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08 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
1
Freezing sea turtle eggs and a question on ACTION LINE origins
Reader asks if sea turtle eggs can be frozen or boiled for later eating and learns federal law protects sea turtles with penalties for egg collection. The column traces ACTION LINE origins to the Detroit Free Press newsroom about eight years ago and notes anonymous sourcing and risk of retribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
U. S
Canada
Puerto Rico
High Point
Guiding Light
Detroit
Lunch subsidies and furnace certification debate cited
A reader explains UL furnace certification ends at the plant with manufacturer contract and city permits. The Ferndale lunch price difference is tied to ESEA subsidies supporting schools with low income students, with Ferndale qualifying differently than Northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Hill
Ferndale
Sam
Northeast
Ain’t You
Vietnam Death Toll Could Surpass Korean War by Election Day
U S battle deaths in Vietnam rise to 19 251 through March 2, 1968, about 14 378 short of the Korean War total of 33 629. If current pace continues over 35 weeks to November 5, deaths could top 36 000. The surge follows the lunar new year offensives and growing U S ground role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USS
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
U.S
Gress
Frank Church
Didaho
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Jack Miller
Iowa
Springfield
Ill
Hubert H. Humphrey
Republian
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
New Hampshire
Canda
Humphrey
Chicago
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
North Vietnam
Hartke
Steel Service Institute
U.S. Vietnam Battle Deaths Rise Through 1968
The record shows 1968 began with 3 229 battle deaths in the first nine weeks, reflecting a surge after Johnson’s 1965 troop buildup. The pattern links casualties to deeper U.S. involvement, with 1961–62 totals small, then steep rises in 1965 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
U.S
Kennedy Fulbright Press for Congressional Control of Vietnam Buildup
Senators Kennedy and Fulbright demand Congress have a say before any major U S troop buildup in Vietnam. Kennedy criticizes current policy as immoral and intolerable and questions the use of force and destruction of villages under planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Fulbright
Congress
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
J. W. Fulbright
Senate
Vietnam
U.S
New York Democrat
God
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Mansfield
John T. McAlister Jr
Princeton University
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gulf of Tonkin
Beaumont
Tex
Beau
No Decision Made On Troops
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said the president is keeping an open mind on military deployment options. The brief AP report notes no firm decision was announced and the situation remains under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Washington
Defense Clark M. Clifford
Johnson
Romania Defies Warsaw Pact On Nuclear Nonproliferation
At a two day Warsaw Pact summit Romania rejected Soviet nonproliferation pressure and signaled a separate stance on a treaty with the United States. Romanian officials criticized U S Soviet talks as untimely while Geneva negotiators offered shield against nuclear blackmail to small nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Rohas
Romania
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Geneva
Warsaw
Fierce fighting below DMZ reported as U.S. reshapes command
AP reports heavy clashes near Dong Ha with a 1,000 strong allied force engaging 500 Communist troops for seven hours. U S troops claim 138 enemy dead and Marines 15, with 76 wounded hospitalized. Khe Sanh base witnessed a Vietminh tunnel attack leaving a Vietnamese lieutenant wounded and a self inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Dong Ha
Ing
Khe Sanh
Robert Ohman
Marine Fortress
Ohman
Ertaca Tech
Hue
Koreans Press Offensive Near Qui Nhon Coast
South Vietnamese battlefront report describes Korean forces extending action around the coastal city of Qui Nhon as the offensive continues in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Qui Nhon
South Vietnam
16 Salt Miners Are Found Dead in Calumet Mine
In Calumet Louisiana a Cargill salt mine 1200 feet underground trapped 21 miners for over two days. Rescue crews recovered 16 bodies with five still missing as relatives gathered at Cargill headquarters awaiting word on the fate of the missing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Clayton Tannamaker
Cargill, Inc
Cargill
Gulf of Mexico
Wall
Ceanina Vv
Cagill
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Dallas
Raeford Turner
Turner
John F. Kenne
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ee Aan Sae
J. William Fulbright
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