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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1968
Page
1
Relief forces reached Khe Sanh on Saturday as part of a 20 000 strong column. Paratroopers landed to join the garrison while South Vietnamese rangers seized nearby trenches. U S marines moved to flank the hills near the Laos border as the siege was declared broken.
A 23 year old Cedar Rapids man Michael Thomas Cummings of 515 Third Ave SW died from massive head injuries after a single vehicle crash at Robbins Road and 26th Street NW. Driver Patrick J. Walsh 23 of 1520 Sixth Street NW faces manslaughter charges after the car went out of control at 3 38 am and rolled, Cummings was thrown beneath it. Walsh posted $1000 bond and was treated for minor injuries. Cummings born June 10 1944 in Cedar was pronounced dead at St Luke’s Hospital at 4 15 am.
Two young girls died after a two car collision on Highway 52 east of Ossian Friday night. Julie Kay Monroe aged 17 and Laurie Szabo aged 9 were killed, with Laurie dying at a Decorah hospital and Julie later at Rochester. Dean Monroe, 21, is home on leave. both families are neighbors.
Eight young men died in two Saturday crashes. Five perished when their car struck a tractor trailer on a rural road near Pitman New Jersey. In Summit, about a hundred miles north, three others were killed when a tire failed and their car crashed into a tree.
A witty note defines an adolescent as someone who knows many things he does not need to study. Copyright claims imply ownership of the humorous line.
U.S. officials report progress with North Vietnam toward preliminary peace talks, noting steps to establish contact after Hanoi voiced readiness. Johnson announced a limited bombing halt and a promise to engage, while Westmoreland attended to U.S. duties and diplomats eyed Ellsworth Bunker’s possible arrival.
An explosion in a sporting goods store lit two blocks of downtown Richmond on a Saturday afternoon. Police said gunpowder likely caused the blast and that the city hall was damaged. One death was reported, a possible heart attack, as fears mounted that shoppers were injured and a blood donor appeal was issued.
Three men were held in the city jail Saturday on forgery and carrying concealed weapons charges with $10,000 bond each. Kenneth Wilson 33 East Chicago Sequoyah Colbert 36 Portage Ind and Louis E Ferguson 29 Gary Ind were in custody pending further investigation. Police responded to an Eagle Food store incident at Lindale Plaza Friday evening after workers reported two men trying to cash a suspected stolen check. The suspects fled in an out of state car. one man remained inside when officers arrived at the Sears service garage two others exited and jumped in, and the car sped away.
In Washington, the senate judiciary committee approved a scaled down firearms control measure 9 to 7 after absentee ballots tipped a 6 to 6 tie. The bill would ban interstate mail order pistol sales and over the counter sales to non residents of a state.
A clean six foot man with a long sharp nose is sought in the assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis. Authorities led by Ramsey Clark and Frank Holloman pursue a single suspect after a $150000 reward was posted. Police describe the rooming house visitor who paid $20 with a $20 bill and used the name John Willard. The probe extends across several states as prints and FBI analysis aid the search.
Paratroopers from the 82nd airborne joined 4,000 federal troops in Washington as rioting and looting spread to multiple cities after King’s assassination. Chicago, Detroit, and Washington faced fires, shootings, and curfews with dozens dead and hundreds arrested as National Guard and federal forces moved to restore order nationwide.
The Polish freighter Wroclaw sank Friday night off the Baltic island of Saarema. All 28 crewmen were rescued.
The Czechoslovak cabinet resigned paving a broad government shakeup with Oldrich Cernik named to form a new government. The National Front and non Marxist parties will discuss representation as reform pledges keep the country on a path of socialist democracy. A new cabinet is to be sworn in soon with possible changes in key ministries.
Smoke rose from fires in Washington's Negro neighborhoods while the city appeared calm from the air. Secret Service searched cars at the White House gate and a soldier stood in battle dress with bayonet as authorities closed other gates on Saturday morning.
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