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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1968
Page
1
California Governor Ronald Reagan told 2300 GOP fund raisers that Democratic administrations lacked nerve and know how while Eisenhower built key weapons systems. He praised McNamara as an accountant and warned against overestimating current defense success.
Readable sections show Athens High School plans graduation ceremonies with senior names and Glouster High School listing seventy seven graduates. Ohio U controversy continues with students deadline looming while former Ohio State track coach to address Athens High annual athlete banquet.
New Orleans AP report states H. Rap Brown, 24, SNCC chairman, remains free on $15,000 bond while appealing a federal firearms conviction. He received the maximum five years and $2,000 fine after a racially charged trial debated knowledge of an indictment in Maryland.
Paris remains in turmoil as President de Gaulle calls a Cabinet meeting to plan crisis moves amid 8 million workers on strike. Ascension Day shutdowns hit small shops. trade union leaders push wage rise talks while students march on the National Assembly over Cohn-Bendit's ban and broader protests continue.
In Paris Ambassador Harriman warned the U S Vietnam peace talks could collapse and urged moving beyond propaganda. He noted North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy suggested possible failure but pressed for unconditional bombing end and reciprocal restraint to accompany any halt. He said talks require substantive progress.
American pilots flew more missions against North Vietnam after Johnson limited area of operation. North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire downed two planes Wednesday. three crewmen missing. U.S. casualties topped 549 killed in combat last week, second highest weekly toll. South Vietnamese losses reached 475, allied estimates put enemy dead at 4,765.
The U.S. Command said three crewmen were missing after two planes were downed. Radio Hanoi claimed four planes were shot down and pilots captured, accusing U.S. raids. The report raises May’s total U.S. losses to ten, with 841 since the air war began.
Ohio State University investigators stepped up the dormitory fire probe after a false alarm from Lincoln Tower near Ohio Stadium stirred students. Arson is suspected while guards man the twin Morrill Tower. a trespass arrest followed for Dimitrious Turner, 19, of Cincinnati. Pamela Sue Patterson, 18, from Ludlow Falls, died from smoke inhalation after a blaze on the 11th floor trapped residents. 15 others injured with 10 still hospitalized.
A Boston church ceremony showing draft cards burned in a candle lit rite is cited by prosecutors as part of the conspiracy case against Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others. The film was shown in a federal courtroom as evidence during the all male jury trial. Spock did not attend the church event.
U S marshals seized a convicted draft evader at the Arlington Street Church in Boston. About 200 protesters surrounded the car, fouling a police move as officers fought to extract Robert A. Talmanson 21 from the scene. Fifteen demonstrators were detained after fist fights and later released.
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