Nevada Swing State Casts Tie in 1968 Electoral Stakes
A look at how Nevada and its congressman Walter Baring could decide the presidential contest. Wallace’s TV exposure raises hopes of winning Southern states, while Baring’s return could sway national outcomes. The piece discusses Nixon, Rockefeller, and a hypothetical wartime stance and warns of dangerous political maneuvers.
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Cambodia Holds 11 Americans
UPI reports Cambodia captured a US Navy vessel with 11 Americans and one South Vietnamese aboard. Prince Norodom Sihanouk demanded a ransom of a tractor or bulldozer per American crewman. A U.S. state department spokesman apologized for the intrusion citing navigational error. Phnom Penh has not responded. Separately Sihanouk said Thai army forces aided by rebels killed seven Cambodians and wounded 12 at a border outpost in Koh Kong.
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Nations Weather 24 Hour UPI Report from San Francisco
Temperature and precipitation data for a 24 hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, prepared by the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco. The table lists conditions for multiple locations, showing highs, lows, and amounts of rainfall for the period.
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Senate approves Howard J. Samuels SBA chief nomination
In Washington the Senate confirmed Howard J. Samuels as administrator of the Small Business Administration. In California the Navy reported the Corsair ST completed the first trans-Pacific flight to Southeast Asia by Navy crews from Lemoore, covering 8,600 miles over three days with stops in Hawaii and the Philippines. General Ben Harrell departed San Francisco to take command in Izmir, Turkey. A theft near Shelbyville used a boat to haul 250 dozen ears of sweet corn from a farmer’s field to the Flat Rock river. A nuclear powered submarine John Marshall fired a Polaris A2 missile during routine training off Cape Kennedy, its second A2 launch this month. A San Francisco youth forced entry into the Pacific Union Club, threatening with a knife before arrest. In Belgrade a bus carrying Yugoslav vacationers collided with a truck, killing 12 and injuring 16 while en route to Rovinj. The search for missing party members continued.
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Japanese Fishermen to Be Released by Soviet Union
Tokyo reported that 35 Japanese fishermen detained since May 15 after two boats were seized by Soviet patrol vessels will be released on July 29. They will be handed over to Japanese authorities at Korfa on Kamchatka's eastern coast.
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Rescuers Find Four Bodies in Alpine Freeze Deaths
In Bolzano Italy rescuers recovered the bodies of four Germans and Austrians who perished from freezing temperatures during a harsh Alpine spell. The victims were located after days of search operations in the snow covered region.
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Airline Rapped By Lt Gov Fike Over Elko Ely Cut
Lt Gov Ed Fike said United Airlines withdrawal from Elko and Ely is a very severe blow to the two Nevada cities. He criticized the plan and noted United plans to seek replacement service, calling the move damaging while campaigning for the GOP Senate nomination.
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Philippines loses 400000 medals and water tablets
Manila officials told Congress 400000 World War II veterans medals and a five year supply of water purification tablets went missing from military stocks. Berlin prosecutors named 12 former Gestapo members for complicity in the Holocaust. The two main defendants were SS Captain Fritz Woehrn and Emil Berndorff.
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Governors Identify Vietnam and Crime as Top 1968 Campaign Issues
Governors across the United States say Vietnam and crime will dominate the 1968 campaign. Thirty three list Vietnam as pressing, twenty five cite law and order, fifteen call for city poverty or crisis, and twenty point to economic issues. Comments from Reagan Agnew Maddox Curtis King reflect diverse stances as they prepare for Cincinnati conference.
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More Brain Tests For Sirhan Delayed In Los Angeles
Pre trial proceedings for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan were postponed for two weeks to allow additional psychiatric and brain damage tests of the 24-year-old Jordanian accused of first degree murder in the Kennedy assassination. Superior Judge Richard Schaver granted the delay until August 2 at defense request. A psychologist and a neurologist were also allowed to examine Sirhan in his isolated Hall of Justice cell.
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