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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
1
Sen McGovern calls for immediate moves to end the Vietnam war and halt bombing. He favors non Communist South Vietnamese elements and reductions in U S forces, while stopping short of a coalition government with the Viet Cong.
President Johnson rejected a total bombing halt or de-escalation of the Vietnam War. Speaking to the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Detroit he said the next move must come from Hanoi and vowed not to move further until the North Vietnamese show sincere signs of seeking peace. He aimed at critics like Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern and noted his term runs through January.
The weather map shows hot humid conditions through Wednesday with high temperatures in the low to mid 90s. Terre Haute and Illinois expect partly cloudy skies, southwest winds 10 to 20 mph, and minimal precipitation with a 10 percent chance Wednesday.
The Terre Haute City Council wrapped a third budget trimming session with $32,763 in cuts bringing total reductions to $154,238 or 15 cents off the proposed 1969 civil city tax rate. The 1969 levy now stands at $3,494 up 31 cents from 1968. Most cuts came from the police pension and road budgets with final adjustments possible before Aug. 26 final approval.
Army physicians at Walter Reed General Hospital report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is resting comfortably but in critical condition after a heart attack. They note an improving rhythm pattern yet describe his prognosis as guarded and unpredictable.
Local police report the fourth arrest in a counterfeit ring operating here with Fred Perrine Jr. facing conspiracy charges. Bond set at 10,000 as Perrine, Lionel Benoit, Gracie Benoit, and Donna Morse are jailed.Federal and state agents credited for the multi-agency effort following bogus 20s at the Vigo County Fair.
A 15 member Disaster Action Team will be formed in Terre Haute by the Vigo Sullivan Clay Central Labor Council and Terre Haute American Red Cross chapter. A meeting Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Red Cross headquarters will select members with A B Smith directing the effort and Sherman Bratcher presiding. The team will receive training in first aid communications disaster survey and rehabilitation work.
Dwight David Eisenhower served as an Army major for 18 years before receiving a promotion to lieutenant colonel in 1936.
Indiana Senator Birch Bayh will introduce the keynote speaker at the Democratic National Convention and will testify before the Platform Committee urging direct presidential election. He backs a constitutional amendment to scrap the Electoral College and force runoffs if no candidate earns 40 percent.
Nixon tells Ohio Republicans his first full day of campaigning convinces him he can win the presidency by a landslide. He says a nationwide tide is rising and plans more campaigning with Gov. Rhodes and Gov. Romney aiding in other states. Rhode's backing reinforces the Ohio GOP machine as Nixon travels from Illinois to Ohio.
Allied troops said they killed 385 enemy soldiers overnight as battles raged from the Cambodian border to the northern frontier for a third day. A unit was overrun 15 miles south of Da Nang with nine Marines and 24 militiamen killed. U.S. fighters and artillery later drove off attackers. Total allied deaths reached 60 in latest actions and 739 enemy to 69 Americans since Sunday.
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