B52 raids near Saigon target Viet Cong near capital
U S B52 bombers staged near Saigon striking targets within 26 miles of the capital to disrupt Viet Cong massing for a second major 1968 offensive. South Vietnamese police ordered searches of boats and vehicles entering Saigon, thwarting a Viet Cong attempt to smuggle guns aboard a river junk as tons of explosives rained down.
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Saigon
Ben Cat
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
A Shau
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Loc
U.S
25Th Infantry Division
Clerics Seek Poverty Plan to Aid Urban Poor
A National Conference of Catholic Bishops panel will oversee an 11 point attack on poverty and racism, endorsing open housing, better urban schools, and church-led funding strategies while urging government and agencies to direct resources to the poor. The plan may take decades to fully implement.
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ST. Louis
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
United States
John J. Wright
Pittsburg
John F. Dearden
Detroit
Houston
San Francisco
Johnson says he will be involved even if not running
President Johnson said he will join in politicking this year even after announcing he would not seek re election. He stressed he cannot be an uninterested bystander as the country faces major decisions and party choices. Humphrey signaled a potential bid while Kennedy and McCarthy press bold health and foreign policy agendas in Indiana and beyond. Morton projected Rockefeller may join the Republican race within weeks.
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Johnson
Burro Club
Congress
Hubert
Humphrey
Jackson
Tenn
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Indiana
Indianapolis
Thruston B
Morton
R Ky
Nelson A
Rockefeller
Support Is Massing For The Poor People's March
ATLANTA AP Volunteers and donations have multiplied for the SCLC and its Poor People's Campaign since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. The Washington march budget is about 1 million with funds still to be raised. Andrew Young says the effort remains viable and staffed, with volunteers from churches unions and students. Mrs. King has been placed on the payroll temporarily as a top executive salary of 12000 dollars is mentioned, while life insurance details remain unclear.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Andrew J. ‘Young
Sclc Board of Directors
Young
Lfe
Dr. King
Herod
Hitler
Paul
God
Airborne campaign office on Boeing 727 for Humphrey
A Boeing 727 is being converted in Kansas City into an airborne campaign office for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, with the vice president’s official seal on the plane’s nose, per the Topeka State Journal report.
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Topeka Kan
Kansas City
Hubert H. Humphrey
Topeka State Journal
Sunday School Lesson Good Communication By Clarence W Cranford
A Sunday school piece argues against a generational rift, urging parents to engage teens through Proverbs. It contrasts Hebrew and Grecian views of wisdom and stresses fear of the Lord as starting knowledge, call for whole hearted, disciplined pursuit, and total commitment for victorious living.
FBI Minimizes Difference In Galt Ray Descriptions
Washington AP reports FBI officials seek to downplay contradictions in James Earl Ray alias Galt. Despite theories of two people using the name, sources maintain a single suspect with Ray’s fingerprints. The case links April 4 Memphis shooting to an alias tied to a Birmingham conspiracy charge and a Missouri prison escape. New puzzles arise over Ray’s smoking habits.
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FBI
Washington
James Earl Ray
Eric Starvo Galt
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Galt
King
Birmingham
Ala
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Missouri State Penitentiary
GBI Corrects Fingerprint Error In King Slaying Case
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced that fingerprints believed to be of James Earl Ray in the MLK slaying were erroneous. GBI director Barney Ragsdale said a routine FBI comparison with Missouri penitentiary records showed a mismatch and that officials expected a correction to follow, which never reached the GBI.
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Atlanta
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
May
Barney Ragsdale
GBI
FBI
Missouri State Penitentiary
Ray
Missouri
Ragsdale
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