Ulbricht Visit Deepens Czech Liberal Fears
In the wake of the August 12 meeting between Alexander Dubcek and Walter Ulbricht, Czech liberal leaders grow wary that Ulbricht’s hard line signals a new phase in Soviet backed actions. The Karlovy Vary talks followed by renewed polemics and conservative moves hint at internal party struggles and potential shifts in Czechoslovakia.
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Henry Kamm
New York Times
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Dubcek
Communist Party
Cierna
Bratislava
Ulbricht
Soviet Union
Karlovy Vary
Kremlin
Prague
Soviet
Lovakia
Ulbricht-Dubcek
Central Committee
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Economic Shock Follows Czechoslovak Invasion in 1968
The invasion threatens the Soviet bloc economy as Czechoslovakia’s $4 billion trade with Eastern Europe is disrupted. Transmission routes and power links rely on Czech industry and transport. loss could force redirection to costlier routes and hurt neighbors like East Germany Poland and Hungary.
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Harry Schwartz
New York Times News Service
New York
Czechoslovakia
Europe
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
Hungary
Moscow
Farm near Columbia studies drug effects on animals
A world’s only remote farm hosts a drug metabolism project testing effects on ponies, swine, goats, dogs, cats, rats and mice. Animals cue for injections, signaling scheduled drug administration as researchers seek animal models with human-like metabolic pathways for future human testing.
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Columbia
Lloyd E. Davis
Prague Outlook Break Quietly Shifts to Global Soviet Weakness
Inside Washington by James Reston argues the Prague invasion exposes the Soviet Union as morally and politically weak rather than strong. It notes Khrushchev era ambitions failed, East Germany’s liberal temptations, and Dubcek’s reform path within Warsaw Pact that alarmed Moscow and may invite economic pressure and foreign loans.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Prague
East Germany
West
Czechoslovakia
Eastern
Europe
U.S
Moscow
Hungary
Dubcek
Warsaw Pact
Ulbricht
Echoes of a past journey and a Decatur letter page
The writer recalls a youth in Greenville and an attic carving dated 1912, then shifts to a Decatur Daily public forum with a Smokers Clinic notice. A letter from Hartselle responds to editorial views on valley involvement and regional job flows, mentioning Huntsville Space Center and historical migrations.
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Demosthenes
Greenville
Indiana
Darke County
Midwest
Lowell Thomas
Annie Oakley
Fourth Street
Ala
Huntsville Space Center
State
Daniel Boone
N. C
Senator Hill
Montgomery
HHH
Humphrey
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Oldrich Svestka
Rude Pravo
Svestka
Jiri Hajek
Foreign Ministry
Hajek
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Presidium
Vasil Bilak
Washington
James Reston
Dobrynin
Johnson
China
Vietnam
Korea
Asia
Trip
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Smokers Clinic
State National Bank
Sonny
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Hartselle, Ala
Public Forum
The
Decatur Daily Decatur
Athens
Bob Dunnavant
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