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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1968
Page
3
The week saw major steel firms retreat from a 5 percent general price rise as the government signaled support for restrained increases. U.S. Steel boosted prices on cold rolled steel by 5.50 a ton while others followed, reducing inflation risk says the White House.
Roy Wilkins of the NAACP states the early Negro response to Nixon and Agnew is cold. He critiques Nixon for appealing broadly without pledging equitable action for Black Americans and for favoring state control that limits federal programs. Wilkins says Nixon condemns rioting but ignores violence against Blacks.
Heavy rain and an all night curfew slowed violence in Miami’s major Negro districts after two days of looting and gunfire. National Guard and police enforced the curfew in Liberty City Central District and Coconut Grove as bars and theaters closed and shops boarded up. Three deaths and 18 wounded were reported in the clashes tied to the Republican National Convention nearby.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, has survived his sixth heart attack since 1955 and is gaining strength, though still critically ill. Doctors noted he had three attacks in the past 30 months, a period with limited survivor data, while a National Heart Institute spokesman cautioned that most third attacks are fatal.
Reports from Biafra claim a three-pronged Nigerian assault east of Port Harcourt was repelled near Opobo, 40 miles east of the city. Federal sources say they held their lines as fighting persisted. Biafran leader Odumegwu Ojukwu had signaled a unilateral truce during peace talks, while a radio broadcast urged negotiator Enahoro to drop demands for renunciation of secession.
A couple from Arlington Virginia and Virginia Beach were rescued by an Andrews Air Force Base helicopter crew at daybreak after their rented boat drifted away on the Potomac River. Police located them on a rock near the Virginia shore, unable to reach them by boat due to rough waters.
Dear Abby answers questions on whether to invite distant relatives, a widower fiancé wearing a wedding ring, and a wife discovering her husband’s affair with a neighbor. She urges knowing relatives, speaking frankly, and seeking legal aid if needed.
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