Humphrey Faces Tough Path To Truman Like Upset Victory
The piece compares 1968 and 1948 campaigns, noting Nixon leads while Dewey did then. It highlights shifts in Illinois and the Deep South, with third party George Wallace threatening regional balance and potential coat tail effects from Democratic candidates.
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Truman
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Strom Thurmond
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Nixon
George C. Wallace
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U S Deaths Hit Low Mark as DMZ Clashes Continue
U S Command reports the lowest weekly American combat deaths in over a year while heavy fighting rages in the DMZ. In two days, seven U S aircraft are lost and 112 North Vietnamese are reported killed. South Vietnamese and Viet Cong losses fall to multi month lows.
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U.S. Command
Dmz
Washington
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Humphrey Faces Tough Path Beyond Truman Legacy
The article analyzes Hubert Humphrey’s challenge in securing antiadministration votes without a Dixie base or strong Illinois support. It notes Truman’s 1948 Southern strength and warns Humphrey must navigate Vietnam war dissent, a fractured party, and rival senators who disagree with Johnson era policies.
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Striking NYC Teachers Reject New Contract Offer
Striking teachers in New York rejected a peace proposal from the Ocean Hill Brownsville district aimed at ending the city’s dramatic labor shut down. AFL-CIO UFT President Albert Shanker called the plan a public relations gimmick amid widespread worker slowdowns by police and fire unions.
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Brownsville
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio
United Federation of Teachers
Ocean Hill District
Shanker
Board of Education
UFT
Middletown Area Weather Outlook
The Middletown region should see cloudy conditions with occasional showers and high temperatures in the 50s to 60s. Tonight’s low near 30 degrees. Friday will be partly cloudy and cooler. Yesterday’s high reached 68 with a morning low around 38.
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Middletown
Apollo 7 Crewing Talks Shape Apollo 8 Go Ahead
Apollo 7 astronauts Wal ter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham, back from 11 days in Earth orbit, meet with project officials as three other spacemen eyed for the moon mission discuss go ahead for Apollo 8. The Apollo 8 pilots Borman Lovell and Anders rehearse launch pad escape procedures while Schirra Eisele and Cunningham are given a clean bill of health after a medical exam.
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Cape Kennedy
Apollo
Fla
Apollo 7
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Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
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Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Schirra Eisele
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Cunningham
Schirra
Elsele
Essex
Divers Find Santa Maria de la Rosa Armada Vessel
The Santa Maria de la Rosa, a Spanish Armada ship sunk in 1588, has been located near Blasket Sound off Ireland. Divers will resume salvage next summer with surveys expected to take up to five seasons, though some doubt any treasure exists.
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Tom P. Kilfeather
Santa Maria de la Rosa
Cuban Nationals Held For Embassy Bombings
Nine anti Cuban Cubans were arrested in predawn raids in New York and charged with arson criminal mischief reckless endangerment and illegal possession of weapons. They allegedly planned to assassinate the Cuban UN ambassador raid a Brooklyn armory and bomb foreign ships tied to Cuban trade. Bail set from 7500 to 25000 with a hearing scheduled for November 7.
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Alfred J. Scotti
Cuba
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Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada
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Orlando
Fla
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Vatican Lawyers Call Jackie a Public Sinner in Canon Talk
Vatican canon experts say Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is not excommunicated by her marriage to Aristotle Onassis but is viewed as a public sinner barred from the sacraments. They note the church does not recognize Onassis divorce and still regards him as married to Tina Livanos.
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Aristotle Socrates Onassis
Becaue
Tina Livanos
Marquess of Blandford
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