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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
1
France acts to halt rioting by dissolving seven extremist student groups and banning street demonstrations. The move comes as violence disrupts the country, with authorities seeking to restore order amid ongoing protests.
Brief items cover golf chatter ahead of the U S Open, a new camp near Mo beetie, regional planning decisions for Quanah counties, higher education funding, a Vietnam veteran's drowning at Lake Meredith, DeMolay youth gathering in Amarillo, zoning board debates on sandwich wording, city planning for a new air terminal, a murder conviction near Amarillo, a Baron guest on a Texas Panhandle ranch, and politics including a Dallas legislator vote shift and a liquor bill.
Washington AP reports the Labor Department shows 75.9 million Americans at work in May, a new high, with 2.3 million jobless and the unemployment rate at 3.5 percent. Average earnings for about 45 million non supervisory workers rose to 7.22 an hour and 106.03 a week, up modestly from April.
The Paris government dissolves seven extremist student groups and bars all street demonstrations to curb rioting amid a six week crisis. One 19 year old worker dies in clashes at Sochaux and three other deaths follow as authorities pledge to disperse protests, with foreigners expelled and the ban lasting through the June 23 and 30 National Assembly elections.
Viet Cong leaflets promise continual attacks and uprisings to win total victory. A recent 122mm rocket strike near Tan Son Nhut killed four children and wounded 26, including two Americans, heightening fear in Saigon as residents reinforce bunkers and relocate to safer areas.
In a tense Paris session the United States told North Vietnam that Saigon shelling imperils peace talks and urged Hanoi to show willingness to gesture toward peace. No progress was seen after 30 hours. a week-long recess was agreed at Hanoi's insistence as Ambassador Harriman pressed the issue of terror attacks on Saigon.
President Johnson addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York pledging the United States will vigorously pursue measures to halt the nuclear arms race and reduce arsenals. He backed early talks on limiting strategic weapons in Geneva, noted the 95 to 4 vote on the nuclear ban treaty, and highlighted broad participation by Britain and France along with U S and Soviet Union.
Severe weather swept the Panhandle with hail and two tornado funnels sighted between 4 and 4 40 pm. Amarillo recorded .23 inch moisture and residents reported heavy rain and a fired caused by lightning at 7606 Loma Vista. A tornado alert covered thirteen counties before being lifted.
Twenty one hostages, 16 men and five women, freed after 28 hours as four long term inmates surrendered at the U S Penitentiary in Atlanta. Firearms and blades were tossed from a second floor window, and FBI investigations led to the arrest of the fiancée of one inmate, Arlene Granito, 25, from Newark. Granito had come to Atlanta to be near her fiancé Ralph Lepiscopo, one of the four inmates who began the hold up.
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