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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1968
Page
1
The U S Marines pull out of Khe Sanh combat base amid mounting enemy pressure after a 77 day siege with 2500 casualties. The move shifts the western base anchor to Landing Zone Stud as B52 raids near Saigon intensify and Vietnamese regiments transfer from the central highlands.
George Watusi Rose, once a Chicago gang leader, faced Rev John R. Fry at a packed Senate hearing. Rose accused Fry of knowing the church was used as a gang depot and of warning youths of police raids, calling him a malicious liar.
Senate subcommittee hearing centered on Fry and Chicago gang activity. Rose testified Fry allegedly ordered violence and warned gang leaders to hide evidence, while Fry denied all accusations. A Chicago mother claimed Fry offered money to influence witnesses in a murder case involving Blackstone Rangers and other gangs. The inquiry scrutinizes a $927,000 Office of Economic Opportunity grant for gang education programs.
Florida lawmakers react to President Johnson's call for national firearms registration with mixed views. Senator Jerry Thomas condemns federal licensing as privacy invasion, Senator Robert Shevin prefers state action, and Senator Chet Stolzenburg staunchly opposes federal overreach.
New York and Paris police teams halted a vast international heroin ring. Authorities seized 22.4 million dollars in heroin hidden in a French Citroën car that had crossed the Atlantic seven times. Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark called it the largest heroin seizure in U.S. history. Five men arrested. six more sought in France, including an unnamed banker. Ring allegedly imported morphine and precursors from East and processed in France before shipping to the United States. The probe seeks the processing lab and other ring members.
Wallace vows to stay in the race despite pressure. He says it is too late for major-party candidates to alter his goals and that he has not discussed politics with either party. He asserts his movement is already successful and notes some national politicians may now back aspects of his plan to enforce law.
Fort Walton Beach hardware dealer Robert McCreary 61 was found hanging by a rope from a ceiling rafter at his residence 99 Meigs Drive Tuesday afternoon His wife Marjorie discovered him around 5 p m Dr Frederic Caldwell pronounced him dead in the home A coroners jury will reconvene July to investigate the death with jurors L L Brock Jr Herman Dage C P Ferdon George Gilbert Jr Johnny Perez and Carl Van Wegern Funeral services are set for graveside at Oak Hill Cemetery Cartersville Ga at 10 a m Friday June 28
Fort Walton Beach woman Marianne Harrell pleaded innocent in circuit court to first degree murder of her husband Joe Harrell after a May 7 shotgun death. A grand jury indicted her on June 18 and she remains free on $10,000 bond.
Paris AP North Vietnam sent a record 29,000 troops into South Vietnam in May as peace talks began in Paris. Ambassador Valve warned of high June infiltration and urged Hanoi to de escalate. Xuan Thuy insisted bombing stop before talks progress.
The Poor People Campaign and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference sue for a federal injunction to force the Agriculture Department to spend 227 million dollars immediately to feed the hungry. The suit targets Secretary Orville Freeman for using unspent surplus commodities funds, while Andrew Young leads protests and demands condemnation of returning funds to the Treasury. The action comes as Resurrection City and the mule caravan symbolize the movement’s hunger-focused protest across Washington.
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