Blarney Stone remains in Ireland amid big bid
Cork Ireland AP reports the Blarney Stone will not be sold the owner Penelope Hillyard says the rock must stay in Ireland per Sir George Colthurst will and trustee. She cites 34 000 annual visitors and notes a prior offer of 2 16 million was rejected to lend it for display in California.
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Lock
Nixon and LBJ hold Paris talks briefing at Texas ranch
Republican nominee Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew met with President Johnson at the LBJ ranch in San Antonio for a two hour briefing on world affairs. They described the session as thorough and candid, with no major developments reported. Participants included Dean Rusk and Richard Helms, and Cyrus Vance briefed on the Paris peace talks. Johnson voiced a preference for fairness and full disclosure ahead of the election while reiterating his public stance on a pause in bombing North Vietnam tied to matching Communist actions.
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Asner
McGovern enters Democratic race with Kennedy links
Sen George McGovern formally declared candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination rallying Kennedy supporters around a get out of Vietnam now plank. He stressed ending the war and uniting a divided nation while signaling some domestic policy divergence from Humphrey and McCarthy. He urged a reduced military footprint and mandatory service replaced by a voluntary program, and called for ending racism and poverty.
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McCarthy Signals Possible Support Shift For Dem Nominee
In Sacramento McCarthy told California delegates he would not pledge support to the eventual Democratic nominee. He hinted he could back Humphrey or another candidate if the Democratic Convention accepts him. He cited Nixon’s nomination as influencing his decision. Delegation leaders said California remains uncommitted, pledged to Kennedy’s ideals after his assassination.
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Richard Nixon
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Chicago
Robert F. Kennedy
Plane crash near Charleston airport kills three
A Piedmont Airlines twin engine Fairchild FH227 crashed during an instrument approach to the Mountaintop airport in Charleston West Virginia killing three of the 37 aboard. Five survivors were rushed to local hospitals in critical condition as passengers described a chaotic scene with foam covering survivors. A Cincinnati resident on the flight said the crash felt like a bad dream during a holiday weekend trip to Virginia Beach.
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Eight U S soldiers killed in friendly fire in Shan Valley clash
U S Army reports eight American troops killed and fifty wounded when a U S Air Force F100 fighter mistakenly strafed friendly units in the Shan Valley. Another unit allegedly fired a round of artillery wounding four Marines near Dong Ha.
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4 Shan Valley
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Mechani Jth Infantry Division
Dong Ha
Mekong
U.S. Command
Cool and clear with highs in the 80s
The forecast calls for cool partial clearing and a pleasant day with highs in the 80s. Tonight remains largely clear to partly cloudy with lows 60 to 64, continued mild conditions into Monday as a map shows the regional outlook.
Starving boy amid Nigeria’s civil war stirs U N relief aid
A gaunt boy’s death near Ttok Ekpene highlights Nigeria’s refugee crisis. Henry Labouisse of UNICEF pledged $1 million, but logistics hinder Red Cross aid amid clashes, bad roads, and seasonal rains. Relief planes operate at night from Fernando Po. famine deaths rise daily while authorities dispute scale.
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Tome
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Fernando Pa
Labonisse
Biafra
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City Negroes Reach Truce in Miami Riots
Miami officials and angry Negroes reached a truce calling for release from jail without bond for minor disturbance cases with no prior records, while felony charges stay in jail pending Monday bond hearings. Police and National Guard will deploy medical vans to treat tear gas victims in Liberty City after days of gunfire, burning, and rock throwing that left three dead and 14 wounded.
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Liberty City
Chinese pupils flunk profs report on student exams
Shanghai Wen Hui Pao says Red Guards in several schools forced teachers to take tests to prove incompetence. A mineralogy professor allegedly failed to demonstrate balance between iron and carbon, reflecting broader debates after Mao’s call for technicizing education for workers and peasants.
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