Russ Czech Confrontation Triggers Shifts in East West Ties
1968 centered on Czechoslovakia's reform movement and Soviet intervention. Brezhnev Doctrine justified force to defend socialism, triggering NATO unease, detente pause, and a Cold War chill. UPI report details shifts in Moscow Washington relations and looming 1969 summit talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Europe
NATO
Antonin Novotny
China
Yugoslavia
Brezhnev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Johnson
United States
Farmers Take Record Yield
Washington reports that American farmers harvested record yields in 1968 for wheat corn and soybeans boosting net income to the fourth highest level on record. Prices fell at peak, pushing farmers to store grain under federal price support loans while direct payments from government production controls were seen reaching a record 3.5 billion dollars compared with 3.1 billion in 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Year in Review Highlights Shifts in Urban Change and Militant Movements
The account surveys a tumultuous year marked by fewer deaths and less property damage, debates on slum improvements, a shift toward Black community self reliance, growing militancy with the Panthers, and a rejection of white aid. It notes Jacqueline Kennedy’s high profile 1968 wedding to Aristotle Onassis on Scorpio Island and Catholic Church debates over her remarriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Scorpios
Black Panthers
Scorpeis
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
John F. Kennedy
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Kyril Mazurov
America
Datsun and
SAAB
Long Beach Motors
Long Beach Blvd
Continentale
Mr. Nicolette
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
Jack Watkins
G.M.C
Diamond Reo Trucks
Lakewood Blvd
L.B
Circle Motors, Inc
Volkswagen
Porsche
Hubert's Cafeteria
Stoapway
Hubert Hust
East Broadway
Sunshine Convalescent Hospital
Prime Rib Capital
Gloria Marshall
East Ocean
Lakewood
Paramount Blvd
California
E. 2Nd Street
Belmont Shore
Jim Snow Ford
Paramount
la Fonda
Colorado ST
Beach City Construction
E. 10Th St
Plaza Theatre
Rex Harrison
DR. Doolittle
Palo Verde & Spring
I A
White Cross Discount
Pine Ave
Huntington Park
Inglewood
East Los Angeles
Downtown
Los Angeles
Glendale
Riverside
Lancaster
Canoga Park
BIT of
Sweden
E. Broadway
USDA
Orange
Department Store of Electronics
Lafayette Radio Electronics Associate Store
C.B
Atlantic
Buena Park
Beach Blvd
Jack Yamashita
E. Anaheim St., L.B
Your
Norm Roberts
E. Ocean
Pacific Holiday Towers
Lobsterland
Maine
D.A
E. Alondra
Compton
Sun
E. 4Th St
Park Nursery
3-T Firestone
Cherry Ave
Belshore Restaurant
Jim
Takis
Belshore
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Pacific Coast
Hwy
Toby's
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