Czechs Permit Troops In Exchange For USSR Liberal Recognition
Communist outlets report Prague prepared to return with an agreement allowing Soviet troops to stay in Czechoslovakia in exchange for Kremlin recognition of the liberalized leadership. The talks, led by President Ludvik Svoboda, centered on preserving the leading role of the Communist Party and tightening media control.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Communist Party
Ludvik Svoboda
Dresden
Warsaw
Cierna
Bratislava
Czechoslovak Communist Party
West
Miss Bowlby to Represent Area Teachers at Bedford Conference
Miss Loris Bowlby head teacher at Patriot Street School was elected representative of the Somerset Area Education Association to the Classroom Teachers conference at Bedford Springs October 17 19. Frank Bingman was named alternate and Alma Crawford urged professional awareness and funding for education during a day of meetings and speeches by school staff and leaders.
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Loris Bowlby
Patriot Street
Somerset Area Education Association
Bedford Springs
Somerset Area
Frank Bingman
Alma K. Crawford
Pennsylvania
Hickman
Miss Crawford
Howard Trexel
Somerset Parent Teacher Association
Henry B. Reiley Jr
Eisenhower Remains Critically Ill As Heart Irritability Increases
President Eisenhower, 77, remains in critical condition at Walter Reed as doctors report a further rise in heart irritability. The bulletin notes the irregularity is not immediately life threatening but remains serious, with electrocardiograms showing continuous activity and episodes including ventricular fibrillation among past events. He rests comfortably and has a light breakfast.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gun gaining as weapon in U S murders
FBI figures show guns used in 63 percent of more than 12 000 homicides last year a 17 percent rise over 1966 Handguns accounted for 48 percent of all murders The data also suggest gun control states had fewer gun deaths than those without controls
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Washington
FBI
United States
Routes Urged For School Children
Parents urged to map a walk route for children to school with Somerset Borough Police Chief George Jock. Drivers should stop at crosswalks to drop off pupils and children must cross at crosswalks. the first two weeks are the hardest. School guards and posts listed: South Center Ave and Church St Mrs Casebeer. West Union St and Rosina Ave Mrs Zeigler. South Edgewood Ave and Church St Mrs Migot. East Main St and Kimberly Ave Mrs Davidson. West Patriot St and Rosina Ave Mrs Halverson. West Main St and Rosina Ave Mrs Beckner.
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Somerset
George Jock
Jock
South Center Avenue
Church Street
Paul Casebeer
West Union Street
Rosina Avenue
Donald Zeigler
South Edgewood Avenue
Joseph Migot
East Main Street
Kimberly Avenue
James Davidson
West Patroit Street
Erma Halverson
West Main Street
Wilma Beckner
Democratic Platform Floor Fight Assured
The Democratic Platform Committee subpanel rejected a halt in bombing North Vietnam, proposing a contingent pause tied to troop safety and Hanoi’s de escalation. McCarthy McGovern factions oppose, Humphrey favored conditions for a broader pause, with full committee action expected to confirm the plan.
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Chcago
Vietnam
Platform Committee
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Phillip Burton
California
Allies Claim Over Six Thousand Enemies Killed in Eight Days
Allied commanders report more than 6,000 enemy casualties in the past eight days in the northern I Corps area of South Vietnam. Marine units near Con Thien say they killed 52, with light casualties. The Duc Lap siege ends after 600 Green Berets and Montagnards are rescued, but losses rise with aircraft and helicopter downings.
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Saigon
U.S
Con Thien
Tay Ninh
Mekong Delta
Green Berets
Duc Lap
North Vietnam
South China Sea
By-Pass Emphasis Guides Somerset Planning Meetings
The Somerset Borough Planning Commission heard a report by Phillip Froeder of Harland Bartholomew urging another letter to the state highway department to press for a quick decision on the R. A. Gilmour central business district by-pass. The by-pass tops both borough and county priorities and a special Sept. 16 meeting will tackle urban reports with final recommendations due at the Sept. 23 session.
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R. A. Gilmour Central Business District
Somerset Borough Planning Commission
Phillip Froeder
Harland, Bartholomew and Associates
State Department of Highways
Borough Planning Commission
Gilmour
County Planning Commission
Froeder
Planning Commission
Kennedy Declines Nomination On First Ballot At Democratic Convention
Sen Edward Kennedy overruled a draft Kennedy bid by telephone to head the Democratic ticket. He told Michael V. DiSalle he did not want his name placed in nomination. Humphrey campaigned for first ballot support as McCarthy aides predicted no first ballot win.
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Walter R. Mears
Chicago
Edward M. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Chica
Kennedy Brothers
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
Kennedy
Richard Drayne
Washington
Massachusetts
DiSalle
Drayne
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
Patrick J. Lucey
McCarthy
FBI reports 1967 crime up 16 percent with 3.8 million cases
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cites a broad rise in serious crime in 1967 led by violence, with 3.8 million offenses and 494000 violent crimes. The report notes declines in case solvability and links youth to urban violence while crime clocks illustrate frequent assaults robberies and property crimes.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Cereus In Bloom At Local Home
The Christmas flower known as the night blooming Cereus bloomed Sunday evening at Mrs. Minnie M. Shaulis home at 1004 Park Avenue. The flower opened for several hours marking a second bloom this year and displayed Nativity symbols in its stamens and star center.
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Minnie Shaulis
Park Avenue
Minnie M. Shaulis
Defense Rests In Bribery Trial Of Barron Five
The defense in the bribery conspiracy trial of former Gov. W. W. Barron and four others announces it is resting without presenting testimony. Special Judge J. Robert Martin says legal matters will be argued outside the jury, with final arguments to follow after those issues are resolved. Earlier, Martin overruled a motion for directed acquittal.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Barron
J. Robert Martin
Martin
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania Tuesday and Wednesday
Sunny and cool Tuesday with highs 61 to 73. Wednesday remains fair and mild. Tuesday winds in western zones from the north at five to 15 mph.
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Pennsylvania
Former Gov George M Leader backs Sargent Shriver as VP
Former Pennsylvania Governor George M Leader expressed support for Sargent Shriver as the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Leader, a Hubert Humphrey backer, said Shriver would make a strong running mate but would back the presidential nominee's choice, whom he expects to be Humphrey.
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Chicago
George M
Pennsylvania
Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
Hubert H. Humphrey
Shriver
Sarge Shriver
Humphrey
LBJ Plans and Birthday Hints Stir Democratic Speculation
President Johnson marks his 60th birthday with no clear plan as to celebrating at the LBJ ranch or visiting Chicago for the Democratic National Convention. Press secretary George Christian says no decision is final and health news remains routine.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Lbj
Lake
Chicago
George Christian
Christian
Navy
George Barkley
Charles Robb
Vietnam
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