RFK Nears Candidacy Decision as NH Results Stir Debate
Sen Robert F Kennedy edged toward a presidential bid with aides predicting a decision by March 22 on entering the Oregon primary. He cited NH voting as easing fears of Democratic split and noted Nixon’s likely GOP nomination as a factor. McCarthy said he will stay in the race.
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Wisconsin primary tests Johnson policies amid shifting support
In Milwaukee Wisconsin voters head to a pivotal April 2 Democratic primary that will bind 59 convention votes. Despite national support for McCarthy several Wisconsin Democrats and notable figures remain neutral or critical of the Johnson administration.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
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Robert Kastenmeier
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William Proxmire
Bronson C. la Follette
Southwest Ohio Weather Turns Warmer With Showers Soon
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley shows increasing clouds and warmer temperatures with occasional showers beginning late tonight or Friday. Lows tonight near 40 and Friday highs 40 to 50. yesterday's high reached 31 degrees and this morning opened at 17.
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Castro vows elimination of private bars and enterprises
Fidel Castro in a four and a half hour address pledges the Communist party will take over all private bars and clubs in Cuba. He warns of economic woes while noting a 2.5 million ton shortfall in the 1967-68 sugar harvest and asserts Cuba will drill for its own oil. He recalls the hijacked National Airlines jet and criticizes U.S. and Soviet actions.
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Capsizes On Ohio River Killing Two Workers
Four Goodyear plant workers used a private boat to cross the river after the Silver Bridge collapse. The craft capsized early today near Gallipolis with two men dead and two others missing. Survivors reached the West Virginia shore as authorities searched between the Gallipolis dam and Huntington.
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Lewis G. Fellure
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Apple Grove
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Point Pleasant
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Ohio
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W. Va
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Allied Armor Repels Red Ambush Near Pleiku
Allied tanks and helicopter gunships repelled a midday ambush along Route 14 nine miles north of Pleiku City. Forty eight North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong were reported killed. twelve Americans killed and eight wounded. South Vietnamese armored escorts lightly damaged. Airstrikes and B52 missions targeted enemy concentrations around Dak To and the A Shau Valley.
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A Shau
Rift Over Vietnam Aid Aids Debate Amid Senate Hearing
The Johnson administration urges the Senate Foreign Relations Committee not to weaken its stance on Vietnam by cutting the $3 billion foreign aid bill. Gaud warns against harming aid while Aiken and Morse press for reevaluating wartime costs. Gallup shows 69 percent favor gradual troop withdrawal and replacement. Secretary Rusk defends aid in televised hearings without naming critics.
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Polar bear statue brings spectacle to small town
Mrs. Melvin G. Hawk keeps a 10 foot 7 inch white polar bear on her porch in Shannondale Pennsylvania. The bear weighed 1450 pounds when shot by her husband in Alaska and was mounted in Seattle before being shipped home. Neighbors stop to stare at the fearsome gaze and long teeth, and the Hawks even pulled curtains on weekends to avoid crowds.
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