Students in Czechoslovakia demand press freedoms during sit-in
About 100,000 university students in Bohemia and Moravia sit in for a second day demanding freedom of assembly travel and a six month cap on censorship. Journalists in Prague warned that ending free expression would end reforms begun in January and prepared to strike if targeted. The Communist Central Committee announced measures to curb leaflets and mass resolutions while declaring media must serve socialism and party policy.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Bohemia
Moravia
Communist Party Central Committee
Soviet Union
Timmons Named Nixon Aide In Incoming Administration
William E. Timmons, longtime Republican operative and administrative assistant to Rep. William E. Brock, is slated to become a special assistant to President elect Richard M. Nixon. He will aid Bryce Harlow in congressional relations for the Nixon administration.
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Nashville, Tenn
William E. Timmons
William E. Brock
Nashville Tennessean
Nashville
Timmons
Richard M. Nixon
Edmund Willingham
Washington
Bryce Harlow
Nixon
Strike affects Creedmoor patients. evacuations ordered
About half the patients at Creedmoor State Mental Hospital in Queens have been transferred or sent home as a strike by hospital employees disrupts operations. Partial evacuations spread to Bronx State and Manhattan State Hospitals with potential to reach Rockland State Hospital. Governor Rockefeller denounced the move as a union power play while Council 50 AFL CIO seeks sole bargaining rights for non professional workers across 24 mental hospitals and 12 schools.
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New York
Creedmoor State Mental Hospital
Queens
Bronx State Hospital
Manhattan State Hospital
Rockland State Hospital
Orangeburg
Creedmoor
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Council 50
Afl-Cio American Federation of
Rockefeller
Civil Service Employer Association
Havana ends hijack with Mexican plane return to Mexico City
Seventeen passengers and five crew members aboard a Mexican air liner returning to Mexico City after a hijack to Havana. The hijacker demanded a bomb threat to force a course change. Among the passengers are four Americans and three Canadians.
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Havana
J. Taylor
A. Gomez
Tampa
Fla
J. Culhaney
Baltimore
Toronto
Walter Olson
Irone
Robert Merler
Yucatan Peninsula
Villahermosa
Minatitlan
Veracruz
Jose Ruiz Hernandez
Merida
Ana Maria Gallesgos
Ruiz
Plane Crash Into Mohawk River Kills Two
A private twin engined plane crashed into the Mohawk River during landing near Albany County killing Frank Emil Lowenstein 48 of San Juan Teotihuacan Mexico and Edgar Sloan 29 of New York City. Four other men were injured in the Monday night accident.
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Albany
N.Y
Mohawk River
Albany County
Frank Emil Lowenstein
Georgia
San Juan Teotihuacan
Mexico
Edgar Sloan
New York City
Lowenstein
Sloan
U S and Vietnamese troops kill 181 and seize 200 in two ops
U S and South Vietnamese forces report 181 enemy killed and over 200 prisoners or suspects captured in two operations 450 miles apart. One front south of Da Nang and another 115 miles southwest of Saigon. Casualties include civilians and soldiers, and a B 52 crash occurred off Okinawa with seven crewmen safe.
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U. S
S. Vietnamese
Saigon
U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Namese
Okinawa
New York Schools Reopen After Prolonged Teachers Strike
About a million children and 55,000 teachers returned to regular classes in New York City as the United Federation of Teachers faced initial harassment concerns in some schools. Ocean Hill Browns ville trustees delayed returns to arrange assignments while a state watchdog panel monitors the district. Mayor Lindsay urged healing divisions and focusing on educational progress.
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United Federation of Teachers
New York City
New York
Bronx
UFT
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Herbert F. Johnson
Albert Shanker
Shanker
John M. Lindsay
European leaders vow to prevent franc collapse amid crisis
Paris reports President de Gaulle and Premier Couve de Murville plus Finance Minister Ortoli discussing the European financial crisis. Markets showed pressure on the pound while officials touted stability for the franc though no concrete steps were announced. Basle central bank governors reportedly discussed potential measures in secret.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
Francois-Xavier Ortoli
Couve de Murville
France
Passenger Boat Sinks After Docking Collision in Cebu
A Cebu docking crash sank the interisland passenger boat Irma after colliding with the 5338 ton British freighter Eastern Moon from Hong Kong. Early reports listed 200 missing but later only under 10 unaccounted for, with 46 saved and no deaths found as rescue divers faced winds water and oil slicks.
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Manila
Interisland
Cebu
Philippines
Irma
Hong Kong
Manila Daily Mirror
Mirror
DOT Plans December Release Of $600 Million Highway Funds
Washington AP reports the Department of Transportation will release $600 million in federal-aid highway funds, frozen since September 6, to curb inflation.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
NCR strike hits Dayton after wildcat walkout
Dayt on Ohio AP reports NCR Employees Independent Union members initiated an unexplained wildcat strike at National Cash Register Co despite progress in contract talks. The action marked the first strike at the Dayton plant.
Dirksen Checks Into Livingston Hospital for Checkup
Sen Everett Dirksen, 72, Republican Senate minority leader, checked into St Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston New Jersey for a few days for a checkup. He underwent a full battery of tests after arriving Monday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said.
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Senate
Humphrey Talks Apollo 8 Crew on Christmas Moon Flight
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey meets Apollo 8 astronauts at Cape Kennedy Florida to review countdown and readiness for the around the moon flight set for Christmas time.
Medal of Honor Given to Vietnam Chaplain Priest
Capt. Angelo J. Lucky the first Roman Catholic priest to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam accepts the decoration from President Johnson. He was credited with carrying more than 20 wounded soldiers to an evacuation point on December 6 as his company faced heavy fire near Phuoc Lac.
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Washington
Vietnam
Angelo J. Lucky
Johnson
Phuoc Lac
Rusk Still Has Flu During Lisbon Visit
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk conferred with Portuguese officials in Lisbon though still ill with an upper respiratory infection. He arrived from Madrid and met Foreign Minister Franco Nogueira, with plans to see Prime Minister Marcello Caetano later, but he declined a luncheon.
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Lisbon
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Spain
Madrid
Franco Nogueira
Marcello Caetano
Nogueira
Royal Tour Ends in Brazil After South America Visit
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip concluded a two week goodwill tour of Chile and Brazil and the first visit by a British monarch to South America. Officials praised large crowds and expect better Britain Latin America trade.
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Recife
Brazil
Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
London
Chile
South America
Britain
Italian premier Leone resigns to clear path for left coalition
Premier Giovanni Leone's minority government resigned to allow a new center left majority. Prime Minister Giuseppe Saragat accepted the move and asked Leone to remain until a new cabinet is formed.
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Rome
Giovanni Leone
Ity
Giuseppe Saragat
Nixon Plans Unity Drive As Core of New Administration
President-elect Nixon, resting on Mermaid Beach in the Bahamas, signals unity as a keynote goal. He stresses communication, openness to the press, and cabinet inclusivity with Democrats to ease national unrest before Dec 5 cabinet announcements.
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Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Bahamas
Mermaid Beach
Grand Cay
Bahama Islands
Congress Faces Slow Start as Nixon Takes Office
With the 91st Congress convening January 3, action is muted awaiting Richard M. Nixon's inauguration and his proposed program. The notable exception may be Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, while Johnson appointments seek Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Johnson
White House
Negro Students Occupy St. Cloud State College Office
About 15 Black students held the president’s office at St. Cloud State College for seven hours claiming grievances. They demanded a cultural center, more Black students and instructors, Negro history courses, and removal of racist textbooks. An agreement was announced after newsmen were admitted.
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ST. Cloud, Minn
Robert Wick
St. Cloud State College
Jackie Kennedy Returns to U S From London
Jackie Kennedy Onassis arrives in the United States for the first time since her wedding to Aristotle Onassis. She travels aboard a Trans World Airlines jet from London, delays blamed on fog and refueling. Christina Onassis meets her in New York as John and Caroline Kennedy miss the return due to weather.
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New York
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
United States
London
Aristotle Onassis
John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy
Onassis
Skor
South Viet Nearing Decision to Join Paris Talks
Saigon sources indicate the government is moving toward sending a delegation to Paris peace talks with a slim chance of Ky leading. Premier Huong suggested no current plan to attend, signaling a softening boycott as Saigon and Washington seek a compromise formula.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mier Tran van Huong
Vung Tau
Huong
Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
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