Hope for Vietnam Peace Nears through Quiet Talks
The article describes a tentative pre negotiation phase in Vietnam with U S and Chinese envoys resuming talks in Warsaw after seven months. It notes efforts to neutralize Cambodia and Laos where both sides reinforce forces while Moscow urges restraint. China seeks to avoid isolation and supports hardened Hanoi limits on escalation.
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Cambodia
Laos
U.S
Moscow
Hanoi
Russia
Indonesia
Southeast Asia
Orient
China
Kremlin
Peking
Diplomatic Shifts Emerge as Vietnam War Persists
The piece notes Hanoi softening preconditions for talks while Moscow leans toward negotiations and Peking stays weak. Saigon rethinks French ties and may seek more freedom in talks. Diplomatic lines link Washington Moscow Paris Peking Saigon Hanoi and Phnom Penh as fighting continues.
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China
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Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Hamoi
de Gaulle
Washington
Paris
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Pnompenh
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National Liberation Front
South Africa Doctors Separate Siamese Twins in First Head Join
A 27 member surgical team at Johannesburg Children's Hospital completed a 54 hour operation to separate Catherine and Shirley O'Hare who were joined at the head. The twins awakened and stabilized after removal from incubators though still listed in danger. Hospital officials noted the mother may face delays in visiting. This marked possibly the first such head joining separation in South Africa. The Thurber Texas census line appears as an unrelated note.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPS
Catherine
Shirley O’hare
R. R. Drubin
Johannesburg Children’s Hospital
Ronald O’hare
Largest Crowd Honors Donor of Transplanted Heart in Cape Town
A 6000 strong, racially mixed funeral crowd in Cape Town honors Clive Haupt, the heart donor for Dr. Christiaan Barnard's patient Philip Blaiberg. Police used dogs to restore order as Haupt is buried at Woltemade Cemetery, while Blaiberg recovers in hospital.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Christiaan Barnard
Clive Haupt
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Eileen
Gerald Ferry
Martinus C. Botha
Barnard
St. Luke’s Anglican Church
Salt River
Barmard
Ferry
Haupt
Dorothy
Clivey
Louis Washkansky
Dense Darvan
Hotel guard stabbed in Plaza Hotel burglary
A security guard was stabbed and a burglar shot during a late night battle in the Plaza Hotel near the suite of visiting Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. The guard, identified as Aaron Greenberg, was in serious condition with a stab wound below the heart, and the burglar was shot in the stomach. Both were taken to Roosevelt Hospital.
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UPI
Plaza Hotel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Swank Midtown
Aaron Green
Thieu Plans U.S. Visit Before 1968 Election
President Nguyen Van Thieu will travel to the United States before the November elections after an invitation from President Johnson. Informed sources say the trip will include speeches on the war to bolster Saigon Washington unity amid talks with North Vietnam and the NLF. Thieu backs negotiations but favors talks between Saigon and Hanoi as the main path to peace.
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UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
Johnson
Washington
White House
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
Thieu
Australia
Harold Holt
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
U S Pullout Deplored by Marcos in UPI Interview
President Ferdinand E. Marcos warned that an imported war would sweep Asia if the United States and allies pulled out of Vietnam. He told United Press International the loss of Vietnam to communism would shake Southeast Asia and push fence sitters toward Communist China.
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UPI
Ferdinand E. Marcos
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Vietnam
United Press International
Philippine
Southeast Asia
China
Tug Rescues Philippine Freighter at Sea
A Hong Kong tugboat aided the freighter Patriot with engine trouble 300 miles at sea. The Patriot was en route from Manila to Taiwan in rough seas on Saturday.
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API
Patriot
Manila
Taiwan
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