Colombian airliners hijacked to Cuba in two separate incidents
Two Colombian planes hijacked hours apart from the same airport were flown to Cuba with 139 aboard. A Boeing 727 landed in Camaguey and released the next night. a DC4 landed in De Cuba. Officials say both crews and passengers were unharmed and will return to Colombia. Colombian and Cuban authorities weigh whether the events are connected to a Castroite plot.
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Havana
Colombia
Cuba
Camaguey
Barranquilla
de Cube
Embaany
Patty
Frederick Fair Poised to Break Attendance Records
Preparations for the 106th Frederick County Fair underway with more rides shows and a record number of 4 H animals and exhibits expected. If rain stays away crowds could surpass last year’s attendance of over 47 000 as Farmer’s Day Governor’s Day and Children’s Day set the fair’s schedule with free admission for every child with a pass on Children’s Day. Jack Kochman’s Hell Drivers provide two shows across the event lineup.
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East Ant Street
Frederick County
Jack. Kochman
Hell Drivers
Mathias Captures Runaway Ram in Maryland Front Yard
Rep. Charles Mathias and his wife chased a six pound ram that escaped a trailer in front of their home near Frederick Maryland. The ram bit through tail gate lashings and ate flowers before Mathiases cornered it in a neighbor’s garage.
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Chevy Chase
Charles McC. Mathias
Suffolk
Mathias
U.S. Senate
Frederick
Mathiases
Evangelical Lutheran Church Plans $200000 Fund Drive
The Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street announces a $200,000 capital funds drive tied to its 1968 anniversary season. An orientation breakfast for campaign workers is set at the Fr an cis Scott Key Hotel with Rev. Francia E. Reinberger presiding. Melvin H. Derr chairs the appeal with Dr. Robert E. vice chair. The drive funds restoration of the East Church Street properties, renovation of the East Second Street Sunday school building, and debt elimination. The campaign runs through Oct 20 with a 230th anniversary planned for Nov 28 and a later dedication event for church buildings in Maryland.
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Evcelical Lutheran Church
Thast Church Street
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Francia E. Reinberger
Melvin H. Derr
Robert E
East Church Street
East Second Street
Reinberger
Frederick
Candidates Visit Elm Street School For Social Studies
Sixth District congressional candidates participate in Elm Street Elementary social studies program. Beall and other candidates lead lessons for first three grades, with visits including mock elections and student engagement.
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Elm Street Elementow
J. Glenn Beall
Colliver
Alge
Withdrawal of Soviet Troops Faces Slow Czech Pullback
Prague reports from Rude Pravo say Premier Cernek announced troop withdrawal will begin in days with most units leaving while some will remain. No clear signs of full pullout yet, as movements seen in southern Bohemia and border reinforcements suspected on the Austria and West Germany fronts.
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Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Rude Pravo
Oldrich Cernik
Ostrava
Bohemia
Austria
West Germany
Ek Soen
Marines uncover DMZ bunkers and Viet Cong camps
U S Marines report two fortified camps just below the North Vietnamese frontier amid intelligence forecasts of a central DMZ thrust within six weeks. In related actions, South Vietnamese forces killed 98 North Vietnamese on the eastern DMZ flank and freed prisoners in Viet Cong camps near Binh Son and U Minh Forest.
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Saigon
U.S. Macrines
26Th Marine Regiment
Marine Bme Vpters
Binh Son
Mekong
U Minh Forest
Humphrey Endorses Troop Reductions In Vietnam Debate
Vice President Hubert Humphrey argued that gradual U S troop withdrawals could begin soon if Vietnam allows a deeper de Americanization of the war. He stressed no conflict with President Johnson on timing and spoke to large Ohio crowds while warning against precise withdrawal forecasts.
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Associated Press
Hubert HU. Humphrey
Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
Ohio
Saigon
Humphrey
Columbus
South Vietnam
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Southeast Asia
CBS
Atlanta
Gallup Poll Finds National Primary Favored for Presidency
A Gallup survey taken in early September shows 76 percent of Americans favor a nationwide primary over conventions for choosing presidential nominees. The poll also finds 66 percent support abolishing the electoral college in favor of a popular vote, with only 19 percent disapproving.
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Princeton
Nad
Gallup
Kennan Calls U S Soviet Talks Pure Madness
Diplomat George F. Kennan in Princeton warns that President Johnson traveling to Moscow would be pure madness amid Soviet Warsaw Pact actions in Czechoslovakia Hungary and other crises. He suggests possible bargaining moves but cautions the United States has few usable cards with the Soviet leadership.
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Princeton
George F. Kennan
Soviet Union
Johnson
Moscow
Kennan
Belgrade
Russia
Sir Johnson
Czechoslovakia
United States
Germany
Hungary
Institute For Advanced Study
Czechoslova
Soviets Recover Unmanned Spaceship Zond 5 Near Moon
Moscow reports the unmanned Zond 5 circled the moon and splashed down in the Indian Ocean. Soviet recovery ship retrieved instruments and data as British space expert Sir Bernard Lovell predicted a manned moon flight within months. James E. Webb called the feat a potential shift in global power balance.
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Moscow
Indian Ocean
Catastro
Bernard Lovell
Britain
James E. Webb
U.S
Zond 5
Meme Tass
Doane Lovell
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Fire log reports multiple small blazes in Lewistown area
Fire calls logged on Saturday across several Lewistown locations include a rear of State Police barracks field fire at 2 05 p m and a gasoline wash at Carver Apartments at 3 p m Independent responders noted trash fire behind the Black Horse Tavern on West Patrick Street and a 3 17 p m arans fire at South End Civic Association Building in San day with additional field fire at 6 13 p m downtown.
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Carver
West Patrick Street
Black Horse Tavern
Independents
South End Civic Association
Arans
Uniteds
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