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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1968
Page
1
New York AP reports two patrolmen were shot and wounded after a gunbattle erupted Tuesday night among three off-duty city policemen following a auto mishap on the Cross Bronx Expressway. The injured include probationary patrolman Nicole J. Danisi, 24, listed in critical condition.
A violent storm toppled a circus tent in Auburn New York injuring 85 of about 800 spectators. Two hospital admissions involved a head wound and Patrolman John Dalton in serious condition with a chest wound. Police investigated and identified Detective Frederick Gibson as involved in the shooting incident following a car confrontation with Dalton.
A Secret Service officer fired one warning shot at two youths approaching Governor Reagan's Sacramento residence with two firebombs. The devices did not ignite as the Reagans watched TV inside. In Saigon, Vietnamese troops repelled a Viet Cong force near the capital with US pilots claiming a MIG-17 downed in a brief dogfight. Five miles west of Saigon, fighting caused government casualties as a Viet Cong assault faded into the marshes. Elena Horvathova, East European first heart transplant patient, died five hours after receiving a donor heart in Bratislava. Ohio State University said four students tied to the administration-building takeover were dismissed. Wilson Rubber Co. plans a Canton plant phaseout unless workers accept terms after a strike. Dirksen says some GOP senators have dropped opposition to Johnson Supreme Court appointments as critics fade.
The Meigs School Board approves a $1.34 million budget covering employee salaries and related costs. The action accompanies district plans for budgeted staffing and pay scales, with details released for the upcoming fiscal year.
In Paris, Ambassador Xuan Thuy accuses U S authorities of spreading rumors of progress to serve political aims and demands an immediate halt to all U S bombardment of North Vietnam. Harriman counters with cautious optimism, urging a peace path and continued talks, while both note the deadlock and the possibility of broader regional development postwar.
New York governor Nelson Rockefeller plans a cross country poll to pick the strongest Republican candidate after aides and party leaders rejected his plan. Nixon aims to widen his delegate lead by urging Ohio to back the candidate who helps them most in November. Humphrey remains silent on a running mate while McCarthy resumes his campaign with a West Coast swing ahead of Washington State events. Wallace in Boston blasts the Supreme Court, accusing it of handcuffing the police.
George Pompidou, France’s longest serving premier in modern times, resigns in a government reshuffle ordered by President Charles de Gaulle. He is expected to be replaced by Maurice Couve de Murville, the current finance minister.
Ohio Highway Director P F Masheter ordered a statewide pause on highway bid openings until a dispute with the federal government over minority worker staffing tables is resolved. The state says the tables belong after bid award, while federal guidance calls for pre award presentation at sessions.
President Johnson returns to the White House and holds immediate conferences with senior military, diplomatic, and intelligence advisers. A key topic is the planned two day Honolulu summit with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu around July 20, amid Johnson’s wide Latin American trip and recent bills signed on rehab programs bank protection and export lending.
Ohio officials say London Correctional Institution returned to near normal after unrest that drew 250 National Guardsmen and Highway Patrol, with 100 to 159 of 1590 inmates involved. Ringleaders were sent to Chillicothe Correctional Institution while work crews resumed.
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