In Brief Johnson and advisors study Czech invasion
AP dispatch notes President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey in late night White House talks after a secret meeting with Soviet envoy Dobrynin about the invasion of Czechoslovakia. Reports from Vienna, Worcester, Madison, Bogota, Wisconsin Dells, and Aurora accompany the update.
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Washington
Johnson
Anatoly Dobrynin
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
National Security Council
Big Night Set for August 31 Cheese Day Drum Corps Contest
The Cheese Day Inc committee met at Swiss Colony Inn to promote the 1968 Cheese Day Drum and Bugle Corps contest. The Alpine Drum and Bugle Corps Championship will be held at Monroe High School with a 7 p.m. start at Holyoke Field and a 2 p.m. standstill on the square. Five corps will perform ten minutes each, judged by Badgerland Drum and Bugle Corps Association, Inc. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults and 0.75 for under twelve. a free event booklet will be distributed. Mayor Walter Ekum planned to give the welcome address.
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Cheese Day, Inc
Swiss Colony Inn
T. R. Holyoke
Monroe High School
Monroe
Ruf's
North Central Public Service Corp
Schuetze’s
Chamber of Commerce
Holyoke Field
Madison
Rockford
Midwest
Stanley Neuberger
Badgerland Drum and Bugle Corps Association, Inc
Cedarburg
Walter Ekum
No Phones No Cabs It Just Won't Be Simple
Chicago scene for the Democratic National Convention finds essential services disrupted. Pay phones at the International Amphitheatre are out of order as installers strike for four weeks. A Taxi shortage from a seafarers union strike leaves delegates reliant on private cars and chartered buses to move between O'Hare, hotels, and the amphitheatre.
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Chicago
Kinois Bell Telephone Co
International Amphitheatre
Democratic Union Organizing Committee
Seafarers International Union
Yellow and Checker Companies
O'Hare International
State Fair Home Economics Results Announced in Wisconsin
Results of Home Economics judging at the Wisconsin State Fair were announced by Mrs. Mary Alice Hart. Blue ribbons went to Janice Chesebro, Cindi Durtschi, Ardis Grunnet, Sue Hollis, Cindi Mauermann, Valerie Soddy, Kathy Wehinger for outfits and wear. Red ribbons to Barbara Wuethrich, Barbara Carroll, Cindi Durtschi, Susan Durtschi, Mary Jane McCarthy, Christine Meier, Kathy Meier, Carolyn Silvis, Kay Silvis, Nina Soddy, Wanda Streiff. White ribbons to Jane Wells, Ilene Schlappi, Barbara Hoesly. Woodworking and Electricity projects also shown, blue ribbons awarded.
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Horst
Mary Alice) Hart
Janice Chesebro
Washington Center Club
Cindi Durtschi
Silverview
Ardis Grunnet
Jolly Mixers
Sue Hollis
Cindi Mauermann
Decatur
Valerie Soddy
Browntown Busy Beavers
Kathy Wehinger
Clarno
Barbara Wuethrich
Barbara Carroll
Dayton Club
Susan Durtschi
Mary Jane McCarthy
Jolxers
Christine Meier
Richland
Kathy Meier
Carolyn Silvis
Kay Silvis
Nina Soddy
Browntown
Busy Beavers
Wanda Streiff
New Glarus
Jane Wells
Ilene Schlappi
Cadiz
Barbara Hoesly
Prague mass protests against Soviet invasion erupt in capital
About 20 000 demonstrators gathered in Vaclavske Namesti Prague shouting Russian murderers go home and calling for the release of reformist leader Alexander Dubcek. Soviet tanks sealed bridges and blocked access to the square as Czechoslovak Communists met in an extraordinary party congress amid the occupation.
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Prague
Vaclavske Namesti
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Radio
Dubcek
Vitava
Convention Sidelights and Chicago Convention Security
A California group failed to place a DM billboard banner near Chicago's Dan Ryan Expressway denouncing Humphrey after winning a $1,260 out of court settlement. Chicago police guard water plants at the convention amid threats to contaminate the supply. Humphrey backers consider Gov. Richard Hughes as a running mate as Eugene McCarthy forces delegate challenges.
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Los Angeles
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Democrats, Inc
Chicago
Billboard
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Minnesota
Brodhead Teens Clash With Youths In Orfordville
Quiet returned after a Tuesday night clash involving Brodhead and Orfordville Footville youths near the high school. Chief Scoggins fired a warning shot after twelve to fourteen tickets were issued for disorderly conduct. no arrests were made.
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Brodhead
Orfordville
Footville
Joe L. Scoggins
R. A. Nowland
Albany - Orfordville
Scoggins
County Legion boosts fund with flag sale profits
Green County American Legion members reported a memorial fund for Ronnie Helland received 70 dollars from May and June flag sales. A 50 percent share plus two ten dollar anonymous gifts funded the check to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Helland of Juda.
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Gordon Helland
Juda
Ronnie
Green County Council of the American Legion
Albany High School
Ronnie Helland
Albany
Brodhead
Brooklyn
Monticello
New Glarus
Monroe
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