Woman Revolutionary Heads Viet Cong Envoys In Paris
A Viet Cong delegation led by Nguyen Thi Binh arrives in Paris to join peace talks. She says South Vietnam’s war will continue while the United States props up Saigon, denouncing negotiation with the puppet regime. The NFL and Hanoi officials brief reporters on the expanded talks.
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Women’s Liberation Association
Valerian Zotin
Xuan
Thuy
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Washington
Johnson
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Nguyen van Thieu
NLF
Viet Cong
Xuan Thuy
Dean Rusk
Middletown Area Weather Forecast Update
Partly cloudy with a slight warmup today and highs in the upper 60s. Tonight will be fair with lows in the upper 30s. Tuesday brings sun and a bit more warmth. Weekend rainfall across Middletown totaled .07 inches after a 50 degree high yesterday and a 43 degree low this morning.
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Middletown
Nixon leads in AP survey with 24 states. 262 tossups
On the eve of the 1968 election Nixon holds a lead in 24 states for 216 electoral votes while Humphrey trails narrowly with 21 votes and Wallace at 39. Twenty states totaling 262 electors are tossups as Humphrey gains ground. Poll shifts after Johnson halts North Vietnam attacks are not reflected.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Vietnam
Humphrey
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Wallace Meets Newsmen in Atlanta as Nixon Leads in Polls
Third party candidate George C. Wallace talks with reporters in Atlanta while publican Herbert G. Klein argues Nixon has a solid 330 electoral votes. Times survey shows Nixon leading in 30 states for 299 votes, Humphrey eight states for 77, Wallace five for 45, with seven states too close to call. Nixon on Meet the Press offers to go to Paris or Saigon to aid negotiations.
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Meet the Press
Ground fighting in Vietnam drops to summer lows
Saigon reports no major ground actions for the third day after President Johnson halted bombing North Vietnam. Skirmishes near My Tho yield two soldiers and four civilians wounded, while two light shellings hit military installations. Navy river interdiction in the delta under Sea Lords starts, focusing on disrupting enemy supply lines rather than body counts.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Ohio voters urged to turnout as absentee ballots loom
With the election day near, Secretary of State Ted W. Brown notes rising absentee ballot applications in Ohio. Eugene P. O Grady says outcome may hinge on how many stay home. Saxbe campaigns with a Worthington to Columbus motorcade. Gilligan plans a statewide final tour.
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Ted W. Brown
Eugene P. O'Grady
O’grady
Rsk
U.S. Senate
William B. Saxbe
Worthington
Columbus
Saxbe
James A. Rhode
Samuel L. Devine
John J. Gilligan
Soldiers study ballots outside Saigon election eve
Soldiers attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 199th Artillery Brigade study national state and local election material on the eve of elections.
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Sai
Gon
Polls Hint Democrats May Retain House With Narrow Margin
AP survey indicates Democrats would control the House by a slimmer margin, 231 districts to 204, amid Nixon Humphrey Wallace dynamics and possible House choice of the next president. If no candidate reaches 270 electoral votes, House delegates would decide, with 26 state votes needed.
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Edmond Lebreton
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
House of Representatives
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Johnson
Elections At A Glance For Tuesday Ballot
Facts on the upcoming elections show presidential and vice presidential races with Humphrey and Muskie for Democrats Nixon and Agnew for Republicans and Wallace and Le May for American Independents. Governors up for election total 21 with 13 Democrats and 8 Republicans. Senate seats 34 with Democrats 23 and Republicans 11. House seats 435 with Democrats 245 to 187 and 3 vacancies. Estimated vote near 73 million. polling hours 4 p.m. Tuesday to 2 a.m. EST Wednesday.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Richard M
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Voting For His 21st President
Dave Grove, a 101 year old resident of Russell Kansas, will vote in his 21st presidential election. He first cast a ballot in 1888 for Benjamin Harrison and has chosen 10 winners and 10 losers, all Republicans, during his 80 years as a voter.
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