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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1968
Page
1
Paris Kuan Thuy, leader of the North Vietnamese peace delegation, joked Monday about reports of serious progress with US Ambassador Averell Harriman. He cited light topics weather housing travel food scenery and meeting frequency as the “rich subjects” of dialogue.
Congress approved a bill to guarantee five three day vacations yearly by moving four holidays to Monday starting 1970, with Washington's Birthday Memorial Day Veterans Day and a new Columbus Day shifted to Monday observances. The measure awaits the President's signature and takes effect January 1 1971.
Thuy rejected an immediate ceasefire demand, insisting North Vietnam must halt bombings before discussing other topics. Humphrey proposed talks in Paris, but officials view a Me rthy visit as quixotic and avoid calling it grandstanding.
Allied generals declared the highest priority defense around Saigon guarding more than 25,000 U S and South Vietnamese troops. U S air raids around the capital and DMZ destroyed large stocks of Communist ammunition. South Vietnamese rangers fought Viet Cong on the city’s outskirts four times, with at least 10 guerrillas reported killed.
Rusk urged NATO ministers to consider how Europe’s interests would shift if Southeast Asia fell under Red China and North Vietnam. He framed the question as a common stake for Americans and Europeans alike. Trudeau Partys Favored To Win Canada Election Today. The Liberals were seen as the likely party to end minority governments in the 264-seat House of Commons with Prime Minister Trudeau leading the campaign alongside Stanfield and Douglas. A wave of strikes hit Canada as workers planned actions from railway to brewery and public sectors, disrupting campaigns. Canada Tops Global Education Spend. United Nations report shows Canada devotes 8.5 percent of national income to education in 1965, higher than the Soviet 7.3 and U.S. 6.5, signaling record educational investment.
An express train carrying hundreds of Swiss farmers on vacation collided head on with a freight train on a stretch through the Rhone River Valley. Thirteen people were killed and 103 injured, some critically, as witnesses described a blast and a sudden hush of death.
Camillo Calogero, 33, formerly a pizza chef who earned about 100 dollars weekly, received a 335000 dollar verdict from a New York Supreme Court jury for injuries in a three car crash on September 30, 1967. The accident halted his ability to toss dough, a task requiring high manual dexterity. The jury found his injuries included a broken neck and internal damage. Calogero was delivering pizzas at the time of the crash.
George W Bail was sworn in Monday as the new U S Ambassador to the United Nations. He succeeds Arthur Goldberg who held the post since 1965. Chief Justice Earl Warren administered the oath at a White House ceremony attended by President Johnson, Goldberg, Ambassador at Large Averell Harriman and friends.
S. Ward Sullivan, 37, was placed on five years probation in Santa Monica Superior Court after pleading guilty to two counts of child molestation involving two girls aged five and ten. Judge Mervyn Aggeler ordered the terms run concurrently.
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