Czechs Puzzled by Troop Shift After Invasion
Prague reports say half of the 600000 Warsaw Pact troops are on the move in Czechoslovakia with unclear plans. Moscow presses Dubcek to accept a return to strict Communist rule and end liberalization as 300000 troops may retreat to borders or be redirected to the Soviet Union.
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UPS
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Alexander Dubcek
Russia
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Republic
Medic Board Sets Hearing in Mayner Blood Case
Des Moines Iowa The state board of medical examiners voted to hold a formal hearing into allegations that Winthrop doctor A E Mayner 32 faked a blood withdrawal from nurse while assisting Donald Pech in Independence Iowa Pech had been arrested on drunk driving charges and Mayner drove from Winthrop to Independence to perform a blood test Saf said the test showed negative blood alcohol and police later intervened as the nurse and room were involved in the incident
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Des Moines
State Board of Medical Examiners
Winthrop
A. E. Mayner
Donald Peck
Independence
Ronald V. Saf
Board of Medical Examiners
Iowa State Medical Society
Mayner
Board of Examiners
Sal
Dr. Mayner
Peck
Pech
Saf
Panel Sets Fortas Vote On Supreme Court Nomination
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously set a vote for next Tuesday on Abe Fortas to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren. The panel will continue hearings and may recall Fortas for more questioning while inviting Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford to testify and issuing subpoenas for other witnesses.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Fortas
Clark Clifford
McCarthy Delays 68 Commitment
Senator Eugene McCarthy says he will delay any statement on whom he will support for president for at least three weeks. He will not backing Humphrey or Nixon and plans a two week vacation in Nice, France, before deciding after his return.
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Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
McCarthy
Chicago
G.O.P
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Minnesota
Senate Foreign Relations
Vietnam
Nice
France
Battle Rages As VC Enter Allied City
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces push toward Tay Ninh as fighting rages northwest of Saigon. American troops report 95 enemy killed in a night assault on the 25th Infantry division camp near Tay Ninh. Light shelling farther northwest along Cambodia. Six Americans killed and 22 wounded. South Vietnamese paratroopers clash with invading forces in Tay Ninh, a key provincial capital.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
25Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
U.S
25Th Division
John Wheeler
Chuckle on rising stars and IBM card digits
A light quip about people advancing in status from mere cogs to ten dots on an IBM card. The playful line hints at changing ranks in a tech or corporate world with a nod to early computer coding.
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IBM
Harriman cites crushing defeats by North Vietnam at Paris talks
Ambassador W Averell Harriman told Xuan Thuy at the Paris peace talks that allied forces since August 18 have dealt crushing defeats to the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. He warned Hanoi that further defeat and death await if it pursues total military victory. Thuy urged halting bombing. Harriman called mortar and rocket attacks on Saigon acts of terror.
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Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Thuy
Saigon
Harriman
U.S
United States
New York City Schools Reopen After Settlement Ends Strike
The nation's largest school system opened to 1.1 million pupils after a two day teacher strike over decentralization and job security. Union leaders hailed the settlement with the Board of Education and AFL CIO United Federation of Teachers, allowing 10 Ocean Hill Brownsville teachers to return to their former schools.
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New York
Afl-Cio United
Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Albert Shanker
UFT
Brooklyn
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Johnson Warns Moscow to Seek Peace Through Talks
President Johnson urged Moscow not to unleash the dogs of war and pressed for high level talks on arms and troop reductions in Europe. He warned against force in Berlin and cited Czech invasion risks as demanding closer Western cooperation. Johnson spoke at a Bnai B’rith convention and San Antonio earlier, highlighting a firm U S stance on Soviet actions.
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Moscow
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Berlin
San Antonio
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Russia
East Europe
Mideast
All Aboard French Jet Are Killed
An Air France Caravelle jet crashed into the Mediterranean off the Riviera near Nice killing all 95 aboard including Gen Rene Cogny commander of French forces in North Vietnam in 1953 54. Fire aboard was radioed before disappearance as rescuers searched amid rain and smoke plumes.
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Nice
France
Air France
Mediterranean Sea
Rene Cogny
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Ajaccio
Corsica
Riviera
Cap d’Antibes
Marius Guis
Tass Sees Peace If Bombing Halts
Moscow office of Tass said the path to a political settlement in Vietnam opens if the United States halts bombing North Vietnam without delay. The Soviet news agency urged an immediate halt to bombing to extricate talks from deadlock and enable progress in Paris negotiations.
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Moscow
Tass
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Paris
Fugitive Cleared Conscience After 25 Years Surrender
Clarence Clark, 58, once imprisoned for murder and fugitive since 1943, walked into the Newark Star Ledger to confess after 25 years living under an assumed name Calvin Johnson with his wife and four children. Authorities planned an extradition warrant while Clark hopes his clean record since the escape may avert reimprisonment.
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Newark
N.J
Alabama
Newark Star- Ledger
Clarence Clark
Calvin Johnson
Kilby
Montgomery
Associated Press
Clark
Georgia
What Cheer Woman Is Fatally Injured
Mrs. Claude Nanke 44 of What Cheer died after a Tuesday morning crash about a mile and a half north of Sigourney on Keswick road. Her husband and two children survived, while the driver of the other vehicle Robert Wehr 17 of Sigourney was treated for minor injuries and released. The collision occurred at the Arlie Atwood farm driveway near Kingsberry Homes plant. Funeral arrangements set for St Martin's Lutheran church in What Cheer with services Thursday at 2 p.m.
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Claude Nanke
Keswick Road
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Nanke
Sigourney Hospital
Wehr
Sheriff's Office
Casseus Mill
Nina Nanke
Marion
Wis
What Cheer
Robert
James
Janice
Zina Just
Glen Dugger
Arthur Just
St. Martin’s Lutheran Church
Harden Funeral Home
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