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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1968
Page
6
Washington AP reports Democrats favored to retain control of Congress amid a tight three way race for president. House delegations could decide the presidency if electoral votes are inconclusive, while the Senate would likely remain under GOP influence with contests in 34 seats.
U S negotiators delayed new Paris talks to press Saigon for entry while North Vietnam and the Viet Cong push to broaden the conference. Thieu’s government held demonstrations in Saigon, but public turnout was small and there was no anti American violence. The U S ambassador to Saigon affirmed the goal of an honorable peace and rejected a forced coalition including the NLF. The NLF delegation arrived with ceremony and set up in Paris opposite the North Vietnamese camp.
In Amman Jordan armored cars and troops patrolled the capital after Monday’s street fighting left 16 dead and 40 wounded. King Hussein banned demonstrations and imposed an 18 hour curfew to curb clashes between loyal troops and Palestinian guerrilla groups. The government blamed the Victory Phalanges for initiating the violence and vowed severe penalties. Interceptions at checkpoints continued while negotiations with major Palestinian groups were reported ongoing. Israeli torpedo boats reportedly attacked Egyptian tankers near the Gulf of Suez, and at the U.N. Abba Eban met Jarring amid growing doubt a peace settlement is near.
Miami Beach taxi driver recounts the hijacker taking control and declaring a black nationalist mission. Passengers describe the gun threat, the demand for money deemed contraband of war, and the crew’s forced cockpit access. Cuban officials later received the plane and passengers were evacuated to Veradero.
New York AP reports the State Division of Human Rights required Yonkers landlord Leo Zaccaro to pay $600 to Juanita and Cornelius Miller for expenses after he refused to rent a four room apartment to a Negro family in April 1967 and later rented it to a white family. The payout matches the two year rent difference between Zaccaro’s unit and a comparable unit rented by the Millers.
New York AP reports polls split as voting begins. A Harris poll shows Humphrey at 43 percent to Nixon 40 percent, with Gallup placing Nixon at 42 percent to 40, Wallace at 14, and 4 percent undecided. Margin of error 3 to 4 percent keeps a near dead heat possible.
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