Vietnamese Elections Set Amid Saigon Offensive
Saigon presses local elections in 3,900 hamlets as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese rockets and mortars strike over 50 towns. The offensive, now in its seventh day, has caused civilian casualties and highlighted troop movements from Cambodia into South Vietnam. Casualties: dozens killed on both sides. total allied losses reported as hundreds.
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Cambodia
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Associated Press
Edwin Q. White
Marine Corps
Nixon De Gaulle hold cordial talks at Versailles palace
Paris AP report says President Nixon and President De Gaulle conferred for about an hour and a half at the Trianon Palace in Versailles. Interpreters accompanied them as spokesmen gave no details. Nixon planned to meet South Vietnam’s Ky before Rome, amid Vietnam and European ties concerns. The pair aimed to ease Allied strains over Vietnam and focus on Western Europe as Nixon wrapped his Western Europe trip.
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France
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Ronald L. Ziegler
U.S
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South Vietnam
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Saigon
Quai D'Orsay
Grand Trianon
Quai D’orsay
Deadly And Costly Year In American Road Toll
New York AP report shows automobile accidents cost the U.S. economy 14.2 billion dollars in 1968, up 1.8 billion from 1967. A record 66,500 traffic deaths occurred, 4.5 percent above the 1967 toll of 68,100, driven by lost wages medical costs and property damage.
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Insurance Information Institute
Institute
Apollo 9 Crew Cleared to Launch Monday Time
Doctors said Apollo 9 astronauts McDivitt Schweickart and Scott were "much improved" after a cold. After rest and light exercise the crew was cleared to launch at 11 a.m. Monday, with a planned Sunday checkup and possible schedule tweaks for future flights.
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Cyclones Meet Paola In 3 A Regional Opener
Ottawa High hosts Paola in the first round of the 3 A regional basketball tournament at the OHS gym next week. The Cyclones play in the tournament’s second game on Wednesday at 8 30 after Garnett St. Joseph. Tuesday’s action features Osawatomie vs Washburn Rural of Topeka and De Soto vs Gardner. Semifinals occur Thursday at 7 and 8 30 with consolation and championship games Friday at the same times.
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Gardner
Jury Clears Shaw in Kennedy Conspiracy Case
A New Orleans jury found Clay L. Shaw not guilty of conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, after a four day trial. The verdict drew a shocked, noisy reaction in court as prosecutors led by Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison faced defeat.
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Dim Garrison
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Powe
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Warren’ Commission
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Eisenhower's health strained by pneumonia after surgery
Washington AP reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 78, remains in Walter Reed with a heart under strain from pneumonia complicating recovery from intestinal surgery. Doctors say heart action is being monitored and his condition is essentially unchanged, resting comfortably as antibiotics treat the pneumonia. President Nixon was kept informed as the Pentagon noted the onset of pneumonia ending a week of hopeful progress.
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Sirhan's Outburst Triggers Judge's Gag Rule in Kennedy Murder Case
In Los Angeles AP report Sirhan Bishara Sirhan sworn to plead guilty to first degree murder and seek execution for slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. He refused counsel demanding self defense while Judge Herbert V. Walker warned he will gag and strap him if disruptions continue. Sirhan pressed the guilty plea amid tense courtroom exchanges as his mother wept nearby and defense lawyers signaled readiness to withdraw.
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