17 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1968
Page
1
News from AP reports heavy fighting as Marines engage a North Vietnamese bunker complex about 35 miles southwest of Saigon and near Khe Sanh. The battles involve mortars rockets and artillery with multiple US and enemy casualties and an aerial and ground assault continuing through the week.
About 1,300 garbage collectors returned to work in Memphis after a labor dispute settlement. The stoppage drew Martin Luther King Jr to the city where he was killed, and workers began resuming routes in groups before dawn.
The Pentagon announced a plan to triple M16 rifle production to about 100,000 per month by November 1969. The move aims to supply South Vietnamese regulars and allied troops in Vietnam, Korea, and other nations with modern weapons, while U.S. forces in Korea and training units prepare for continued use of earlier rifles.
New York stocks opened with irregular trading as blue chips held gains but overall market showed mixed direction. The Dow and major indicators slipped slightly while Du Pont dropped about two points after a Monday spike, Xerox fell about two points, Centre Data slipped, and Phelps Dodge rose about one point on light copper industry strike influenced profits.
An Atlanta taxi driver says an FBI sketch seems to match a rude patron connected to the King assassination case. He identified a man named Galt from the drawing and described a Friday night pickup near Peachtree and 14th Streets at a hippie coffee house, noting the passenger rushed away after paying.
A closing prayer by Walter Smith Jr of University Heights UEB Church in Indianapolis appeals for Christ to break self-centeredness and despair, hoping for God to grant new life, light, and hope to believers.
The note urges visitors to appreciate exhibits and develop a keener sense of what is right in their surroundings. It encourages constructive criticism of ugliness, promotion of beauty and culture, and self-reflection during the experience.
Emmy nominations spotlight 67 year old Douglas for a dramatic aging special and the series Mission Impossible leads with 11 nods. Frank Sinatra to emcee the New York ceremony with Lawrence Dobkin listed among nominees and Kara Bain with Martin Landau among the Dear Friends ensemble.
Hollywood AP Fay Bainter dies at 74 after long illness at home. She won the Best Actress Oscar for Jezebel sharing in 1933 with Bette Davis. Bainter to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery beside husband Reginald Venable. Survived by son Reginald Venable Jr. Began stage work in Los Angeles at age six.
Edna Ferber, 82, prolific author of So Big Show Boat Cimarron and Giant, died in her Park Avenue apartment after months of illness. The spinster writer, who never needed firsthand experience to depict places, left a legacy of novels plays and films shaping American storytelling. She credited the power to project herself into any setting and noted she had not visited the Mississippi or Deep South yet wrote Show Boat. She leaves a sister and two nieces.
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