13 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1968
Page
1
The Hue city area endures mass graves as a two-week combat toll leaves bodies decaying citywide. Shell holes scar the capital while 30,000 refugees crowd the suburbs and limited aid arrives aboard U.S. landing craft amid a desperate lack of water, sewage, and electricity.
In Hue, U S and South Vietnamese Marines attacked the inner Citadel amid heavy fire from gun pits inside the black stone walls. Air support was absent, and casualties mounted on both sides as 14 days of fighting left about 2,393 enemy dead and substantial government losses.
U S envoy Cyrus Vance spends nearly three hours with South Korea's Premier and top ministers as Seoul urges stronger action on North Korea. Sources say little progress on easing U S Korea security rift over the Pueblo incident and allied defense concerns.
A humorous vent by a spinster reflecting on meeting men who seem like good husbands but fail to measure up. The quip captures witty social observation and familiar matchmaking frictions in a lighthearted tone.
New York Republicans balk at emergency legislation to back Governor Rockefeller's plan to have the state take over New York City's sanitation department amid a nine day garbage strike. The Senate postponed action, while the Assembly refused Rockefeller a personal appeal. Rockefeller then urged public and legislative support on TV amid national opposition.
Pathologist Dr. Rodney F. Carlton said three unmarked graves yielded skeletons likely not murder victims. Two showed no trauma, one had fractures possibly postmortem or from excavation. Deaths may date back 25 to 30 years, with graves possibly caving in over time.
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami valley calls for fair weather with temperatures easing 12 to 17 degrees tonight. Daytime highs a pleasant 30 to 40 degrees are expected later in the week, with nights near 20 to 30 degrees. yesterday's high reached 26 and the morning low was 12.
President Johnson announced from the White House that despite the Communist offensive in South Vietnam he would halt bombing of the North and begin peace talks tomorrow. He said the enemy could write the agenda if Hanoi does not try a double cross. He spoke 75 minutes in a spontaneous session with reporters.
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