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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1968

Page

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Flooding evacuees as heavy rains flood Athens County towns

Heavy rains for two days sent the Hocking River and area creeks rising. Homes evacuated in Athens Hocking Meigs Vinton and Perry Counties. One nursing home patient critical as 4.13 inches fell in 24 hours. Bridges, roads, and utilities disrupted. several towns isolated.

Hocking Athens Meigs Vinton Perry Logan Nelsonville Amesville Athens County James Dille Dille State Highway Patrol First National Bank High Street Marshal McKibben High Water Chauncey Glouster Jacksonville Trimble Mineral Carbondale

Worst US helicopter crash kills 23 in California

Federal search continues across a pasture and morgue for the cause of the Sikorsky S61 crash returning from Disneyland to Los Angeles. All 23 aboard perished, including eight Ohioans and two notable Californians, in the Wednesday evening disaster.

Paramount Calif Los Angeles County U.S Los Angeles International Airport Disneyland

U.S. and Hanoi Move Toward Paris Peace Talks Showdown

United States and North Vietnam press toward a confrontation in Paris over halting bombing in the North. Officials say Hanoi aims to win the war via three fronts, press for concessions, and seek military gains in South Vietnam. President Johnson vows the U.S. will not be defeated on the battlefield while talks continue.

Paris United States North Vietnam U.S Coor Saigon South Vietnam Johnson Washington Hanoi Clark M. Clifford Clifford

France Calls Leaders To Crisis Meet

Premier Georges Pompidou summoned labor and business leaders to a crisis meeting to find a solution to the crushing strike wave paralyzing most of France. Meanwhile workers students and farmers prepared new demonstrations before President Charles de Gaulle's nation address as the government sought agreed settlement guidelines.

Paris Georges Pompidou France Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle

U S Bombers Launch Saturation Runs Across Vietnam

SAIGON AP military report says waves of B52 bombers conducted intensive saturation raids in central Vietnam near Laos and Cambodia, dropping about 1,000 tons of explosives in 10 missions as Marines battle North Vietnamese forces just inside the former DMZ area, with 203 enemy killed and 23 Marines dead or wounded over two days. The campaign aims to blunt a potential Hanoi offensive and deter cross-border moves into the central highlands amid Paris peace talks.

Saigon America Laos South Vietnam Air Force Cambodia Central Highlands U.S Paris

Spock Trial Continues With Films Shown At Rally

Federal jury watches television films of Dr Benjamin Spock on the Justice Department steps urging youths to resist the draft. The footage includes Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr 43, tied to the antidraft case against Spock and four others.

Boston Benjamin Spock Justice Department Washington Spock Yale William Sloane Coffin Jr

Senate OKs Crime Control Bill With Wiretap Provisions

The Senate approved a crime control bill by 72 to 4, aiming to undo Supreme Court limits on confessions and lineups, and to authorize police wiretapping and electronic surveillance. It would fund a two year, 40 million dollar program to boost state and local police training and equipment. The measure faces House review amid veto talk from President Johnson and opposition from Emanuel Celler over constitutional questions.

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