These are the top stories for May 2, 1968.
In the national news
Poor People's March Gets Underway Today: March Visits Slums by Bill Johnson
"Hundreds of Negroes are starting the Poor People's March on Washington, envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as a means of dramatizing the plight of the poor of all races." (Associated Press)
An AP Wirephoto shows Mrs. Coretta King with SCLC officials and security, arriving at the Memphis airport.
Heavy Fighting Continues Around Hue and Dong Ha by George Esper
"The heaviest sustained fighting in two months raged through the fourth day today in the northeast corner of South Vietnam. Allied forces reported more than 1,000 enemy troops killed in the battles that continued outside Hue and Dong Ha." (Associated Press)
Inadequate Education Creates Job Problems for Alabama Negroes
"The U.S. Civil Rights Commission, nearing the end of its five-day study of the economic status of Negroes in South-Central Alabama, has concluded that inadequate education plays a part in the the job problems of Negroes." (Associated Press)
Telephone Strike Accord Reached: $2-Billion Tag is Put on Increase
"A tentative contract agreement providing an increase of 6.5 per cent a year in wages and fringe benefits was announced today in the nationwide strike of some 200,000 telephone workers." (United Press International)
Enemy Death Toll is Soaring
"The Vietnam war's heaviest sustained fighting since the Communist command's Tet offensive in February raged through a fourth day today in the northeast corner of South Vietnam." (United Press International)
Causalities In Vietnam Gain"
"U.S. casualties in the Vietnam war increased last week while those reported for the enemy and for South Vietnamese forces were less than the week before." (Associated Press)
Long Haul to Washington Begins at Lorraine Motel by Bill Johnson
"Nearly 1,000 Negroes gathered today in the courtyard of the motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain for dedication of a marble stone in his memory. Several hundred were to arrive shortly after the ceremony in a bus caravan to Marks, Miss., in the first movement of the Poor People's Campaign envisioned by King." (Associated Press)
Israel Has 'Victory Parade' by Jay Bushinsky
"Today's parade looks more like a victory celebration than a mere marking of Israel's 20th year of independence." (Chicago Daily News)
Police, Student Battle Resumes: Strike Closes School
"Police swinging nightsticks battled rock-throwing rebel students at Columbia University Wednesday during what school officials called 'a day of reflection'... Heads of both police and students were bloodied during the clash in Columbia's main plaza. Ambulances took the injured to hospitals." (United Press International)
National CORE Director to Speak on 'Black Community'
"Floyd McKissick, national director of CORE, will speak on 'Black Community: Integration vs. Separation' at East Tennessee State University Thursday evening, May 9." (Kingsport News, Kingsport, TN)
Rockefeller-Reagan Ticket Mentioned for Republicans by Robert J. Donovan
"Talk of a Rockefeller-Reagan ticket was rife here Tuesday after Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller finally plunged into the presidential race." (The Los Angeles Times)
Neo-Nazis Making Stronger Showing by Phil Newsom
"In early March, 1966, West German Interior Minister Paul Lucke issued a report that noted a sharp rise in criminal neo-Nazi and anti-Semetic incidents in the year just past and singled out for particular criticism the new National Democratic Party." (United Press International)
Humane Society Protests Mules
"The Memphis Humane Society is protesting the use of mules in the wagon train portion of the Poor People's Campaign." (Associated Press)
Segregation Danger Seen in Povery-Area Housing by Lynn Pentony
"Concern was expressed this morning that poverty-area housing projects being started or planned here may prolong segregation for years to come." (Corpus Christi Times)
