Agnew Defends Harsh Campaign Style in 1968 Race
Washington AP notes Spiro Agnew of Maryland adopts a bellicose stance against Democratic nominee Hubert H. Humphrey while Nixon seeks to avoid personal clashes. Agnew targets Humphrey’s Vietnam stance, calling him squishy soft and likening him to Chamberlain as Nixon aligns with Churchill. He vows to retaliate when attacked, saying he won’t stand by if his team is kicked in the groin.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M.nixon
Nixon
Humphrey
Johnson
Nixon-Agnew
Vietnam
Neville Chamberlain
Munich
Winston Churchill
Saigon Attack Seen As Unlikely After Tay Ninh Battle
Fighting rages northwest of Saigon as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese push toward Tay Ninh city while U S forces repel a night assault. In the wider region, shells hit allied camps near the Cambodian border with light casualties reported. Major clashes involve the 25th Infantry Division base near Tay Ninh and local Vietnamese units defending the provincial capital.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
25Th Infantry
U.S
25Th Division
John T. Wheeler
Wheeler
Thanh An
Charles Gray
Morriston
Ark
V.C
Johnson warns Moscow against unleashing war as talks urged
President Johnson urges the Soviet Union to accept high level arms and troop talks and warns that the United States will not tolerate force in Berlin. He warns that force stirs unpredictable consequences and cites unrest in East Europe and tensions in the Middle East during a B'nai B'rith convention address.
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Johnson
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Soviet Union
United States
Berlin
B’nai B'rith
San Antonio
Russia
U.S
95 Aboard French Jet Plunges Into the Mediterranean
An Air France Caravelle crashed into the Mediterranean off the Riviera near Nice killing 95 people including Gen. Rene Cogny who commanded French troops in North Vietnam. The plane en route from Ajaccio to Nice sent a fire alert before disappearing. wreckage and lifeboats were reported. Cogny, 64, guided French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and had served since World War II.
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Nice
France
Air France
Mediterranean Sea
Rene Cogny
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Ajaccio
Corsica
Riviera
Cap d’Antibes
Marius Guis
Cogny
Nguyen Vo Giap
France’s Large Gold Sale to U.S. Revealed
The June sale of U.S. gold by France was much larger than feared, totaling about 220 million dollars per the Treasury report. Despite the buy, the U.S. still showed a 21.9 million dollar gold outflow in the quarter, as London price supports waned. France aimed to restore franc value and secure convertibility at IMF rates.
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Washington
France
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Treasury Department
London
International Monetary Fund
Fortas Vote Scheduled by Senate Judiciary Committee
The Senate Judiciary Committee agreed unanimously to move to a full vote next Tuesday on President Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas to replace Chief Justice Earl Warren.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Abernathy Leads Atlanta Garbage Strike as Court Orders Work
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy vows nonviolent demonstrations to back 1,000 Atlanta garbage workers seeking a 2.50 hourly minimum. Police arrest 80 activists earlier. city workers from construction and sewage join the strike amid a rejected 13 percent raise offer.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph David Abernathy
Atlanta
Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Morton Shapiro
Peachtree Street
Sherman
SCLC
Hosea Williams
Weather outlook calls for cool, dry stretch into Monday
It will be cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the 40s and low 50s. Tomorrow remains similar. The long range calls for dry weather with below normal temperatures through Monday. Highs near the lower 70s and overnight around 50. Sunday will be a bit warmer.
Oakland Panthers raid leads to police bail for two officers
Two Oakland police officers, Richard Williams and Robert Farrell, were released on 3000 bail after being charged with felonious assault for firing on the Black Panther headquarters in West Oakland. Both officers, on duty and in uniform, reportedly had been drinking. The incident left the block tense and damaged a nearby restaurant. no injuries were reported.
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Oakland
Calif
Black Panthers
Charles Gain
Richard V. Williams
Robert W. Farrell
Martin Pulich
Gain
Panther
West
Huey Newton
Muskie Frames Campaign as Great Work Of Sixty-Eight
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie told 200 guests in St. Louis that keeping protesters in the political system is the great work of the 1968 campaign. The Democratic vice presidential candidate spoke at Mayor A. J. Cervantes’s home after a Missouri tour. He urged addressing young and disadvantaged Americans with personal care and commitment to the U S system.
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ST. Louis
Emund S. Muskie
Missouri
A.J. Cervantes
Maine
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