Romney to Announce Plans in Fall
Michigan Governor George W. Romney builds political fences in New Hampshire as a leading GOP booster says he will announce by year end that Romney plans to seek the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. Leonard Hall notes a late fall or early winter reveal after a private meeting with about 100 top New Hampshire Republicans. Romney says if he runs, New Hampshire will host his first vote bid during a four day visit to meet significant state GOP figures. He meets reporters on the porch of The Anchorage, the Marriott summer home.
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George W. Romney
Leonard Hall
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Romney
Hall
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Anchorage
J. Willard Marriott
Romneys
Soo Line Opposes North Western Milwaukee Road Merger
Leonard H. Murray of the Soo Line told an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing that a Chicago & North Western Milwaukee Road merger could harm Soo Line earnings by about 5 million dollars annually. He urged protections including improved access, neutral switching, and extended service rights in Wisconsin and Fox River Valley regions to preserve competition.
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Fighting In Congo Told
The government radio reported intense fighting in Bukavu between Congolese forces and foreign mercenaries with the eastern Congo described as grave. Mercenaries were airlifted to Bukavu and Kisangani, while Congolese troops counter attacked in Kisangani. Mobutu declared a countrywide state of emergency and accused invaders from Western countries before the UN.
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Katanga
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U. S
Truston F. Crigier
Washington
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Girl Killed by Train in Glencoe Illinois
A 16 year old Wisconsin girl, Denise of Green Bay, was struck and killed by a Chicago and North Western passenger train in Glencoe. Police say she ran in front of the on rushing train believing it stopped at the Glencoe station. The incident follows a fragmented Congo news briefing involving Mobutu, Tshombe, and mercenaries in Kisangani and Bukavu with diplomatic tensions escalating.
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Marine given 15 years for 1966 kidnapping
Ronald Brinkman 22 of Lombard Sr. was sentenced to 15 years at hard labor in Waupun State Prison on two counts of Tape. The sentences run concurrently after a two day Dane County manhunt for the July 1966 rural Monticello girl kidnapping. Brinkman, an AWOL Marine, pled guilty and was named in multiple Illinois want warrants.
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Dane County Dist. Atty
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John Riley
State Department of Public Welfare
Central State Hospital
Illinois
Rusk vows US stay in Vietnam until free choice secured
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Lions International delegates in Chicago that the United States will stay in Vietnam until the South Vietnamese people can choose their own government. Demonstrators protested the war outside and were ejected as Rusk spoke about broader foreign policy issues from Vietnam to the Middle East and relations with the Communist world.
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Vietnam
Dean Rusk
United States
Rusk
Lions International
Edward M. Lindsey
Lawrenceburg
Middle East
Artist Admits Giving $10,000 To Viet Cong
Plattsburgh Press Republican says artist Rockwell Kent, guest of the Soviet Union in Moscow and Lenin prize winner, confirmed donating 10000 to North Vietnam’s Liberation Front. Kent’s handwritten note to Soviet ambassador Nguyen Phe Chan quotes his protest at U S invasion. The paper cites Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 as governing such aid.
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N.Y
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Rockwell Kent
Plattsburgh Press Republican
Kent
Soviet Union
Moscow
North Vietnam
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Vietnam
Liberation Front
Washington
Egypt Claims Victory Near Suez Canal Port Said
United Press International reports Egypt declares victory over Israeli forces near Port Said and Port Fuad after a defensive stand by Arab troops. Cairo papers cite a military communique amid UN General Assembly paralysis and growing Arab reactions to the ceasefire crisis.
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General Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
Highway Bill Re-Examined by Wisconsin Legislature
Six senators and assemblymen will meet Friday to craft a compromise on Gov. Warren Knowles road safety package amid a week of traffic deaths. The panel may rework or kill the bill, with Senate leaders pushing for action before recess while Assembly Republicans press for a final vote.
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UPI
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Knowles
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Conference Committee
Assembly Republicans
Gerald Lorge
R-Bear
Teen-Age Riots to Grow at Resort Areas Says Sociologist
CHICAGO AP The predicted rise of student and teen uprisings at known resort sites is linked to youths seeking autonomy away from their routines. Northwestern University sociologist Berard Beck compares these actions to outdoor sports, noting police vigilance and differing views on fun. He suggests meeting of minds or tailored resort zones to reduce tensions.
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America
Berard Beck
Northwestern University
Beck
Lake Geneva
Wis
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Fla
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