Millions on Strike in France Threatens De Gaulle Government
France faces a sweeping labor upheaval with about 6 million of 16 million workers striking. Factories idle, transport disrupted, and Paris clogged as De Gaulle plans a televised address amid efforts by opposition leaders to oust Premier Pompidou.
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Troops Stay In Athens Indefinitely After Campus Riot
Athens, Ohio saw the first mobilized National Guard troops in over 30 years placed on standby after a Sunday campus riot by Ohio University students. About 650 guardsmen were ordered by Gov. Rhodes and remained at the Athens County fairgrounds with law in force and order to be maintained. Three students were arrested for disturbing the peace as police and campus security kept watch, with 200 students marching toward Richland Avenue and Baker Center.
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Two Die In Meigs County Car Crash
A speeding car crashed into a concrete wall on Middleport Hill at 2 a.m. injuring four others. Driver David Fields aged 20 and passenger Georgia Pullins aged 39 died at the scene. Injured were Ray Roush, Dallas Gibbs, Vernon Rizer, and Jennie Hysell, with officers and medics transporting them to Veterans Memorial Hospital. Coroner reports Fields died of crushed chest and broken leg while Pullins died of crushed skull.
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Vernon Rizer
Jennie Flowers Hysell
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Johnson Attacks Critics Of Nation In New York banquet
President Johnson decries campaing taunting and despair at an Arthritis Foundation banquet in New York, urging optimism and warning against tearing the country down. In Florida Reagan rules out quick nomination while Rockefeller eyes 18 year voting and draft ideas amid South tour. Kennedy in Los Angeles receives chaotic crowd welcomes and calls for a U.S. Soviet pact to curb Middle East arms, while McCarthy and Kennedy share a San Francisco labor dinner platform.
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North Viet Forces Hit U S Bases At Hue In Heavy Shelling
Saigon AP reports North Vietnamese forces fired 500 rounds of mortars and rockets into four U S headquarters around Hue in one of the war’s heaviest coordinated shellings. Eight Americans and 21 enemy were killed. 51 Americans wounded. Viet Cong also shelled provincial capitals and airfields causing at least 65 allied casualties. Westmoreland notes rising war intensity and links to Paris talks. new U S drives aim to seek out and destroy enemy personnel and installations near Hue and Quang Tri.
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Hue
U.S. Air Cavalry Division
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Quang Tri City
Supreme Court expands jury trial rights in criminal cases
Washington reports a 7-2 ruling holding defendants in nearly all criminal cases have a right to trial by jury. The decision binds the Sixth Amendment jury guarantee to the states, marking a major expansion of defendants’ rights.
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Byron R. White
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Former Athens man named new Athens City School District superintendent
Inside Today reports a former Athens resident has been named the new superintendent of the Athens City School District. The item notes campus violence considerations by the Adjutant General and highlights state official explanations of high school standards during a Meigs school meeting. It also mentions two coaches to be honored at the Green and White banquet and a $10 million claim filed by families of five victims in the Silver Bridge disaster.
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Other Powers May Aid Peace Move In Vietnam
U S officials expect Britain, France and the Soviet Union to influence new Vietnam peace talks in Paris. Red China opposes a settlement but Mao’s Cultural Revolution weakens its blocking power. Harriman and Thuy plan courtesy calls on de Gaulle as Moscow and London prepare to shape potential negotiations. The Soviet role grows as Hanoi shifts away from Peking during the crisis.
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Thuy
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