Viets break Thuong Duc siege in Vietnam action
South Vietnamese irregulars broke a nine day siege at Thuong Duc, driving out forces and seizing five nearby villages. Marines moved toward the outpost as U S and South Vietnamese units recaptured Khe Sanh and prepared for further operations. The fight follows a heavy bombardment and a pause in North Vietnamese assaults.
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Saigon
UPI
Thuong Duc
U.S
Nat Gibson
Nguyen van Thien
North Vietnam
Gibson
Hofsing
An Hoa Valley
da Nang
Riots Burn Northern Ireland Police Station Amid Catholic Demonstrations
Police clashed with rioters in Londonderry as Catholic demonstrators set fire to a police station during a three day riot over alleged discrimination. Armored cars from Belfast reined in the violence. 96 hospitalizations and 29 arrests reported.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
UPI
Home Affairs
William Craig
Seng
IRA
Southern Ireland
Gerald Fitt
Belfast
North Ireland
Dublin
Ireland
Irish Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Forty percent return at American Standard workers back
About 40 percent of the 380 production workers at American Standard Inc. Air Conditioning Department plant returned to their jobs today. An unauthorized walkout began last Friday after two employees were suspended for not working at an acceptable rate. Local 268 officers planned a meeting to air reasons for the walkout, with no immediate comment available. The union contract expires May 31, 1969, and carries a no strike clause. Pickets remained at the Woodford Avenue facility. The company had not discussed the walkout with union officers since it began.
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American Standard Inc
Woodford Avenue
International Molders and Allied Workers Union
Ing
American Standard
Housing and food stamp funds cut by House panel
The House Appropriations Committee slashed the administration’s request for a low income housing program and expanded food stamp funds. It also trimmed funds for open housing enforcement and juvenile delinquency control, reducing total to 101 million from 270 million, with the food stamp program notably reduced to 20 million. Page 4.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
Johnson
Rains in India Kill 310 in Darjeeling Region
Four days of heavy rain in the Darjeeling sub-Himalayan region cause extensive destruction across a wide area. Early reports confirm 310 deaths and hundreds of homes destroyed, with 40 families around the ragging rivers such as the Tista still unaccounted for.
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Darjeeling
India
subHamalayan
Weather Summary: Clouds and Cool Conditions
A cloudy cool day with a high around 50 degrees and a potential fog near dawn. Tonight remains cool as the low drops to the 40s. Tomorrow should bring mostly sunny skies and warmer temperatures. Sunset today is 7 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:31 a.m. Reported highs and lows: 49 degrees at 12:36 p.m. yesterday and 46 degrees at 6:45 a.m. today. Details on page 6.
Avon Lake zoning issue blocked from November ballot
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Harold Ewing granted a temporary injunction, barring a proposed rezoning petition from appearing on the November ballot. The ruling supports Alert Citizens Committee objections over irregularities in petitions. A public hearing on the rezoning, which would permit apartments on land now single family, is set for tonight at Avon Lake City Hall.
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Avon Lake
Moore Road
Electric Boulevard
Lorain County Common Pleas
Harold
Ewing
Citi
Zens Committee
Avon Lake City
Detroit Fans See Rain Halt Game in Cards Victory
In yesterday's World Series game, rain interrupted play as Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals won their third game. A personal game recap by a Chicago Tribune staffer is on page 24.
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Detroit
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
C-T
Words Failed Us Sign On Bookstore Going Out of Business
A bookstore posts a witty farewell sign claiming words failed them as the shop closes its doors. The message jokes about language and humor while marking the end of the business. Local readers share their memories and laughter at the lighthearted tribute.
Army general ties salute failures to combat transfers
Viet Gls not saluting go into combat. Maj. Gen. Charles P. Stone of the 4th Infantry Division announced that soldiers who fail to salute superiors face punishment, including possible transfer to combat areas where saluting is not required. The directive appeared in the division bulletin dated Sept. 7, with the policy described as applied only after flagrant violations.
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Pleiku
Vietnam
Highlands
Camp Enari
Walter Stein
Stein
Pentagon
Resignation rumors swirl around Dubcek and top Czech leaders
Prague sources say Alexander Dubcek and three fellow Czechoslovak Communist leaders may resign within 48 hours at a central committee meeting to protest a Kremlin treaty legitimizing Soviet occupation. Names tipped include Premier Oldrich Cernik and leaders Ludvik Svoboda and Josef Smrkovsky.
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Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Pro-Czech Russians to be tried in Moscow
Pro Czech Russians Dr Pavel Litvinov and Larissa Bogoraz-Daniel along with others face Moscow trial Wednesday on charges of disorderly conduct linked to opposition to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. They are accused under laws punishing systematic slander and activities aimed at undermining the pact order.
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Pavel Litvinov
Stalin
Maxim Litvinov
Larissa Bogoraz-Daniel
Yuri Daniel
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Pai
UPI
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Khe Sanh
N. Ireland
Britain
Local 268
Vermilion High School
Curry
Sanford Street
Tay Ninh
Dubcek
Cernik
Gustav Husak
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alex: N Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Husak
Jon Dubcek
Dubcek and Co
Antonin Novotny
Czechoslovak Party
Hong Kong
Canton
China
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