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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1968
Page
9
AP reports Britain's inaugural heart transplant commenced at the National Heart Hospital in London. Donor relatives received a solemn pledge of confidentiality, with press cooperation requested to protect privacy.
Washington reports the United States and North Vietnam agreed to open preliminary peace talks in Paris next Friday or soon after. President Johnson announced the decision after a morning briefing and said Hanoi had accepted the time and place. Talks aim to decide on an unconditional U.S. cease of bombing and later discuss broader issues.
U S forces broke a North Vietnamese counterattack near Dong Ha after four days of heavy fighting in the northeast of South Vietnam. Allied commands reported 1,303 enemy dead while 108 U S and 541 South Vietnamese troops were killed or wounded in battles around Dong Ha and Hue. Marines and infantry reinforcements drove back the assault as artillery and air support pounded the enemy before nightfall. A separate terrorist blast in Saigon injured several people and highlighted security tensions in the city.
Generally fair and cooler conditions expected tonight and Saturday with lows around 54. A high near 97 was reported earlier today and a trace of rain totaling about 0.05 inches fell.
LOMA LINDA Calif AP the parents of Daniel Sochor 11 offered new hope to four people by donating his skin kidneys and spleen after a traffic accident his kidneys went to Chester Garbacz 42 of Claremont and Herman Holloway 34 of Los Angeles skin to Mrs Brandon McLane of Loma Linda who had burns covering 40 percent of her body and a spleen graft went to an unidentified patient at Orange County General Hospital the donors and recipients were reported in stable or improved condition.
President Johnson lashed out at those who seek to divide the nation for gain and hedged on campaigning for the Democratic nominee. He noted a tentative plan for talks with North Vietnam did not change his March 31 decision not to run. He spoke on social policy and the Poor People’s March, urging nonviolent action and signaling a hard road on the 40 percent tax surcharge. In Iowa, about 75 students staged a mock funeral for a college president who resigned after accreditation loss, with an effigy carried by an old sedan. James Marlow of AP Washington died, ending a noted career with The World Today column.
River stage readings show Guttenberg at 8.3 with a fall of 0.2, Dubuque at 10.6 down 0.2, Davenport 7.9 with a fall of 0.2, Muscatine at 8.5 falling 0.12, Keokuk at 6.5 with a rise of 0.0.
Delegates in Iowa suggest Rockefeller could secure up to 22 of 24 GOP delegates if he proves he can win. At closed sessions in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids, delegates voiced mixed support while stressing practicality and the need for a nominee who can beat Nixon. Ellsworth of Dubuque predicted several votes for Rockefeller if convention held today.
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