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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1968
Page
1
New York reports longtime stage figure Howard Lindsay died Sunday from leukemia at age 78. The Life With Father co author and star also wrote the play with Russel Crouse, with whom he collaborated for 28 years.
Dick Gregory outlines militant non-violence as protest against the administration and government while calling America a violent country. He spoke at Memorial Auditorium during Negro History Week and plans a second 40 day fast after a 40 day fast last year. He urged listeners to abstain from tobacco and haircuts to show solidarity with antiwar policies.
Viet planes bombed and strafed Communist forces in Hue as Marines entered the Citadel for the first time in the two week battle. The assault aimed to drive North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong from areas held since January 31 with Marine reinforcements and South Vietnamese troops pressing the offensive. Four Marine companies, about 300 to 400 men, moved into Hue from landing craft and assault boats, joining efforts to retake the old imperial capital.
U Thant held talks with Soviet Premier Kosygin and party chief Brezhnev in Moscow over Vietnam as Pravda renewed support for Hanoi's peace terms. Thant planned London meetings with Harold Wilson as Britain backs Johnson's San Antonio peace framework.
U S Rep Robert Taft Jr told the West Shore Republican Council that the Johnson administration has been less than honest with the public in both foreign and domestic affairs.
Otto Orkin founder of the pest control company bearing his name died at age 82. He devised a rat poison at 14 to drive rodents from his family farm and built a nationwide business with 400 branches in 28 states. Despite a third grade education he became a millionaire.
Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe told the Fraternal Order of Police that local action committees of doers could fight crime at the community level. He said they would work with juvenile delinquency, school dropouts, post-prison rehabilitation, shoplifting and promote better public understanding of courts.
Police in New Delhi and other cities were placed on alert for possible Hindu Muslim violence after the death of D. D. Upadhyaya, president of the Jan Sangh party since 1952. His body was found Sunday at a railway platform in Moghul Sarai, Utter Pradesh, about 200 miles southeast of New Delhi.
Athens officials acknowledge they cannot fund participation in the planning commission. The note appears on page 2 of Inside Today with brief local government budget context and no further details.
Negro residents in Orangeburg South Carolina boycotted white businesses today to press for civil rights gains and the immediate removal of National Guard troops. They also demanded suspensions of law enforcement officers blamed for police brutality that left three dead after Thursday night violence.
In Orangeburg 800 residents backed a boycott after a 50 people were injured while attempting to desegregate a bowling alley. The action spurred by student integration efforts drew praise from NAACP leader Rev. I D Newman. Guardsmen remain, dusk to dawn curfews persist as inquests into three deaths are planned. The boycott lists desegregation as its key aim along with restitution to families. A DOJ suit seeks desegregation of the All Star Triangle Bowl and a nearby eating establishment.
South Korean President Park Chung Hee weighs a possible trip to Washington to meet President Johnson if Cyrus Vance fails to ease the U.S. Korea rift over security. Vance and Park met, amid U.N. Command talks with North Korea on alleged truce violations in the DMZ.
The Ohio Civil Liberties Union asks Ohio lawmakers for a new law to let third parties appear on ballots. Benson Wolman says current statutes block qualification, requiring nearly 500000 signatures for all but the two major parties.
Two Navy pilots Lt Anthony Miller and Lt Bruce Turnbull died when a T33 trainer crashed through thick fog into the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The craft struck girders and sank 180 feet to water. a fuel truck carrying 8050 gallons was nearby but no injuries on the bridge were reported. Search by Coast Guard and navy divers continued at first light.
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