These are the top stories for May 3, 1968.
In the national news
Hanoi Agrees to Peace Talks in Paris: Suggests May 10 as Day To Begin Initial Talks
"North Vietnam has agreed to open preliminary peace talk with the United States in Paris May 10 or shortly thereafter, according to Hanoi radio broadcast received by U.S. monitors." (Associated Press)
Wage Hikes and Inflation by Joseph R. Coyne
"The Johnson administration is losing ground at an every-faster pace in its bid to keep wage increases this year at what it considered noninflationary levels." (Associated Press)
Strikers Vote on Wage Plan by Neil Gilbridge
"Telephone strikers across the nation are preparing to vote on whether to trade in their picket signs for the biggest package of increased wage and fringe benefits in the industry's history." (Associated Press)
Israel, Arabs Clash by Marcus Eliason
"Israeli troops patrolling the Neges Desert while most of their countrymen celebrated the 20th anniversary of their independence killed 12 Arab saboteurs in a clash Thursday night, the army announced." (Associated Press)
Campaign of Poor Is Quiet by Bill Crider
"Field commanders of the Poor People's Campaign fanned out through Negro settlements in this north Delta area today, recruiting volunteers for the march on Washington." (Associated Press)
N. Viet Attack Crushed by U.S. by George Esper
"U.S. forces crushed a North Vietnamese counterattack near Dong Ha Thursday, climaxing four days of fighting in the northeast corner of South Vietnam in which U.S. and South Vietnamese forces reported at least 1,200 of the enemy killed." (Associated Press)
RFK's 'Divine Right' by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson
"Robert F. Kennedy is a man with a terrific Senate record, a lot of courage - sometimes bordering on gall - and a strong belief in the divine right of Kennedys."
Indiana Not the Magic for Bobby West Virginia Was for His Brother by David S. Broder
"The more sentimental of those trailing the New York Democrat through Indiana are looking for parallels to his older brother's journey through West Virginia, eight months ago. But the analogy will not stand. 'Bobby Ain't Jack,' as the anti-Kennedy bumper stickers say, and the prospering towns and green countryside of Indiana bear little resemblance to the barren, unpainted coal mining camps where John F. Kennedy campaigned so well." (The Washington Post)
Crossovers Factor in Indiana Voting by Irwin J. Miller
"Crossover voting may play an important role in Indiana's presidential primary which dictates that write-in votes cannot be counted." (Associated Press)
Houston is Site of Heart Transplant
"A 47-year old Arizona accountant received the heart of a 15-year old married woman during a heart transplant operation today at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital." (Associated Press)
Rockefeller to Campaign in Public and in Private
"Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is pinning his hopes of winning the Republican presidential nomination on what one of his close aides calls 'the iceberg strategy.' The visible part, his surface approach, will be a series of public-speaking appearances, in which he will offer his solutions to the problems bedeviling the nation... The really serious business will be conducted below the surface." (Associated Press)
Columbia Study Group Slated
"A Columbia University faculty committee has moved to create a fact-finding commission to inquire into the causes of the crisis that has convulsed the Ivy League campus for 10 days." (Associated Press)
Woman, 22, Forced to Quit Army Job
"A 22-year old woman charged yesterday that her security clearance was revoked and that she was forced to resign from an Army job on the basis of reports that she was immoral - reports which, she said, she was not permitted to see... 'I don't understand it,' she said. 'I'm not promiscuous.'" Evidently neighbors gave her a bad report. (Associated Press)
LBJ Still Quiet on Campaign
"President Johnson struck out today at those who by 'pursuing... personal ambition' divide the country. And he withheld a commitment to campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination." (Associated Press)
HHH Issues Rights Plea
"Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, a self-proclaimed 'soul brother' in the brotherhood of man called Thursday for a 'new and complete national commitment to human rights.'" (United Press International)
Winchell Everywhere by Walter Winchell
"Parents of hippies, draft-dodgers, draft-card - burners and so forth are beating their breasts over the mental cripples their produced..."
