Pueblo Sailing Orders Refute Korea Claims
UPI report says the Johnson Administration declassified new Pueblo sailing orders showing a 13 mile limit and that the mission focused on electronic surveillance of Soviet naval movements. State Department says Pueblo did not violate North Korea’s waters and guards against misinterpretation of older reconnaissance instructions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson Administration
State Department
North Korea
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
Sasebo
Najima Straits
Sasebo Naval Base
Japan
Bucher
Police Launch Search For Missing Las Vegans
Police pursued leads on missing Las Vegas man Diamond and his ex wife after tracing potential trips to Lamoille Nevada. The 60 year old sheetmetal shop owner suffered arthritis and gout and left home with his truck and medication missing. Investigators checked his Los Angeles home and shop and tracked a possible move toward Elko County Nevada without results.
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Mond
Los Angeles
Diamond
Lamoille
Nev
Elko County
Congress Debates Czechoslovakia Invasion and Immigration
A group of Democratic congressmen condemned the Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia as a human rights violation and unlawful force. Kupferman urged accepting Czechoslovak immigrants as Hungary and Cuba precedents. The Senate created a seven member Water Resources Commission. The House approved a 1971 elder affairs conference with $1.9 million. Feighan set hearings on Ireland immigrant decline. Ervin urged Flat Rock Carl Sandburg farm be national historic site. White House unveiled a $27,000 Puerto Rican rug for the state dining room.
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Washington
UPI
Czechoslovakia
Theodore R. Kupferman
R-N.y
Atty
Ramsey Clark
United States
Hungary
Cuba
Kupferman
White House
School Board Views Films On Texas Buildings
Clark County School District trustees met at the Education Center for a routine session featuring an architect lecture and film on atomic fallout shielding in Laredo Texas. Gen J T Roberts Civil Defense chief spoke as the atomic defense enterprise rep. Board took the matter under submission. They approved 17 new teaching contracts and 10 resignations, maintained handicapped child age limits, and authorized multiple purchase orders warrants and change orders.
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Clark County School District Board of Trustees
Flamingo Road
Laredo
Texas
Atomic Defense Enterprise
Gen
J. T. Roberts
Clark County Civil Defense Agency
GOP Leaders Criticize Agnew on HHH Remark
GOP leaders Dirksen and Ford rejected Agnew s charge that Hubert Humphrey was soft on communism. They said no evidence supported the claim and urged focusing on crime and justice. Ford urged Johnson to enforce new laws and criticized the “law and order” phrasing.
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Gerald Ford
Everett Dirksen
Spiro T. Agnew
Humphrey
Washington
UPI
GOP
Agnew
Hhh
Everett M. Dirksen
Gerald R. Ford
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen. Dirksen
Rep. Ford
Maryland
Dirksen
Ford
Neville Chamberlain
Czechoslovakia
Capitol Hill
Johnson
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Airwest Sale to Hughes Urged Amid Service Woes
Air West faces passenger complaints of delays late flights and one involuntary detour as talks continue over a sale to Hughes. Board chair Nick Bez backs the deal while president Robert Henry vice president Edmund Converse and exec chair David Grace oppose it, complicating ownership.
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Air West
Las Vegas
Air West Board
Nick Bez
Hughes
Robert Henry
Edmund Converse
David Grace
Mini Revolt at Employes Contact Strains AFGE Convention
About 80 to 100 black AFGE delegates at the convention challenged leadership of John Griner and Dennis Garrison amid civil rights tensions. Griner, based in Georgia, met with national leaders as some black members retreated from earlier criticisms while pledging ongoing pressure for civil rights and job equity. Royal Sims received strong backing from the Veterans Administration council, signaling tricky internal dynamics as officers were elected for two years.
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American Federation of Government Employes
Royal Sims
Veterans Administration Council
Sims
Candidates Exchange Views On Vietnam Policy And 1968 Campaign
The piece surveys remarks from Johnson Humphrey Nixon Agnew Wallace and Muskie on Vietnam troop withdrawals strength in bargaining elections and crime. It notes Johnson dismissing fixed withdrawal dates, Humphrey urging party unity, Nixon advocating greater U S military might, Agnew rebutting soft on communism charges, Wallace pledging to repeal open housing law and Muskie linking law and order to local government.
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Johnson
Humphrey
Christian
N.J
Richard M. Nixon
New Orleans
United States
Czechoslovakia
Spiro T. Agnew
GOP
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
House
Gerald R. Ford
Portland
Maine
Agnew
George C. Wallace
Springfield
Congress
Edmund S. Muskie
Youngstown
Ohio
Citywide teacher strike looms as talks fail
New York City faced a fresh citywide teachers strike after last minute talks collapsed. School Superintendent Bernard Donovan insisted schools would be open next day as UFT pledged to shut down the system. Mayor Lindsay and Board of Education sought State Education Commissioner James Allen to mediate in a dispute over job security for teachers.
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New York
UPI
Bernard Donovan
City Hall
United Federation of Teachers Uft
Donovar
John V. Lindsay
Board of Education
Brooklyn
Donovan
Rose Shapiro
James Allen
Mullen Quits Post At Juvenile Home
Robert E Moon Mullen announces he has quit as special master of the County Juvenile Home saying the facility no longer serves the best interests of the youths. He accuses officials of hiding facts and playing petty political games while detaining youngsters to please police, politicians and parents. He refuses to name current inmates.
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Robert E
Moon) Mullen
the Sun
Mullen
Albania Moves to Quit Warsaw Pact Over Czechoslovakia Invasion
Premier Hahmed Shehu urged Albania to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact, arguing the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia disproves the pact as a defense and marks it as a tool of oppression. ATA and Radio Tirana reported the appeal to the Albanian People's Assembly. Albania, allied with Communist China, has long clashed with Moscow.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
UPI
Hahmed Shehu
Albania
Czechoslovakia
ATA
Radio
Tirana
Shehu
Albanian People’s Assembly
China
Europe
Soviet Union
Moscow
Backstage Fire Doused at Desert Inn Hotel
A small fire backstage at the Desert Inn on the Strip was quickly extinguished by county firemen at 9:40 p.m. last night. Damage was negligible and no one was endangered. A hotel spokesman said the blaze, origin unknown, would not interfere with tonight's shows.
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Desert Inn
Marines Push Remnants of Communist Force Near Tay Ninh
South Vietnamese Marines aided by U.S. helicopter gunships pressed remnants of a Communist force retreating from Tay Ninh. UPI reports describe hundreds killed, pockets of resistance around Thai Thong, and a hospital city fighting. Casualties included 28 Americans and five South Vietnamese wounded in Pleiku.
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Saigon
UPS
Tay Ninh
UPI
Nat Gibson
Creighton B. Abrams
U.S
Gibson
Thai Thong
Ap Thanh
Central Highlands
Pleiku
David Lamb
U.S. Air Force
North Vietnamese
Panhandle
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Paul H. Nitze
McCloskey
California
Dia
Washinton Briefs
Naional Water Resources Commission
Michael A. Feighan
Subcommittee On Immigration
Ireland
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Senate Insular Affairs
Flat Rock
N.C
Sandburg
Ervin
School Board
Ford and
Nixon
Airwest
John Griner
Afl-Cio
Dennis Garrison
Griner
Stardust Convention Center
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Robert Mullen
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