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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1968
Page
1
Paris and Lyon see heavy clashes between police and rioters after De Gaulle calls for a referendum. Pompidou suspends public assembly and vows to break up demonstrations without delay. In Paris 447 civilians wounded and 795 people arrested citywide.
After 11 days of encampment near the Capitol Hill site Resurrection City has had little impact on Congressional attitudes toward broad new social programs. Legislators face budget cuts and mainly oppose pressure tactics while maintaining business as usual. Some liberals seek channels of contact, but a bridge to the full Congress remains absent. Reports note fears of potential violence with police extra squads patrolling and conservative figures criticizing demonstrations.
A short civic feature urges a bright start to the day and emphasizes that momentum at dawn can influence the rest of the effort. It frames morning energy as a key to progress and encourages readers to begin with purpose.
Saigon reports Premier designate Tran Van Huong introduced an 18 member anticorruption cabinet and warned of opposition from Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. Huong trimmed the ministry to 18, kept six holdovers, and urged selection for purity and ability over politics or creed.
A Soviet TU16 Badger reconnaissance bomber flew a low pass over the U S aircraft carrier Essex in the Norwegian Sea and crashed into the water. Rescue units recovered parts of three bodies, with no survivors, amid ongoing naval exercises. Authorities noted no interference by U S forces and described the incident as a rare crash of a Soviet aircraft near a U S warship.
Sources close to North Vietnam signal willingness to accept a phased reduction of U S air ground and naval bombing rather than an immediate halt In private they expect U S initiative to trigger de escalation while Hanoi publicly seeks total war cessation and mutual restraint officials caution over vagueness of signals as talks stall on bombing.
South Vietnamese troops and U.S. forces engaged large Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units near the DMZ center, with 152 Communist troops killed in Dong Ha area battles, 203 North Vietnamese reported by U.S. Marines, and air and artillery exchanges around Saigon. Australian tanks ventured into Saigon defense. a curfew was imposed in Go Vap as fighting spread into Gia Dinh suburbs.
The Medical College of Virginia announced a heart transplant was performed and said the patient is in satisfactory condition. The college refused to identify the patient and released no further bulletin until the end of next week.
United Press International reports renewed Arab Israeli fighting near the Al Mundassah Bridge and Al Karama in Jordan during an army day holiday. The two hour duel marked the 24th clash in 25 days as threats of new economic action against Israel and potential Arab world schisms added to regional tension.
A garden tip feature and multiple graduation notices headline a section titled Good Reading Inside. Albert Gallatin Clay Battelle Fayette Greene Rowlesburg Tunnelton University High and Adaline Moore columns appear alongside lifestyle columns and consumer advice.
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