Last Day Of Summer Wintry One In West
A wintry storm threatened the northern and central Rockies on the last full day of summer with 6 to 10 inches of snow over Montana and Idaho. Temperatures fell to the 20s and 30s as warnings covered central and western Montana and western Wyoming. Snow fell across the plains behind the front with thunderstorms in the Texas panhandle and Oklahoma, while the East enjoyed summer-like warmth and autumnal cool spots appeared in the Great Lakes and New England.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Glacier National Park
Montana Plains
Utah
Plains
Great Lakes
New England
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Iowa
Last Day of Summer Promises Warm Sunny Weather
The forecast calls for clear skies and warm temperatures in Middletown and the Miami Valley with a low near 60 tonight and a high in the low 80s tomorrow under sunny skies. Statewide conditions are similar except for scattered showers over Lake Erie.
Probe Of Ohio Prison Is Ordered
The Ohio prison riot after 25 inmates were killed leads to a federal probe. Warden Harold J. Cardwell and the ACLU clash over claims of cruel treatment and a prisoner’s summary execution of Walter Baisden. The AG office would not release further details.
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Ohio
Renitentiary
Washington
Harold J. Cardwell
American Civil Liberties Union
Walter Baisden
Cleveland
ACLU
William E. Boyland
Baisden
Marion J. Koleski
Dayton Daily News
Justice Department
Cardwell
Zond 5 Returns to Earth Aims for Recovery
At Jodrell Bank England the signal indicated Zond 5 is heading home. Sir Bernard Lovell said the craft may be recovered today and estimated its approach speed around 25 000 mph. Soviet officials said the ship passed within 1250 miles of the moon.
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Jodrell Bank, England
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Earth
Bernard Lovell
Observatory
Sir Bernard
Moon
Lovell
Zoe
Moscow
Vietnam War Tops 1968 White House Campaign Dispatch
In Louisville Humphrey pledges to seek an honorable peace as Nixon warns against a settlement that costs young soldiers but invites continued conflict. Wallace tours Florida blasting federal power and proposes Senate reconfirmation of Supreme Court justices every six to eight years.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
South Vietnam
Humphrey
Louisville
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
George C. Wallace
Florida
Supreme Court
Wallace
Orlando
Senate
Marines Repel DMZ Offensive Near Cambodia Frontier
Heavy fighting rages near the Cambodian border northwest of Saigon as Marine units enter the DMZ central sector. Allied forces report 74 North Vietnamese killed in five days with 2 Marines dead and 10 wounded. Government outpost Phuoc Tan endures another assault leaving 14 dead and 85 wounded.
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Saigon
Dmz
U.S
Leathernecks
North Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Phuoc Tan
Francine Gottfried Missed Work Sparks Wall Street Furor
New York AP report says Francine Gottfried the popular IBM machine operator did not show for work drawing a crowd estimated at 15,000 on Friday. Bank spokesman said she was given the day off with more off days, while onlookers cheered and a banner read We Love You.
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New York
Francine Gottfried
IBM
Wall Street
Gottfried
Brooklyn
Quitting After Next Space Flight Schirra Won't Make Moon Trip
Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr. says he will retire after commanding the first three man Apollo Earth orbit mission aboard Apollo 7. He cites training rigors and family disruption, plans to seek an NASA executive post, and emphasizes using the experience to aid future lunar flights. Apollo 7, with Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham, aims for an 11 day Earth orbit to test craft systems.
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Schirra
Sayonara
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Earth
Moon
Miracle Plane Missed Main Spectator Area at Farnborough Crash
An experimental Breuguet twin engine plane crashed during an air show killing six aboard and one on the ground, narrowly missing 16 000 spectators in the main area. Rescue crews continued search as a formal inquiry opened to determine if the aircraft flew too slowly or too low.
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Farnborough
England
Farnborough Air Show
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Great Plains
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LSE Weather
Middletown
Miami Valley
Lake Erie
Marine Force
Sub-Treasury Building
Zond 5
Cambodia
Francine
Walter Schirra
Royal Air Force
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