SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1968Chicago appeared to be returning to normal after four nights of violence an
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1968Chicago appeared to be returning to normal after four nights of violence and its citizens appeared to be both relieved and perplexed in the wake of the Democratic National Convention. Reactions to Mayor Daley and the strong tactics of the Chicago police in clearing demonstrators ranged from condemnation to support. Responding to a request from the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, which said objects were being thrown from windows, the Chicago police entered McCarthy headquarters on the 15th floor before dawn Friday and ejected about 30 of the Senator’s aides. Three McCarthy workers were injured seriously enough to require hospitalization. Dissident Democrats, seriously divided on issues among themselves, met in Chicago to lay plans for political activity this fall and beyond. They could agree on one point, however—that they would not support the Democratic ticket in November. In his first speech since the close of the national political conventions, President Johnson referred last night to rumors that the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia might be repeated elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Although he did not expand on the rumors, he seemed to be pointing to Rumania as a possible target for Soviet troop movements and a take-over. -- source link
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