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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1968
Page
1
U S and world briefs report the Fed hikes its discount rate to 5.5 percent affecting three banks and signaling higher loan costs nationwide. President Johnson cancels a planned Congress address after civil rights progress and protests.
Page 2 reports on additional time given to ferries at Point Pleasant to improve service while Page 3 notes Hocking County Commissioners discussing Rockbridge flooding. Page 20 previews Cleveland Browns star Paul Warfield speaking at Nelsonville York all sports banquet. Page 22 mentions veep and related items.
U S war planes carried out 145 missions in North Vietnam the largest total in nearly four months. Targets in the southern panhandle were hit while weather aided flying under Johnson’s curtailment. Bridges trucks and boats were damaged or destroyed. a helicopter collision in South Vietnam killed 26 people including civilians.
Washington AP The biggest strike in 21 years involved 165000 AFL-CIO CWA members nation wide with 500000 Bell System workers urged to stay off the job. Officials said service should mostly continue with supervision while long distance calls and installs faced limits. The walkout tests unions against highly automated industries, as calls can be dialed directly.
Memphis AP report notes a broad, nationwide manhunt for Eric Starvo Galt, the suspect in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The FBI had publicly named Galt two days earlier, with posters distributed widely as investigators question the name and possible aliases John Willard and Harvey Lowmyer on the conspiracy warrant from Alabama.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Governor Nelson Rockefeller face growing pressure to enter the 1968 White House race. Humphrey signals readiness, while Rockefeller weighs a campaign against Nixon as McCarthy and Kennedy vie for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy tours California as primary battles loom, and Truman backs Humphrey with Mondale and Harris leading the national effort.
SAIGON AP Both the U S Embassy and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky denied a report that CIA fired Ky in 1963 for opium smuggling. The subcommittee report alleged air crews in a secret CIA operation used saboteurs to fly opium from Laos to Saigon.
U S officials press Hanoi for a quick reply to a new proposal listing 15 possible locations for preliminary peace talks. Washington prefers Asia as the discussion region while Paris is not yet agreed, signaling growing impatience over the impasse.
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