These are the top stories for July 15, 1968.
The Soviet Union held an emergency meeting with communist allies over the liberal regime in Czechoslovakia. Concerned over what they term, "aggressive imperialist forces," Soviet officials met with members of the East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria communist parties. Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin announced that he will send a joint letter to Czech officials expressing their concerns.
Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey added 21 delegates to his total over the weekend. He won 17 delegates from Washington state and 4 from Colorado. He needs 614 more delegates for the Democratic nomination.
Additional police and security were called to calm over 2,000 people who lingered outside of Huey Newton's murder trial. Newton, chief of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, is on trial for killing patrolman John Frey and shooting patrolman Herbert Heanes in a gun battle. Newton has declared himself innocent of all charges.
The Congress for Racial Equality stated on national television that black voters need to create a third force in American politics. Floyd McKissick and Roy Innis, leaders of the group, believe that black voters should think about boycotting the election if politicians don't appeal to the interests of the black community.
An aide to former Republican Presidential candidate George Romney claims that Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's four-point plan to solve the Vietnam crisis bears remarkable resemblance to Romney's plan. The reason? Romney's former advisers now work for candidate Rockefeller.
