Allies Smash Red Forces Near Saigon In Heavy Fighting
U S and South Vietnamese forces report major clashes south of Da Nang and near the Duc Lap camp with heavy enemy losses. Allied casualties total 44 dead 109 wounded 11 missing while South Vietnamese ranger units suffer 17 dead 41 wounded. A captured rocket launcher and large ammo stockpiles are seized as B 52s strike near Duc Lap.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Duc Lap
Mekong
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S. Air Force
Tan AN
Vietnam
HemisFair Monorail Crash Kills 1, Wounds 49 in San Antonio
Eleven monorail cars derailed after a train struck another during a curve by the HemisFair infirmary. One woman died and 49 were injured, with 13 still hospitalized as investigators probe the cause. Witnesses described a shocking scene with cars plunging toward a lagoon.
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San Antonio, Tex
HemisFair
Chris Slg
Akron
Ohio
Emilee Schmidt
Ellisville
Ella Schmidt
Glencoe
Senate set to vote Fortas nomination after hearings
Washington reporters say Senate Judiciary Committee wraps up Fortas hearing with a final vote scheduled for Tuesday. Only witness today was Senator Allott of Colorado as opposition prepares a full filibuster against Johnson's pick for chief justice.
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Washington
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Sen
Gordon Allott
R-Colo
Wet Weather Moves Across Plains And Mississippi Valley
An eastward-moving cold front and low pressure cells pushed wet weather across the Plains and Mississippi Valley today. Thunderstorms showers and rain were forecast with cloudy mild conditions and a 74 degree noon reading after a 47 degree overnight low in the Hocking Valley on Tuesday.
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Kansas
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Hocking Valley
Storms Bring Tornadoes Across Plains and Mississippi Valley
Heavy rains drenched Hill City Kansas and Grand Island Nebraska with nearly an inch in six hours as storms paused. Distantly, Sunday’s storms spawned funnel clouds and tornadoes across the high Plains and unleashed high winds and downpours into the lower Mississippi Valley.
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Hill City
Kan
Grand Island
Neb
High Plains
Mississippi Valley
Columbia U Faces Trouble as Demonstrations Loom
New York AP reports two planned protests at Columbia University begin Tuesday as Students for a Democratic Society moves to disrupt classes with freshmen arrivals on Morningside Heights. Administrators and student activists brace for a term of potential disruption as unrest spreads as a national symbol after California Berkeley episodes.
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New York
Columbia University
Radical Students For A Democratic Society
Morningside Heights
Columbia
University of California At Berkeley
United States
OU Labor Talks To Be Reopened
Athens Ohio AP agreement expected today on a date for renewed talks between Ohio University officials and Local 1699 AFSCME. Both sides said they were willing to reopen negotiations which deadlocked August 14. The union seeks higher pay an agency shop and an end to using a nonunion janitorial service in the new vocation center.
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Athens
Ohio
Ohio University
American Federation of State
Florida killer surrenders after stand with deputy family
Robert John Erler Jr. the Hollywood Fla. “catch me” suspect surrendered to an off duty Maricopa County deputy and relatives after a 45 minute talk. He was held on Florida murder charges for killing Marilyn Clark last month.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Robert John Erler Jr
Hollywood
Fla
Erler
Dave Koelsch
Koelsch
Maricopa County
Florida
Marilyn Clark
Force
Danny
Bob
Closing Day Booms At Hocking County Fair
The 1968 Hocking County Fair set a record for closing day with about 6,500 attendees, part of an estimated 15,800 total four day attendance. Rain and cool temperatures trimmed the prior year's mark of 18,301. Activities included a livestock parade a 12 race program led by the Chillio Pace and multiple harness racing heats with drivers Moon Lane and others.
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Hocking County Fair
Logan
Starr - Washington
Nelsonville-York
Julia Brod
D. C. Moon
Washington D.H
Moon
Grand Harry
William C. Lane
Leonard Lewis
Chillicothe
Lane
Dream Volo
Ray A. Newhart
Marietta
Jack Knife
Jack M. Chenoweth
Mt. Sterling
D. O. Moon
Chenoweth
Juzenes
Marilla
Albert Kerns Jr
Stoutsville
Val Stone
Ward
Eda Humphrey
Pomeroy
A. Edwards
Fran's
Richard Mowrey
Hocking Fair
Humphrey presses Nixon debates as campaign accelerates
Humphrey challenges Nixon to face to face debates and expanding to Muskie. Nixon declines arguing not to enter a running argument while focusing on California votes. Muskie Agnew and O’Brien weigh in on crime control poverty and Johnson alignment. Fortas nonproliferation and gun control positions cited.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Humphrey
Edmund S
Muskie
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Santa Barbara
California
Tial
ABC
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Chicago
Lawrence F. O’brien
Johnson
O’brien
NBC
Meet the Press
Abe Fortas
Higher Tides and Gales Threaten Southern England
London reports severe storms bringing floods across Kent to Sussex with thousands homeless and commuters unable to reach work. Army relief efforts, aerial surveys, and emergency shelters rise as tides threaten the Thames estuary and Kent towns amid widespread transport disruption.
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London
England
Kent
Dorset
Thames Estuary
Britain
Sussex
Wandle
Wimbledon
Lewisham
Essex
Surrey
Squirrel Hunter Bitten By Copperhead Near Rock House
Dalton Ise of Columbus 51 was bitten on the left hand by a copperhead while squirrel hunting near Rock House around noon Saturday. Sheriff Hartman said Dalton and his son Gary 22 were escorted to Hocking Valley Community Hospital where anti venom and tetanus were given.
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Dalton
Columbus
Rock House
Hocking
Paul Hartman
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Gary
Stock market rally boosts hopes on 1969 business spending
In New York the stock market rallied in active afternoon trading with about 240 advances and fewer declines. Brokers said the upbeat tone came from a report showing services and goods output rising faster than officials expected, plus a private survey predicting business spending on new plants and equipment would hit a record $67.8 billion in 1969.
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New York
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THE
Columbia U
South England
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Wilson Ave
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Blosser’s Restaurant
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Adios Aim
Howard Coburn
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Little Alvin
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