These are the top stories for May 15, 1968
In the national news
U.S. Urges Steps to Limit War: Hanoi Demands Bombing Halt by John M. Hightower
"The United States called on Hanoi today for 'specific and urgent steps' to limit the war in Southeast Asia and advance peace prospects." (Associated Press)
Two-Day Recess Significant by Raymond Lawrence
"The significant feature of the significant feature of the second session of U.S. - North Vietnam negotiators is the unexplained two-day recess."
Draft Calls Slashed for June, July
"The Defense Department today sharply reduced draft calls both for June and July and announced that a low level of inductions could be expected the rest of the year." (United Press International)
Nebraskans Sweep RFK to Victory
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy marched to victory in Nebraska's Democratic presidential primary and turned his campaign guns today toward Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey - with a suggestion that battered rival Se. Eugene J. McCarthy join him." RFK received 51 per cent, compared to 31 per cent for McCarthy. (Associated Press)
McCarthy's Whiz Kids Determined
"Politically, you might saw, Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy's whiz kids are wiser but not sadder as a result of the Nebraska Democratic primary. 'I'm disappointed, but I'm going on to work for him in California,' said Barbara Barnes, a student at New York's Columbia University." (Associated Press)
Nixon Happy with Nebraska Results
"Richard M. Nixon hailed his Nebraska primary victory as 'better than we expected' and pushed on today with his campaign for the state's 18 Republican convention delegates." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Back Where He Started by Mary McGrory
"Before the polls closed in Nebraska, Pierre Salinger had pronounced Eugene McCarthy dead as a presidential candidate. Robert Kennedy's later judgment, equally clinical but less radical, was that McCarthy was so severely wounded he should come to the conference table." (Washington Star Service)
Ike Flown to Washington, 'Progressing'
"Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is 'progressing satisfactorily' from the mild heart attack he suffered April 29, Walter Reed Army Hospital said today." (Associated Press)
'Political Crime' Hit by Reagan
"Gov. Ronald Reagan outlined today his plan of attack on 'a new kind of crime: political lawlessness.' And he singled out dissenters whom he called 'revolutionary hypocrites' who 'sing songs of freedom but dance to the beat of anarchy.'" (Associated Press)
RFK Clan to Woo California
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy hopes to reach at least 50,000 Californians Saturday as he opens the last two weeks of his campaign to win the state's delegation to the Democratic national convention." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
