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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
1
AP reports heavy U S air strikes against North Vietnam for the first time in weeks. A Marine task force clashed with about 500 Communist troops near Dong Ha for seven hours, with 138 enemy killed and 15 Marines dead, 124 wounded. South Vietnamese losses were light.
Athens Jaycees, led by Dr. Dale F. Nitzschke, push for a permanent community recreation center after expanding from a ballpark on W State Street to broader youth programs. Ohio Supreme Court Justice William O Neill supports the effort, pledging advisory help and backing as the group plans a Battle of the Bands to fund a lasting facility.
Washington AP reports U S battle deaths in Vietnam surged to 19 251 through March 2 surpassing the Korean War toll by election day while weekly deaths neared 500. The tally, reflecting six years of U S involvement, hinges on renewed ground attacks and North Vietnamese actions as U S forces assume a larger combat role.
In Washington, Robert F. Kennedy and J. W. Fulbright sparred in a Senate debate demanding congressional input before major U.S. troop buildup in Vietnam. Kennedy called U.S. policy immoral while Fulbright questioned Gulf of Tonkin authority and urged full consultation before any sizable increase. Other senators including Mansfield, Hatfield, Church, Case, and Miller backed congressional involvement.
President Johnson urged Congress to approve a 1.2 billion national conservation program prioritizing pure water and air, land restoration, expanded parks, and outdoor recreation. The plan targets oil pollution control, strip mining bans, and ocean pollution cooperation, citing a 1.5 million gallon spill at San Juan. Interior head Udall called the message the most significant conservation effort yet.
Calumet Louisiana AP Four man search crew scouted the still warm fire ravaged salt mine with no sign of the 21 miners trapped two days earlier. They found machinery and an empty lower level office and reported the fire out. Rescue teams prepared for further descent, using oxygen masks and limited air supply.
Washington AP Kennedy stays firm on not entering the Democratic presidential race this year. He would back Johnson if renominated, with Edward Kennedy urging restraint and delaying a 1972 bid. Rockefeller draft plans for Oregon, Nixon warns of racial violence this summer in cities.
Rhodesia’s white minority regime moves to execute eight more Africans convicted of terrorism, raising the total facing execution to 115 as protests mount after the earlier hanging of three reprieved blacks by Queen Elizabeth I.
In El Dorado Arkansas police dispersed a crowd of about 60 Negro teenagers with tear gas and chemical mace after they allegedly hurled stones and bricks at vehicles. Police chief R E Pennington said a passing car’s windshield was broken and Charles Williams 24, was arrested and charged with inciting a riot.
U S District Judge George L Hart Jr ruled that draft director Hershey merely expressed his personal opinion in a letter to boards suggesting reclassifications of antiwar demonstrators. The ruling came as the court rejected the National Student Association challenge to the delinquency provision of the Selective Service Act. Legislative leaders return to Columbus for a skeleton session to sign 43 bills and send them to Gov Rhodes after the seven week session that began January 15.
Today in Columbus five young men of the year will be honored at a state Jaycee banquet. The feature page notes philosophy and nature as a good combination with warm weather and references local college and civic events.
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