30 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1968
Page
1
Community column traces talk of boys clubs offering help during Clean Up Week but finds no official contact or notification. Also mentions Alpha Phi Omega volunteers cleaning slopes, plus assorted Q and A notes on wigs, local sightings, and classic Bowery Boys cast updates.
President Johnson faces pressure from Eugene McCarthy and Mike Mansfield to halt bombing as a test of peace prospects. Laird suggests a possible 30 day pause while officials argue for targeted strikes to support forces and deter infiltration routes from North Vietnam.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin campaign chatter centers on McCarthy and party strategists weighing ballot strategies for the state primary. Analysts note a tight race with possible large margins and district level implications, as convention votes and district distributions shape the path forward.
General Ludvik Svoboda, age 72, wins the Czech presidency with a large majority from 288 votes, hailed as a Czechoslovak Eisenhower. The result marks a shift away from Communist dominance as Svoboda takes the top government post.
Mikhail A. Suslov of the Soviet Communist leadership did not attend Yuri A. Gagarin's funeral. Officials did not report the illness but Suslov is known to have had tuberculosis.
Civilian irregulars and U S Green Berets lured Viet Cong units in two ambushes in Phu Yen and central highlands. A woman prisoner aided the trap and Viet Cong casualties were reported, with chiefs identified among the dead and wounded. Additional ambushes killed 19 from a 400-man North Vietnamese column.
Raleigh AP State insurance commissioner Edwin S. Lanier says a new safe driver reward plan is not a powder puff and will hit the pocket book of motorists with poor driving records. Details of the plan, which becomes effective Monday, were announced Friday.
Bowie State College faced a campus lockdown as students sealed the grounds against outsiders. President Myers requested state AG guidance on action while a deputy AG said discussions with Myers had occurred but no decision made.
Two Soviet writers A Rubinov and Chernetsky urge Moscow to allow night clubs to combat dull city life. They contrast Budapest’s late and lively venues with Moscow’s 11 p.m. closures and monotonous rec rooms, arguing night life can reflect day life without Western moral concerns.
Ten of the world’s wealthiest non Communist nations were ready to approve a paper gold system using Special Drawing Rights SDRs to aid international payments. France hesitated while U S backed rapid adoption as ministers met in a Stockholm suburb. Switzerland observed and a unanimous decision was anticipated.
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