Czech President Flies To Moscow Amid U N Veto Fallout
The Soviet veto blocks an eight nation UN Security Council resolution condemning the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and demanding troop withdrawal. Vote tally was 10 in favor, 2 against, 3 abstentions. Soviet Union and Hungary opposed. Algeria India and Pakistan abstained.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N. Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Hungary
Algeria
India
Pakistan
Jacob A. Malik
U.S
George W. Ball
George Ignatieff
U Thant
Prague
Joao Augusto de Araujo Castro
Malik
Ball
United Nations
Ignatieff
Brazil
Senegal
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Denmark
Paraguay
East Germany
Poland
Bulgaria
Retired Clerk Gets Heart Of Young Marine
In Stanford California a 42 year old Eu gene Oregon retired postal clerk received the heart of 20 year old Marine Cpl Larry B Smith in the worlds 33rd heart transplant and the third at Stanford. The donor died Aug 14 after a Stockton California auto accident. The operation ended at 2 am and Drake is the 14th living heart recipient. Donor Larry Smith volunteered for Vietnam service and his parents praised the gift. Dr Norman Shumway led the team and called the result satisfactory.
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Stanford, Calif
Eugene
Ore
Stanford University Medical Center
Leonard Drake
Cpl
Larry B. Smith
Stockton
Calif
Smith
Camp Pendleton
Vietnam
Robert Smith
Gene
Larry
Norman Shumway
Shumway
Mike Kasperak
East Palo Alto
Joseph Rizor
Salinas
Drake
Lane County District Court
Stanford Hospital
Georgia Delegations Split Before Democratic Convention
Chicago AP reports a Credentials Committee settlement splits Georgia's two delegations over racial and political disputes threatening Gov. Lester Maddox and jeopardizing Democratic unity. The committee will divide 21 delegates plus the state chair and committeewoman, with pledges to the party nominee, amid fears of floor fights and loss of minority support.
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Chicago
Georgia
Lester Maddox
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Maddox
Hughes
James Gray
Julian Bond
Supreme Court
Bond
Lamzar Sizemore
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Humphrey
Svoboda Arrives in Moscow for Occupation Talks
Czechoslovakia’s President Ludvik Svoboda, famed for the WWII Hero of the Soviet Union honor, arrives at Unukovo Airport for Kremlin consultations on the Soviet led occupation and a deadlock over a new government led by Alexander Dubcek. Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny greet him at the VIP airport.
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Moscow
Ludvik Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Svoboda
Czech
Unukovo
Soviet Union
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Free Czechoslovak Radio
Gustav Husak
Vasil Bilak
Alois Indra
Vnukovo
Ivan Chervonenko
Prague
Oldrich Cernik
Grand Jury Probes Chicago Plot Against Humphrey
A federal grand jury in Chicago is investigating reports of a plot to assassinate Vice President Humphrey and two senators and disrupt the Democratic National Convention. About 16 subpoenas have been issued among street gang members and a Pentagon peace march participant.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
South Side
Pentagon
Cook County
Illinois National Guardsmen
Third Astronaut Quits Program Over Flight Training
SPACE CENTER Houston AP The third astronaut to resign from the U S space program in five months leaves the corps now totaling 52. Dr John A Llewellyn 35 cites difficulty learning to fly jets and had trained at Reese Air Force Base Lubbock Texas since April.
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Brian T. O’leary
Navy
John S. Bull
Llewellyn
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock, Tex
Twin Cities Chit Chat Group Heads Home From Southwest
A group touring the American southwest is due back in the area late today or Saturday. Mrs W J Tyler of Monroe returns, joined by her sister Mrs Virg ie Toney from the Ferriday Vidalia area. The itinerary included Carlsbad caverns Los Angeles Disneyland Las Vegas Grand Canyon Painted Desert and Petrified Forest.
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American Southwest
Monroe
W. J. Tyler
N. 5Th St
Tyler
Virgie Toney
Ferriday- Vidalia
Carlsbad
N.M
Los Angeles
Calif
Disneyland
Las Vegas
Nev
The
Grand Canyon
Painted Desert
Petrified Forest
Ouachita Parish School Board Runoffs Set After Final Returns
Final returns confirmed three runoff elections for Ouachita Parish School Board seats. Ward 5 will produce four runoff opponents: Larry S. Green Chester Holloway E C Roark Jr Stanley Wall and others with votes totaling near two thousand. Ward 2 runoff pits Jewell Harris against Jim Towery for the single seat. Incumbent Gerald York won Ward 1 with 469 votes. Ward 3 incumbents Fred McVay and F H Hammond face no opposition in this cycle.
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Ouachita Parish
Burt W. Sperry
Sperry
Gerald York
York
Minor C. Oglesby
Sterlington
My R. Towery
Oppon- Jewell L. Harris
Jiments
W. E. Palmer
Larry S. Green
Chester P. Holloway
E. C. Roark Jr
Stanley R. Wall
Fred M. Bayles
Jerry L. Ford
Timmy F. Reagan
W. O. Wilson
Fred McVay
F. H. Hammonds
Eisenhower Doctors Call Condition Encouraging Yet Critical
Army doctors at Walter Reed report encouraging signs in Dwight D. Eisenhower’s status while stressing the overall condition remains critical and the outlook guarded. The bulletin notes he is alert and cheerful, with fewer heart irritability episodes, but the critical period typical after a myocardial infarction may last about a week. Mamie Eisenhower and family visit daily as he stays without pain and discusses only family matters.
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Washington
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Mamie
Fair And Warm Prevails Here
Northeastern Louisiana will see fair skies and warm temperatures through Saturday. A 30 percent chance of widely scattered thundershowers is possible during afternoons and evenings. Highs 90 to 95, lows 71 to 75, Monroe Airport reports 91 high and 70 low with no rain. Delta Agricultural Advisory expects excellent drying conditions and over 80 percent sunshine.
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Louisiana
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory
Viet Nam Strikes Hit Da Nang as Attacks Surge
Saigon reports renewed enemy offensive across South Vietnam with rocket, mortar and ground assaults in northern provinces and Da Nang street fighting. U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese rangers engage in house to house fighting near the Da Nang airbase as Viet Cong squads target the Da Nang radio station. Authorities warn of potential third offensive while confirming heavy casualties on the enemy side and ongoing fighting in Quang Ngai and Hue regions.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
5Th Division
Dau Tieng
Hoa Vang
U.S. Marine Military Police
Quang Ngai City
U.S
Quang Tri
Hue
Teacher scolds pupil over unreadable picket sign joke
A teacher tells a pupil if they do not learn to write, no one will be able to read their picket sign, a quip highlighting literacy and protest literacy.
Texan Threatens To Nominate LBJ For Re-Election
Democratic figure Frank C. Erwin, speaking for Texas Gov. John Connally, warns to nominate President Johnson if the Democratic National Convention ends the unit rule. He protests to the Rules Committee, calling the move "inequity and impropriety" that could split votes.
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Texan
LBJ
Chicago
Louisiana Residents Face Varied Electric Bills in 1967 Study
The Federal Power Commission report shows Louisiana average residential bills for 250 kwh at 7.37 dollars per month on Jan 1 1967, ranking 27th nationwide. City by city figures range from 6.75 to 10.20 dollars, with New Orleans at 6.79 and Thibodaux at 9.85.
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Federal Power Commission
Louisiana
New Orleans
Lafayette
Houma
Thibodaux
Daigleville
Vidalia
Abbeville
Alexandria
Arabi
Bastrop
Baton Rouge
Bogalusa
Bossier City
Bridgedale
Chalmette
Crowley
Eunice
Gretna
Hammond
Harvey
Jennings
Kenner
Lake Charles
Marrero
Metairie
Minden
Monroe
Morgan City
Natchitoches
New Iberia
Louisiana Power & Light Co
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Opelousas
Ruston
Scotlandville
Sulphur
Terrytown
River Stage Updates From Local Flood Report
River readings show Camden at 266.8 rising 0.6 with flood risk, Monroe at 14.0 and 3.0 fall as stages shift. Officials advise monitoring streams and preparing for possible weather-driven changes.
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Camden
Monroe
Prague General Strike Paralyzes City Over Soviet Occupation
Prague staged a one hour general strike disrupting traffic and filling the city with horns in protest of the Soviet occupation. Free Czech Radio reported Cestmir Cisar, a liberal bloc member, escaped and hid in Czechoslovakia while Dubcek remained in Russian internment. Clandestine radios noted similar stoppages elsewhere.
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Prague
UPI
Cestmir Cisar
Liberal Bloc
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Foran
McClellan
Senate
Twin Cities
E. D. Elmore
David Hall
O. L. Hart
Charles T. Johnson
Ike
Viet Reds
Cat
Mekong Delta
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FPC
News-Star—World
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