Czechs aim to avoid UN debate on Soviet invasion
Czechoslovakia plans to urge the UN General Assembly to skip discussing the Soviet led invasion while leaders negotiate in Moscow for troop withdrawal. Acting Foreign Minister Vaclav Pleskat will address the General Assembly as Prague calls for restraint and emphasizes unity with the Kremlin talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
Czechoslovakia
U.N. General Assembly
Moscow
Vaclav Pleskat
Assembly
Pleskot
Cernik
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Rusk
Gromyko
Steering Committee Heads Planning Group
The area community development group announced its steering committee selections and six study areas for Ottawa and Franklin County. Dr. A. B. Martin directs temporarily. seven elected and seven appointed members include Floyd Coffman and Commissioner George Atchison. Youth observer Linda Showalter, minority representative Rev S E Hopkins, and labor rep Fred Winterscheid join, with city Mayor Lamar Phillips presenting on behalf of the city. The study areas cover government, economic development and housing, health, education and social services, youth, beautification and recreation, and cultural and spiritual resources.
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Area Community Development Group
A. B. Martin
Ottawa
Franklin County
Martin
Allies Take Toll In Fighting Near Cambodian Line
Allied forces reported 150 enemy troops killed in heavy fighting near the Cambodian border toward Sai Gon. An American helicopter was shot down during ammunition drop. four Americans were killed and two wounded. Earlier, a Chinook helicopter and Caribou transport collided near Hue killing 24 Americans and leaving no survivors.
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Air Force
Hue
Cambodia
Air Force Caribou
Camp Evans
U.S. 1St. Air Cavalry Division
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Panhandle
Pleiku City
Central Highlands
County Forecast Partly cloudy with cooler tonight
Partly cloudy and not so cool tonight and Saturday with scattered light rain or thundershowers possible Saturday. Lows tonight in the upper 40s and highs Saturday in the 70s. Thursday’s high 65, today’s low 32, high 86 a year ago, low 61 a year ago, record high 94 in 1963, record low 32 in 1968. Hourly temps ending at 8 am. Barometer 30.33.
Open adult education classes in Ottawa area
Adult education classes remain available for enrollment at Ottawa schools. Monday sessions include women's fitness at Ottawa High School gym and men's fitness at the south junior high gym. Evening classes cover office machines and typing in OHS room 306. Tuesday offerings include typing in OHS room 306 and tailoring in junior high sewing room. Additional arts, drawing, metalwork and welding may run if enrollment is sufficient.
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Ottawa
OHS
Reagan anger at Chico students sparks education remark
Ronald Reagan faced hostile Chico State College students and faculty on Thursday, retorting that they should “damn well get your education somewhere else” before apologizing for the profanity. He said he would not stand by while a minority of dissidents and faculty members tear down great institutions stone by stone.
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Chico
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Chico State College
Games Still On For Embattled Mexican Capital
In Mexico City crowds burned trolley cars while military and police kept watch near Olympic venues as protests and violence surged. Despite the unrest, officials and IOC head Avery Brundage affirmed the Olympic Games would open as planned, with security tightened around stadiums and events through October 27.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Marcelino Garcia Barragan
Aztec Stadium
Brundage
Wallace LeMay ticket fuels Wallace foes in 1968 race
The Wallace LeMay selection drew new attacks on the third party with LeMay saying a nuclear weapon is just another weapon in the arsenal and could be justified in certain cases. Reaction from Nixon Humphrey Agnew and Muskie framed debates on civilian control and war policy while ballot rules and electoral signals shaped the campaign.
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Curtis E. LeMay
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Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Atlanta
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Hubert H. Humphrey
West Virginia
Humphrey
Edmund S&s. Muskie
Wallace
Spiro T. Agnew
Missouri
Agnew
George Wallace
Washington
Strategic Air Command
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