Talks Between Soviet and Czechoslovak Leaders Seen Promising
Soviet Politburo and Czechoslovak Presidium meet in Cierna Slovakia amid military maneuvers. Josef Smrkovsky reports a promising course and optimistic atmosphere as Moscow presses for liberalization reversal and troop rights. Dissident opponents reportedly wavering amid popular backing for Dubcek.
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Cechoslovakia
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Rude Pravo
Czechoslovak Party
Cierna
Slovakia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Czechoslovakia
Czechslovak
Alexander Dubcek
Vasil Bilak
Slovak Communist Party
Oldrich Svestka
Drahomir Kolder
Moscow
Ukraine
Poland
East Germany
Yankee Gunboats Blast Red Mekong Delta Base
A task force of armored gunboats helicopter gunships and South Vietnamese marines raided a Viet Cong base camp in the Mekong Delta. Reports say about 90 enemy killed, 62 weapons and 12,000 rounds captured. Allied casualties were two South Vietnamese wounded. The assault targeted a Cai Lon River area 92 miles southwest of Saigon.
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Saigon
Mekong
Cai Lon
Gulf of Thailand
Kong Delta
U.S. Navy
Middletown forecast: cloudy warm with showers and thundershowers
The Miami Valley area for Middletown will see cloudy and warm conditions with showers and scattered thundershowers during daylight and evening hours. Showers end tonight or tomorrow morning with a low in the low 60s to low 70s. yesterday's high was 80 and the morning low was 67.
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Middletown
Miami Valley
Bethlehem Steel Raises Base Prices in Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Steel Corp announced base price increases of slightly less than five percent effective August 8. The hikes apply to base prices only and aim to offset recent and anticipated cost increases. selective increases were not enough to cover smaller past rises.
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Bethlehem, Pa
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
R. Conrad Cooper
British Consulate Bombed In LA
A bomb exploded at the British consulate on Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles at 7 10 p m causing extensive damage but no injuries Police evacuated occupants and said anti Castro Cubans may be involved with a poster reading United Cuban Power found nearby The blast followed earlier July 19 explosions at firms with Cuba ties authorities noted
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Wilshire Boulevard
Britain
Los Angeles
Cuba
United Cuban Power
Pope appeals to Catholics to accept Humanae Vitae ban
Pope Paul VI urged Roman Catholics to understand and accept the church's birth control prohibition after releasing Humanae Vitae. He acknowledged anguish and hoped married Christians would see the teaching as fidelity to Christ, while dissent suggested many Catholics might disobey.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Rome
Christ
Anglican Church Reaffirms Birth Control Inside Marriage
The Rt. Rev. Ralph S S Dean read a statement from Dr. Michael Ramsey Archbishop of Canterbury as Pope Paul VI's pronouncement on birth control was discussed. The Anglican Communion reaffirmed its stand in favor of birth control within marriage.
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Ralph S&s. Dean
Lambeth Conference of Bishops
London
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Paul VI
Anglican Communion
Dean
Cariboo
Canada
Billion Dollar Steel Contract Ends Labor Peace
The United Steelworkers Union wraps up its richest contract, a billion-dollar package over three years, amid opposition and a near strike deadline. Wages rise about 44 cents per year plus pension, vacation, and insurance gains totaling amid a 6 per cent annual cost pattern.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
I. W. Abel
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U.S
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