Vietnam War Lull In DMZ Action Amid Rumors Of Halt
U S Marines probed the southern DMZ unopposed while Allied forces killed 19 Viet Cong in a brief firefight near Saigon. Weekly casualty figures showed near two month lows for both sides as diplomatic talks and threats of reprisal continued in Southeast Asia. Ambassador Bunker and President Thieu held a confidential meeting as losses for the week ended last Saturday fell to 177 Americans killed and 1,278 wounded. Communist losses were 1,527 killed and 1,? wounded. South Vietnamese losses were 176 killed and 690 wounded, the lowest since mid July.
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National crowds clash in racial rights rally and labor strike
In a memory crowded scene veteran Guy Hall recalls a massive rally with Lindsay facing chants and placards calling for school decentralization. Demonstrators also urged reopening New York’s $11 million city school system as AFI CIO teachers strike nears two weeks.
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Humphrey cancels televised debate with Nixon and Wallace
Vice President Hubert Humphrey abandoned plans for a CBS Sunday night televised debate with Richard Nixon and George Wallace. He said Nixon failed to reply and offered to pay for time himself if the others agreed. The item also notes related entertainment and legal notices involving Bea and Ray Goman, Erle Stanley Gardner, unemployment decisions, and the deaths of Gerald J. Phillippe and Eugene Twombley.
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Japanese author Kawabata wins 1968 Nobel Prize in Literature
Yasunari Kawabata, a Japanese novelist, wins the 1968 Nobel Prize for literature. He expresses pride in the recognition for Japanese literature while noting the challenge of Western understanding. Swedish Academy president Anders Usterling cites his works as a spiritual bridge between East and West. The Nobel awards previewed include physics and chemistry to be announced later.
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Forty Thousand Rally for New York Teachers at City Hall
New York, an estimated 40 000 people gathered at City Hall Thursday to show support for striking teachers and to hear the name of Mayor John V Lindsay. It was the scene of a mass demonstration reflecting strong public interest in the dispute.
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PayOrder: Lome Greene Couple Ordered to Pay Contractor
Lome Greene and wife Nancy were ordered by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge to pay 3,700 to contractor Warren Nathanson for remodeling work at their West Los Angeles home in 1965. Nathanson had claimed 10,291 of 33,610.77, while the Greenes counter sued for 23,700 alleging padding of accounts for work done.
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Hippy Sippy toy drawn into local controversy
Mayor Thomas G Dunn urged Elizabeth store owners to pull a children's novelty item resembling a hypodermic needle from shelves. The plastic container filled with tiny chocolate balls could be sucked through a straw and sold with lapel buttons reading We sell happiness. Union County pharmaceutical society president John N Surmay said it is nearly an exactUpsiate of disposable syringes used in hospitals and docks.
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Malenkov Returns from Digital Exile to Retirement in Moscow
Former Soviet premier Georgi Malenkov has come back from exile near the Chinese border and settled in downtown Moscow with his wife and two sons. He briefly led the government and the party after Stalin’s death in 1953, but was sent to Ust-Kamenogorsk in the Jewish Autonomous Region in 1957 to oversee a hydro electric plant following Nikita Khrushchev’s rise to power.
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