White House reporter Smitty Smith found dead at home
Distinguished White House correspondent for United Press International, Smitty Smith age 57, was found dead in Alexandria Virginia after a gunshot wound. He covered six presidents over 28 years and won a Pulitzer for Kennedy assassination coverage. Nixon called his death a personal loss. He had been ill in December 1958 and recently arranged WHCA dinner plans.
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Red Gunners Smash Saigon With Missiles
Four missiles hit Saigon in a rocket attack on the capital. Two killed and 41 injured, with damage including an interior ministry building and an Olympic Theater. The strike occurred during a night of 19 overnight shellings in South Vietnam as U.S. and Vietnamese forces report progress and withdrawals.
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National Air Controllers Ready to Move Airplanes
Bailey of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization predicted the deadlock would end and that controllers would return to work by week’s end. He warned FAA actions could provoke reactions if controllers are harassed, and said they’d be back physically tomorrow pending FAA certification.
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Famed Composer Freed from Greek Imprisonment
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was flown to Paris for tuberculosis treatment after nearly three years in Greek prison. He said he does not feel fully free as exile Melina Mercouri welcomed him at the airport before admission to a hospital.
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