Russ Czech Confrontation Shakes East West Ties
Henry Shapiro reviews the Czechoslovak crisis as Soviet intervention jolts NATO and deepens East West tensions. Brezhnev Doctrine justifies force, Western protests rise, detente daggers pause as Nixon Kosygin seek talks. Summit possibilities loom for 1969.
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HENRY SHAPIRO _MORCOW
UF 1
Texas
Czechoslovakia
Europe
NATO
Antonin Novotny
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Johnson
United States
Farmers Take Record Yield Across 1968 Output
Washington reports American farmers harvested record crops in 1968 with bumper wheat corn and soybeans lifting output to a peak while prices sagged. Large grain surpluses led many farmers to place harvest under federal price support loans as direct government payments for production control programs were forecast to reach a record 3.5 billion dollars, up from 3.1 billion in 1967.
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Washington
Year in Review Highlights Riots Change and Onassis Tie
The year saw fewer deaths and less property damage, with debates over slum conditions and rising Black militant sentiment. It notes a shift toward self help within the Negro community, the ascent of the World Black identity, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wedding to Aristotle Onassis on a Greek island amid Catholic concerns.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Scorpios
Black Panthers
Scorpeis
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
John F. Kennedy
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Richard M. Nixon
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Alexei N. Kosygin
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Kyril Mazurov
America
Long Beach Blvd
Datsun and
SABR
Long Beach Motors
Jack Watkins
G.I.C
G.M.C
Diamond Reo Trucks
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
Jim Snowford
Paramount
Puccini
Mr. Nicolette
Circle Motors, Inc
Volkswagen
Porsche
Lakewood Blvd
L.B
Sunshine Convalescent Hospital
Tenderloin Prime Rid Capital
Gloria Marshall
East Ocean
Lakewood
California
E. 2Nd Street
Belmont Shore
Hubert's Cafeteria
Stoapway
Hubert Rust
East Broadway
White Cross Discount
Pine Ave
Huntington Park
Inglewood
East
Los Angeles
Glendale
Riverside
Lancaster
Canoga Park
Department Store of Electronics
Lafayette Radio Electronics Associate Store
Atlantic
Buena Pare
Beach Blvd
la Fonda
Colorado ST
Beach City Construction
E. 10Th St. Long Beach
Jerry Benzi
Pacific Coast
Hwy
Plaza Theatre
Rex Harrison
DR. Doolittle
Fred Parking
Palo Verde
Spring
Sweden
E. Broadway
Jack Yameskila
USDA
Orange Long Beach
E. Angheim
Robinson's Cafeteria
Sal
Sun
4Th St
Hubert Host
Shoreline
Note Roberts
E. Ocean Blvd
Pacific Holiday Towers
Belshore Restaurant
Jim
Takis
Belshore
E. 2Nd
Lobsterland
Eastern Seafoosteas
E. Alondra Blvd
Compton
Park Nursery
10Th St
3-T Firestone
Cherry Ave
Toby's
Bellflower Blvd
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