Eisenhower Battling for Life in Vietnam Front Struggles Intensify
Allied forces report 589 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in major battles from Saigon to the DMZ. US and South Vietnamese losses total 58 killed and 221 wounded, with at least 8 major engagements since Thursday. UPI report notes heavy air strikes and ground fighting pattern shifting amid lull end.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Dmz
Vietnams
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
United States
Panhandle
Hanoi
Vinces
U.S
Democrats Fear Bolt at 1968 Chicago Convention
The piece warns of a possible walkout by disgruntled Democrats when the Aug 26 to 29 convention in Chicago selects a presidential candidate. Hubert Humphrey leads, McCarthy trails, Wallace already attracts conservatives, with historical bolts noted and talk of a potential fourth party.
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Chicago
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
George C Wallace
Charleston
S.C
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Alabama
McCarthy
Humphrey and Kennedy Share Vietnam War Vision
Vice President Humphrey said he and the late Robert Kennedy agreed that a coalition government should not be imposed on South Vietnam. He also outlined a draftee rights plan favoring drafting 19-year-olds first with college deferments, and noted Kennedy and he held similar Vietnam views.
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New York
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
South Vietnam
Liberal Party Executive Committee
Robert Kennedy
Vietnam
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
California
Riots Erupt in Florida City After Dance Hall Fight
Police in St. Petersburg clash with hundreds of youths in a nearly seven hour outbreak of fires looting and brick throwing. Police used tear gas as 16 arrests were made 3 injured and 15 businesses burned or damaged in the central Negro district. Gov Kirk sent 145 state officers and kept 300 National Guard on standby.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
UPI
Harold C. Smith
Central Negro District
Claude Kirk
Miami
Gulf Coast
Kirk
Smith
Maddox Enters Dem Race for President
Governor Lester Maddox announced his candidacy for U S president at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta as the fourth Democrat seeking the Chicago convention nomination. He touted law and order while criticizing Vietnam policy and pledged equal opportunity, claiming a large national following.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lester Maddox
United States
Maddox
Chicago
Leroy Johnson
South
George Wallace
Johnson
Georgia
House of Representatives
Vietnam
Good Morning Says Field Work Requires Real Plow Action
Readers are reminded that thinking alone cannot till soil or prepare land for planting. Practical effort and hands on labor are necessary to achieve farming results.
Eisenhower in Critical Condition. doctors report stabilization
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains critically ill after his seventh heart attack with ventricular fibrillation episodes. Physicians at Walter Reed say he is alert, lucid, and receiving oxygen and heart-monitoring. Johnson informed, family at bedside, next bulletin due Sunday.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
Mamie
John
David
California
Julie Nixon
Barbara Anne
Susan Elaine
Europe
Ike
Army
Thomas Mattingly
Robert J. Hall
Julius Bedynek
Robert Moser
Center
Department of Medicine
Raymond Blohm
Johnson
Texas
Walter Reed Hospital
U.S
Testimony in Barron case stirs new governor controversy
In Charleston a key witness testified he gave Gov. Hulett C. Smith two $5,000 cash campaign contributions in 1964. Records show 1964 contributions destroyed, while microfilm indicates Smith reported $6,910. Witness Lashinsky also described commissions to Fred Merchant and gratuities to Curtis Wilson and Luther Carson related to state contracts.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
W. W. Barron
Hulett C. Smith
Isadore Lashinsky
Smith
Secretary of State
Charleston Daily Mail
Stanley Spreiser
Thomas Wadden
Lashinsky
Vincent Johnkoski
Fred Merchant
Southern Culvert Corp
Merchant
Southern
Barron
Curtis Wilson
Luther Carson
Kanawha County
Democratic Executive Committee
State Road Commission
Two Men Charged In Ciney Slaying
In Cincinnati two white men were charged with murder after a bar shooting in Avondale killed a 52-year-old woman, Mrs Willa Roberts, and left a Negro youth wounded. Elvin J Billman 31 and William E Harrison 22 were arraigned and held without bond as police planned 12 hour shifts to keep order after Friday night violence.
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Cincinnati
UPI
City Safety
Henry Sandman
West End
Sandman
Avondale
Martin Luther King Jr
Willa Roberts
Elvin J. Billman
William E. Harrison
George Heitzler
Harrison
Camp Washington
Billman
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