02 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1968
Page
1
In Saigon, coffin shops were among the few open as residents faced a curfew and citywide closures. Soldiers guarded the streets while relatives loaded coffins at six shops, as hospitals reported over 100 dead and casualties spread through the capital amid heavy fighting.
Mrs. Elizabeth Matthew Lewis becomes the academy’s first female faculty member joining cadets in teaching art history. She and the class agree on a no uniform saluting pact as she serves also as fine arts librarian. Her career spans Bell Telephone Pan American and Merchant Marine service including a shipwreck off Frying Pan Shoals.
U S and South Vietnamese forces report crushing the largest Communist offensive yet with high enemy losses, while Hue is largely in Viet Cong and North Vietnamese hands and Saigon endures belly of fighting with bombers, rockets, and street clashes. Thieu and Bunker declare defeats but battles persist across multiple cities.
The Cincinnati Teachers Union ends a four day strike as 700 plus members agree to take grievances to a mediation board. Judge Simon Leis will mediate with Judges Schneider and Gusweiler joining the panel. Superintendent Paul Miller invites CTA leaders and Municipal Employees Local 232 to attend talks.
The Defense Department reported a minor collision between an American destroyer and a Russian merchant ship in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday. No casualties were reported and officials said the incident occurred in a crossing situation with the destroyer having the right of way under international maritime rules.
At UC Davis 14 students held a nude sensory awareness session lasting hours with five undressing. Professor Friedberg says he was not present. officials plan to disband the experimental faculty 48 course while five students dropped academic credit. The session aimed at exploring perception and needs with no sexual activity reported.
The 9,000 surviving Spanish American War veterans stay loyal to the flag and to aiding the nation’s draft policy. James H. McElroy, 86, calls younger antiwar groups belligerent and says the veteran group supports Induction. They emphasize pensions and medical benefits as they reflect on Cuba and the Spanish American War.
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley calls for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures tonight with a low in the 30s. Saturday remains partly cloudy and less cold. Highs from the 40s through Wednesday, with evening lows 25 to 35. Yesterday's high reached 59 while this morning's low was 38 at 3 am. Rainfall totaled .17 inch overnight.
A witty reflection notes time as a healer that also changes appearances and priorities. It humorously suggests patience softens wounds but may alter outward looks. The line implies inner growth while childhood vanity fades with years.
An explosion at a Loveland area fireworks plant killed Hilda Wilson and May South and left Christine Tucker in critical condition. Florence Cole and Jean Howard were also among the injured as authorities reported six dead and ten injured across 13 blasts. A company official said the women were finishing rockets when the blast occurred, with walls tearing into a nearby shack and shaking the area.
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