Czechs Postpone Moscow Trip Amid Purge Controversy
Prague reported Czechoslovakia's leaders postponed a Moscow visit and instead attended a Brno trade fair. Informants say the Kremlin seeks a purge of liberal figures including Dubcek while polls show strong local support for his leadership and Svoboda. Western borders opened to tourists as post invasion tensions linger.
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Prague
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Kremlin
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Brno
Oldrich Cernik
Josef Smrkovsky
Gustav Husak
CTK
Ludvik Svoboda
Cernik
Smrkovsky
West Germany
Mirislav Galuska
Vladimir Kadlec
Czech National Council
Cesimir Cisar
Pravda
Nixon predicts big GOP win from $5 million dinners
The Nixon campaign touted a $5 million fundraising banquet push. Nixon told donors in a closed circuit address that they had placed a good bet and that victory in the November election was assured, as fundraisers across 20 dinners pressed the campaign treasury.
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New York
Richard Nixon
G.O.P
White House
Nixon
Humphrey Fires Up Campaign by Turning Hecklers Issue
Hubert Humphrey frame s heckling in Boston as a campaign issue. He warned Nixon to meet him in Lincoln Douglas debate fashion in Springfield and Peoria to let voters judge by the facts. He cited Wallace joining if Nixon refused.
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Springfield
Ill
Hubert Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
Boston
Humphrey
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Peoria
Lincoln
George Wallace
Consumer Water and Power
Clarence Voters Approve $25,000 Bond for Town Hall
Clarence residents approve a $25,000 bond issue by 169 yes to 22 no to fund a new $100,000 town hall. The project will gain $75,000 from the Joe Ditz estate for a 60 by 80 foot masonry building at Lombard street and Fifth avenue, formerly a used car lot for H. D. Kemmann Sons, with space for fire trucks council room clerk’s office and a large community room.
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Clarence
Joe Ditz
Lombard Street
Fifth Avenue
H. D. Kemmann Sons
Miami Bound Jet Hijacked To Havana
An Eastern Air Lines Boeing 720 carrying 39 to 53 aboard was hijacked while en route from San Juan to Miami. It turned toward Havana, landed at Jose Marti Airport at 9 45 a m, with crews all Miami residents and no details on the hijacker. The flight was the 12th hijacked this year and ninth to Cuba.
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Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
San Juan
Nassau
Bahamas
Cuba
Paul Boatman
Federal Aviation Administration
Jose Marti
Boatman
Bill Wooten
Wooten
Eastern
State Department
Plane crash at Farnborough air show kills many
A naval patrol Breguet Atlantic crashed in flames onto the Farnborough social club during a demonstration. Reports say up to 17 people may have died, including crew. About seven aboard the plane and ten on the ground were unaccounted for.
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Farnborough
England
Allies Repel Strong North Viet Attacks Northwest of Saigon
Allied forces repelled two major North Vietnamese assaults northwest of Saigon with 67 enemy killed and 9 South Vietnamese militiamen dead. Other battles south of Da Nang and in the Mekong Delta produced heavier Allied losses, while U.S. pilots shot down a Mig jet over North Vietnam and a Thunderchief was downed with missing pilot.
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Saigon
da Nang
Resor Delta
U.S
North Vietnam
7Th Regiment
Mekong
Jear Go Cong
Senate panel trims defense budget request
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 71.9 billion defense budget, 5.2 billion under Johnson’s request for the current year. The House had recommended 72.2 billion. A further 353 million was cut by the Senate panel, with floor action set for Monday and final agreement likely about 5 billion under the president’s request.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Johnson
House
Senate
Watch Out for School Children Sign Pokes Grin at Crossing
A Chuckle Sign at a school crossing offers a humorous note about drivers and pedestrians. The sign jokes watchfulness for school children, especially if they drive cars, reflecting lighthearted local humor about safety.
House approves record low foreign aid bill in swift session
The House approved a 1.6 billion dollar foreign aid appropriations bill the smallest since the program began by a 173 to 139 vote, after also approving a 1.9 billion dollar authorization for all aid. The move came with a rare two thirds rule and a rejected bid to restore 50 million for Latin America. President Johnson sought 2.9 billion and the panel recommended topping 355 million from a bill already 1 billion under his request.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
William Maillaird
Calif
Alliance For Progress
Maillaird
Alliance
Appropriations Committee
Enemy stash hides 300 Mickey Mouse sweatshirts
U S and allied intelligence found a weapon cache near Hue containing 300 sweatshirts bearing Mickey Mouse designs. The find raises questions about potential use or symbolic value in the Vietnam conflict with analysts examining possible intent and connections.
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Saigon
U.S
Hue
Soviet Urges Baltic Pact Force Buildup In Europe
Moscow cables report Pravda and Red Star call for strengthened Warsaw Pact forces in Europe to counter NATO. They blame U.S. imperialism for provoking a German and Western alliance buildup, citing Bonn’s moves and Vietnam war pressures.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Europe
NATO
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Star
U.S.A
West Germany
Warsaw Treaty Organization
Bonn
United States
Vietnam
Kidnapped Hillard Marks Found Safe In Chicago
FBI agents recovered Hillard Willis Marks unharmed after a Wednesday kidnapping in Oak Brook. Three suspects Daniel Pieter, Robert Marin, and Ethel Marie Marin were arrested, reportedly not yet charged, as the family planned a belated seventh birthday celebration. The boy described his captors as nice and said the experience was wonderful.
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UPI
Hillard Marks
William Marks
Chicago
FBI
Oak Brook, NL
Hillard Willis Marks
Perfect Plus Hosiery Co
William E. Marks
Hillard
Daniel Pieter
Marks
Chizz29
Oak Brook
Marylou Marks
Monroe
Hinsdale
Soviet Troops To Bulgaria Report Sparks Warsaw Pact Debate
London reports Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky, commander of the Warsaw Pact, flew to Sofia amid persistent talk Russia may send troops to Bulgaria to tighten control over its East European empire. The trip followed secret Moscow discussions with Todor Zhivkov, Bulgaria’s strongman, as diplomatic notices say Russia seeks to station troops in Bulgaria, the last pact member without Soviet forces except Romania.
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London
UPI
Ivan Yakubovsky
Warsaw Pact
Sofia
Russia
Bulgaria
Yakubovsky
Moscow
Kremlin
Todor Zhivkov
Romania
Cash and Checks Stolen From Leonardo's Pizza
The Cedar Rapids burglary at Leonardo's Pizza 2228 Sixteenth Ave SW netted 4717 in cash and payroll checks from Collins Radio Cryovac Link-Belt Speeder and Square D. Entry via rear door and two safes pried open. police doubt amateur involvement. Stop payment urged on any payroll checks cashed Thursday night.
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Leonardo’s Pizza
Sixteenth Avenue
Collins Radio
Cryovac
Link-Belt Speeder
Square D
Leonardo’s
Brink's Inc. Chief Arthur Genet Dies at 58
Arthur Genet the president and chief executive officer of Brink's Inc. armored express company died Thursday at age 58. His leadership guided Brink's through major contracts and expansion in the security industry.
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Chicago
Arthur Genet
Brink's Inc
Armored Express Company
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