Brief News Items From Across The Nation
Ohio editors condemn abuse of photographers covering state universities as TV crews face harassment. Hubert Humphrey gains momentum in Ohio with new state campaign leadership. Senator McClellan attacks Supreme Court on crime control. Gold hits new highs in European markets amid U S deficit hints. Methodist Church fights tax breaks for clergy while some ministers push back. Western Laos war reports show fewer casualties. Actress Helen Mayes to retire with Mexico move. Coretta Scott King signs book deal about life with Martin Luther King Jr.
Hanoi rejects peace talks aboard Indonesian ship
Hanoi calls the plan unacceptable and says Jakarta’s proposal to hold preliminary talks with the United States on an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin fails to meet President Johnson’s conditions. Hanoi demands talks in Phnom Penh or Warsaw and cautions the move excludes other nations and press access.
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Heavy fighting in Vietnam near Hue as 1000 enemy killed
Across the Northeast, allied forces report over 1,000 enemy dead as fighting around Hue and Dong Ha intensifies. U.S. forces say 鈥?their own losses total 41 and 395 wounded? as a 15,000-strong sweep in the Ashau Valley targets supply routes. A major prisoner haul includes 47 North Vietnamese troops, with five women nurses among captives.
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Head Start program set to start in Point Pleasant
The Mason County Head Start program will run from June 17 to August 9 with the Mason County Board of Education as delegate agency. The Mason Community Action Group two aides act as parent coordinators to prepare for the term. Volunteer helpers are sought. contact the Community Action Office in the courthouse Point Pleasant at 75 2569.
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Trustees Agree to Study Basic Changes at Columbia
Columbia University trustees meet in special session to study basic changes in the university structure and to consult with community leaders on the fate of a Milro Morning side Park gymnasium amid campus protests. The action follows faculty committee guidance and aims to restore order as clashes injure police and students. Classes in branches are halted and police dispersal occurs at Amsterdam Avenue and 16th Street.
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March of Poor Begins in Memphi s to Poor Peoples Campaign
In Memphis a black stone with cross and star is dedicated at the Lorraine Motel to honor Martin Luther King Jr. As Ralph Abernathy leads a Memphis kickoff, the Poor People’s Campaign plans a two mile march to buses bound for Marks Mississippi amid a rally urging turnout. Violence flared in Marks as Mississippi highway patrolmen dislodged protesting students outside Quitman County jail.
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Changes Friday at Mayor Lindsay's suggestion
The trustees chairman announced a five member committee to study and recommend changes in the university's basic structure. Atlan Westin, 38, professor of public law and government and co chair of the faculty executive committee, said it was necessary to resign Columbia.
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Rusk urges enactment of foreign aid plans
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the House Foreign Affairs Committee the United States should enact a 2.1 billion foreign aid bill. He argued aid remains vital for South Vietnam and other Southeast Asia nations, Latin America, and Africa, despite cost concerns.
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Telephone Pact Tentative in Nationwide Bell Walkout
A tentative three year contract raises wages 6.4 percent yearly with benefits for about 210000 telephone workers. The deal, sparked the first nationwide Bell Strike in 21 years, would cost the Bell System over two billion dollars and cover 600000 workers as a pattern agreement. Ratification by the strikers could end the walkout early next week.
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Cincinnati Students Continue Picketing After Sit-Ins
Nearly 120 people including nonstudents were arrested in sit-ins at four Cincinnati high schools amid protests over suspensions and pupil transfers. About 99 parents and students met to plan further actions at Board of Education demonstrations and a hall appearance.
Buried Mom Resurrected Plans to Try Underground Stint Again
Patricia Haverland, 18, of Charleston and Point Pleasant, was pulled from a 344 foot underground box after hours of confinement. She hopes to restart the stunt this weekend pending medical permission, claiming possible tainted food and describing a lengthy public response.
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