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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
1
In Chicago key committees press to loosen Humphrey hold as McCarthy forces seek Georgia credentials compromise and antiwar platform gains. Salinger and Sorensen push for a strong peace plank while Kennedy aides vow floor fights if needed.
A McGovern backer said a Vietnam position acceptable to McCarthy Kennedy supporters will be released later. Pierre Salinger said the plank likely reaches the floor but not the Platform Committee. details remain undisclosed as McGovern heads to Chicago.
Howard Mack, 52, an itinerant barn painter from South Carolina, drowned early today in a strip mine pond near Belle Rive in Jefferson County Illinois. The incident adds to a string of accidents affecting rural workers in the region.
Defiant Czechoslovaks walkout protests the Soviet led invasion as Prague goes quiet at noon. President Svoboda travels to Moscow for talks while occupation forces arrest journalists and cultural leaders amid continuing political maneuvering.
The Soviet Union vetoed an eight nation UN Security Council resolution condemning the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia and calling for troops to withdraw. The vote was 102 with 3 abstentions, with Malik and allies vetoing after filibusters. A new resolution to aid Prague leaders followed, adjournment set for 5 pm.
A secret August briefing warned President Johnson and about 30 officials that a Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia was probable. Johnson and others were briefed again on invasion day and Dobrynin informed U S officials three hours after incursions began.
Amid heavy fighting across South Vietnam, more than 50 rocket and mortar attacks struck northern and central highland areas. Marines pressed to dislodge North Vietnamese forces near Da Nang while a Special Forces camp near the Cambodian border held out against around 500 attackers.
President Ludvik Svoboda flew to Moscow for talks at the Kremlin over the Soviet occupation and a new government for Czechoslovakia. Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny greeted him. a six member delegation accompanied Svoboda including two secretaries seen as willing to cooperate with the occupiers. A rare open limousine procession marked the arrival at Vnukovo Airport.
Army doctors at Walter Reed report encouraging signs in Dwight D. Eisenhower yet stress the overall condition remains critical and the outlook guarded. They note a possible one week critical period for myocardial infarction and discuss uncertainty if current ventricular fibrillation could extend that phase.
Tonight remains warm and humid with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Sky darkens Saturday with possible showers and a cooling trend, high between upper 70s and around 90. Map page 18 offers details.
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