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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
7
The Soviet Embassy announced Nada Bilak 17 left Wigton England for Moscow after learning her mother was ill there. She departed Wednesday with a man and woman, though officials say they have no confirmation of any kidnapping.
Pope Paul VI, 70, is back in Vatican City after an 11 600 mile Latin American journey. He plans no audiences for two days and will stay at Castel Gandolfo while following Moscow talks on the Czechoslovak crisis. He urged social reform to aid the poor in Colombia and condemned armed revolution, calling for taxation of the wealthy and a unifying effort.
Green Berets describe a siege at Duc Lap camp in Vietnam lasting about 24% hours. U.S. and Montagnard commandos broke the surround, recapturing the northern third with 300 original defenders and reinforcements. Two Americans killed, six wounded during the assault.
New York Times reports General Jan Sejna, defected to the West last February, denied trying to marshal military pressure for President Antonin Novotny. He said he fled after warning Dubcek’s liberal party leaders of Soviet pressure, and he named Drahomir Kolder and other officials as conspirators against Dubcek and Novotny.
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