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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1968
Page
1
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged caution on the Paris peace talks saying it is too early to predict success or failure. He warned against drawing strong conclusions from limited progress and noted that President Johnson's March 31 bombing restraint order had not yet produced a decisive shift.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged North Vietnam to show readiness to scale down the war including a halt to rocket attacks on Saigon. Speaking at his first news conference in six months, he noted recent signs of possible de‑escalation alongside Clark Clifford and Harriman.
At the NATO spring meeting in Iceland Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged de escalation in Europe and criticized East Germany over restricted traffic into Berlin. He cited record April May infiltrations and the Saigon bombing and offered to have an impartial fact finding body investigate the Pueblo affair. Rusk warned against reckless foreign aid cuts and noted talks with Moscow may prevent new nuclear dangers. Harriman was due in from Paris for consultations. The Pueblo crew issue remains unresolved with North Korea unlikely to return survivors.
Paris North Vietnamese negotiators accepted the American view that mood at the Vietnam talks is improving slightly yet asserted there is no progress on substantive issues. spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le dodged questions about U S comments. Harriman said Le Duc Tho’s participation suggested seriousness and a basis for future private talks.
About 150 demonstrators return to the Agriculture Department to resume the Poor People Campaign protest against government policy on aid. They block entrances to two buildings as police watch. two youths arrested for unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct.
The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, SCLC president and campaign leader, plans to begin civil disobedience demonstrations though he did not join the group at the Agriculture Department. The orderly protest contrasted with a prior flare of mass arrests as Resurrection City tensions unfold.
Classified notice for Decest's Magnovexovex dealer selling at Robinson Furniture on 2nd avenue with phone contact 353 2370. Lemmas show limited readable text. The ad implies a furniture supply or promotion with a phone line for inquiries.
In downtown Rio de Janeiro protesters clashed with police injuring score and killing three. The U S Embassy windows were smashed as authorities detained more than 100 demonstrators and considered military intervention.
Four people were killed in a collision between a train and a car late Friday night between Kenix City and Smiths Station, Alabama. State troopers investigated the wreck at the intersection of the Southern Railway tracks and US 280. identities of the victims were not released.
Athens qualifiers for the August 13 general election push council race contenders to 16 for five posts. Oscar Barker challenges incumbent Robert Clem in place three while Doug Gordon Leonard McLemore enter place five to face Buford Romine. Hubert Ward becomes first Black candidate to challenge Bill Smith, with DeWitt Garrett the sole unopposed incumbent.
The Alabama Highway Patrol reported 20 year old Larry Weems of Town Creek was killed Friday afternoon when his car struck a bridge on U S 72 about five miles east of Killen. Weems was living in Florence at death and was the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Weems.
A terse classified note lists Sharp Movers with a phone number 353 2828 and mentions free Bitmote andAdv terms. The fragment suggests moving services or related advertising copy.
France's National Assembly election campaign closed quietly amid vacations and high abstention risk. Government sources fear De Gaulle may lack massive support despite polls showing Gaullists and allies with a one seat majority from the March 1967 vote. Analysts expect only minor shifts with possible Communist gains and no major upheaval forthcoming.
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