Night to Mexico City violence escalates as protests roil city
AP dispatch from Mexico City reports continued student violence and clashes with police and shopkeepers. Unconfirmed accounts say one killed, two wounded as authorities quell skirmishes in the southeast. Troops guard Olympic venues amid fears protests may disrupt the 1968 Games. Authorities seek right wing groups blamed for attacks on schools and streets.
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Sottes
Associated Press
Mexico
Mexecos City
Mexican Olympia Committee
MURO
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
National University
Olympic Village
Arkansas Weather Station Report for Thursday
Weather summary for Arkansas shows a 24 hour period ending 7 p.m. with a high of 74 and a low of 45 degrees. Tonight remains largely unchanged with calm conditions and light winds. Friday forecast calls for steady temperatures with a slight dip in overnight readings and continued dry conditions.
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Arkansas
Livestock Show Opens With Midway Amusements Schedule
The event runs Friday September 27 with gates at 8:00 PM and shows on the midway. Saturday September 28 features Wing Ranich Redesign events at 10:60 AM and amusements on the midway at 4:00 PM. The final night includes the Redes Queen crowning and a grand drawing.
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Dover Pat Galt
Sonny Myers
Arisemant
Raneh Redes
Living Costs No 3 in August rises amid wage gains
Inflation climbed 0.3 percent in August lifting the CPI to 121.9 based on 1957 59 prices. Average weekly earnings reached 109.16 for about 4 million workers, up 29 cents, but higher living costs offset the wage rise. The piece also notes shifting political weather in Romania as Ceausescu ages and liberalization hints appear amid a rigid Communist regime.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Romania
Ceausescu
Obituaries and political tensions across the globe
Obituary notices report Charles Will Weight, 69, former chief of the U S Bureau of Mines mining division, and Bianca Rosa Fanfani, 55, widow of former Italian premier Amintore Fanfani, both dying within days from heart attack and brain clot respectively. The text also touches on U S and Romanian political anxieties, including a quoted protest and public concerns about Vietnam, voter turnout, and foreign policy pressures.
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Charles Will Weight
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U.S. Budreau of
State Department
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Rome
Bianca Rosa Fanfani
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfan
Hillah Senate
Castano Named Prime Minister in Portugal Crisis
Lisbon AP reports Marcello Caetano designated to form new government amid Salazar crisis. Castano, long adviser, believed to edge toward cautious liberal reforms as army leaders press for change. Officials say Salazar’s influence waned while doctors report poor recovery prospects.
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Mazzabella
Lisbon
Anetonio Salazar
Marcello Caetano
Portugal
Amelico Thomas
Castine
Salazar
Castano
Ike Himidé
Alifp
Caetano
Thomaz
Thomas
Wall Street Laughs At Gossiping Subways Amid Market Tension
John Cunnife, a New York business analyst, reports on a Wall Street crowd reacting to a Brooklyn subway sighting of a young woman. Traders describe the scene as letting off steam during a busy year. The piece reflects on market mood, rumor propagation, and broker pressure with a candid view of street psychology.
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Broad and Wall
Exchange
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wiNal
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Novied
Inaugural Absences and Vietnam Troop Talk Highlight Nixon Speech
President Nixon said in Seattle on Tuesday that by June 1969 troop reductions in Vietnam are likely if the war worsens. Clifford refuted this, testifying before the House defense appropriations subcommittee that no such plans exist and no time frame is set. Also noted are historic inaugurations where presidents did not attend successors' swearing in, including Adams, Jefferson, and Jackson.
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Richard M. Nixon
Seattle
Clifford
House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Laird
Vietnam
John Adams
Washington
Jefferson
John Quine
Adams
Andrew Jackson
Filibuster Opens Weeklong Senate Debate on Fortas Nomination
The September 28 1968 Senate debate centers on a filibuster against moving to debate the Fortas nomination to succeed Chief Justice Earl Warren. Senators spar over a two hour 40 minute floor speech by Robert Griffin and questions about Fortas 15000 dollar university seminar fee. Mansfield Hart and other leaders clash over whether a decision can be reached without a favorable committee report.
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Faker
Fidemen
Senate
Presdent Johnson
Earl Ware
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Fortas
Cottimittes of Thes Judiciary
Vy Butten
John Stennis
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Earl Warren
Mansfield
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
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