26 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
1
A reader argues that both parties shelter wide ranges of opinion and lean toward federal paternalism, with party labels masking practical policy. Voter appeal drives candidate positions more than party fundamentals, making registration unreliable.
The NCAA allows only 12 players to dress for tournament games. Ricky Webb is the 13th man and thus cannot play this postseason. Carolina covered his travel costs but he remains benched.
Reader taste tester praises Mrs Reid Marsh for a Roquefort dressing that blends two past column recipes. The dressing stores well and enhances year round salads with homegrown tomatoes. Uses garlic and Roquefort or bleu cheese grated finely and mixed to a smooth balance.
The Maya series, aired Saturday nights, disappeared about a month ago without explanation. Viewers mourn the loss as midseason ratings deem it dead. Star Jay North as Terry Bowen faced a fate unfinished, while other shows like Dundee The Culhane Accidental Family The Man from U N C L E Iron Horse Custer and Good Company were also dropped.
A reader letter discusses a committee to paddle Vietnam protesters at High Point College. It defends constitutional rights and urges rational consideration of the protesters' views. The author argues grownups must accept expression even if it challenges their positions.
Washington AP top official Joseph W Barr told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the United States faces a joint burden from Vietnam war spending and domestic programs. He warned of a potential 20 billion dollar deficit unless a 10 percent income tax surcharge is passed and spending is cut. Barr said he would likely be fired or impeached before leaving office. President Johnson pressed lawmakers to back a tax hike while AFL-CIO leaders urged support for the war effort and warned opponents not to frame it as Johnson’s war. Smathers projected the war could last another year even with a president-elect.
About 1,000 North Vietnamese troops launched a dawn assault on a U.S. artillery base 19 miles west of Kontum City, overrunning a gun position before being repelled by American forces. U.S. command reports 135 NVA and 19 Americans killed, 51 Americans wounded, while Viet Cong losses reach 284. Counterattacks and air support followed as heavy fighting subsided.
President Johnson secured firm labor support for re election and signaled his intent to seek another term. The Meany determined union pledge backed Johnson over Vietnam critics as GOP moderates urged a broader stance and McCarthy argued for the presidency. Nixon mapped Wisconsin primary strategy while Kennedy pushed his campaign into the Pacific Northwest with gains among African Americans. Johnson defended Great Society and farm programs while praising progress in reducing poverty and expanding healthcare and jobs.
In Panama the National Assembly urged the National Guard to pull back from around the legislative palace so the body can work with the new president, Max Delvalle, sworn in days earlier. The guard said the request is under study as Delvalle’s cabinet shapes policy.
Sen Robert F Kennedy tells a Portland audience that the Viet Cong and the National Liberation Front must have full participation in South Vietnam's political life as part of any settlement. He argues for negotiating with the Viet Cong, enlarging non Communist Vietnamese participation, halting bombing, and pursuing political and diplomatic solutions.
Czechoslovakia’s new Communist leadership vows to push democratic reforms including an elections law and press freedom, while parliament plans to elect Novotny’s successor. Zdenek Mlynar outlines a broad program to found a democratic order, rejecting a new opposition party as sole check. Potential successors include Josef Smrkovsky and General Ludvik Svoboda.
Washington APreports retiring Army chief of staff General Westmoreland and new Marine Commandant General Chapman oppose shifting U S strategy to defend only high population areas or abandoning search and destroy in Vietnam They warn such steps would allow Viet Cong to operate freely around enclaves and outskirts of settlements.
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