcek summoned the full Central Committee to address the slow withdrawal of Soviet troops from Prague amid a return to Soviet style normalization. He appeared tired after days guiding the country back toward Moscow’s influence, flanked by bodyguards as about 40 well wishers greeted him with flowers.
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UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Kremlin
Husak
Slovakia
Bohemia
Slovak Communist Party
Explosion Blamed on Viet Cong Kills Eight in Saigon
An explosion in a Saigon information office in Cholon killed eight and wounded six. A nearby house collapsed as rescuers removed victims. An unattended charge in the office caused the blast and a TNT cache was found later in Cholon. U.S. troops helped search rubble near the Lucky billet.
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Cholon
Cholon Atin
U.S
Danny Winfield
Ponca City
Okla
Winfield
Nash
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Tonkin Gulf
Air Force
Nixon To Visit Des Moines On Sept. 14
Nixon plans a Des Moines campaign stop on Saturday September 14 arriving near noon at the municipal airport. A public rally is set for Veterans Memorial Auditorium as part of his 1968 Republican ticket tour in Iowa according to Republican State Chairman Jack Warren. Vice presidential candidate Spiro Agnew toured Cedar Rapids earlier in the week. The visit was announced in The Gazette last Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Richard Nixon
Jack Warren
Warren
Nixon
Fot Veteras
Spiro Agnew
Cedar Rapids
Couple Killed in Car Crash Near Decorah Farm
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Goettelman, aged 78 and 76, died after their car collided with another as he turned into their driveway ten miles north of Decorah. The driver of the other car, David Steen, 20, was injured and remains hospitalized. The Goettelmans’ bodies were taken to Olson-Fjelstad funeral home. Nixon Touts Forgotten Americans While Rallying in San Francisco and Santa Clara, Citing inflation and crime. He urged new leadership and pledged to end the war on an honorable basis.
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Decorah
Charles Goettelman
Goettelman
Maybelle
Decorah Hospital
Mrs.Goettelman
Olson- Fjelstal Funeral Home
Car Train Crash Kills Iowa City Man
Iowa City reports a car crash at the Rock Island crossing on highway 6 by pass near 8 p.m. claimed the life of Raymond V. Kadera, 62, of Iowa City. His car struck the front of a switch engine pulling a flatcar as the train moved north.
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Rock Island
Highway 6
Raymond V. Kadera
Kadera
Chuckle Observation on Paying Little at a Time
A humorous line notes that some people are willing to pay little at a time for items as long as the cost is not paid in full upfront. The quote invites a light meditation on consumer patience and budgeting.
Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Ray Murder Indictment
Memphis UPI Judge W Preston Battle refused to throw out the murder indictment against James Earl Ray, the suspect in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s assassination. He also rejected a premature bid to drop the weapon charge. Security at the county jail was tight as Ray was not present for the hearing.
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Memphis
UPI
Criminal Court
W. Preston Battle
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther
King, Jr. Battle
Ray
Arthur Hanes
U.S
VC battalion uses civilians as shields in Saigon area clash
In three waves near Cu Chi, a Viet Cong battalion crowded women and children before storming a 101st Airborne unit. Thirty-one Americans died and 27 were wounded. Viet Cong losses were 31, with reports of 110 enemy killed across northwest and southwest Saigon engagements.
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Saigon
Cu Chi Regiment
101St Airborne Division
Max Nash
U.S
Ap Trang Dau
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
25Th
Nash
Cu Chi
Johnson urges Senate to confirm Fortas amid filibuster fears
President Johnson said the Senate should not let a sectional group block Abe Fortas as chief justice and Homer Thornberry as associate justice. He noted majority support in the chamber and hoped for confirmation before adjournment while stressing progress on his legislative program. Johnson met with Dean Rusk Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen to discuss strategy.
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Senate
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Secretary of
Dean Rusk
Mike Mansfield
Everett Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
Capitol Hill
New Zealand Lab Chief Says Mururoa Fallout Less Than Earlier Tests
George Roth director of the New Zealand National Radiation Laboratory said fallout from the French nuclear test on Mururoa atoll in the Pacific two weeks earlier was less than from three prior test series.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Mururoa Atoll
Pacific
George Roth
New Zealand National Radiation Laboratory
Start of GI Exit Could Shift Vietnam War Pace
In Saigon a debate centers on reducing U S troop levels in Vietnam and handing more responsibility to Vietnamese forces. Some officials favor phased withdrawal to about 200 000 by 1972 to ease costs and public discontent, while top commanders oppose pulling out soon.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Washington
U. S
John Vann
Vann
Army
Richard Stilwell
Demilitarized Zone
See Chandler on Wallace Ticket
Louisville reports former Kentucky Gov. A. B. Happy Chandler named as running mate for George Wallace, with a news conference in Washington planned Tuesday. Chandler, 70, a two term governor, ex senator and former baseball commissioner, declined to comment while suggesting he is comfortable with continued speculation.
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Kentucky
A. B
Chandler
George Wallace
Louisville Courier-Journal
Washington
U.S
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