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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1968
Page
1
Sixteen Job Corps centers will close and other poverty program elements face trimming to meet congressional budget cuts and the transfer of funds to urban slum employment. The program had planned 22 closures but reduced the number in final days. Cuts affect noncenter spending including family cash allotments tied to corpsmen savings.
Portland reports say Republican leaders expect Ronald Reagan to mount an active bid in the Oregon May primary. He may drop the favorite son role and campaign two to three weeks before the election, with business support arranged to fund a late drive.
North Vietnamese forces bombarded the Khe Sanh Marine outpost despite a weeklong Tet truce. Four Marines were killed and 25 wounded in the Saturday attack, part of a two day heavy offensive near the DMZ with U S B52 raids and fighter escorts supporting the defense.
Charleston WV Saturday action in a legislative session covered the Silver Bridge collapse inquiry. The House passed four bills as the Senate moved three measures forward, including a retirement increase proposal and a $20 million road bond issuance. An open housing law revision and a plan directing liquor revenues to the Health Department were debated.
Reports say United States vessels and the carrier Enterprise with escort ships are prepared in the western Pacific as U N troops clash with North Korean infiltrators along and near the Demarcation Line. Seoul papers note readiness to join potential actions against North Korea.
North Korea rejects any U N Security Council resolution as null and void over the seizure of the American intelligence ship Pueblo. Pyongyang cites U S imperialist aggression and relays a press conference claiming Captain Lloyd Bucher spoke of spying in Korean waters.
U S policy makers hold cautious hope for discreet Soviet help to recover the crew of the U S Pueblo after its seizure by North Korea. Moscow remains noncommittal, with officials describing the stance as negative but not hopeless amid high level discussions and global reactions.
The United Nations Security Council approved Canada’s proposal to begin private consultations to ease North Korea Korea tensions after the Pueblo seizure. Canada urged an emissary to negotiate the crew’s release while the U S and Soviet Union clashed over actions. Diplomatic talks to begin immediately ahead of Monday’s council session.
Warden Thomas Marion reports a chamber of horrors at the Arkansas State Penitentiary. He believes a number of inmates were killed within days, and suspects foul play or mass violence on the premises.
Sections D and E of today's Dominion-Post were printed on the new offset press in the Sabraton plant. Fashion pages were designed by Mrs. Cecilie Gaziano, womens editor of The Dominion-News. Part of the sections were supervised by Clem Seasley, Kermit Skidmore and William Ferguson.
A playful exchange questions if Mars hosts intelligent life while noting a large NASA style budget. The quip implies funding rivals on Earth drive exploration while astronauts seek answers about life beyond. The remark frames science funding as a race between worlds.
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