Rafferty Given Support Here Endorsed by UROC Delegates
United Republicans of California endorsed US Senate candidate Max Rafferty and Reagan’s favored presidential delegation but split on looters and presidential sentiment. They rejected a hardline “shoot on sight” stance and debated backing a Benson alternative, while voting for general GOP unity with a candidate supporting UROC principles. The convention urged Navy-backed Pueblo release and approved several conservative measures on housing, gun rights, and education policy.
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Oakland
United Republicans of
California
Senate
Max Rafferty
Reagan
UROC
A. Mason Blodgett
Hillsborough
Ezra ‘Tan Benson
California Republican Assembly
Urocers
CRA
Publo
Navy
Hunan Events
Gibraltar Feels Spanish Squeeze
Spain tightened controls on Gibraltar tourism and land links, allowing only hardship cases and 5,000 Spanish workers daily as part of a border measure to regain stronger control of the Mediterranean fortress. The move followed broader calls across the article for policy actions and U.S. treaty positions.
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Gibraltar
UPI
Spain
Britain
the Rock
Heart transplant cases mark milestone in 1968 era
The report details two heart transplants and a simultaneous kidney transplant in separate operations. Dr Denton Cooley led teams at the center, with patient Thomas from Phoenix and Cobb involved in the heart procedures. The article notes the recipients’ ages and outcomes, and mentions other global transplant cases in Cape Town and Odessa.
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Cobb
Brannon
William C. Kaiser
Odessa
Tex
Russell Scott
George ©. Morris
Thomas
Denton A. Cooley
Poor March on Capital on in Miss
In Edwards Mississippi a crowd of about a hundred marchers pulled a mule drawn wagon and began a two mile walk toward Selma Alabama as they launch the southern caravan of the poor people march on Washington led by Ralph Abernathy of the SCLC. The march plans to ride buses after the first leg and continues over two weeks with several legs planned from the South.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Delta Ministry
Congress
Abernathy
Three Argentine Tankers Lost After Explosion and Fire
An explosion and harbor fire in La Plata destroyed three tankers Islas Orcadas Cutral Co and Fray Luis Beltran. Ten dead and 26 injured officials said as the Islas Orcadas and Cutral Co sank while Fray Luis Beltran burned and sank later. Oil spilled over the harbor endangering other ships. The vessels belonged to Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales.
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LA Plata
Argentina
Islas Orcadas
Buenos Aires
Quckly
Islas Orendas
Cutral Co
Fray Luis Beltran
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
Government Oil Company
Hunt for Missing Boy On Peak Mountain Near Issaquah
About 700 searchers with bloodhounds scoured the west slope of Tiger Mountain near Issaquah looking for David Adam an off year old son of Air Force Capt. and Mrs Don Adam. He disappeared Friday afternoon while returning home from a neighbor’s house. The search was to continue Sunday.
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Issaquah
Wash
David Adam
Tiper Mountain
Here
Young Adam
Air Force
Don Adam
Rancher mauled by two grizzlies near Chilcotin country
Connie King, 58, of northern British Columbia ranch, was attacked by two grizzlies about a mile from his ranch while feeding cattle. He sheltered in a tree, was knocked down and mauled, then crawled back to the ranch and was flown to Vancouver Hospital in fair condition.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Chilcotin
Here
Connie King
King
Vancouver Hospital
Breaux Bridge Crowfish Festival Names World Champion
Breaux Bridge Louisiana pharmacy student John Palmisano has been crowned world champion crawfish eater after consuming 22 pounds in two hours at the 1968 Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival this weekend.
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Breaux Bridge
John Palmisano
Louisiana College Pharmacy
Saigon fighting flares as U S reports gains and waning activity
U S forces report ongoing clashes around Saigon with overall combat activity lower than the Tel lunar new year offensive. Headquarters say 122 locations hit Sunday, new shelling modest. About 714 enemy killed in Saigon area, 177 in the city. North Vietnamese around Tan Son Nhut, with roughly 400 to 500 troops in battle near the base. About 300 Viet Cong inside Saigon Monday.
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United States
Pals
Hatelmidio
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Arch of Triumph Site Hinted for Vietnam Talks
Reports from Stockholm say North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front are ready to compromise to push a settlement in Vietnam. The Expressen notes Hanoi and the NLF expect preliminary talks to lead to full peace negotiations.
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Stockholm
UPI
North Vietnam
South Vietnamese National Liberation Front
Vietnam
Expressen
Hanoi
NLF
Viet Cong Executed 30 South Vietnamese Prisoners
A UPI report cites a government source confirming Viet Cong soldiers killed 30 South Vietnamese militia and soldiers who refused to fight for the Communists. Bodies were found 5 miles southwest of Saigon with hands bound, after capture near My Tho during the Yet offensive. A survivor said the men had been moved through delta camps and were asked to join the Viet Cong before being shot as government patrols neared the camp.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong
My Tho
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