Nobel Prize to Japanese Novelist Kawabata Wins Literature Award
Stockholm AP Kawabata Yasunari, a 69 year old Japanese writer known for The Thousand Cranes and Snow Country, wins the 1958 Nobel Prize in literature. He says the honor recognizes Japanese literature but leaves him puzzled by the Western reception.
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Swedish Academy
Soviet troops begin long occupation of Czechoslovakia
Soviet premier Kosygin signs a secret treaty and returns to Moscow as troops move into vacated Czech army plants near Prague. He says withdrawals will occur in coming months but gives no numbers while the invasion force estimates range up to 500000.
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Public hearing on wages and economic issues set for Edinburg
A Texas Legislature special committee on wages and economic problems will hold a day long public hearing in Edinburg starting 9 30 a m Monday testimony may come from the State Employment Commission the office of Economic Opportunity chambers of commerce the Shippers and Canners Assn the State Farm Bureau and others The committee led by Callan Graham will then move to Dallas Tyler Plainview Houston San Antonio and Austin to gather data for potential new legislation targeting the disadvantaged.
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Widely Sought Thief Arrested In Yokohama
Yokohama maritime police detained Philip Felix Dardaine 37 a Trinidad and Tobago native sought by multiple nations including Holland Sweden Italy Belgium Switzerland and West Germany. He faces charges of attempted theft aboard a ship.
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