Soviet unmanned Zond 6 circles moon after Zond 5 feat
Tass reported Zond 6, launched Sunday, looped around the moon at a minimum distance of 1,502 miles and remained in contact. The mission echoed Zond 5 in September, with expectations unclear on a return to Earth as with Zond 5.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Earth
Jodrell Bank Observatory
England
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Indian Ocean
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Lovell
Prisoner Dies After Lacking Medical Aid in Jails
Sheriff reports 52 year old Sher man H Burroughs died in a Erie county jail wheelchair after being ill since arrest Monday. Doctor says natural causes. Burroughs, arrested Monday by city police for suspected disorderly conduct, died awaiting a court appearance as medical staff were unavailable.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Erie County
Sherman H. Burroughs
B. John Tutuska
Burroughs
Storm Shakes Seaside Home as Winds Top 85 MPH
A seaside house at Westhampton Beach Long Island was jolted from its foundations by high winds and huge tides. Montauk reported winds near 85 miles per hour forcing almost 100 families to evacuate as Atlantic shore communities endured the storm.
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Westhampton Beach
Long Island
N. Y
Montauk
Nixon Eyes Early Budget Director Pick
President-elect Richard M. Nixon is leaning toward an early announcement for the federal budget director post. Possible candidates include T Norman Hurd of New York State and Caspar Weinberger of California. Maurice Stans is not seeking the role. Johnson’s impending budget limits may push Nixon to appoint his own selection promptly. Nixon, in New York, is coordinating White House staff and future cabinet talent between staff conferences and a Broadway outing with the family.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
T. Norman Hurd
New York State
Caspar Weinberger
California
Maurice Stans
Budget Bureau
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Johnson
Congress
White House
Nixon Will Be Consulted On Foreign Policy
Dent-elect Richard M. Nixon said Johnson assured him that the incoming president will be consulted in advance of any major foreign policy decision before the inauguration.
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Nixon
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
U Conn Demonstrators Question President in Cold Session
More than 100 protesters faced University of Connecticut President Homer Babbidge in a three hour Q and A after a march on administration buildings. Earlier occupancies and a girl student injury were reported during the campus unrest and calls for amnesty for eight students and four faculty members.
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Babbidge
van der Mehden
Dow Chemical Co
AP prize winner predicts Dubcek regime may fall under Soviet pressure
AP newsman Peter Rehak warned at the AP Managing Editors convention that the Dubcek government in Czechoslovakia could topple under Moscow pressure with time on the Russians side. Rehak stressed democratic yearnings would endure despite likely reforms failing. Edward Adams won AP photographer honors for a Tet offensive Saigon image.
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AP Prize
Dubcek
Oklahoma City
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Peter Rehak
Rehak
Edward T. Adams
APME
Adams
Heaviest fighting in weeks on Cambodian border
Near 60 miles north of Saigon, about 1 000 North Vietnamese attacked Landing Zone Dot held by South Vietnamese rangers and a U S howitzer battery. The clash left 287 enemy dead, four South Vietnamese killed, and no American casualties. U S forces reported 50 North Vietnamese killed in two earlier fights in the same area.
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U. S
Cambodian
Saigon
U.S
Highlands
An Khe
Washington
U.S. Command
North
South Vietnam
Davis
Canberra
Dmz
Gio Linh
Hanoi
State Department
United States
North Vietnam
U S Warns N Viet GIs DMZ Violations Threaten Talks
The United States warned North Vietnam that continued DMZ violations could derail the Paris peace talks. State Department said three shelling incidents near the DMZ have occurred since last Saturday and urged Hanoi to curb such actions.
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U. S
Washington
United States
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Paris
U.S
State Department
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Secre
Lincoln National Bank to open Oswego branch near University Mall
The Controller of the Currency reports approval for Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company of Central New York to establish a branch near the proposed University Mall in Oswego New York. Spokesman says location not definite and the opening is slated for summer 1969.
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Washington
Lincoln National Bank and Trust Company
Central New
York
University Mall
Oswego
N. Y
Lincoln
Nixon selects Ehrlichman as counsel to the president
President elect Richard Nixon names John D. Ehrlichman a Seattle attorney and eight year political aide as counsel to the president. Ehrlichman will advise on White House affairs and staff matters.
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Man
Seattle
Syracuse executive receives conditional discharge in Kenne dy funeral pistol case
Gary R. Dedell of Syracuse was granted a conditional discharge by a three judge panel in Criminal Court for illegal possession of a pistol at Senator Robert F. Kennedy's funeral. The bench imposed a license requirement and bars him from carrying any firearm without a license.
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NEW York
Gary R. Dedell
Syracuse, N. Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Daniel Weiss
Hyman Splniker
William Shea
Dedell
Hanoi Refuses to Negotiate Without Viet Cong Presence
North Vietnam stated it would not resume Paris peace talks with the United States unless the Viet Cong National Liberation Front is included at the table. A Hanoi spokesman called Defense Secretary Clifford’s stance ambiguous and urged clear conditions for any possible negotiation. Clifford suggested the United States could proceed without Saigon on military matters, prompting North Vietnam to demand a two sided conference including Viet Cong.
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Tary
Clifford
State Department
DMZ
Carl E. Barth
Saigon
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
Northietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
Paris
Nguyen van Thieu
ALF
Hanoi
Clark W. Clifford
Democratic Republic of North Vietnam
Baker seeks new trial over tainted evidence
Former Senate Democrat aide Bobby Baker who was convicted of income tax evasion asks for a new trial in U S District Court Washington claiming tainted evidence was used. He argues newly uncovered material from Nevada Lt. Gov. Clifford A. Jones’s perjury case should have been suppressed and would affect his conviction.
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Washington (Ap
Robert G
Bobby” Baker
Senate
Democrats
U.S. District Court
Baker
Clifford A. Jones
Nevada
US pledges NATO unity while seeking fair burden share
In Brussels the United States assured NATO allies that Nixon will not alter the U S commitment to defend Western Europe. Defense Secretary Clark M Clifford and Secretary of State Dean Rusk acknowledged to 14 NATO partners that Americans feel they bear a disproportionate defense burden.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Western Europe
Clark M. Clifford
Dean Rusk
NATO
Army to grant early discharges for Christmas return
The Pentagon announced that some U S armed forces personnel will be discharged early so they can be home for Christmas Liberal leave policies will also be in effect this season as in previous years.
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Washington
U.S
Pentagon
Three Yemeni Arabs Plead Innocent in Nixon Conspiracy
In New York three Yemeni men, a father and his two sons, pleaded innocent to conspiring to assassinate President-elect Richard Nixon.
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New York
Central Committee Meets in Prague Amid Reform Fear
The Communist Party core in Prague held a crucial session at Prague Castle as fears grew it would erase this year's liberal reforms. The meeting threatened party chief Alexander Dubcek, who has faced daily political peril since the Soviet invasion on August 20.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Community Party
Prague Castle
Alexander Dubcek
San Francisco State Suspends Classes Amid Campus Violence
San Francisco State College suspended classes for 18,000 students after week of vandalism and violence tied to a black student union strike. President Robert R. Smith ordered the halt until normal operations could resume. Police were called twice in half an hour as demonstrators hurled rocks and cans, eight arrested including seven for felonious assault on an officer. A small group of faculty intervened to calm tensions.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
Ming
Robert R. Smith
Smith
Feuding Bishops Threaten Quick Accord On Birth Control
Washington AP reports a fierce clash among American Catholic bishops over a pastoral letter on birth control and the Vietnam war. A closed meeting produced intense debate and a night of rewriting as a seven member panel pressed to shape the statement. The dispute centers on interpreting Pope Paul VI's encyclical banning artificial birth control and possible exceptions by conscience.
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Washington
America
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Nam
Paul VI
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