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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
14
North Korea refused to join an investigation into an ambush near Panmunjom that killed two U S soldiers and two South Koreans, wounded two more. A U N Command spokesman called it typical Communist denial of involvement violating the 1953 armistice. South Korea denounced the attack as barbarous and warned of isolating Pyongyang.
New York AP Protestant chaplain Rev Paul Gibbons 35 at Cornell refused to be sworn in as an Army private after leading an antidraft march down Broadway. He was reclassified 1A last November had ministerial exemption and was to be inducted April 1. A Selective Service spokesman said the action could be reported for possible prosecution.
AFL-CIO official Joseph Beirne warned of a nationwide strike by about 200,000 telephone workers, including some in Lubbock, with a 2 pm CST Thursday deadline. The action would involve Western Electric installers and other telephone workers likely to honor picket lines, potentially disrupting the Bell System.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley angrily said arsonists should be shot on sight during the riots and said there was a conspiracy behind the disorder. He announced a wide ranging probe and questioned why telephones and expressways froze and who spread the rumors. Dick Gregory meanwhile scrapped demonstration plans for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
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