Humphrey calls for blue ribbon probe into Chicago clashes
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey urged a blue ribbon citizens committee to investigate the Chicago protests. The panel would study demonstrators police and media roles, with nonofficial members and possible leadership by Ford Foundation. He defended Daley’s police actions but condemned beatings, and noted Wallace’s campaign comments on the chaos.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Citizens Committee
Chicago
New York
Fifth Avenue
Humphrey
Ford Foundation
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Wndt-Tv
Barry Gray
WMCA
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Darlington
S.C
Richard M
Nixon
Paris
Robert Ellsworth
Earthquake Devastates Iranian Village Kakhk
Survivors wander through rubble after a powerful quake in northeastern Iran. Officials estimate the death toll near 11,000, with about 7,000 residents of Kakhk affected and the village reduced to ruins.
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Kakhk
Iran
Gomulka Gains From Prague Crackdown In Power Struggle
In Warsaw observers say the Prague crackdown strengthens Wladyslaw Gomulka against rival Mieczyslaw Moczar. Gomulka backs the Soviet line on Czechoslovakia and has committed troops to the occupation, solidifying Moscow's support amid a long running leadership struggle.
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Warsaw
Czechoslovakia
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Prague
Gomulka
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
Israel
Johnson urges 400 percent rise in college aid to 2.1 billion
President Johnson released two HEW reports showing direct federal aid to college students must grow to 2.1 billion over five years to meet education goals. He also announced Sherwin Markman will resign to join Hogan and Hartson in Washington.
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Frank Cormier
Austin
Tex
Johnson
White House
Wilbur J. Cohen
Health, Education and Welfare
Texas White House
Sherwin J. Markman
Markman
Washington
Hogan and Hartson
Young Democrats of
Iowa
Des Moines
George Christian
Quake Kills At Least 10 In Turkey
An earthquake along Turkey's northwestern Black Sea coast killed at least 10 people and injured about 200. The epicenter was the town of Bartin with fears the toll would rise as contacts improved. The quake followed a separate Iran tremor reported days earlier.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Black Sea
Bartin
Ministry of the Interior
Ankara
Iran
Labor Day Weekend Sets U S Traffic Death Record
The extended Labor Day weekend saw 666 traffic deaths nationwide, the highest for the holiday period. Previously 636 in 1966, 600s mark. NSC predicted 575 to 675 deaths. The worst crash killed eight North Dakota teens on I 94 near Jamestown. other incidents followed in Arkansas and more.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
National Safety Council
North Dakota
Jamestown
N.C
Union County
Ark
Three Chicagoans Die In I State Crash Near Camp Douglas
A Milwaukee area Labor Day weekend crash toll rises with Maurice Blumenthal 63 Chicago, his wife Genevieve, and son Philip 20 killed when their car left Interstate Highway and struck an overpass abutment at Camp Douglas. Wisconsin reports 18 deaths over the weekend, including other crashes across Appleton Tigerton Cudahy and West Bend areas.
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Camp Douglas
Wis
Satur
Su Yu
Maurice Blumenthal
Chicago
Genevieve
Philip
Juneau County
Harvey Denomie
Milwaukee
Appleton
Denomie
Marie
Judith Prinz
Tigerton
James
Shawano County
Timothy MecCaigue
Cudahy
Douglas Turner
Union Grove
Robert Rubsam
Pearly Hollenbeck
Rockford
Ill
Richard Mumm
Cassville
Zivota Milanovic
Edward O. Iverson
Waterford
Douglas Wilson
McFarland
Mary Klassa
Berlin
Glenn W. Kilty
Colby
Linda Servais
Green Bay
Shirley Hausmann
Maurine Ward
West Bend
Harold G. Dahlstrom
Route 1
Exeland
Sawyer
Czech Scientist Defects to the United States
A Czechoslovak geneticist, Jan Klein aged 33, defected after attending the 12th International Congress of Genetics in Tokyo. He applied for a U S research visa at the University of Michigan, while officials disagree on whether he is a defector. Jet to the United States followed a weeklong congress ending.
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Tokyo
United States
U.S
Jan Klein
Klein
University of Michigan
Japan Airlines
Institute of Experimental Biology and Genetics
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Minnesota Labor Day Road Toll Reaches Fifteen
During the long Labor Day weekend Minnesota traffic crashes killed 15 people raising the 1968 statewide fatalities to 682, including Luanne Vanshur and her three children in Dakota County, and Richard Vanshur who died in 1967. Others include 10 year old Steven Jostad near Nevis and 5 year old Robert Nussbaum near Beaver Creek.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Luanne Vanshur
Burnsville
Minn
Dakota County
Michelle
Roxanne
Todd
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Earier
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America
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Boston
Citizens For Participation Politics
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Massachusetts
W. A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers of America Union
UMW
Denver
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Columbus
Ohio
Sen
Edmund §. Muskie
Kennebunk Beach
Maine
Parvis Rabin
Moczar
Gornulka
Shah
Farah
Great Dasht Kaveer Desert
Red Lion and Sun
Red Cross
Amir Abass Hoveida
Tehran
Eeer Eeeresene
Eeetee Vents Eeeere
LBJ
Tribune
Harry Larsson
Wisconsin
Robert Nussbaum
Garretson
S.D
Beaver Creek
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