Johnson Thieu Honolulu talks yield no cease fire
President Johnson and President Thieu wrapped a 10 hour Hawaii summit with no breakthrough for a cease fire. They warned of renewed offensive action by North Vietnam and discussed phased U.S. troop drawdown in 1969 while denying any withdrawal plan.
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Texas
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Honolulu
Chicago Blast Injures Dozens in Downtown Explosion
Investigators probe cause after a block long building housing a restaurant, jewelry and clothing stores is demolished in Chicago's Loop. Fifty six injured, two in good condition. damage up to a million dollars estimated. Fire and police report gas odor but gas leak disputed.
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Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co
Goldblatt Brothers Department Store
State Street
New VC Terror Wave Signals Offensive Threat
Saigon and two provincial capitals faced a new Viet Cong terror wave on Sunday, with 13 dead and 92 wounded as theaters and public sites were hit. Officials warned an imminent major offensive, while allied troops reinforced Saigon including 1,500 Thai Black Panther soldiers to block infiltration and pacify Bien Hoa. In the north, a US Marine force repelled a Viet Cong battalion near Khe Sanh with heavy exchanges and casualties.
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Czechs Will Meet Soviets but Not on Russian Soil
Soviet officials demand a show down with Prague leaders on Soviet soil while Czechoslovak leaders refuse to travel to Moscow. Pravda accuses Prague of aiding anti socialist forces and media manipulation. Students in Prague back Dubcek, while 16,000 Soviet troops finish maneuvers and begin leaving via Slovakia.
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Gunpowder Explosion Injures 25 at Civil War Event
A Civil War era powder display exploded in Somerset Center Michigan injuring five severely and about 20 others with lesser injuries. The 46 pound keg of black gunpowder was ignited during a patriotic cannon and carbine match hosted by Heritage Gunloaders Association.
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Storm collapses huge show tent at Summerfest 68
In Milwaukee a wind storm toppled a Lake Michigan shorefront tent at Summerfest 68 injuring about 40, mostly teens, and leaving 2,500 spectators scrambling as poles and canvas ripped through the crowd. One trumpet player was knocked from the stage and witnesses reported funnel clouds, though the Weather Bureau found no tornadoes.
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Steven Thorpe
Chicago
New Colony Six
Lake Michigan
Weather Bureau
Middletown Area Forecast Warm Humid with Showers
Partly cloudy skies and warm humid conditions spawn scattered showers and thunder tonight. Lows near 70. Showers end tonight with cooler, fair weather Tuesday. Yesterday’s high reached 90 degrees and the morning low was 70.
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Middletown
Governors urge Humphrey resignation to gain support
Ver Mont's Hoff and Maine's Curtis urged Humphrey to resign as vice president to gain independence from Johnson's administration. They said Kennedy could boost the ticket, while Curtis leaned to Humphrey, and Hoff criticized McCarthy's leadership. Republicans enjoyed few moves as Nixon led in polls.
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White House
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Vermont
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Johnson
Hoff
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Phrey. Curtis
Kennedy
Curtis
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Sen. Kennedy
Diplomats Expelled From Unfamiliar Nations
A humorous note on the tangled world scene, remarking that diplomats are being expelled from countries previously unknown to the speaker as the international situation grows more intricate.
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