Soviet Troops Threaten Occupation of Czech Schools
Prague reports Gen. Ivan Pavlovsky warned the Warsaw Pact invasion forces will enter Czech classrooms unless teachers show favorable bias toward the Soviet Union. He denounced the education system as a nest of counter revolution and pressed Kadlec to curb democratic, humanist teaching.
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Prague
Ivan G Pavlovsky
Czechoslovakia
Pavlovsky
Soviet Union
Vladimir Kadlec
Ministry of Education
Kadlec
Our Republic
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Battle near Thuong Duc leaves 54 North Vietnamese dead
South Vietnamese relief troops pressed toward the Thuong Duc outpost near Da Nang as a major clash raged at grenade range. Allied spokesmen reported 54 North Vietnamese killed, while South Vietnamese losses were four killed and 14 wounded. Marines near the camp also hit hard, with 31 enemy killed before dawn. The rain and monsoon weather slowed operations for five months, though U S Navy battleship New Jersey fired on a convoy in the vanhandie. Farther west, US 9th Infantry with helicopter gunships killed at least 41 Communists and five Americans were killed near Rach Kien.
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UPI
Green Beret
Thuong Duc
da Nang
Thung Duc
Webb Mese
U.S
South Vietnam
Panhandle
North Vietnam
New Jersey
Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Rach Kien
Army Officer Slain in Brazil Amid War Protests
Capt Charles W Chandler of Arcadia Louisiana a U S Army officer studying Portuguese in Brazil was gunned down outside his Sumare home as assassins fled in a white Volkswagen no license plate Police said his nine year old son witnessed the shooting Chandler father of four had a private grant to learn Portuguese and teach cadets at West Point consulate officials said he was not attached to a U S advisory group authorities investigated the killing though no motive is known meanwhile a Vietnamese court convicted Buddhist university professor and student of Communist Propaganda sentences two years suspended jail term bringing total jailed or suspended cases to nine in three months
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
UPI
Charles W. Chandler
Arcadia
U.S
Chandler
Sumare
West Point
Saigon
Document Reveals Uneasiness In Hue Area Troops
A captured Hue area letter dated Aug 29 from officer Duong Van Bau to his superior describes deteriorating morale among troops. He cites half the unit sick, slowed work, heavy casualties from ambushes and shellings, and rising negative pro rightist thoughts after the last battle.
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Saigon
Upi
Hue
U.S
Duong van Bau
Bau
Captain Of Ship Is Held After Sunken Ferry Disaster
In Manila the police detained the ship skipper for possible charges as a search continued for survivors. About 100 passengers were still missing with at least 286 rescued and 16 bodies recovered. Initial findings point to a hull crack causing the capsizing near Zamboanga while en route to a religious festival. The manifest listed 228 aboard with a crew of 35, though more passengers were aboard in good weather.
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Manila
UPI
Philippine National Police
Navy
Philippine News Service
Zamboanga City
Matilda
Malison
Constabulary
National Police
Zamboanga
Cotabato
Moro Gulf
Heath Surges as Conservative Leader Wins Back Unity
English Conservative Party leader Edward Heath secured broad backing at the annual conference in Blackpool, denouncing Enoch Powell’s extreme right and Labour misgovernment. Delegates cheered his moderation, signaling plans for victory ahead of the 1971 general election, though Labour leads by about 7 percent in polls.
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England
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Enoch Powell
Labor
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Rostrum
Wilson
Heath
Powell
Russians Plan Paper In Czechoslovakia
Prague reports say Novosti, the Soviet news agency, will publish a new weekly newspaper in Czech and Slovak in Prague within days to counter anti Soviet sentiment. Czechoslovak editors condemn the move as propaganda and attempt to discredit the progressive movement amid rumors and gossips.
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Czechoslovakia
Novosti
CTK
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