Forces seal coast near Hue and report 42 enemy dead
Allied forces seal a coastal village northeast of Hue killing 42 enemy fighters menacing the ancient capital with no Allied casualties. South Vietnamese troops report 25 enemy killed north of Gio Linh while U S forces and allies drive into a bunker complex near Saigon and evacuate a field hospital destroyed by mortar rounds found in the Mekong Delta.
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Colombian Foreign Minister Zea Hernandez resigns over birth control encyclical
Zea Hernandez resigns after clashing with President Lleras over the Pope's birth control encyclical. Alfonso Lopez Michelsen expected to be named new foreign minister. Lleras had kept silent on the encyclical while Zea Hernandez advocated for birth control.
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Former S.S. Men Sentenced for Gorlice Mass Murders
Two former Nazi S.S. members, Paul Baron and Ernst Picha, were each sentenced to life imprisonment for mass murder and related crimes in the Gorlice ghetto killings during 1942 43. Baron convicted of eight murders plus accomplice murders and four attempted murders. Picha convicted of six murders and one attempted murder.
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National Guard Patrols Calm After Ark Miami Riots
National Guard and police patrolled central Little Rock amid calm after a racial demonstration ended with rock throwing and a shooting in which a Negro youth was wounded and a policeman injured. In Miami riot police and guards patrolled as three Negroes were killed and 18 wounded over two days of clashes. An 8 p.m. curfew and liquor-store closures were ordered in trouble areas.
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Bus overturns in rain near Cobleskill injuring 37
A Greyhound bus carrying 38 people overturned on Route 7 near Cobleskill New York during a heavy rainstorm. One person died, 37 were injured with nine hospitalized in satisfactory condition. The deceased was 19 year old Ann Nichols of Latham.
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Soviet Union Warns Czechs on Marxist Purity in Lenin Centenary
The Soviet Central Committee published a 7000 word Lenin centennial document warning against reform and personal freedom for anti communists. It asserted Moscow guards Marxism Leninism purity and opposed any infringement of socialist principles. Tito’s Prague visit supported Dubcek's reforms amid large crowds.
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Agnew son predicts Nixon ticket win from Vietnam
Randy Agnew 21, Seabee, serving in Viet Nam, says he will back his father Spiro T. Agnew for vice president and plans a late campaign role after rotation. He expects to vote Republican and help in the final weeks before the November election. General Westmoreland also visits wounded veterans at Ft. Riley and awards eight medals. Mrs. Josefa Zapata dies at 91 near Cuernavaca, Mexico, on the anniversary of Emiliano Zapata's birth.
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Former Detroit mayor Miriani sentenced for tax evasion
Councilman Louis Miriani, 72, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison and fined 40,000 for income tax evasion on 126,100 in income from 1959 to 1962 while mayor. He plans to appeal claiming income from nontaxable campaign contributions.
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Friendly Aid Sought for Ill Honest Douglas Johnson
Friends of Douglas Johnson raise funds at William Rogers True Love Baptist Church in Los Angeles seven years after he found a Brinks sack with 240000 dollars earning a 10000 reward. Johnson, a janitor, says illness and poverty follow his honesty amid fan letters and loss of his home. Nobuo Miyazaki, 18, Japan's first heart transplant patient, remains semi conscious after a 3 hour operation at Sapporo Medical University Hospital.
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Beatrice Benaderet to Take Extended Leave From Petticoat Junction
Actress Bea Benaderet announces an extended leave from the CBS comedy Petticoat Junction effective immediately. She previously sought cancer treatment during last fall and winter and returned last spring, saying the decision serves her health.
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Holland Dies Rep Elmer J Holland of Pennsylvania
Rep Elmer J Holland a Democrat from Pennsylvania died Friday after an apparent heart attack at his summer home near Annapolis He was 74 and died en route to Naval Academy Hospital where an autopsy would occur to confirm the heart attack cause Egypts President Gamal Abdel Nasser appeared fit and cheerful after two weeks of medical care at Tskhaltubo Georgia spa Tass said he arrived July 26 with leg inflammation
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IRS Wins Divorce Tax Case Over Donahue Pleshette
The U S Tax Court ruled in favor of the IRS seeking 5100 back taxes from actor Troy Donahue known as Merle Johnson. The 1964 California divorce interlocutory decree did not legally separate Donahue and Suzanne Pleshette for federal tax purposes, ordering payment of delinquent taxes.
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Ike Gains but Still Critical after Heart Attack
Doctors report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, age 77, is gaining strength and in excellent spirits after a heart attack in Washington. He remains critically ill though, with officials noting age as a factor and that this is his sixth heart attack since 1955.
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Independent Press Telegram header and masthead details
The piece lists the Independent Press Telegram publication details for a Saturday edition dated August 10 1968 in Long Beach California including volume and issue number. It notes the paper publishes weekly on Saturdays and its postal status as a second class matter.
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