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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1968
Page
2
Weather data notes a 24 hour period to 7 am Friday with high 95 and low 70 and no precipitation. Associated Press report adds partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially in the far south, milder tonight and humid overnight.
The United States according to its command charges Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces use Cambodian sanctuaries as pursuit heats. Cambodian Prime Minister Sihanouk denies major troop weakness while privately conceding a small army. U.S. and South Vietnamese raids hit border villages, wounding and killing Cambodians as attacks target Viet Cong forces said to shelter there.
President Johnson and South Vietnam’s Thieu prepared for talks on possible direct Viet Cong negotiations and a North bombing halt. Secretary Clifford denied press reports of concessions, while Johnson and Thieu arrived on Oahu for hours of observation ahead of the first formal meetings at Pacific Command.
A tour of Marion Crank’s campaign hub in the Grady Manning Hotel reveals a large staff, with about 16 workers on payroll. Youth coordinator Walter Slaughter and finance chair George Cook emphasize organization, education focus, and a robust young volunteer network across districts.
The House slashed another 370.8 million from the foreign aid authorization bill, leaving 1.994 billion for the program for the current year. President Johnson urged no further cuts as the measure, approved 228 to 184, heads to the Senate with a directive to negotiate arms sales and limit funds for less developed countries from military programs.
The spotlight shifts to the air war over Vietnam as ground fighting lulls amid a delayed Viet Cong offensive. U S jets flew 112 missions below the 19th parallel, destroying trucks, boats and bridges and igniting numerous fires. Marine and Navy pilots targeted Dong Hoi and highways while B52 bombers struck suspected bases in the central highlands, coast, Mekong Delta, and Tay Ninh Province. Police reported a Viet Cong local HQ in Saigon, with weapons, flags, a typewriter and documents seized.
Friday July 19 1968 obituaries report Allan By Clow 83 of New Jersey Dremel 80 inventor of small power tools and founder of Dremel Manufacturing Co and Rev Joseph M Egan Loyola University president died. Pravda accuses counterrevolutionary forces in Czechoslovakia and promises help to hardliners while noting reports of U S weapons hidden near the West German border and alleging CIA and Pentagon subversion efforts.
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