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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
1
County seniors filled the courthouse for the annual Law Day program sponsored by the county Bar Association. A mock trial ended with the defendant found not guilty after a jury trial featuring local attorneys.
Allied troops battled 12 000 Communists heading for Saigon and used heavy artillery on about 1 500 guerrillas in the capital for the sixth day as part of a nationwide offensive timed with Paris peace talks. Intelligence cited roughly 4 000 Communist deaths since Sunday with 3 300 killed near Saigon.
The planned encampment near the reflecting pool will use prefabricated canvas and plywood shelters around toilet facilities. A permit may restrict occupancy to 3,000 with sewer and water lines available. SCLC officials renamed the site Resurrection City after a protest from The City of Hope in California.
United States and North Vietnam agreed to open formal preliminary talks on Vietnam Monday in Paris. Vance and Habib, leading the U.S. delegation, met with Hanoi representatives Ha Van Lau and Nguyen Minh By to set procedural matters. A second preparatory session is planned for Saturday as officials described the talk as a technical prelude to full negotiations.
Iowa Board of Regents reviewed a subcommittee report warning a 10-year capital plan would require about 288 million dollars for three state universities to catch up on academic space. About 211 million would come from state funds, with 105 million needed just to cover current academic needs. The panel urged borrowing, while the regents kept the overall report open for action.
London reports a sweeping Labor loss as municipal results tally a collapse in seats. The countrywide vote follows devaluation and voter discontent, with Harold Wilson under pressure as press magnate demands resignation.
Governor Harold E Hughes announced a 10 point highway safety program for Iowa aimed at halting rising highway deaths. Measures include doubling license suspension from 30 to 60 days, lowering speeding violation suspension thresholds, urgent breath tests for intoxication, expanded patrol duties during holidays, potential Emergency Day declarations, tougher enforcement of drunken driving, immediate appearance before magistrates, and a state executive order mandating seat belt use. The plan follows a black spring with 136 highway deaths since March 15 and 251 deaths through May 9.
Black civic activists propose a march to Washington D C on March 3 000 to demand federal action for urban poverty. The plan envisions sending a large contingent into the capital to press policymakers.
Unconfirmed Soviet troop maneuvers along the Czech Polish frontier were described as a war of nerves to press reformist Czechoslovakia away from communism. Officials ruled out invasion while noting tens of thousands of Soviet troops in Poland and cautious Western reporting from Prague and Warsaw amid holiday closures.
Two coal miners Frank Davis and Edward Rudd will move through about ten inches of water to join 13 other trapped men in a flooded mine shaft near Tommy Falls West Virginia. Mine official C. E. Richardson says the group, now 15 strong, awaits a safe rescue as a high speed water pump is prepared after a drilling rig advances 200 feet.
Probate of will and appointment of executor for the estate of John W. Greiner. Appointment of administrator for the estate of Thomas Larry Mitchell. Public notices indicate court actions and filing details as required.
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