These are today's top stories for today in 1968.
In the national news:
Warsaw Reported as Choice of North Viet for Talks: U.S. Action is Called 'Delay'
North Vietnam would like to have the talks in Warsaw. It is reported
that the United States had already nixed Cambodia, North Vietnam's
first suggestion. Soviet news agency, Tass, suggested that a negative
response to the Warsaw suggestion would be a sign that Americans don't
want peace. (Associated Press)
Another Car Reported in Slayer Hunt
"The presence of a second white Mustang near the doorway which police
say the slayer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to escape gave rise
today that it may have been the getaway car." (Associated Press)
Civil Rights Heads Laud Housing Act by John Beckler
Congressional passage of landmark open-housing legislation has won
applause from civil rights leaders along with renewed demands for
massive federal attacks on shabby housing and unemployment in
riot-prone slums. A 250-171 House vote Wednesday sent to the While
House a civil rights bill to outlaw discrimination in thc sale or
rental of. 80 per cent of the nation's housing by 1970. President
Johnson said he would sign it into law as soon as possible. (Associated Press)
Five Dead, 20 Wounded in Kansas City Racial Riots by Leo Marks
"A second straight night of racial violence left Kansas City's Negro
East Side with a toll of five dead, at least 20 wounded and the rubble
of more than 25 fires of incendiary origin today. All of the dead were
Negroes. They were shot to death, some victims of the intense crossfire
that flared at times between Negro snipers and police supported by
National Guardsmen." (Associated Press)
Patrols Find Many Bodies at Khe Sanh by Fred S. Hoffman
"U.S. government sources say American military patrols probing out from
the once-besieged Khe Sanh base have found more than 800 North
Vietnamsese bodies, most of them unburied. The sources cited this as an
indicator of how badly the Communist troops who once surrounded the
outpost suffered from U.S. artillary and air bombing." (Associated
Press)
Capital March Plans Advance
"The Southern Christian Leadership Conference will conduct a 'poor
people's' march on Washington next month despite the murder of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., organizer of the crusade. King's widow Correta,
who will participate in the demonstration Wednesday was named to the
SCLC board of directors.... The crusade her husband conceived was to
have begun April 22 but now will be held in mid-May." (United Press International)
Casualties in Vietnam Much Lower by George Esper
"The number of American troops killed in combat in Vietnam last week
was thc lowest in 2 1/2 months, thc U.S. Command announced today."
(Associated Press)
Racial Scene at a Glance
Chicago and Pittsburg have lifted their curfews. In Kansas City, 5
black people died last night during a riot. Washington is calm. There's
a curfew in Newark. (Associated Press)
New Disorders Study is Set
"Gov. Otto Kerner is reconvening the President's Commission on Civil
Disorders to study the outbreak of violence that followed the
assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Chicago Tribune said
today." (Associated Press)
Humphrey Readies Race Entry by Jack Bell
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will plunge into the race for the
Democratic presidential nomination immediately after Easter. The vice
president now assess his chances in a three-way contest with Sens.
Robert F. Kennedy, D-NY, and Eugene J. McCarthy, D-Minn., as 'looking
good." (Associated Press)
From the Anderson Daily Bulletin - Anderson, Indiana
Walter Winchell's column called Winchell Everywhere
"Item: 'Kennedy and McCarthy Rap LBJ, Ike and Truman back him up.' I'd
rather string along with the men who used to be President than with the
guys who'd like to be."
Today's weather: Fair and warmer. Highs 75-82.
