Viet combat escalates in central highlands. Gen Truong Quang An dies
Heavy fighting returns to the central highlands as South Vietnamese Brig. Gen. Truong Quang An is killed after his battalion repels an assault on Duc Lap Special Forces camp. North Vietnamese losses cited include at least 47 killed near Duc Lap and Ban Me Thuot, with other US claims of 82 enemy killed in actions south and northwest of Saigon. The Duc Lap garrison endured a siege previously and remains vital for monitoring enemy infiltration.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Duc Lap
Ban Me Thuot
U.S
Truong Quang An
23Rd Infantry
Namese
Central Highlands
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Three wounded in Vietnamese clash near Sai Gon
The report notes no American casualties. Ban Me Thuot and Duc Lap are key enemy targets in the central highlands. In a battle near Sai Gon, the U S 101st Airborne tangled with a Viet Cong regiment at X Sa Nho village, 30 miles NW of Saigon, killing 35 and taking 2 prisoners. U S losses were 12 killed and 21 wounded.
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Ban Me Thuot
Duc Lap
Central Highlands
Saigon
U.S
101St Airborne Division
X Sa Nho
Curtis Pooler Named Deputy Sheriff in Hocking County
Curtis Pooler of Logan Route 4 is appointed Hocking County deputy sheriff replacing Clarence Nihizer who resigned to work at Logan Lockheed plant. Pooler, a former Nelsonville officer and Fairfield School for Boys cottage officer, is married with four children and has 120 hours of mandatory police training including breathalyzer qualification.
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Curtis Pooler
Logan Rt. 4
Hocking County
Clarence Nihizer
Haydenville
Nihizer
U.S. Stand Blocks Progress in Paris Peace Talks
Two American newspapermen claim U.S. negotiators halted progress at the Paris talks by trimming the understanding that framed the conference. They assert North Vietnam conditioned talks on a halt to allied bombing and discuss possible coalition governance in Saigon with the Vietnamese National Liberation Front.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Paris
Hanoi
William C. Baggs
Miami News
Harry S. Ashmore
Arkansas Gazette
North Vietnam
U.S. State Department
Washington
Baggs
Ashmore
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
UN Urges Israel and Egypt to honor 1967 cease-fire
The UN Security Council urged Israel and Egypt to adhere to the 1967 cease-fire after a four hour battle along the Suez Canal left 10 Israelis and 11 Egyptians dead. The council read a consensus statement as a UN truce team arranged a cease-fire. observers were wounded in the fighting and both sides accused the other of starting the fire.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
George Ignatieff
el Qantara
Port Taufiq
U.N
Canal
Security Council
Council
Odd Bull
Norway
Yosef Tekoah
Mohamed El-Kony
Weather: Scattered thundershowers then cooler conditions
Forecasters predict scattered thundershowers tonight in the Hocking Valley with clearing skies and cooler air expected Tuesday. The morning reading showed 71 degrees under cloudy skies after an earlier rain.
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Hocking Valley
Agnew Urges Ohio GOP to Pursue Social Changes
Vice presidential candidate Spiro Agnew spoke to about 50,000 in Cuyahoga County urging reforms through the ballot box and courts. He rejected civil disobedience and urged law and order with equal justice. his Cleveland stop followed his nomination, accompanied by daughters Pamela and Susan.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Cuyahoga County
Maryland
Agnew
Cleveland
Pamela
Susan
Fire Destroys Eveland Home in South Bloomingville
The Cecil Eveland residence on South Bloomingville Route 1 was gutted by a late Sunday fire. The family escaped through the front door around 11:30 p.m. Laurelville fire units could not save the two story frame house. Cause remains undetermined.
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Cecil Eveland
South Bloomingville Rt. 1
Hocking
Paul Hartman
Hartman
Laurelville
Dow tops 1968 close in sixth straight rally run
The stock market extended its rally into a sixth straight session with gains outnumbering losses by about 330 on the NYSE. The Dow Jones average at noon rose 3.66 to 924.91, surpassing the 1968 close of 923.82 set on July 15, with activity also strong on the American Stock Exchange.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Soviet occupation cripples Czech heavy industry production
Prague reports heavy industry output may fall for long, with losses in the first week totaling 1,626 million crowns. Moscow blamed for supply delays and failing to meet obligations, while border troops along the Czechoslovak West Germany frontier are to stay indefinitely.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Soviet Union
Moscow
East Germany
Hungary
West Germany
Czechoslo
Vasily Kuznetsov
Pravda
Communist Party
No Pueblo Release Seen Yet
North Korea marked the 20th anniversary of its regime but gave no sign of freeing the Pueblo crew. Seoul officials reported rumors of a possible release were unfounded and a wait‑and‑see stance prevailed.
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Seoul
North Korea
Pyongyang
U.S. Navy
Central
Pueblo
U.S
Panmunjom
Hocking Parks Draw Crowds Over Holiday Weekend
Hocking County parks welcomed thousands as perfect fall weather drew visitors. Hocking Hills State Park logged 8,704 visitors in two days with 2,566 Saturday and 6,138 Sunday while Old Man's Cave reported 93 Class A camping units and nine primitive sites. Lake Logan hosted fishermen and picnickers and a few beach waders after the Labor Day closure.
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Hocking County
Hocking Hills State Park
Old Man's Cave
Lake Logan
Fairgrounds Ready for 1968 Hocking County Fair
The 1968 Hocking County Fair opens Wednesday at noon with extensive improvements. The Junior Fair Board 4 H clubs and a Boy Scout troop cleaned and painted grounds and buildings funded by a $500 Ohio Rural Beautification grant. A new entrance sign brick pillar and rebuilt horse barn are completed with 49 stalls. The harness racing series culminates with the final Chilleo Pace around $1 200.
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Hocking County
Fairgrounds
Ohio
Gary Ellinger
Betty Hart
Cindy Hartman
H. L. Gentry Pipeline Co
Fair Board
Ce Aera
Roy Brown
Wendell Grubb
Hocking County Historical Society
Richard Mowrey
Logan Daily News
Jackson
Lawrence
Athens
Meigs
Washington County
Hocking County Fair
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Astel
Mr. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Vientiane
Laos
W. Averell Harriman
Nicholas Katzenbach
William P. Bundy
United States
NLF
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Stephen H. Miller
Associated Press
Czech
Vak
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