28 Jun 1968
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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
1
U S forces trapped and killed 105 North Vietnamese with help from the guided missile cruiser Boston in a daylong battle below the DMZ. At least 30 were captured. about 200 more remained in fortified bunkers as the Navy engaged the area.
The Rev Ralph David Abernathy started a symbolic fast in a DC jail to bolster his fight for more food for the hungry. His Poor People Campaign suffered a new defeat as it failed to win a government food aid increase in a Thursday vote.
Barry Goldwater campaign officials set a formal headquarters opening for 2 p.m. on Wednesday. A separate legal bid sought an order forcing Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman to return $227 million in federal duties for food aid to the Treasury. Judge Edward Curran refused, noting another $300 million remained for feeding the poor and that the plaintiffs failed to prove irreparable injury from the funds’ return.
UPI reports state prison escapee Danny Lee Eckard is now in Phoenix after four tavern patrons say he stopped for a beer at Tiber's Den around midnight. Eckard, wearing a dark blue suit and white shirt and tie, was identified by police photos. He is serving 40 to 50 years for kidnapping.
The Labor Department reports Americans paid more last month with the cost of living up three tenths of one percent. Food prices rose six tenths of one percent, driving the gain.
FBI director J Edgar Hoover denounces Senator Eugene McCarthy's claim he would fire the agency chief and remake the FBI. Hoover defends the bureau as bound by checks and balances and denies autonomous operation, stressing limited authority and ongoing public service.
Beulah M. Reid 75 formerly of Temple Texas died yesterday at her home 8537 E Northland She is survived by husband Keet M daughter Velma M Tisher of Scottsdale two brothers and three sisters five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. at Mercer Mortuary 1541 E Thomas Services and burial will be in Temple Arizona
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