Czechs Wage Power Struggle Behind Closed Doors
Prague reports reveal a split within the Communist leadership over Dubcek reforms and calls to restrain or allow student protests. Old guard and reform factions clash as the party central committee debates lines of compromise with Moscow and the Warsaw Pact. Student groups threaten demonstrations Oct 28 and Nov 7 to commemorate Nazi oppression, while tensions threaten Soviet intervention and a potential counterrevolution.
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Presidiyakie
Demning
Dubcek
Reform
Sians
Soccors
Gustav Husak
Soviet Union
Frantisek
Lon
Moscow
Nixon to trim top staff as Nixon aides plan
New York AP reporting sources say President elect Nixon will have fewer top aides than Kennedy or Johnson. Bryce N. Harlow, 52, named to oversee legislation and congressional affairs as part of a plan to reduce the number of special assistants, with administration ranks reorganized. Nixon travels to New York for further staff discussions ahead of taking office on January 20.
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Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Bryce N. Harlow
Kennedy
Johnson
Harlow
John F. Kennedy
White House
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Ray's Defense Prepared As Trial Delayed
MEMPHIS AP James Earl Ray's new attorney Percy Foreman secured a delay to March 3 for the King assassination case. Foreman entered as Ray's attorney of record replacing fired Birmingham mayor Arthur J. Hanes and planned to confer with Tennessee lawyers to build a defense team.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Percy Foreman
Texas
Ray
W. Preston Battlel l
Andj
Foreman
Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes
Bar Association
Park
Tennessee
Amer
Lady Bird Johnson to Begin Farewell First Lady Trip
Washington reports that Lady Bird Johnson plans a farewell four day nationwide journey starting November 22. The trip will span 6,000 miles with stops in New Orleans Cape Kennedy Denver and Eureka to inaugurate a Redwood National Park project and meet with immigrants journalists and astronauts.
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Washington
Bird Johnson
Johnnal
America
White House
New Orleans
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Denver
Colo
Eureka
Calif
Dedi Sation
Redwood National
Successful Men Live Longer Than Others
A study presented to the American Public Health Association shows that prominent professionals outlive the average man. Using Who's Who in America 1950 51, 6320 men were tracked for 12 years, with greatest longevity gaps among ages 60 69.
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Detroit
APF
American Public Health Association
Jules V. Quint
Bianca R. Cody
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New York City
America
Heroin Stuffed Sandwiches Case Hits Chicago Court
A Near North Side restaurant counterman, Carlos Figera Diaz, 21, was slated for narcotics court after police say he served heroin stuffed sandwiches. An addict told detectives Diaz hid heroin in aluminum foil packets inside sandwiches, with quantities varying by sandwich type. $5,000 worth of heroin was found behind a false ceiling.
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Chicago
Near North Side
Carlos Figera-Diaz
Diaz
Supreme Court ruling boosts Southern freight share
Former Georgia Governor Carl Sanders praised the Supreme Court decision granting Southern railroads a larger share of North South freight revenue. The ruling reverses an ICC decision that Northern lines earned about eight million dollars more annually. The court found the ICC used tax procedure to set the differential and upheld a New Orleans federal court ruling directing extra revenues to Southern roads.
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Atlanta, Ga
Carl Sanders
Georgia
Sanders
Southeastern Railroad and Utility Commissioners
Southeastern Governors Conference
Atlanta
ICC
Supreme Court
Commission
New Orleans
Northern Lines
More Korean Guerrillas Landed Near Ulchin Harbor
AP report says a second band of North Korean guerrillas landed on South Korea’s east coast two weeks earlier, bringing total invaders in the region to a higher count this month. The government cites 26 guerrilla fighters killed, with clashes near Ulchin and Smachak, resulting in deaths of five South Korean soldiers and four civilians, plus captures of seven soldiers and two civilians.
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K.P. Hong
Associated Press
Segal
South Korea
Yim Choong-Shik
Ulchin
Seoul
Smachak
Yim
Harry Golden Volunteers To Teach Creative Writing
AP reports author Harry Golden will teach creative writing at Central Piedmont Community College near his Charlotte home. College officials say he will lead twice weekly morning classes starting January 8, open to non-degree students.
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Charlotte
Harry Golden
Central Piedmont Community College
Golden
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