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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1968
Page
1
In Green Valley West Virginia ten miners were trapped for 113 hours after water flooded the Gauley Coal and Coke No 8 shaft. All 10 were rescued and brought to safety, while 117 miners had died in seven similar West Virginia accidents over the past decade.
The vanguard of the Poor People’s March reached Washington ahead of schedule. About 110 of the first 500 from Marks Mississippi were transported for medical exams at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church in Arlington Virginia. Organizers expect up to 4000 people with others joining from seven buses and a mule train as arrival continues.
President Johnson pressed top executives at the Business Council meeting in Hot Springs Virginia to voluntary restraint on wage settlements and profit margins to blunt inflation. He linked deficit reduction to enacting the 10 percent tax increase and warned against mandatory controls while urging 5 percent 1967 rate limits to curb price rises.
Premier Pompidou announced the Sorbonne would reopen Monday after a four hour clash between police and rioting students. The unrest injures more than 1,500, disrupts Washington Hanoi talks, and prompts a general strike as unions back the demonstrators.
The Paris peace talks hinge on tough Viet Cong opponents and a key Hanoi diplomat as the political drama unfolds behind the glass doors of the conference hall. The article hints at danger, assassination risk, and the high stakes of negotiations.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy proposed a minimum income tax of 20 percent on all income above thresholds to curb tax avoidance. He urged lawmakers to pass a broad reform including ending special exemptions and reviewing government bond exclusions and oil depletion allowances.
Dr. Morton H. Halperin head of the Pentagon policy planning office urges restraint after Vietnam and warns the U S should avoid most civil wars and cross border invasions unless clear obligations demand intervention The speech at Pomona College signals a broader postwar Asia policy direction shared by several officials and studies underway for a postwar strategy.
A playful jab at the IRS notes that even someone with plenty can face an audit. The quip hinges on the idea that no one is exempt from tax scrutiny, regardless of wealth.
North Vietnamese and United States negotiators set Monday start for official conversations limited to North Vietnam and U S citizens excluding South Vietnam and the Viet Cong's National Liberation Front. Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau met to finalize procedures amid a businesslike, amicable mood.
Allied troops battled entrenched Viet Cong in a 30 block area at the southern end of the Y bridge into downtown Saigon as the battle for Saigon entered its second week. US commanders reported heavy losses on both sides and said the main threat to the capital was being ground down with hundreds killed and buried.
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