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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1968
Page
2
UPI reports B52 Stratofortress raids dump one million pounds on North Vietnamese troops besieging the U.S. Green Berets at Thuong Duc. The siege enters its sixth day as Red forces shell the area and seize villages around the camp.
Hubert H. Humphrey urged humanizing politics during a South swing, saying campaigns should be about meeting voters in person rather than being purely televised. He mixed Truman and Billy Graham personas as crowds packed stops in Jacksonville and Charlotte before a West Virginia trip.
Nixon charged that the Soviet Union is gaining control of the seas as American fleets deteriorate under Democrats. He cited a growing fishing fleet, leading oceanographic research, and a future merchant fleet advantage, warning of a submarine gap. He campaigned in Virginia and Georgia, praising crowds and doubting Humphrey’s strength, while deeming Wallace a stronger potential rival than Humphrey.
Washington AP The Air Force will demobilize about 17 500 Air Reservists and Air National Guardsmen called for two year active duty in the Pueblo crisis. Most will leave by June 30 with a reduction in units by year end including one aeromedical squadron and three air terminal support squadrons. Some 1 500 scattered personnel must meet qualifications for early release.
Mrs Sheila Ann Thorns of Northfield Birmingham delivered six living babies at New Birmingham Maternity Hospital by Caesarean section on her 30th birthday. Four girls and two boys, aged two months premature, weighed two to three pounds each. One girl died shortly after birth. Doctor Arthur Crooke notes mother used fertility drug gonadotrophin.
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