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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1968
Page
3
The nation marks seven years of growth since 1961 with inflation seen as a danger. GDP rose from about $500 billion to over $800 billion annually, wages increased, unemployment fell from 6.9 percent to under 4 percent, and real earnings for construction and factory workers climbed, signaling broad gains amid rising prices.
The Air National Guard will add 115 overseas missions by month end to help move troops and supplies to Vietnam. This follows earlier reports that five commercial airlines were asked to boost flights to Vietnam amid Pentagon plans to deploy more combat troops. Daniel Z. Henkin, deputy assistant secretary of defense, commented on the expansion.
Ailing singer Frank Sinatra shows progress in Miami Beach as doctors say he will remain bed-bound for another week. Physicians affirm the pneumonia did not affect his vocal cords and that he will rest in his hotel penthouse while recovering.
Soviet long range Bear and Bison bombers flew near the Alaska coast on February 12 and near Newfoundland. U S interceptors were scrambled but planes altered course. no North American airspace was penetrated.
The Federal Housing Administration will increase its home wiring evaluations by 1 percent to reflect underground telephone and electrical wiring. Mortgage holders may obtain loans about $250 more per house as a result.
United Nations Secretary General U Thant will meet President Johnson Wednesday to discuss his Vietnam peace probe trip to India Russia Britain and France. Washington officials say little optimism for a breakthrough toward peace talks amid negative dispatches from abroad.
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