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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1968
Page
1
U.S. intelligence cites Jan Sejna rising from farm work to high rank without troop command. A Pentagon source says Sejna appears a political general, potentially briefing U.S. authorities on Warsaw Pact plans. Sejna fled to the United States last month.
The U S Command reported 542 Americans killed in combat last week in South Vietnam near a war record. Twenty four killed in ground fighting on Wednesday and 48 presumed dead in a C123 crash near Khe Sanh. Military sources cited 185 Communist kills that day and a drop in Viet Cong attacks to three locations.
City and Tri County officials report a sanitary sewer service agreement with Nelsonville reached after negotiations. The page 14 item notes the arrangement aims to stabilize regional wastewater handling and prevent overflows.
Fred Whissel reports Tony Reis, chairman of the City Recreation Committee, notes little public input on Athens recreation needs. He says only a small, vocal segment is pressing for better facilities, highlighting a lack of concerted effort to discuss solutions.
Reis of the city recreation committee notes apathy and a tight near $30,000 budget, far below the national per person average. He cites pool receipts and concessions as part of the funds, and questions a YMCA or teen center as a feasible solution for Athens.
The United States the Soviet Union and Britain proposed a joint Security Council backed pact to defend nations threatened with nuclear attack after signing a treaty to halt nuclear spread. They seek to counter veto barriers by stating capability to counter aggression under UN charter.
Joseph W. Martin Jr., longtime Republican figure and former speaker of the U S House, died at 83 in Fort Lauderdale after a 42 year congressional career ending with a 1953 54 term. He began in the Massachusetts House in 1912 and rose to national prominence as Mr Republican.
The Senate debated expanding federal police powers as part of a civil rights open housing bill. A Kennedy brothers split emerged as Senator Robert F. Kennedy supported a riot violence crime amendment, while Senator Edward M. Kennedy opposed it. the proposal was defeated 64 to 27.
Public schools in Washington DC were ordered closed as teachers walked out to urge Congress to raise starting salaries from 5880 to 7000. Across Florida and Pittsburgh strikes continued with arrests in Pittsburgh for picketing. Gov Kirk faced a midnight deadline on a 329 million education package.
President Johnson plans to remain a noncandidate through the upcoming Democratic convention, bypassing the Massachusetts primary and avoiding formal noncandidacy declarations in Wisconsin Oregon and Nebraska. Officials say he will not campaign in state primaries and can travel without triggering equal time rules for McCarthy or Republicans.
In his capacity as commander in chief the President can travel by Air Force One to reach military bases and address captive audiences at local dinners and conventions near base installations. The White House denies Johnson had planned such trips.
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