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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1968
Page
1
A Johnson task force led by Charlies M. Haar reports that suburbs lack pluralism and suffer cultural dehydration. It urges coordinated planning for inner cities and suburbs, plus federal grants and an urban development bank to mobilize capital.
President Arthur da Costa e Silva cracked down with mass arrests and military force after Congress opposed the government. He suspended congress, vowed rule by decree, and sent troops and censors into media as opponents fled abroad. Notables seized included Juscelino Kubitschek and Carlos Lacerda.
U S Navy gunboats faced ambush and rocket fire from Communist forces as clashes rose along rivers west and northwest of Saigon. Two sailors were killed and 14 wounded. U S forces imposed tighter curfews amid a looming offensive. B52s and fighters targeted supply routes while ground combat near Saigon left at least six American troops dead and 14 wounded as enemy casualties rose. The fighting extended into Laos and Cambodia with reports of increased anti air and troop activity along the frontier.
U S officials say Moscow now favors waiting for President-elect Nixon to assume office before starting strategic missile talks. The Russians reportedly reject negotiating with Johnson without Nixon’s mandate, leaving ambassadorial talks possible in 37 days but a Johnson Kosygin summit unlikely.
Israeli and Jordanian troops clashed twice along the Jordan River ceasefire line. A Jordanian spokesman spoke of casualties as gunfire erupted near the Allenby Bridge and Um Ash-Shurat. Dayan met Nixon in New York amid Mideast tensions and Egypt announced military training despite protests.
The fragment presents a playful line about a buck and a doe attributed to Anne Davis from the Wall Street Journal. It appears as a lyricish greeting without broader context or event details. No clear reporting or dated facts are provided.
The countdown for Apollo 8’s December moon mission begins Sunday ahead of a December 21 launch. Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prepare aboard a Saturn 5 rocket with a six day schedule and eight rest periods as launch director Petrone lauds the ship’s readiness.
In Paris the Viet Cong National Liberation Front plans a 20 member delegation led by Tran Buu Kiem to join talks with the United States and South Vietnam. Dispute over NLF status stalls procedures as Vance and Lau fail to break deadlock.
The page listing shows multiple columns and features across Terra Alta and surrounding schools including Albert Gallatin George Crago and Morgantown High, detailing sections like sex education, business labor, world ringwood high, and various school features. It notes Panorama as a 16 page center with TV Patloat and family weekly, plus comics.
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