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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1968
Page
1
Paris UPI reported Premier Pompidou urged a June 23 vote between Communism and President de Gaulle. He called for early settlement of crippling strikes costing 6 percent of GNP and urged students to leave seized universities.
United Auto Workers Local 578 members reportedly voted to reject the contract. Oshkosh Truck Corp operations run normally with shifts present and production ongoing. Union leader Jack Fraleigh joined a large crowd outside the plant though no pickets or strike placards appeared. Old contract expired Friday. company and union expect a joint update by Wednesday.
NORFOLK VA The U S Navy continues to hunt for the nuclear powered submarine Scorpion and its 99 crew after a week with no sign. Vessels including Pargo and Sunbird search the Azores corridor and Continental Shelf areas for debris or survivors while destroyers and submarines monitor Scorpion track at 13 knots. Officials say no conclusions yet but consider possibilities such as a crash on an undersea peak or a deep water control failure.
In an official move police entered the leftist occupied University of Rome campus after a hours long clash between rival student groups. About 10 students were hospitalized as 300 anti leftists fought 2,000 defenders and rioting spread to Turin amid political upheaval after national elections.
A US helicopter gunship accidentally fired a rocket into a Saigon command post killing seven South Vietnamese defense officials and wounding others. The incident, the worst of its kind in the war, also hit a police chief and the mayor’s aide, as rockets and teargas shells pummeled the city amid Viet Cong attacks.
Tropical storm Abby strengthened to a minimal hurricane and moved toward Tampa Bay with 75 mph winds. Warnings stretched 170 miles along the Florida gulf coast as five people were reported missing and searches for two boats were suspended.
Ronald Wiedenhoeft a 30 year old former Columbia University art instructor who was arrested in East Berlin nine months ago was released by the East German authorities and returned to West Berlin via Checkpoint Charlie at 2 30 p m local time. A U S military spokesman said Maxwell M Rabb the New York attorney acting with the State Department helped secure the release.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller declared he will win the Republican nomination and the presidency. He argued Nixon could not win in big-city states and said he could unite the country with leadership to restore racial peace and domestic tranquility. Rockefeller spoke at a Milwaukee church after dining with Governor Knowles and arrived in Wisconsin as campaign notes circulated.
Deputies in San Rafael arrested Donald Edward Smith after locating him eight feet from the top of a chimney at a golf club. He reportedly refused to cooperate, declaring he knew his rights and demanded to be released. Officers noted his stocky build and sooty complexion.
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