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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1968
Page
1
Illinois Republicans at the Miami Beach convention largely supported Spiro Agnew as Nixon's running mate, voting 56 to 2 present. Some delegates questioned the pick while others praised Agnew's civil rights record and law and order stance.
At the 29th Republican National Convention Nixon sealed his ticket with Spiro Agnew amid protests by some liberals and delegates. Agnew pledged a vigorous campaign while Nixon framed a law and order Vietnam War message and reinforced party control through Ray Bliss.
Massac County Sheriff reports three Kentucky escapees abducted an elderly Burna couple, drove them into Illinois, then split. Jesse Martin, 72, of Burna, and his 65 year old wife were seized at their home by Willie Adams 40, Eugene Burns 20, and Bobby Burden 23 who had escaped Eddyville prison days earlier. Adams drove the victims to Vienna and vanished with the car, while Burns and Burden left the group in Mattoon and Adams fled. Martin then went to Metropolis to report the incident. The prisoners’ home towns were not disclosed.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with a chance of evening thunderstorms. Temperatures rise to the high 90s by day and fall to the mid to upper 70s at night. Weather details appear on map page 8.
Gov Samuel H Shapiro opened the Illinois Sesquicentennial State Fair in Springfield with a main gate ceremony. Opening day parades featured pioneer Illinois floats. The fair promotes a century and a half of progress in agriculture industry and education and dedicates opening day to youth music and the sesquicentennial. Fair Manager Franklin Rust cited a strike related telephone curtailment as incidental but fitting the theme of simple living. Senators Everett Dirksen and Charles Percy will speak midweek. Gov Shapiro and Mayor Daley will respond on Governor's Day.
Governor Rockefeller ended a frustrated week in Miami Beach after failing to win the Republican presidential nomination. He criticized Nixon’s choice of Spiro Agnew for the running mate, refusing to join a Nixon platform appearance and delivering a brief, separate address.
National Guard reinforces Liberty City amid rioting and curfews after three Black residents were killed and 18 injured in looting and arson. Police faced sniper fire and rocks while rounds echoed from rooftops as authorities imposed dusk curfews and station commanders pledged readiness to act.
U S river convoys fighting Viet Cong ambushes fired on Cai Rang in the Mekong Delta killing 15 civilians and soldiers and wounding 120. A second attack near Can Tho caused additional casualties. U S and Vietnamese troops pressed the A Shau Valley action as bombers hit Viet Cong areas.
Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon announced he would not travel to the Soviet Union before the November election. He said urgent U.S. demands prevent foreign travel and he will visit President Johnson at the Texas ranch to receive a Vietnam peace talks briefing from Cyrus R. Vance. Spiro Agnew will accompany him. Maurice Stans was named chair of the Republican finance committee.
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