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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
2
Paris talks see US envoy Harriman thank Hanoi for releasing three airmen in a move viewed as a possible positive gesture. North Vietnamese ambassador Xuan Thuy dismissed claims of progress and called the action a mere straw in the wind.
Harriman told Thuy the North Vietnamese must curb their war effort before Johnson would meet their demand to end bombing. Nhan Dan said Hanoi remains resolutely opposed to U S terms. The 11th session since May 13 ended without changes in U S policy, though Harriman sensed Washington is hopeful for a peaceful solution.
In a Pacific incident a DC8 chartered by Military Airlift Command was forced to land on Sturup Island by MIG fighters while en route to Vietnam. Five Pacenote moves spanned informal talks and formal diplomacy with top officials from Washington and Moscow. U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk contacted Soviet ambassador Anatole Dobrynin, while Ambassador Llewelyn Thompson raised the matter with the Soviet foreign minister. Thompson anticipated meeting Prime Minister.
The Biddeford Saco Journal will not publish tomorrow in observance of the July 4th holiday. All departments will close Thursday and reopen Friday morning.
Congress favors a lighter, more maneuverable aircraft over the Fili fighter-bomber in Navy plans. President Johnson's July 4 holiday features Latin flavor with celebrations and diplomacy south of the border. General William C Westmoreland becomes U S Army chief of staff.
An AP survey across 40 cities finds Americans focusing on personal violence and gun control, crime and societal behavior, taxes, civil rights, and local action programs amid a shifting national mood. Readers discuss gun rights versus safety, a changing war memory, and concerns about youth, taxes, and politics.
Roland W Allard will become advertising manager of the Biddeford Saco Journal on Aug 1 succeeding Godefridus Tebbenhoff who resigns. He will oversee retail and classified sales and has four years with the paper. Tebbenhoff will join Bailey Publications Inc in New Hampshire as general manager and assistant to the president.
AP reports a Georgia Pacific logging site at disputed land sparking protest by Passamaquoddy leaders. Gov. John Stevens of Peter Dana Point urges others to join to stop logging, delivering a week ultimatum for removal. Local authorities and forestry officials are involved as tensions rise.
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