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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
1
Paris reports the government imposes three percent price controls to cap boosts despite wage gains of 10 to 14 percent. Cabinets outline quotas on autos electronics textiles and steel with subsidies and cheaper loans for exporters. De Gaulle to address nation as campaign nears.
Narcotics investigators in the United States and France dismantled a major heroin smuggling ring valued at $22.4 million. Five men were arrested, including one in New York and four in Paris, after 730 kilograms were traced to a French Citroën used to shuttle the drugs across the Atlantic.
The Poor People Campaign seeks a federal court order to require the Agriculture Department to immediately spend 227 million dollars to feed hungry Americans. The suit filed by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference argues an emergency exists as millions lack food programs while officials say no congressional authority allows such spending except in emergencies.
President Johnson said he expects to sign within a day or two the congressionally passed bill to raise 10 billion dollars in taxes and cut spending by 6 billion. He also urged passage of his gun registration and licensing proposal.
Allen Erps, a former Davy council member, was chosen mayor by the City Council at a public meeting in the Davy community center. Two council seats were filled by Bobby Hogan and Pevi Rhodes to replace Erps and to honor the retirement of Gordon Hurd. About 60 residents attended the two hour session after a previous meeting failed to select a mayor following Floyd LeGato's resignation on June 17.
U S Commissioner of Education Harold Howe II said the nation will increase its annual investment in education by about 50 percent over the next decade, reaching more than $70 billion. The rise assumes continued enrollment growth in high schools and colleges and rising cost per student.
President Johnson names Abe Fortas as Chief Justice nominee to replace Earl Warren and selects Homer Thornberry of the Fifth Circuit to fill the Supreme Court seat. Both are Democrats and liberals, Fortas would be the first Jewish chief justice if confirmed. Some Republicans warned against a lame duck nomination.
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau won a solid election majority nationwide with 154 seats in the 264 member House. Quebec gave the Liberals 55 of 74 seats, signaling unity against Quebec separatist calls. The Liberal gain follows a strong push for bilingualism and federal strength to keep Canada united.
The House on Wednesday cut $100 million from the poverty program then reversed course and restored the funds. Final funding remained $307 million under Johnson’s budget due to prior House actions. The poverty program total for the coming year reached $1.873 billion, with the $100 million cut enacted by a 128 to 126 vote and later reversed 220 to 181 on a roll call.
U S Marines withdraw from Khe Sanh combat base in the northwest near the DMZ citing mounting enemy pressure. The decision followed a 77 day siege with about 2500 casualties and shifts in base positions to Landing Zone Stud east of the old base.
The United States charges Hanoi poured a record 29 000 troops into South Vietnam in May as Paris peace talks began. Ambassador Cyrus Vance urged North Vietnam for de escalation while Thuy pressed for halt of U S bombing before talks move forward. Jorden called Thuy’s formal statement long and propagandistic.
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