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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
1
Senate and House conferees agreed to Johnsons ten percent income tax surcharge tied to a six billion dollar spending cut. Rep. Mills said they hope to finish work on amendments at a final session.
London reports say Britain will replace most of the 20 Hawker Hunter fighters lost by Jordan in the June conflict with Israel. King Hussein met with Prime Minister Wilson and officials after lunch. Six Hunters are kept in reserve for Jordan with options for more.
Saigon faces renewed Viet Cong pressure from south east and northwest as U S forces claim success in repulsing southern and eastern incursions. The 9th Division reports 131 enemy killed in a day long battle while civilian casualties and homelessness surge amid urgent calls for calm from President Thieu.
U S officials predicted extended negotiations with North Vietnam as Harriman and Thuy headed to Paris for peace talks. The agenda includes a possible broad settlement and a halt to bombing, with Hanoi seeking U S troop withdrawals. Johnson pledged in Asia to honor commitments.
In Hominy Falls West Virginia rescue teams report 15 of 25 trapped miners are about 600 feet from help after water receded. Foreman Frank Davis and Bob Rudd, marooned deeper, chose to stay put while 13 others located a mile in via a flooded tunnel await extraction possibly by noon to 6 pm EDT.
The Poor People's Campaign gains speed across the United States as Rev. Ralph David Abernathy warns against violence and urges peaceful action. He plans to fly to Boston to start a new campaign leg, with marches in Boston and Indianapolis following Midwest arrivals from Milwaukee and St Paul.
A House Armed Services subcommittee resumes hearings to probe alleged unrealistically high M16 rifle prices in two new procurement contracts. The panel will question Army pricing and why a lower bid from an arms maker was rejected in favor of General Motors and Harrington & Richardson amid wage and tooling cost differences.
Police dispersed student protests at Marquette University Roosevelt University and Southern Illinois University after sit-ins and blockades. In Stanford California a 400 student walkout ended peacefully following Faculty Council urging the president to drop suspensions of seven demonstrators.
Nixon says the nation is a lawless society and endorses limited forms of wiretapping in major crime and national security cases. He criticizes the Johnson administration as ineffective against rising crime and argues the Supreme Court weakens peace forces. He warns crime could double by 1972 if unchecked.
France completes its second heart transplant in Montpellier as a 65 year old patient improves. Donor Jean-Claude Amarger 35 from a service station incident near St. Luke's Hospital in Houston. Other transplant patients show varied progress across the United States.
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