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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1968
Page
1
The president of Central State University, Dr. Harry E. Groves, resigned Wednesday. An eight-member committee including two students will select a successor by Aug. 15 due to his wife Evelyn Groves illness.
Eight people were injured when a Penn Central passenger mail train struck a semi at a dirt crossing west of Edgerton Ohio. Five were train passengers and two crew members plus the truck driver sustained non fatal injuries.
President George Meany mails a formal letter suspending Walter Reuther and the United Auto Workers from the AFL CIO over dues refusal. Meany drafts a businesslike missive as the split ends a 13 year alliance that cost the federation millions in members and dues, though money is not the main fault.
Six men were pulled from a two mile deep flooded mine near Hominy Falls and rushed to Sacred Heart hospital after nearly ten days underground. Four others found dead earlier were to be brought out later. Rescue teams drilled through water to reach the group and provide food and air as officials described their dangerous confinement.
A massive tornado outbreak across the midwestern and central states leaves 72 dead, hundreds injured, and millions in damage. Arkansas reports 48 fatalities including 33 in Jonesboro, with other deaths in Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana. severe storms disrupt searches, National Guard mobilized, aid flown in from Minneapolis.
Funnels touched down west of Wooster as lightning hail and thunderstorms swept northeastern Ohio. Two men hospitalized in Cleveland area. one heart attack, one electric shock. Damage limited, flashlight outages. tornado watch issued then expired.
Athens City police issued 317 citations during April. The note appears in Inside Today with references to pages 2 6 7 and 8 detailing river levels weather and college cost survey data.
North Vietnamese forces attacked north of Saigon and in the Central Highlands as U S. Command reported 562 American deaths in the week ending Feb 17, the highest weekly toll of the war. Enemy casualties reached 5,552 with South Vietnamese losses at 675, signaling intense combat around Dong Ha Sai Gon Kontum and Khe Sanh as Paris talks continued.
Paris AP reports that despite a stalemate in U S North Vietnam talks the United States works on proposals to back any Vietnam settlement with a peace keeping system run by neutral Asian nations. Officials say the plan aims to provide stronger supervision than the Indochina Control Commission and could place policing machinery in Burma India and Indonesia if talks with Xuan Thuy progress.
Baltimore AP report says Dancer's Image, Derby disqualified winner, likely will race in the Preakness Saturday. Owner Peter Fuller plans to proceed despite trainer Lou Cavalaris’s suspension by Churchill Downs stewards.
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