09 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1968
Page
1
Allied forces claim 3,336 enemy killed and 1,388 wounded as operations across five Vietnamese provinces press on. The 1st Air Cavalry seized bunkers once used by Marines as B52s dropped seven-ton bombs near Hue, with heavy activity along the Laos border signaling possible new ground offensives.
The 525 foot 11 000 ton J Claire Miller arrived from Cleveland with 361 000 bushels of wheat. The Eastwind based in Boston, first polar ice breaker on Great Lakes duty, is 260 feet long, 6 500 tons displacement and can smash through ice eight feet deep.
In Thurmont Maryland, President Johnson and top advisers including Bunker and Secretary Rusk discuss preliminary diplomatic contacts with representatives of the Communist regime. Johnson says efforts aim to work out a prompt time for talks, while Hanoi signals interest in a pledge that the US will halt all acts of war. The Camp David conference centers on relations among the Republic of Vietnam, the United States, and Hanoi.
Federal Judge Stephen W. Brennan of Utica died today at St Elizabeth's Hospital. The 75-year-old jurist had served on the federal bench for decades and was widely respected in New York circles for his rulings and public service.
The St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp announced the waterway is open earlier than planned with a target date slip. The early opening signals readiness for shipments and port access ahead of schedule.
A dozen NEGRO members led by Thomas W. Matthew staged a sit-in in a Rockefeller Center office foyer to press for state funds for Interfaith Hospital. Jackie Robinson, now Rockefeller adviser, attracted bystanders as Matthew demanded action and stated the hospital’s need amid Medicaid funding gaps. Robinson later said the Department of Health would name an administrator to oversee hospital success.
Thousands gathered for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta as 50,000 lined the streets while an invited audience of 1,300 attended a solemn service inside Ebenezer Church. King’s body was later moved by mule drawn wagon to Morehouse College and tomb in South View Cemetery.
Governor Rockefeller heads a New York delegation at a funeral service with officials including Spees, Cheetered, and Robinson among attendees. The scene emphasized state leadership and formal tribute.
In Buffalo New York after a peaceful march by Negro teenagers honoring Martin Luther King Jr. disbanded disorder broke out. Early counts showed more than a dozen injured including three hospitalized and 16 arrested as crowds moved along Maine Avenue and Jefferson Avenue area near downtown.
Some 61 000 National Guardsmen and Army troops were deployed to curb violence in urban centers amid rioting in Cincinnati and other cities. Death toll rose to 28 across five days as curfews and heavy patrols limited clashes in Chicago Pittsburgh and Washington. Authorities reported sniping incidents in Baltimore and a state of emergency in Wilmington Delaware with thousands of guardsmen on standby.
Washington AP reports Sen. Edward Brooke proposed Jan. 15 be named Martin Luther King Day to honor the slain civil rights leader with a presidential proclamation each year and national observances. In Baltimore AP says fresh looting and arson hit the city as federalized troops patrolled amid the civil disorders. A police car strike by a sniper was reported and a homemade bomb found behind an apartment building. Tear gas was deployed twice as troops manned fire vehicles and firefighters battled blazes.
District government said weekend disturbances caused an estimated 13.3 million dollars in property damage in the capital as Washington remained guarded by 14,000 federal troops. The figure excludes household effects, retailers, and business inventories.
About 73 businessmen, traveling by bus to Albany, aimed to persuade state legislators to ease rent control laws. They argued loosening controls would let them rehabilitate vacant slum tenements in New York's ghetto areas. Leon Katz, group chairman, said the plan would honor Martin Luther King by enabling cleanup of slums.
TEL AVIV AP Israeli military sources warned Arabs today of more hit and run raids if sabotage continues in Israel and seized areas from the 1967 war. The army said it exercised hot pursuit Monday for the first time after chasing a band of commandos 20 miles into Jordan, with likely use of the tactic again if needed.
In Warsaw Josef Cyrankiewicz appears a likely successor to Edin Ochab as Poland's president, while observers watch for further government shifts signaling a power struggle. Ochab, 61, asked Monday night to be relieved due to deteriorating health and nearly blindness. parliament was poised to accept his resignation at a late meeting.
Washington AP The House backs a Senate passed civil rights open housing bill but faces two hurdles before Easter recess. A Rules Committee vote is planned today, and a final enactment vote could follow next Wednesday depending on committee action and leadership.
New York legislators moved to honor Martin Luther King Jr by launching a six billion dollar slum redevelopment program. An Urban Development Corporation would borrow up to one billion, leveraging private funds to reach six billion for tearing down dilapidated blocks and building housing and job plants in city ghettos. Rockefeller pressed prompt action after King’s assassination.
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