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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
1
A half hour meeting in Vientiane between U S and North Vietnamese officials yielded no agreement on where to hold preliminary peace talks. Although officials here and State Department spokesmen in Washington would not say so the session presumably ended without progress.
Hanoi reaction to a U S proposal aims for an impartial third party site likely Thant. Sullivan and Nguyen Chan attend talks as casualties rise in Vietnam with the A Shau Valley offensive marking the week. U S casualties 287 dead and 1488 wounded, Communist losses 1899 dead.
The Senate Banking Committee backed a three year 5.2 billion expansion of federal housing programs to cut slum housing and spur new units. The plan seeks 600,000 new or rehabilitated units annually by 1971, far above current output.
Arthur J. Goldberg resigned as U S representative to the United Nations saying he can best aid world peace as a private citizen. He will not run in the presidential campaign and may return to law practice. President Johnson named George Ball to succeed him after the General Assembly. In Algiers, Algerian President Boumedienne survived an assassination attempt as gunmen shot at his car, wounding his chauffeur and lightly cutting Boumedienne.
Annamaria Mussolini, youngest of Benito Mussolini's five children, died in a Rome hospital at 38 after collapsing at home and contracting chickenpox. Her heart was affected. The obituary notes her Italian Fascist lineage and recent hospitalization.
Lt Gen Victor Krulak, 55, who was passed over for commandant, will retire May 31 as Marine Corps commander in the Pacific. He hinted at future government service and said any new role would serve the country. He has led Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific from Honolulu for four years. His successor will be Lt Gen Henry W. Buse, currently Marine HQ chief of staff.
In Larkspur California principal Donald Kreps of Redwood High plans not to renew the contract of 41 year old Elizabeth R Blodgett claiming she is too bulky for her role. Blodgett says she weighed 253 pounds in January and has thyroid issues, now losing about two pounds weekly.
Pope Paul VI assailed extremism and arbitrary change while reaffirming immutable doctrine during a Vatican address to about 30,000 visitors. He warned some Catholics distort John XXIII’s updating spirit and urged renewal with stability rather than upheaval amid global tensions.
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