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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
8
Seven state prison guards were held hostage by rampaging prisoners at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. Nine guards were taken, two released after two hours. one guard injured, one prisoner shot in the foot amid warning shots. Five small fires were put out by city firefighters.
Army and Marine units report heavy fighting across the region from the Cambodian border to Tay Ninh, with more than 700 enemy soldiers killed in three days of clashes. A Marine unit near Da Nang was overrun, and a South Korean relief force could not reach besieged defenders amid explosions. Air power and artillery pounded attacker forces while U.S. and South Vietnamese troops continued a search and clear operation in the A Shau Valley. Meanwhile Pope Paul VI begins a four day visit to Colombia to attend the Eucharistic Congress and address social change.
Democratic professionals back Humphrey aides claim of a looming nomination on first ballot. O'Brien figures cited to show 4400 convention votes with 1312 needed, prompting cautious optimism among party leaders. McCarthy aides dispute the state-by-state tally. In Houston a 50 year old shoe salesman received a heart transplant as the second operation in two days, making him the 32nd recipient. donor was a Houston mother of two.
Senator McGovern urged immediate moves to end the Vietnam conflict saying we must stop saving face and start saving lives. Critics of Southeast Asia policy spoke as the Platform Committee opened hearings and Secretary Rusk prepares the administration case for a special session tonight.
President Johnson tells a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention he will not press further for peace until Hanoi signals sincere willingness to end the fighting. He defends U.S. actions, rejects a total bombing halt, and argues the next move must come from North Vietnam.
Marine Pfc. James Anderson Jr., 21, absorbed an enemy grenade blast to save comrades and was killed on February 2, 1967 in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam. Secretary of the Navy Ignatius will award the Medal of Honor to his parents in a ceremony at the Marine Barracks.
Washington reports Army doctors at Walter Reed say President Eisenhower’s survival prospects are guarded and his condition remains critical despite a favorable trend in heart readings. In Iowa, four servicemen are added to Vietnam casualties: Thomas Mortice III of Des Moines killed in a plane crash on Aug 12, Maj Tom Pollard of Red Oak died in South Vietnam, Terry Zimmerman of Des Moines, and Kurt Stephenson of Cedar Rapids listed as missing before confirmation of death or capture.
CHICAGO AP The Chicago Tribune reports FBI and Secret Service investigations into a plot to assassinate Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and Sen Eugene McCarthy during the Democratic convention. The plan allegedly emerged from a meeting of 100 Negro extremists and South Side gang members, including aims to destroy police stations with explosives and rifle fire. The piece also notes a health update on General Eisenhower, who remains in critical condition after his seventh heart attack, with irregular heartbeats and no need for electrical conversion in the past 24 hours.
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