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condition remains critical; normal heart rhythm restored by means of elec shock treatment; Pres Johnson kept informed of condition

EISENHOWER STAYS IN CRITICAL STATE; Consciousness Lost Twice as Heart Beats Irregularly -- Some Stability Regained

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U. S. Gains 2-1 Cup Lead By Taking 4-Set Doubles; DOUBLES VICTORY GIVES U.S. LEAD

Sports News

Prof D Isaac article on pol-soc implications of theater discusses recent Bway revivals in light of these implications

Can We Still 'Awake and Sing'?; Would We Still Want to Awake and Sing'?

 Ivy,' or One Step At a Time?; Sidney Poitier

MINNEAPOLIS -- Vice President Humphrey told the annual convention of the United Federation of Postal Clerks in Minneapolis last week that he did not want to be placed at the left, right or center of the political spectrum. As 600 listeners sat waiting for the answer to that apparent puzzle, Humphrey grinned and pointed to the ceiling.  

Humphrey Looks Up -- And Beyond

THE PUMP HOUSE GANG. By Tom Wolfe. 309 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus  Giroux. $5.95.THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST. By Tom Wolfe. 416 pp. New York: Farrar, Straus  Giroux. $5.95.  

The SAME Day: heeeeeewack!!!; The Same Day: heeeeeewack

NASHVILLE, Aug. 17 -- The New York Giants played the Atlanta Falcons tonight at Vanderbilt University's Dudley Field before a crowd of 15,000. The temperature was 89 degrees and the humidity was high.  

Giants Play at Nashville;; Falcons Off to Good Start

Early in November, 1963, a diamond drill bit through the muskeg on a plot of land near the old mining town of Timmins in northern Ontario's Kidd Township and began grinding into an ore deposit owned by the Texas Gulf Sulphur Company.  

Texas Gulf Drama Is a Tragedy for Key Actors; Texas Gulf: A Tragedy For Actors

Czech Min Hajek and Deputy Min Kohout call for improvement in Comecon operations and for Comecon ties with West and developing countries

Prague Terms Full Ties With Bonn Still Far Away; Prague Terms Full Bonn Ties Still 'Far Away'

Humphrey Suggests Using Surtax Funds to Aid Cities; Humphrey Suggests Applying Surtax Revenue as Urban Aid

traffic at Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark may be cut back up to 25% during peak hrs under new plan proposed by FAA to cut congestion; air taxis, light planes and shuttle services seen hardest hit

Kennedy Flights in Peak Hours Face 25% Cut Under U.S. Plan; Kennedy Flights in Peak Hours Face 25% Cut Under U.S. Plan

The probable outline; of the economy in the months to come were clarified somewhat last week.  

Interest Cut Marks An Economic Path; Cut by Reserve Board Lifts Some Economic Fog

BROOKLINE, Mass., Aug. 17 -Wending its weary way through a 10-day stand, the United States lawn tennis amateur championships at the Longwood Cricket Club concluded its second day today still relying on unranked players to keep things moving until the stars arrive.  

SCOTT, STOCKTON GAIN IN U.S. TENNIS; Perry and Burwash Lose -Miss Gonnerman's Pair Is Victor in Doubles

Arguedas arrested on arrival, La Paz; tells reporters CIA forced him to act as agent since '65; holds news conf after talks with police; details recruitment by CIA, names top CIA agents in Bolivia, series of earlier ints, Lima and en route to Bolivia; doubts Barrientos or ex-Amb Henderson knew full extent of CIA penetration; ints text

Bolivian Says C.I.A. Forced Him to Serve; Passer of Guevara Diary, Back in Bolivia, Says He Was Forced to Aid C.I.A.

Humphrey says he, like late Sen R F Kennedy and unlike McCarthy, opposes coalition Govt for S Vietnam, s, Liberal Party forum, NYC; says some Sens who now oppose war shared responsibility for it because they voted funds for it

Vice President Rejects an Imposed Coalition, as Robert Kennedy Did; Humphrey Rejects Imposed Coalition for Vietnam

announces candidacy for Dem Pres nomination, s, Atlanta; illus

Maddox Seeks Nomination As Voice of Conservatives; MADDOX ENTERS NOMINATION RACE

OAKLAND, AUG. 17 -- After four games as the leadoff man, Tom Tresh was back in his power position in the Yankee line-up tonight, batting sixth as Fritz Peterson took on Catfish Hunter of the Athletics.  

YANKS WIN BY 3-1 ON KOSCO'S HOMER; Three-Run Clout in Ninth Gives Womack Victory Over A's on Coast

HAMMOND, Ind., -- When George Corley Wallace agrees with the editorial judgments of newspapers and political pundits outside what he calls "the region," meaning the South, something important has happened. Their views of the world and his are normally as disparate and hostile as those of the mongoose and the cobra.  

Wallace Aims At 'Influence'

WASHINGTON -- Perhaps it was true, as most of the political pros were saying, that Vice President Humphrey had the Democratic nomination for President all locked up. Yet all across the land last week there were signs of disquietude that no sensitive politician could ignore.  

McCarthy et al Heat Up a Cauldron

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Educ Bd formally releases proposed decentralization plan; details; Confed of Local School Bds pres T M Taylor charges some provisions in plan 'tie hinds of local bds' and thwart meaningful decentralization; cites proposal to give some powers to local bds and other powers to dist supts as example; Educ Bd member W F Haddad confident differences over plan can be resolved

PLAN FOR SCHOOLS CALLED TOO WEAK BY LOCAL BOARDS; Units' Head Says Program for Decentralization 'Does Not Go Far Enough'

Article on antiwar groups mobilizing in Chicago to protest war before Dem Natl Conv; roles of T Hayden and R Davis as joint coordinators noted; Natl Mobilization Com to End the War in Vietnam role discussed; all groups say they are committed to non-violence; reprs of various groups int; show conflicts

Dissenters Focusing on Chicago; Dissenters of Widely Varying Views Are Focusing on Chicago

Arthur Owen Marshall was an American composer and performer of ragtime music from Missouri. He was a protege of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin.

August 18, 1968

Headlines from August 18, 1968

Editorial Cartoon 1 -- No Title

EISENHOWER STAYS IN CRITICAL STATE; Consciousness Lost Twice as Heart Beats Irregularly -- Some Stability Regained

Article 2 -- No Title

U. S. Gains 2-1 Cup Lead By Taking 4-Set Doubles; DOUBLES VICTORY GIVES U.S. LEAD

Sports News

Billboard 200

Wheels Of Fire

Time Peace/The Rascals' Greatest Hits

Aretha Now

The Graduate

Beat Of The Brass

Notable Deaths

Historical Context for August 18, 1968