NATO Eyes Nuclear Warning Shots Over Seas Amid Czech Crisis
UPI reports NATO talks in Brussels on deterring Soviet aggression after Czechoslovakia invasion. Denis Healey proposed firing warning nuclear shots over the Mediterranean and Baltic seas as a demonstrative deterrent, while West German officials warned Nike missiles could escalate the conflict. Bonn sources forecast possible Soviet pressure on West Berlin routes, though no decision was reached.
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Brussels
UPI
United States
Mediterranean
Baltic
Europe
Denis Healey
Czechoslovakia
Healey
Gerhard Schroeder
Nike
Bonn
West Berlin
East Germany
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Johnson
West Germany
France
Charles de Gaulle
NATO Assembly
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
North Atlantic Assembly
Lemnitzer
Robert Bray
Britain
Mathias A. Mathiesen
Iceland
Assembly
U. S. Congress
Soviet Ship Zond 6 Heads Back Toward Earth
Jodrell Bank observers report an unmanned Soviet craft circling the moon and apparently returning to Earth. Zond 6 followed a path similar to Zond 5, which circled and was recovered in the Indian Ocean. The move fuels talk of a possible Soviet manned lunar flight to precede the U.S. Apollo 8 mission.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Bernard Lovell
Indian Ocean
West Terre Haute Woman Recovers Lost Life Savings
Mildred Marshall of West Terre Haute recovered $1150 lost Sunday at a Terre Haute drive in. A red billfold contained two $500 and three $50 bills. Rev. W K Butler of New Goshen Pentecostal Church found and returned the money after she posted a lost ad.
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West Terre Haute
Mildred Marshall
RR 4
Terre Haute
Weather Map for Terre Haute Region Forecasts
The weather map shows cloudy conditions with a warm trend and chances of rain or showers tonight and Friday. Terre Haute and Indiana expect low temperatures in the 43 to 49 range and highs in the 55 to 63 range. Illinois notes mostly cloudy skies with intermittent rain, little temperature change, and similar lows and highs. River stage at 1.6 feet and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Planes Help Fight Enemy Near Cambodian Border
Near Saigon American and Vietnamese forces repelled a North Vietnamese assault on Landing Zone Dot 60 miles north of Saigon. About 287 enemy bodies were counted after dawn, with 120 found inside the camp. Four South Vietnamese were killed and 23 wounded. no American casualties reported.
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Cambodian
Saigon
U.S
Silverstein Wins Service Award
Dr. Abe Silverstein NASA's first director of space flight programs and Lewis Research Center head in Cleveland was named one of six winners of the 1968 Rockefeller Public Service Awards in science and engineering. He will receive the honor in Washington on December 4.
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Abe Silverstein
Rose Polytechnic Institute
NASA
Lewis Research Center
Cleveland
Terre Haute
Washington
Dr. Silverstein
Silverstein
Witnesses Piling Up Evidence in Cummings Theft Trial
In Vigo Circuit Court the state presented 49 exhibits on day one of the Earl S. Cummings theft trial. Norman Schultz of American Fletcher National Bank testified about the Independent Christian Missionary Society accounts. Defense attached a letter addressed to Dear Earl.
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Brazil
Earl S. Cummings
Vigo
Bar Association
George Oscar Dix
Robert H. Duffy
Clay County
John Baumunk
Brazil First Christian Church
Indianapolis
Norman Schultz
American Fletcher National Bank
Schultz
Independent Christian Missionary Society
Cummings
Warren R. Everett
Dear Earl
Robert B. Beck
Iron Curtain term popularized after Churchill speech
The phrase Iron Curtain entered common usage following Winston Churchill's 1946 assertion that the Soviet Union had drawn a curtain across Eastern Europe.
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Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Europe
U S Warns North Vietnam Over DMZ Violations
The United States warned North Vietnam that continued violations of the demilitarized zone could derail Paris peace talks. Officials disclosed a cautious State Department statement noting at least three artillery shellings from inside the DMZ since last Saturday. The release stressed no special status for the NLF and rejected North Vietnamese claims about reconnaissance flights.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
North
South Vietnam
Paris
U.S
State
Johnson
Carl Barth
State Department
Demilitarized Zone
South
Shoestring Staffs Run NYC Schools Amid Strike
In New York City public high schools operating during a teachers strike, shoelace staffers and teacher substitutes run classes from Mandarin to chemistry. At Seward Park 100 students and 13 teachers attended a morning schedule with self discipline emphasized, while Central Commercial High School hosted 207 students in 76 classes across six periods.
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New York
Seward Park High School
Dorothy Gordon
George Washington High School
Seward Park
Ronna Reiser
Central Commercial High School
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Joseph W. Grigg
Earth
Tribune
U. S. Weather Bureau
Service
Rose
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Space Agency
Langley
Aeronautical Laboratory
Ance
Naca Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory
Jack A. Hughes
United Press International
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Honolulu
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