Soviet military build up near China in the far east
Soviet forces reinforce the far eastern command with heavy troop movements. Between 100000 and 200000 soldiers, including rocket equipped units, have been sent into Mongolia as part of a long range build up to meet any contingency with China. Security is tightened across Siberia east of Novosibirsk with many areas still open to travel.
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N. Y. Times
Irkutsk
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Far East
China
Siberia
Novosibirsk
Far Eastern Command
Mongolia
Siberian
Red Banrier
Japan
Kwantung Army
Weekend for Alabama press group at summer awards meet
Alabama Associated Press Association members gather for a summer awards meeting in Birmingham with reporters and photographers present. Birmingham AP Bureau Chief Hoyt reportedly traveled thousands of miles across Siberia, noting large Soviet forces possibly reaching 1.5 million from Irkutsk eastward.
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Alabama
Alabama Associated Press Association
Birmingham
Hoyt
Peru closes door on Rockefeller visit amid spy arms row
Peru barred Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller from visiting Lima and ordered U.S. military advisers to depart. Washington had suspended arms sales after American fishing boat seizures and the expropriation of an American oil company, straining ties with Peru’s military regime.
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Lima
Peru
Nelson A. Rockefeller
U.S
U S
John Wesley Jones
Washington
United States
U.S. Army
Edgardo
Mercado
Rockefeller
Latin America
Nixon
Jones
The Fox Strikes Peek Oldsmobile-Cadillac Site
Decatur police found the front door of the new Peek Olds building open Friday morning. Owners were alerted after a quick check showed nothing missing. A handlettered sign reading the Fox was here was found beneath an overturned bookcase.
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Fox
Peek Oldsmobile-Cadillac
the Fox
Decatur
Soviet restricts travel in Siberia after Ussuri clashes
Diplomats, foreign military attaches and journalists face a general ban on travel across Siberia since clashes on the Ussuri River in March. The restriction began in Khabarovsky and spread to Irkutsk and the Lake Baikal region, effectively closing most of Siberia to ordinary travel except for limited seven-person transits.
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Siberian
Ussuri
Khabarovsky
Amur
Irkutsk
Lake FE Taikal
Siberia
Alabama AP Association meeting gathers 100 editors in Decatur
Newsmen from across Alabama converge on Decatur for the annual Alabama Associated Press Association summer awards meeting. More than 100 publishers editors reporters and photographers attend a two day conference ending with a Tennessee River cruise and 1968 newswriting and photo contest winners announced. The Decatur Daily hosts the event with a 10 am session chaired by Steve Traylor.
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Decatur
Alabama Associated Press Association
Tennessee River
Decatur Daily
Steve Traylor
Huntsville Times
Decatur Inn
Winford Turner
THE
Lee Woodward
Bill Maxwell
Bill Platt
Anniston_ Star
al Stanton
Birmingham News
Bernie Kohl
Alabama Journal
Pete Kelley
Florence Times
Apollo 10 Return Flight Underway After Moon Recon
Apollo 10 crews led by Col Thomas Stafford and Comdr John Young with Eugene Cernan completed lunar reconnaissance and prepared for a 54 hour Earth return. They circled the Moon 31 times and tested a lunar module descent, despite an overheating power unit. NASA officials remain confident about Apollo 11 landing later in July.
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John Noble Wilford
New York Times News
Houston
Moon
Earth
Sea of Tranquility
Thomas P. Stafford
Air Force
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Navy
C.C.T
Pacific Ocean
Stafford
Cernan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George M. Low
Apollo
Low
TV Will Accompany First Men On Moon
Space Center Houston AP reports plans for Apollo 11 to broadcast the lunar landing in black and white. Armstrong and Aldrin will descend from the LEM to collect samples during a 22 hour surface stay while a camera records the descent and activities.
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Space Center
Houston
Lunar
Moon
Neil A. Armstrong
Michael Collins
Edwin A. Aldrin
Armstrong
Aldrin
LEM
Tension at North Carolina A&T ends after armed clash
Police and national guardsmen stormed the campus using tear gas to end two days of siege by armed students at North Carolina A&T. One student killed, several officers wounded, curfew extended, campus closed, and over 200 students evacuated as authorities claim outsiders sparked the violence.
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James T. Wooten
New York Times News
Greensboro
N.C
National
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
National Guard
Walter Burch
James L. Sutton
Burch
Sutton
Willie E. Grimes
Grimes
Health Group Funds Okayed for Tri-County Program
The Appalachian Commission approved second year planning and administrative funds for the Tri County Regional Health Commission based in Decatur. A $65,972 grant funds administration in Morgan Limestone and Lawrence Counties for the year ending Dec 31 1969. Rep Bob Jones and John Sparkman and Jim Allen announced the action.
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Washington
Appalachian Commission
Tri-County
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Ron Autry
Atlanta
Ted Boyle
New York
Billy Smith
Stefanie Nagortka
White House
Tricia Nixon
Gladys Frost
South Central Bell
Telephone’s
Mobile
Miss Frost
Leslie Frost
Jim Strothman
AP Aerospace Winter
North Carolina
A&t
Robison Furniture Company
Second Avenue
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