These are the top stories for May 5, 1968.
In the national news
Reds Attack Capitals and Bases in Vietnam: Daring Power Shown by Richard V. Oliver
"Communist forces attacked a string of allied bases and provincial capitals with mortars and rockets Sunday in a daring display of strength less than a week before preliminary peace talks are scheduled in Paris." (United Press International)
Wallace Likely Due State Demo Blessing
"Presidential candidate George Wallace, running elsewhere as an independent, is all but certain Tuesday to get the official blessing of the Democratic Party in Alabama" (Associated Press)
Heart Patients Still OK: Condition Are Varied
"In London, it was a weak 'thumbs up' signal by a 28-year-old workman. In Houston, it was a friend's report on another man, "He looks splendid.' In California, there was more tension, less encouraging news. Those three sites held the world's attention Saturday in the close of the busiest week yet of heart transplant surgery." (United Press International)
End May Come To Bomb Halt by Joseph Alsop
"The fact that the North Vietnames are taking heavy advantage of the President's 90 per cent bombing halt is the first thing a reporter returning from Vietnam discovers in this strange city."
Doss Spared Embarrassment on Income Tax Maneuvering by Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson
"The Internal Revenue Service has shown a strange inclination to spare Sen. Tom Dodd, D-Conn., from an income tax rap over since we revealed he had paid no taxes on the campaign funds he deposited in his personal bank account."
School Peace is Reached
"Negro students at Northwestern University ended their encampment of the school's business office Saturday night after agreeement was reached with school officials on a list of demands." (Associated Press)
U.S., North Viets Ready for Talks
"Without visible contact, American and North Vietnamese representatives moved briskly through French government intermediaries Saturday to set up arrangements for coming preliminary peace talks here (Paris)." (Associated Press)
Viet Cong Hit 13 Cities, Fight in Saigon Streets
"The Viet Cong shelled Saigon and a dozen other South Vietnamese cities early Sunday and infiltrated small sniper and suicide squads into the capital." (Associated Press)
GOP, Demo Aspirants Halt
"Sen. Eugene McCarthy was sidelined by an earache, Saturday with only three days left before he and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy have their first ballot box confrontation in the Indiana presidential primary. McCarthy cancelled three campaign appearances because of the ailment while Kennedy told potential backers in Indianapolis that the problems of the nuclear age have led some people to wonder 'whether we can govern ourselves.' The New York Democrat said the answer to that question will lie in the nation's school system." (United Press International)
Mary McCarthy Substitues Here for Ill Father
"Mary McCarthy, daughter of Presidential candidate Sen. Eugene McCarthy, planted a red-bud tree in Shadyside around noon Saturday." (Anderson Sunday Herald -- Anderson, Indiana)
