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...Breakdown. The Communist concentration led a U.S. officer to comment: "There are still no signs that the lull in enemy activity has been directed by Hanoi as a sign of good faith. We still believe that the enemy is refitting for another offensive." Supporting his view was the fact that prisoner interrogations and captured documents continued to indicate that a November as sault was planned. The U.S., for its part, maintained its bombing raids against North Viet Nam's panhandle-roughly from the 17th to the 19th parallels. Early last week, bomber pilots flew 139 missions, the most...
...with troops in the South said flatly: "Everything is settled." The White House was far more cautious. But when rumors began spreading that the talks between the U.S. and North Viet Nam were on the verge of collapse, word was passed that there had been no breakthrough, but no breakdown either...
After a "computer breakdown" in Dallas, votes stopped coming from Texas at about mid-evening with Humphrey enjoying a slim lead, and expected to win, largely on the basis of Wallace's surprisingly poor showing. Wallace drew only about 16 per cent in Texas, a state which had been rated as a three-way toss-up. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, more conservative than retiring Gov. John Connally, coasted to a comfortable victory over little-known Republican Paul Eggers. The Republicans evidently picked up one seat in the House, winning Joe Pool's West Dallas seat...
...Harry Parker was concerned, "the issue had just about died when they reached Mexico City." The blacks had refused to inform the Harvard activists what they were considering and there was a total breakdown in communications between the white and black athletes. Hal Connolly, the veteran hammer thrower, was the only white invited to the blacks' meetings so it seemed that Harvard's role as a link and source of information was dead...
While Humphrey aides talk optimistically about an upset, a state-by-state breakdown presents them with a much bleaker picture than do the national polls, conceded by both Harris and George Gallup to be inconclusive...