Pope urges tax on rich to aid the poor in Latin America
Pope Paul VI told 300000 in Bogota that governments must tax the wealthy more to narrow the gap with the desperate poor. He urged nonviolence, addressed Catholic gatherings, and blessed couples before departing for Rome after a 56 hour Latin American visit.
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Bogota
Columbia
UPI
Paul VI
Latin America
Rome
Bermuda
Conference of the
Latin American Bishops
Humphrey Victorious in Bid for First Ballot Nomination
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey led a week of political skirmishes in Chicago as he boosted his first ballot delegate strength to 1,465. Senators Eugene J. McCarthy and George S. McGovern remained active in the battle for delegates.
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Chicago
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
McGovern Seeks VP Slot as U.S.-Soviet Ties Call for Freeze
In Cleveland senator George McGovern urged a pause in U S Soviet relations while addressing the City Club. Delegates at the Democratic National Convention discussed him as Humphrey's possible running mate with attorney Howard Metzenbaum predicting a McGovern vice presidential bid.
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Cleveland
UPI
Hubert Humphrey
South Dakota
George McGovern
McGovern
Atty
Howard Metzenbaum
Humphrey
Johnson signs highway bill with limits on beautification plan
President Johnson signed a 21 billion dollar highway aid bill. The act preserves a restricted line for his wife's project to remove billboards and screen junkyards but limits funding and federal powers, drawing Interior Secretary Udall’s objections. The beautification program would receive 27.5 million through mid 1970, with only 2 million earmarked for billboard removal.
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Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Stewart L. Udall
Washington, D.C
U S, Saigon Break Viet Cong Siege Near Cam Duc
UPI reports heavy clashes as U S and South Vietnamese forces fight on the Cambodian border and near Da Nang. At Cam Duc Special Forces camp 16 defenders killed and 17 wounded after siege by about 1,000 attackers with 65 Communist dead reported over two days of fighting.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
da Nang
Saigon
Cam Duc
Kremlin Signals Possible Dubcek Return as Czechoslovak Leader
Moscow sources say the Kremlin may accept Alexander Dubcek as Czechoslovak Communist party leader after talks with Premier Oldrich Cernik and President Ludvik Svoboda. Delegation reports optimism about a solution to the Warsaw Pact crisis and Dubcek’s reinstatement in all posts.
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Moscow
UPI
Kremlin
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Oldrich Cernik
Ludvik Svoboda
Svoboda
Czechoslovakia
Freedom
Czechoslovakia 1
Weather outlook and local obituaries in Norwalk area
Mostly sunny hot and humid today with highs in the lower to mid 90s. Tonight remains warm and humid with possible thundershowers late. Sunday partly cloudy and cooler with less humidity and late thundershowers. Friday high 94 and low 73 in Norwalk with no rainfall. Births report a Milan couple's daughter. Deaths include Mrs Hugh Burdue Wisconsin and Anne Hayes Berry 84 Shelby. George C Lindols 80 New London Meta K Timman 77 102 Newton Street Lily S Sutherland 89 New London.
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Norwalk
Hugh Burdue
Wisconsin
Anne Hayes Berry
Shelby
George C. Lindols
New London
Meta K. Timman
Newton Street
Lily S. Sutherland
Eisenhower Suffers New Heart Spasms at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower experienced a renewed attack of heart spasms at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors reported a worsening condition with marked cardiac irritability, frequent extra beats, and two short episodes of rapid heart action. He is resting comfortably but in critical condition.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
General Eisenhower
Bank cashier provides lead in three state bad check case
A Norwalk Citizens Drive In Bank cashier noted a car license plate aiding the arrest of Anna Houser 36 Chicago and Roy A Stewart 30 Chicago in a $50 000 forged check ring. Houser and Stewart were arrested in Chicago on Erie County warrants and face/proceedings in Erie County.
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Norwalk
Chicago
Huron County
John Warner
Citizens Drive- In Bank
Anna Houser
Miss Houser
Milan
Erie County
Roy A. Stewart
Stewart
Erie County Sheriff's Department
Huron County Department
Sandusky
Gordy’s
Clarksfield
Harold Gladwell
End of unit rule opens door to Johnson nomination
Chicago reports the rules committee moves to end mandatory bloc voting at Democratic conventions. The Texas delegation could place Lyndon Baines Johnson in nomination if allowed to vote individually, amid prior plans to support Connally. President Johnson had stated he would not seek renomination.
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Chicago
UPI
Magnolia
Democratic National Committee
Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson
John B. Connally
Frank C. Erwin Jr
National Committee
Connally
Johnson
Erwin
Will Davis
Eugene McCarthy
Rules Committee
New Pen Warden Named In Ohio Prison
Ohio Highway Patrol Major Harold J. Cardwell was named warden of the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus replacing M J Koloski who had held the job six weeks. Koloski leaves to become assistant commissioner of the Ohio Corrections Division after a riot and hostage crisis last June.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio Highway Patrol
Harold J. Cardwell
Hottorn
Ohio Penitentiary
M.J. Koleski
Cardwell
Koloski
Ohio Corrections Division
Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Penitentiary
County 4 H ers Win State Fair Honors
Three county 4 H members earned outstanding awards at the State Fair in Columbus. Susan Ellett of Norwalk won a Modeling with Sue ribbon. Barbara Kramer Hartland and Roberta Shingledecker Bellevue also received outstanding ribbons in the food category. Lorilee Gahr Willard placed second in the Western ponies under 48 inches class.
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Columbus
Susan Ellett
Clarence Ellett
Norwalk
Sue
Barbara Kramer
Hartland
Roberta Shingledecker
Bellevue
Lyme
Sunshine Club
Barbara
Tom Kramers
Roberta
Robert Shingledecker
Lorilee Gahr
Harold Gahr
Willard
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Miami Science Museum
Fort Lauderdale
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Bonnie Newton
Peter Schafer
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