Humphrey Declares Candidacy for President in 1968
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey launches his second bid for the Democratic nomination with backing from business, labor, the South and possibly President Johnson. He headlines a Washington luncheon for 1,000 supporters to frame a call for national unity and faces Robert F. Kennedy and Senator Eugene J. McCarthy. Johnson had earlier said he would not run but hinted he preferred Humphrey as his successor.
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Vice President Humphrey moves to secure nomination
The political battlefield centers on Humphrey's bid with labor, the South, and Johnson’s allies. Demonstrations sweep campuses as students protest the war and racism. State officials clash with the Office of Economic Opportunity over antipoverty agencies amid Poverty Campaign plans. International focus rests on US and USSR efforts to win UN support for a nuclear ban treaty. Johnson signals a robust campaign posture and loyalty to his domestic programs as he weighs how to aid Humphrey at Chicago, with Kennedy and McCarthy seeking momentum from primaries.
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Tennessee
John B. Connally
Texas
Mills E. Godwin
Virginia
Richard J. Daley
Wilbur J. Cohen
Department of Health, Education and Wetl
Biddeford Picket Lines Hit New England Telephone Workers
Picket lines were set up in Biddeford by Local 7 of the International Brotherhood of Telephone Workers. Sixty-one men and four women on strike, with 13,500 IBTW members striking nationwide, led to disruption across five states as management staffed switchboards and a federal mediator was urged to help.
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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Loyalty Day Parade in Biddeford Planned Sunday
The Biddeford VFW Post hosts the annual Loyalty Day Parade starting at 2 p m at Elms and Main Streets marching through Main Street Alfred Street Birch Street to St Louis High School Yard for a reviewing stand program Parade marshal is Paul Lamontagne with Chief of Staff William McKenney Other participants include veterans groups Mayor Leo Lemire and Mayor Donald Davie police members bands from Biddeford Saco Old Orchard Beach and Sanford A supper follows at St Johns Hall Adams Street at 6 p.m under post and auxiliary direction.
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Love Can Strike In Strange Spots
Altoona AP report recounts Captain Lawrence Dring a Green Beret and nurse Rebecca Gould meeting during the Tet offensive in Pleiku. Rebecca saved his life as doctors treated a severe leg wound. They later wed at Grace Methodist Church Altoona, vows to be officiated by Rev Theodore Gould. Dring had led Vietnamese mountain tribesmen when wounded. he narrowly survived after hospital care and recovery.
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The Surly Bird Catches the Germ
A lighthearted Chuckle Doctors item notes cheerful people resist illness better than grumpy individuals. The saying “The surly bird catches the germ” is offered as a playful takeaway.
Talks Deadlock in Vietnam War Peace Efforts
The State Department and Hanoi officials met without a site for talks as Washington proposed 15 possible capitals while Hanoi favors Phnom Penh or Warsaw. U Thant suggested Paris or Geneva. Defense Secretary Clark Clifford said U.S. troop reductions may come after a period of leveling off amid rising northern fighting. College unrest continued with sit-ins at Columbia University and Long Island University, prompting gym construction delays but no amnesty.
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Paul G. Manual
Students Across Nation Rally Against War and Racism
Students demonstrated across the United States and abroad on Friday in a coordinated antiwar protest. In New York, Loy alty Day parades, peace rallies in Central Park, and a Stop the War address by the King widow occurred while Muhammad Ali spoke in San Francisco. Ohio State and Albany campus teach-ins and protests, Prague and Paris demonstrations, and scattered actions in Detroit, Boston, and California reflected a wide, youth led mobilization amid campus walkouts and a refocus on civil rights and antiwar goals.
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Goldberg resigns as U N representative over Vietnam peace
Arthur J. Goldberg resigns as U S representative to the United Nations stating he can better pursue Vietnam peace as a private citizen. He will be replaced by former Undersecretary of State George W Ball as the No 2 official in the role.
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U.S. F111 Loss Stirs Vietnam War Air Operations
A third U.S. Air Force F111 was lost during the week while in Vietnam combat. Officials say the $6 million swing wing bomber likely crashed in Thailand with two crew missing. The aircraft had only recently entered service, were grounded after March 30, resumed April 11, and allied officials warned of possible enemy offensives on the ground.
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