Morale strains noted as Hanoi weighs peace talks
Washington reports Hanoi shows morale strain amid food shortages and heavy imports from the Soviet Union and China. North Vietnam keeps a hard line on negotiations, likely delaying talks until after the 1968 U.S. elections, while Beijing and Moscow aid its population and economy.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
North Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
China
U.S
Soviet Union
Extremist Actors Strike Again in South Vietnam
South Vietnam faced a wave of pre election violence as Communist guerrillas shelled a fourth provincial capital in as many days and captured 39 draft-age men. The election nears with three days to go officials warn of worsened conflict while U S personnel face air and ground combat losses and rising casualties among all sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Vietnam
Mekong
Saigon
Quang Ngai
U.S
Phant Thiet
Cua Doi
Johnson
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
South Vietnam
John Stennis
D-Miss
Legion Convention
Demonstrators Arrested After Milwaukee Police Crackdown
About 50 demonstrators were arrested outside the burned Freedom House in Milwaukee as rot clad police enforced Mayor Henry Maier’s 30 day ban on marches. The clash left two injured amid flying debris with police sweeping the area after a second night of protests led by Father James Groppi and the Milwaukee Youth Council.
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Milwaukee
Naacp Youth Council
Freedom House
Council
Wis
Henry Maier
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Maier
St. Boniface Church
James E. Groppi
Negro Mer Core
Youth Council
Father Groppi
Freedon House
Oshkosh Marine Pfc. Wounded in Vietnam Action
Mrs. Rose Widzinski of Oshkosh received word that her son Marine Pfc. Thomas Widzinski was wounded Tuesday in Vietnam near Da Nang. The telegram from the Marine Corps headquarters cited a fragmentation wound in his right arm from a hostile explosive device. He joined the Marines in October of the previous year.
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Rose Widzinski
Central St
Pfc
Thomas Widzinski
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Oshkosh
da Nang
Widzinski
Budget Is Adopted By Library Board
The Oshkosh Public Library board adopted a 1968 budget of 340,607, an 85,642 rise over the current year with salaries rising 38,155. City levy for 1969 would total 295,807, up from 222,763 in 1967, as salaries, maintenance, and service contracts expand for the central library.
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Oshkosh
Oid
Leonard B. Archer
Archer
Southside
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
IBM
Winnebago County
John Hicks Trust Fund
Red Arrow Association
Red Arrow Park
Lincoln
Lincoln School
RFK Downgrades Vietnam Priority in Domestic Crisis Clash
Senator Robert F Kennedy argues that Vietnam cannot eclipse domestic troubles and urban crises. He cites President Johnson and warns the nation faces its gravest domestic crisis since the Civil War. Other lawmakers weigh in on optimism and the legitimacy of South Vietnam elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps Commandment
Vietnam
U.S
New York Democrat
Johnson
Walls of Flame Foresters Call For Assistance
In Portland Oregon AP reports that the U S Forest Service has deployed every available man and machine to fight more than 2 000 fires this summer in the Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington. Bombers helicopters smokejumpers infrared planes and ground crews aid in battling fires across 26 million acres while new retardant mixtures and 30 pound pumps speed up suppression efforts. A record drought fuels the inferno as foresters praise aerial weapons for saving the bacon and keeping fires controllable.
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Portland
Orc
U.S. Forest Service
Pacific Northwest
Bill Wood
Forest Service
Oregon
Washington
Willamette National Forest
The
Wood
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le Thanh Nghi
Nghi
Army
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
Defense
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Senate
United Nations
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.N
Frank Lausche
Stuart Symington
Edward V. Long
Guentin N. Burdick
S. Vietnam
Thailand
Tonkin Gulf
Navy Aé
Navy
Haiphong
Hoa Lac
Air Force
Red China
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Abe
Society
Weather Fm
Winnebagoland
Oshkosh Marine
Library Board
RFK
Greene
American Legion
Boston
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stennis
Kennedy
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Daniel K. Inouye
D-Hawaii
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