Kennedy Humphrey face Indiana vote test in 1968 primaries
Indiana voters faced varied turnout as Robert F. Kennedy and Hubert H. Humphrey pressed their major tests in Indiana and DC. Kennedy led crowds, McCarthy claimed hope for over 20 percent, Branigin predicted a win, while Indiana framed a clash of image and issues amid Vietnam stance and party forecasts.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Hammond
Gary
District of Columbia
Ohio
U. S
Alabama
Florida
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Roger D.branigin
Humphrey
McCarthy
Branigin
Vietnam
Johnson
White House
Reuther reelected UAW president by acclamation
Walter P. Reuther was elected by acclamation to his 12th two year term as UAW president in Atlantic City. The union with 1.6 million members pays 29500 annually and no opposition candidates appeared for the top posts or for two vice presidents Leonard Woodcock and Duane Greathouse.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Reuther
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Duane “Pat” Greathouse
Weather turns windy with showers through tonight
The forecast calls for windy and stormy weather becoming cloudy with several showers or thunderstorms tonight. Showers will end and cooler air moves in for Wednesday with a low in the 50s and a high in the 60s.
Bomb damages SIU Agriculture Building in Carbondale
A time bomb exploded before dawn damaging about 20 rooms in the SIU Agriculture Building on the Carbondale campus. No injuries were reported and damage was estimated at 100000 dollars.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Illinois University Agriculture
Carbondale
Thomas Leffler
SIU
Leffler
Lois Nelson
Delyte W. Morris
S. University Ave
Morris
Edwardsville
SIU Agriculture
Steve Rice
Derby Winner Dancer's Image Disqualified For Drug Test
Dancer's Image, winner of the Kentucky Derby, was disqualified after Churchill Downs said urinalysis showed phenylbutazone and a derivative. Forward Pass moves to the win, Francie's Hat second, TV Commercial third, with Calumet Farm set to receive purse funds.
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Louisville
Churchill Downs
Calumet Farm
Forward Pass
State Racing Commission
Dancer
Boston
Peter Fuller
Francie’s Hat
Lot
Saturdy
Kentucky Ee
Wathen Knebelkamp
T.V. Commercial
Fuller
Bobby Ussery
Six deserters named by Japanese pacifist group on TV
The Japan Peace for Vietnam Committee Beheiren said six Americans who appeared on Soviet television denouncing U S involvement in Vietnam deserted or served in U S armed forces in the past two years. Defense officials said the names did not match missing or AWOL personnel. variations in spelling were noted.
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Paul Morrill
Morris
SIU
Tokyo
U. S
U. S. Defense Department
Beheiren
Joseph Knetz
New York
Edwin C. Arnett
Bradford
Mark A. Shapiro
Marshall, Minn
Philip A. Callicott
Mansfield
Ohio
Terry
Poor People's Campaign March Continues to Montgomery
Rev. David Abernathy said the Poor People's Campaign will proceed to Montgomery, Alabama, despite Gov. Lurleen Wallace’s death. He noted the march mirrors the non stoppage after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death and sent condolences to George Wallace.
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Selma
Ala
David Abernathy
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
America
Abernathy
Tanks and armor swing into Saigon street battle
American tanks and armored personnel carriers joined the Saigon fight to blunt a Viet Cong assault on the city fringes. In the southwest action, about 150 Viet Cong attackers pressed a South Vietnamese outpost near the Kinh Doi Canal, with 35 enemy dead and five U.S. wounded as armored columns sealed off the bridge and trapped fighters in a factory. In the north, heavy fighting near Hue and Dong Ha left over 1,000 enemy casualties in six days as U.S. officers sought to keep Hanoi from gaining leverage before peace talks in Paris.
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Saigon
U.S
U. S
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hue
Dong Ha
Kinh Doi Canal
U. S. 9Th Infantry Division
Tan Son Nhut
Harriman to Paris Aims at Vietnam Peace Talks Amid U.S. Commitment
W Averell Harriman declared the United States must honor its commitment to South Vietnam as he left for Paris to negotiate with North Vietnam. He spoke at the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial Dinner and anticipated preliminary talks to be held at the Majestic Hotel in Paris. North Vietnamese delegates arrived in Paris led by Col Ha Van 0 with optimism for early discussions.
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New York
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
United States
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
South Vietnam
Majestic
Hitler
Gestapo
Unesco
U. N. Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
U. S
Vietnam
Peryn
Col
Ha van 0
25 Trapped as Water Recedes in Gauley Mine Rescue
Rescue crews seek 25 miners trapped in three groups inside Gauley Coal and Coke Co No 8 mine in Hominy Falls West Virginia. Water receded allowing pumps to advance and surface teams to contact groups while awaiting sub surface air shafts to break through.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
West Virginia
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Gauley
Gauley Mine
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Philadelphia
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Monk” Crawshaw
Norman Hilton
State Public Safety Department
Jack Snyder
Anthony Blass
SIU Physical Plant
Agriculture Department
Muckelroy
Photography
Pictures
Jm.whitmore
Memphis
Tass
Defense Department
Harriman
Ernest Fitzwater
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