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2 Thursday, Aug. 22. 1968 OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
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Yanks Leave
Prague in Cars IHPf
If
Czechs Stage Protest
solved rapidly and the troopsiscaiierod cases of resisl-
.. . «„------ u anee.
The occupation forces irn-
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]-ed the protection of U. S.
; I territory.
;* Czechoslovakia described
shocked, vceeping and
2-often-dofiant population.
I* "It was a terrible expe-
fier.ee to see all the tanks
•land weapons. The only
I*t h i n g comparable was
“•When the Germans invad-
•2ed us 30 yeats ago when I
2*was only 5 years old." said
**Pr. Alexander Sehutz. a
•^Prague chemist, who
I*crossed the border with his
‘•wife and daughter.
*• Eric Saarela. a Finnish
•Itourist. said: "I saw a girl
I;and boy killed in a narrow
‘-alley near Wenecslas
.i
Game
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t'icians with a lifetime won-
'-lost record of 0-1.
** For the fans to deter-
2'mine the outcome of an
'•election in advance is al-
-Intost as trying as being a
•'coach or a p o 1 i t i c i a n.
'-That’s why those who are
'Staking part in the Okiaho-
-*ma City Times’ Pool-i-tics
1- contest have such varying
opinions.
•' Some are willing to take
'•Mike Monroney in the
^•Democratic U. S. Senate
•'primary on August 27 and
• 'give 45.000 points — err.
'•votes. Others look for Billy
•'Brown to stage a remarka-
ble rally late in the game
2- >and force the incumbent
;'into a runoff. They say the
.-'last time they saw Billy he
••seemed more determined
‘.land is in better physical
••'shape titan the last time he
£'ran.
The senate contest has a
'•fairly small field. The only
•'other challengers are Moe
'•Marcus, Jesse L. Leeds
'•and Willard R. Owens.
'• The toughest puzzle to
•^predict is the game sched-
*'tiled for corporation com-
^•missioner. That’s one of
• 'the largest squads ever as-
2'Sembled with nine Demo-
'•cratfc candidates in the
’^lineup and five Republi-
2-cans. The polls will be
^moderately busy on Au-
gust 27 even if nobody
2;shows up but the players.
'2 Figuring how many ac-
■2tually will cast ballots —
2'and for whom — is what
22fhe contest is all about.
'Svhen the game ends after
I;the runoffs those who have
2-come nearest to forecast-
*2ing the vote totals for each
I^combatanf will have $2,400
22sliced up for their viewing
*2pleasure.
•2 Almost anyone can take
2 ;part in the contest because
2*it is open to persons who
- 2fit in either of two caicgo
2;ries. If you are under 19
2-you are eligible to enter
•land if you happen to be 19
2 ;cr over you are eligible.
2; The last time a poll was
2-taken, results showed that
• 287.6 percent of those inter-
2;viewed thought, they were
2-either under 19 or 19 and
22over, leaving only 12.4 per-
22cent with no opinion on
2;such a difficult question.
•
•: Plank Pushed
2* On Gun Control
* »
22 CHICAGO (API — Cleve-
2land Mayor Carl B. Stokes
* Renewed his push Thursday
2for a strong gun-control
'plank in the Democratic |
2jtarty platform.
2; The 41-year-old mayor, in
2 whose city 10 people died in
2* sniper battle last month,
•{old a news conference the
iebuntry must have “strict
’federal control of hand guns
•fend long guns" with stiff
2penalties for violations.
THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN
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Square by shots coming
from somewhere. I think
they were near the radio
building. A Czech told us
he was in the square and
people were building bar-
ricades with bodies of
dead people. We saw hun-
dreds of tanks on the way I
from Prague to the border
and three to five regiments
of troops. In Prague some j
of the tanks were Polish."
"The older people were
crying. I guess because
they have seen it happen
to their country before,"
said Mrs. Marie LaPointe
of Montreal. Quebec.
"But the younger ones
were riding around in
trucks, shouting, ’Dubcek.
Svoboda'." she said.
"Some of the young peo-
ple were even trying to
discuss things with the
Russian soldiers, trying m
explain to them that their
way is right. Some of the
Russians looked embar-
1 rassed," she said in her
] description of the scene in
Prague.
German motorists re-
turning to the West were
handed leaflets by Czecho-
slovak border guards ask-
ing them to mobilize world
opinion and to assist
Czechoslovakia "with all
humanitarian means
against this illegal and un-
asked-for occupation."
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must leave." the 72-yoar-old
j released from arrest by *><>- prpsjdpnt sajd adding that
| viet troops." bP hoped a solution could be posed a midnight-5 a.nt. cur-
Dubcek is still In Soviet rcachpd Thursday. few and announced they
custody, along w ith other j{adj0 Prague, operating] would shoot without quos-
leading members of his lib- frQm a sec.rpl |0(.atjon since lions at anyone who ap-
: e»al regime. Russians occupied its regu-l pea red on the streets.
strike Start* i|ar quarters, broadcast an The parliament adopted ns
defiant stance at an emer-
gency meeting Wednesday
Occupation troops entered
The radio said a general unconfirmed report that the
l.strike started in the South1 commander of the Soviet
Bohemian district to protest troops. Gen. Ivan G. Pavlov-
the occupation.
The radio also called
SOVIET BLOC MILITARY leaders are (from left) Gen. Heinz Hofmann, chief
of staff of the East German army; LI, Gen. Wojciech laruzelski. chief of staff
of the Polish army, and Marshal Andrei Grechko, chief of staff of the Soviet
army. (AP Wfrepholo) __
Charge
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on
jihe army to protect Presi-
jdent Ludvik Svohoda and not
|id take orders from anyone
,except from the legal gov-
i eminent.
Czechoslovak secret po-
lice, who have kept in the
background since
j took ov er in January, were
■ a rrest ing pmminent writ ers
i and journalists.
Hundreds Arrested
form a new cabinet without1 session,
followers of Dubcek : Yout|, Slal)S
Threat Reported .
The broadcast said the] RmperOr's Kill
general was reported to; *
u have threatened that, if this TOKYO (AP) - Mrs Ka-
r" ,h^was not done by Thursday zuko Takatsukasa. third
Dubcrk| night, the Russians would daughter of Emperor Hirohi-
form a new government w ith ,0 anc* Empress : aga >>.
persons of their own choice, jwas stabbed Thurst ay > *
Another transmission ofl.i°blp-ss you,t’ "" . a .
the pro-liberal station said knife at her home in T«k>o,
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---------------------- Witnesses reported members of the party (en- P°'lcp salfl
District Judge Harold Thcus hundreds of political prison- , | committee who have ^ !only a minor
, u ers were arriving at Punk- a|jKned themselves with the Kasa susiamtu ™"
June 19 "to county jail with-. Prison occupation troops were '"jury on the left hand and
------------ ------- out limit from now until time! Czechoslovakia’s chief of ,mfl{,tinK a, ,hP Soviet Em- had 'wo^sUtches la ^
ter Roval Burns says the dng has now been impounded, immemorial or such time as I sta.e and Parl‘a^, insi"'. hassy to form a new hard- M SPven
you purge yourself of con- ed that the Russ ans and |lne regime. ,hev added
• •• , , , , their allies - Poles, hast, Strike Called days, they added.
Kempt ... for failure to '" u„„mrian« and , , ,, ,
answer questions in a court 11'""ZTL : TradP uni"nS 3 °nP' Wil Dl’ VCI’S
hearing [Bulgarians — free t apt ive j hoUr general strike at noon.I J11' cl
Why aren't parking meters installed In a former bus
slop on the southwest corner of NW 11 and Hudson? Two
cars park there all da>. every day. B.E.M.
We passed this complaint along to James II. Robin-
son. director of traffic control, and he says two parking
meters have now been installed there.
Deputy Sheriff lutrkm
liberal leaders and go home. , T)ljs ,okPn vr.sisiance*
IIUMIII “ >* ........ I I 11 > I Wf\l"l | l l.'l.'IOUVE \Y H S j
1 leaving the nation to pursue |aunrhod with th11 blowing of
I-amh said Thursday in - ■-.....-■> ...
Forfeit I/htiiscs
Iuunh said Thursday in ils f|OPr hrand of commit- f.,(.I()]A sil.rns allf)
Oklahoma City that Cumbcy „jsm „f car horns
"There is no way hack As Svoboda
(City Are* Drivers License Susoensionsl
■, lie
is still in jail nty the sentence
for contempt.
Tulsa Police Chief .la< k
Purdie assigned six detet
lives to the slaying
honking ...............
Driver', license suspension', ertrj revQCA
fions. as reported bv the Ok;At>ortM Ce
first outlined """T'to* ^ 5*'C'V 4e
There is a pile of old lumber in (he 480(1 block Casper
pi. that needs to be cleaned up. What can you do about
It? Mrs. McM. ■ u
saying n was one of the most
D. C. Cleveland, director of the environmental health mnusual and mysterious ir
division of the city-county health department, took your j,be pj,y jn )aS| o(j years
complaint from us and says that this lumber pile has I _
now been cleaned up.
fv ADbrrviA*
• ....... .\> DVUIJUUiJ III "1 "dtiiiini Arp S ' for suspension 0 40r r^vOC»4
(mm lreedom and democra- his (M>sjlion rturillR lho nlRht. •"« o*. *'»"• «■-«'«'
for Czechoslovakia," . - Je
i v tor czocnosiovaiMo. Svn- qyaj-(pr-hour firelight !tlahrrmonm*U(!rfv^s<^h2i*'^so»n«iiii
hoda said in an address ovprjagaln8t lhp occupa t i o n ow,Ue,on’ w* NE
<’a"p- the clandestine radio station. 11|w,ps brok(, ou, in Prague. L^'?n*f0'?loZTJZM.'' ’
The situation must be Hundreds of casualties al- JS. ' _
I ready had been reported in i,?^rn'!nGD”,"","'>' ,os NE <BI
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opinion.
Danish Ambassador Otto
Borch introduced the reso-
lution shortly after the
council convened at 11:30
a m.
In its main operative
paragraphs the resolution
called for:
—Affirm that the politi-
The wind blew down a tree in the alley in the 600
block NE 3. Could it be removed? Mrs. McC.
We reported this to Forrest Keene, assistant director
of the department of public works, and he says this tree
ha? now been taken away by the city street department.
•
Hail damaged the roof on my house and the insur-
ance company offered To settle for $176. Now. however, I
can't get them to send me my check. I. L. P.
We reported this in Patrick, C. Ryan, assistant direc-
tor of claims for the state insurance commissioner, and
he got in touch with the insurance company. Your check
has now been sent to you.
•
My company purchased a set of intercom speakers
from a company in Chicago. 111., last spring and (hey
were damaged when we got them. We sent them back.
Oklahoma County authori-
ties said Thursday morning
they had not received any
j warrant or other w ord from
Tulsa officials on the murder
Icharges filed against Cum-
bey.
Barges Hit
Bv Bombers
Paid Political Advertisement
Kansas Holding
Robber Suspeel
I • TnH ter" i but when they were returned they had been damaged vagrancy, ivater
rttoriaMntegrity cl ««'«• JW jT“* “S™L «
rltorial integrity of Czech-
oslovakia must be fully re-
spected.
—Condemn the armed
intervention of the Soviet
Union and call upon the
Communist countries to
take no action or violence
or reprisal that could re-
sult in further suffering or
loss of life.
—Request the invaders
lo withdraw their forces
forthwith and lo cease all
other forms of intervention
in Czechoslovakia's inter-
nal affairs.
—Call upon all UN mem-
•ber countries to exercise
their diplomatic influence
on the Soviet Union and its
allies with the view of
bringing about prompt im
SAIGON (AP) — "We
went after the big ones."
said Lt. Cmdr. Siephen L.
/.wick. 35, Chicago, after his
flight of navy bombers
smashed five North Viet-
namese barges.
,vv K,n ,AP| - The craft, ranging from 5(1
SAUNA Kan. Al t fpoI jn length, were
Salma police has arrested a ,jpd in a Une on a,
man wanted on a fpri^ral r ^,. w, mi,rs ,nu.h of Vinh.
warrant in ronnection w th a ^ a fplInw pilot.)
hank robbery at Harrison- J- Jnj[n p Byrn„ jr.. 27.
hurg' li!' Pittsburgh, hit one of the
Police said 28- year-old erJ|ft djrpr||v vv jrh his bombs
[Wendell Pickering, of Harri- and oniy piP'fpS were left.
. sonburg. was picked up fot^
vagrancy. Ivater it was dis-
a check
represents
YOU!
they will not replace the merchandise. T. B.
We reported this to thp Better Business Bureau and
they have been in touch with the Chicago firm. You have
now been advised to return the speakers again so they
can be repaired.
•
My husband retired and filed for Social Security dis-
ability last October. He started getting his benefits in
•June, but we never got any back pay for (he waiting pe-
riod. Why? Mrs. .1, E. B.. Choctaw.
Joseph J. McCain, district manager of the Social Se-
curity Administration, says the Social Security law
states that a period of disability must have lasted at
least six full months before any benefits are payable.
There can be no payments made for the six-month peri-
od. he savs.
In this ease, he says, ihe full six-month period ended
with April, so May was the first month of eligibility to
monthly benefits. Your May check was due in June, and
you said you havp received it.
Remember. Action Line want* to protect every eiti-
with the National Crime In-
formation Center in Wash- ^ —r
ington, D. C., that he was : THICK HICKOKY
wanted on a federal warrant I
for the robbery July U of the ! 1
Harrisonburg bank._ , J
j Jamj/i j
j
John Jarman
will never be a
“RUBBER STAMP”
Congressman
Pa d tor by Jarman for Congress Ciub, Loyd Benelield. Chairman
Paid Political Advartltainaat
Re Elect
The RIGHT Man
SUED
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P _ local, state, national — or any other community or-
ganization. If you are confronted by a problem of this
type, call or write Action Line. And please give a phone
number at which you can be reached in case additional
information is needed.
Action Line will study every inquiry or request, but
it isn’t possible to answer each one personally. Don't en-
close self-addressed, stamped envelopes, a* answers to
general interest questions can be given only in this col-
unin. ___________ _
Death Row List Longer
tion.
— Request Secretary-
General U Thant io trans-
mit the resolution io the
countries concerned, io
keep the situation under
constant review, and to re-
port to the council on com-
pliance with the resolution.
Ball, speaking in behail
of the resolution, declared,
“We must reaffirm the
rights to self-determina-
tion of the people of the
Czechoslovak People's Re-
public.”
Ball said the resolution
asked of the Warsaw Pact
occupiers only “what com-
mon decency requires"
and to uphold "what they
WASHINGTON (AP) —[persons were under sentence
More convicts were on deathj0f death during 1967. This
row in American prisons lastlVvas the highest number on
year than at any time since 'record and double the 1960
1953. but only two men were figure.
executed, the Bureau of Two murderers went to
repeatedly and loudly pro- j Prisons reports. the gas chamber last year —
■ ■— " 1 fn annual report on one in California and Ihe oth-,
capital punishment, the bu-Jer in Colorado. Only one per-1
reau said Wednesday 435' son was executed in 1966.
claim
■•The world is disgust-
ed," he added, "by the So-
viet contention that the in-
tervention was justified.
Ball got a quick retort,
from Soviet Ambassador
Jacob Malik, who said
Ball's assertions were "un-
founded, groundless and
slanderous."
Tunnel Workers
Return to Jobs
DETROIT (AP) — Bus
drivers and other workers
returned to their jobs Thurs-
day at the Detroit & Windsor
Tunnel linking the United
States and Canada under the
Detroit River.
The 38 members of divi-
sion 1303 of the Amalgamat-
ed Transit Union ratified a
contract Wednesday night
with the tunnel firm, ending
a strike which began August
10. Besides the bus drivers,
the workers Include guard*
| and toll collectors.
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