31 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1968
Page
1
President Johnson said he will inform the nation Sunday night of increased U S participation in Vietnam, including more troops and spending, but not the scale rumored. He indicated no bomb pause announcement and planned a radio television address from the White House at 9 pm EST.
U S Marines report nine killed and 74 wounded amid trench fighting near Khe Sanh while a second F111 jet crashes in Thailand with two crewmen safe. North Vietnamese losses and allied casualties mount as mobilization looms.
U Thant reported a gulf in positions between Arabs and Israel as Jordan urged the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Israel while Israel vowed to continue military reprisals for Arab raids. The council, in emergency session, debated sanctions and potential observers along the cease fire line amid rising violence.
The group of ten nations led by West Germany and Britain agreed on special drawing rights as a potential global money standard. France resisted the move, aiming to block the issuance of the new paper gold while others finalise a text by mid April and seek ratification by the IMF. Market observers expect a calming effect on bullion markets next week.
Bowie State College students ended a four hour boycott and relinquished campus control after talks with state officials. Ally General Francis Burch pledged to visit Monday to review their complaints and report to the State College Board. Governor Agnew cautioned no promises, sending Burch and State Police leader Cal Robert allies to supervise. If no concrete action by Wednesday, protests would resume.
An NBC crew helicopter lost power and crashed in Orangin Texas while Gov. candidate Wagoner Carr and about 260 supporters watched. Cameraman Bruce J. Powell, 50, of Arlington Heights was killed. Pilot and another NBC staffer survived. A bystander was injured by debris.
Prime Minister Harold Wilson moves to reshuffle his cabinet after a midterm defeat unsettled government leadership. Richard Crossman urges unified leadership while Denis Healey is named as a central activist amid internal criticism and looming leadership tension. Press tycoons Ce CKi ng and Lord Thomson signal discontent with Wilson.
A Chicago man, Joseph Nathan Peters, 29, was knocked into Bourbon Street early Saturday and carried three blocks by a street sweeping machine before being ejected. He was hospitalized in undetermined condition with a possible broken leg. Police seek three youths who attacked him. one struck Peters on the head with an unknown object as the others corralled him before the machine took him aboard.
Gen Ludvik Svoboda, a World War II hero rescued from banishment by Nikita Khrushchev, was sworn in as Czechoslovakia's president with strong Soviet backing. The vote in the National Assembly was 23 percent against him among 1,580 participants, signaling party support but mixed public opinion and a reshaped reform leadership.
Memphis remains under a cash to dawn curfew while national guardsmen patrol the streets. Civil rights leaders seek a federal probe into the death of Larry Payne, 16, shot during a march led by Dr. Martin Luther King. Witnesses and police give conflicting accounts as tension looms over Beale Street and ongoing strike actions.
In Newport News two armed men wearing stockings robbed Trinity Methodist organists J R Pike and Dr Golden during Easter supper practice. Each victim, untouched, reported the theft of forty dollars. Police described the suspects as masked attackers, the crime occurring around % pm.
Fire bombs were thrown at Macy’s Bloomingdale’s and Klein’s in Manhattan on Saturday. The FBI enters the probe with suspected arson, amid fires also at Gimbel’s and an annex to Klein’s. Police launched a citywide alert for suspicious persons as investigators pursue links to Chicago fires.
Increasing cloudiness Sunday with a chance of rain and highs around 74 in coastal areas. North Carolina sees variable cloudiness with little temperature change through Monday, scattered showers mainly in mountains. Downtown weather log notes Sunday low around 40s in far northeast and 50s in mountains, with a high near 80 and no measurable precipitation.
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