South Vietnam Endures Widespread Rocket Mortar Attacks
South Vietnam faced more than 50 rocket and mortar attacks in a countrywide pattern. The assaults hit northern zones and central highlands as infantry actions continued near Da Nang and Marble Mountain. Marine forces fought to push a North Vietnamese unit from a village south of Da Nang while defenses tightened near Cam Ranh and the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
America
da Nang
Marble Mountain
Shigen
Cambo
Czech Crisis Sidetracks Summit Talks Plan
President Johnson's efforts for a Soviet summit to discuss missile limits were sidetracked by the Czechoslovak crisis as Soviet troops rolled into Prague. White House officials kept options open, while congressional briefings and talks on European troop posture continued amid the upheaval.
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Prague
Russia
White House
Lepres Christian
Debusov
John$in
Christian
Summit Ave
Hagerstown
Add
South Vietnam Names New Peace Observer
SAIGON AP reports Pham Dang Lam, an assistant to the foreign minister, named new chief of the South Vietnamese observer delegation at the Paris peace talks. He succeeds Bui Diem, the ambassador to Washington, in Paris since talks began last May.
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Mekong Dells
Mekong Delta
Als
Nguyen Vao Thien
South Vietnam
Saigon Rea A
Lourres
Dan Tikong
Sagon
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Paris
Lam
Bui Diem
Washington
Grand Jury Probes Plot To Kill HHH
A federal grand jury in Chicago begins an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate Vice President Humphrey and Senators McCarthy and McClellan and to disrupt the Democratic National Convention. Subpoenas were issued for South Side gang members and participants in a Pentagon peace march. National Guard troops move into Chicago to bolster order as the convention approaches.
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Hubert Uumphrey
Atty. Thomas
Foran
South Side Gang
Pentagon
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Senate
South Side
Cook County
Illnois National Guardsmen
Richard J. Daley
Figures Show Americans Are Smoking Less
Washington AP reports that US smoking declined for the second time since the 1964 surgeon general’s report. IRS figures show Americans smoke 543.5 billion cigarettes in the year ending June 30, down from 545.1 billion in 1987. Surgeon General William Stewart says the downtrend is spreading in studies, with no immediate plans to expand anti smoking campaigns.
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Washington
APY
Internal Revenue Service
United States
IRS
William Stewart
U.S
Czech Crisis Dims Chance For Pueblo Crew Release
The Pueblo crew faces eight months in North Korea as the Czech crisis dims hopes for an early release. North Korea demands a formal U.S. apology amid East West strains from the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, with Kim Il Sung’s regime showing no date for talks. Brown at the State Department signals ongoing diplomacy and possible international review of the case if the crew is freed.
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Pueblo
Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
North Korea
Czechoslovakia
Kim Ti Sung
Czchoslovakia
Hessel
South Korea
Kim Dong-Jo
Kim
Kim I-Sung
Jim
Winthrop Brown
State Department
Moscow
Crown
United States
Brown
Panmunjom
Sea of Japan
Stock Market Gains On Upbeat Early Trading
New York AP reports the stock market moved higher in active trading with gains exceeding losses by over 100 issues on the NYSE. The Dow rose nearly 3 points as auto stocks showed marginal gains after strong car sales, though General Motors fell slightly. Chrysler posted a small advance amid optimism that 1868 sales could surpass 7 billion. INA Corp rose about 14 and Polaroid slipped a point as the upswing broadened after an earlier Thursday selloff.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Chrysler
Bain
INA Corp
Polaroid
Retired Postal Clerk Receives Heart From Marine
Stanford, Calif AP surgeons transplanted the heart of Marine Cpl. Larry Smith into Leonard Drake of Eugene, Oregon. Smith, 20, died after a car crash near Stockton on Aug 14. Drake, 43, had a 12 year heart ailment and was a former Lane County bailiff. Drake and his wife have two children, Vicki and Jimmy.
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Stanfont University Hospital
Marine
Oregon
Dad
Cpl
Larry 3B Smith
Stockton
Calif
Leonard Drake
Eugene
Ore
Smith
Camp Pembton
Robert Smith
Vietnam
Larry
Vombat
Stanford Hospital
Drake
Jeare
University of Oregon Medical School
Ioland
Lane County District Court
Vicki
Jimmy
Pope Paul VI Hailed as Pope of Hope in Colombia
Pope Paul VI, greeted by thousands in Coronthia near Bogota, kissed the soil on his first landfall and drew tears from the crowd. He plans a helicopter ride to meet Latin American peasants at San Jose Field outside Mosquera. The visit signals a broader church effort to aid impoverished Latin Americans amid a tumultuous welcome that branded him a Pope of hope.
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Robert Berrellez
Bogota
Colonia
Pope Paul VI
San Jose Field
Mosquera
Latin America
Nixon Goes Cruising on Biscayne Bay
Nixon the Republican nominee rode a houseboat cruise in Biscayne Bay with Secret Service in Florida. He returned to a two story villa at Key Biscayne Hotel for rest as aides brief him on Washington matters including Czechoslovakia, the Soviet invasion, and Eisenhower.
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Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Secret Service
Florida
Nixon
Biscayne Bay
Key Biscayne
Ron Ziegler
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Dwight DB. Eisenhower
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