LBJ and Eshkol to discuss Middle East peace at ranch visit
President Johnson shifts from budget work to Middle East matters as he plans an informal ranch visit with Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Topics include peace in the region, water desalting projects, and Israel seeking American jet fighters amid Soviet arms in Arab states.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Middle East
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Randolph Air Force Base
Lbj Ranch
Israel
New York
U.N
U Thant
United States
U.S
Mideast
Gideon Rafael
UPL
Crash Injuries Fatal To Milwaukee Woman
Milwaukee woman Mrs. Nicholas J. Erschnig, 41, died from injuries after being struck by a car while crossing a Milwaukee street. Wisconsin’s 1968 highway toll stood at 11, higher than a year ago on the same date as the state headed toward a grim annual total.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Nicholas J. Erschnig
Milwaukee
North Vietnam Peace Talks Motives Questioned by U S Officers
Senior U S military officers question North Vietnam s aim in hinting at peace talks arguing their primary objective is to halt U S bombing to rebuild in the south. They doubt any halt without reciprocal military concessions and note past truce breaches in the Vietnam War.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Pentagon
Czech Reds Oust Novotny As Chief
In Prague the Czech Communist party ousted Antonin Novotny after 15 years as party chief and named Alexander Dubcek, a Slovak reformist, to lead. Brezhnev welcomed the change while observers doubt a move away from Soviet ties. Novotny remains state president. Lenart expected to leave, with Oldrich Cernik possibly succeeding him. The change stems from Slovak unrest and criticism by writers and students amid Czech Slovak tensions.
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Hanns Neverbourge
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Slovakia
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Novotny
Plenum
Josef Lenart
Oldrich Cernik
Central Planning Commission
Arctic cold grips Upper Midwest with record lows and storm ice
La Crosse Wisconsin logged 34 degrees of swing from 23 Friday to 11 below Saturday while Beloit peaked at 28 and dropped to one above. Rochester Minnesota and Mason City Iowa also posted deep freezes as arctic air spread from North Dakota to the Great Lakes. Forecasters warned of more subzero lows through Sunday and Monday with light snow favored in Wisconsin and Michigan as ice and sleet affected Oklahoma to Tennessee.
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New England
Mercury
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N.Y
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Pine Bluff
Seven Year Old Wins Write-In Constable Post
William Gibney, seven, was certified as constable in Carbondale Pennsylvania after a write-in and absentee vote. No official candidate appeared on the ballot for the nominal post, but he cannot assume office due to being 14 years short of the age requirement. The certification was a formality per the judge and county clerk.
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Carbondale, Pa
William Gibney
Pennsylvania
Gibney
Reds Overrun Village Near U S Air Base
Communist troopers overran Tan Uyen, six miles from Bien Hoa air base, held it for five hours and killed civilians and soldiers. U S jets lost rose to 1 003 total combat aircraft. Counterattacks killed 19 Reds as villagers faced destruction.
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Saigon
U.S
Bien Hoa
North Vietnam
Tan Uyen
U.S. Interrogators
Government Cites Advice To Youths Indictment In Draft Conspiracy
Dr Benjamin Spock Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr and three other Vietnam policy critics are indicted in Boston on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to dodge the draft. Also named are Marcus Raskin Mitchell Goodman and Michael Ferber. The FBI said arraignment will be in Boston with no arrests yet. Conviction carries up to five years and a 10000 dollar fine. Lt. Gen. Lewis B.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin, Jr
U.S
Vietnam
Spock
New York City
Marcus Raskin
Washington, D.C
Institute For Policy Studies
Mitchell Goodman
Temple, Maine
Michael Ferber
Harvard University
Raskin
White House
Kennedy
McGeorge Bundy
National Security Affairs
FBI
Lewis B
First South African heart transplant staged in Cape Town
Dr. Christiaan Barnard reports the first human heart transplant in South Africa succeeded and says he hopes to perform another on an African patient. Blaiberg, the recipient, shows signs of satisfactory recovery while Haupt’s death remains noted.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Hershey
Christiaan N. Barnard
Barnard
Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Blaibera
Humphrey Denounces New Isolationism At Africa Meeting
Vice President Hubert Humphrey rejected a stated new isolationism and vowed to push for more foreign aid directly to the American people. Speaking to an Organization for African Unity U N Economic Commission for Africa gathering in Addis Ababa, he urged continued U S support for Africa amid aid cuts and minority rule condemnations.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
U.S
Humphrey
Organization For African Unity
U.N. Economic Commission For Africa
United States
Students Protest As Hum p hrey Talks Delayed
About 300 university students hanged Johnson in effigy and chanted anti American slogans while awaiting Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. Signs denounced U.S. Vietnam policy as he was delayed by a two hour meeting with Emperor Haile Selassie and canceled plans to speak.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Vietnam
Humphrey
Haile Selassie
Noted draft resisters face indictments over four public acts
Indictments cite five figures from Spock Coffin Raskin and Goodman tied to four events from last October including a Boston church ceremony where draft cards were burned, a Washington protest outside the Justice Department, NYC distribution of a Call to Resist Illegitimate Authority, and a press conference.
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Boston
Washington
Selective Service
Department of Justice
Spock and Coffin
New York City
Coffin
Goodman
Spock
Justice Department
Raskin
Resist
Cambridge
U.S
Vietnam
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cold Fronts
Cloudy and cold with a light snow chance Saturday night. Low near minus twenty. Saturday night ten percent precipitation, Sunday twenty percent. High Sunday about minus five. Continued cold Monday with lows minus ten to minus fifteen.
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