May 19, 1968
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James E. Ray's Trail Cools by Jeremiah O'Leary
"James Earl Ray, sought as the slayer of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has disappeared as effectively as if the earth had swallowed him, and that may well have been the case." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
'Clean' Note in RFK Bay Area Drive by Dave Hope
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy called for use of federal resources to rebuild cities and halt the spread of air and water pollution as he opened his stretch drive for California's delegation to the Democratic National Convention Saturday night." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
Peace Talks Bogged; Off Till Wednesday: Harriman Queries Ignored by William L. Ryan
"In their longest meeting yet, chief envoys of the United States and North Vietnam angrily accused each other Saturday of deliberately sidestepping the basic issues in their talks aimed at ending the fighting in Vietnam." (Associated Press)
'You'll Miss Me' - LBJ to Cartoonists
"President Johnson told a group of the nation's leading editorial cartoonists Saturday they would miss him when he's gone." (United Press International)
DeGualle Flies Back to Turmoil
"President Charles De Gaulle cut short a state visit to Romania Saturday night and returned to France seething with the gravest social and industrial crisis of his 10 years in office." (Associated Press)
Downtown Saigon Hit By Rockets
"Enemy rockets and mortars blasted downtown Saigon early today, the 78th birthday of North Vietnam's President Ho Chi Minh." (Associated Press)
Saigon Out to Foil Devious Red Plan by Raymond Lawrence
"South Vietnam, in speedily naming a new premier, is seeking to avert a political crisis that could damage the American position at the Paris talks."
Cool Oregon Gives a Chill To Kennedy
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy openly fretted Saturday over the coolness of his reception by Oregon voters whose primary balloting May 28 could make or break his president bid... 'I don't know why it would be more difficult than elsewhere,' he commented. 'If I don't win in Oregon, I will have difficulty winning the presidential nomination.'" (Associated Press)
Pill Nausea Fells 24 at Youth 'Rock' Fete
"At least 24 teen-aged girls and boys were taken to the hospital with acute nausea attacks Saturday after hundreds of orange capsules were handed out in a rock-and-roll festival crowd of 15,000." (Associated Press)
Paris Turmoil Cancel Cannes Fete
"The Cannes film festival was canceled Saturday night after several hundred film workers seized the festival hall in support of the mushrooming nationwide strike." (United Press International)
May 20, 1968
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French Chaos Perils DeGaulle
"A massive strike of millions flooded across France today in a grassroots upheaval that plunged the nation into a state of near-paralysis and threatened the foundation of Charles de Gaulle's 10-year-old Fifth Republic." (Compiled from AP and UPI)
High Court Widens Jury Trial Rights
"The Supreme Court today made the federal constitutional right to a jury trial in criminal cases binding on the states." (Associated Press)
Picket in Private Area Upheld
"The Supreme Court today decided that a privately owned shopping center is essentially a public area, and to prohibit picketing there would violate constitutional guarantee of free speech." (Associated Press)
Reds Lose 600 in Fierce DMZ Battles
"Communist troops mounting one of their heaviest threats along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to coincide with the Paris Vietnam talks ran into stubborn resistance from the U.S. Marine and lost an estimated 600 dead in a series of sharp battles, U.S. military spokesman aid today." (United Press International)
Reagan and Rocky Talk - 'No Gulf'
"Governors Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and Ronald Reagan of California held an early morning session in New Orleans today and Rockefeller said afterward that there is 'no ideology gulf' between them." (Compiled from AP and UPI)
Harriman Says 'Quit Stalling' by Stewart Hensley
"U.S. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman today called on Hanoi to quit making propaganda and get down to serious Vietnam talks." (United Press International)
ADA Renews Its McCarthy Support
"Members of Americans for Democratic Action have heartily approved their leadership's endorsement of Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy for the Democratic presidential nomination." (Compiled from AP and UPI)
'Laugh In' Grabs Three Emmys' Cosby Best Actor by Bob Thomas
"It was 'sock it to me' time at the Television Academy as three Emmy awards were given to the raucous 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Staffer 'Will Not Resign'
"Sen. Eugene McCarthy's campaign organization was patched up today with the announcement that Curtis Gans, who has headed the 'youth for McCarthy' drive, would not resign... It had been reported earlier that the strong student organization - lead by Gans - that was successful in New Hampshire and Wisconsin has failed in Indiana and Nebraska, and that the McCarthy organization was trying a new tack." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
Marchers Pour Into The Capital
"Eager volunteers working late into the night helped the Poor People's Campaign more than double size of its 'Resurrection City, U.S.A.' over the weekend, setting the stage for possible major demonstrations early this week." (Associated Press)
May 21, 1968
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French Strike Chaos Mounts: Punishment of Students Voted Down
"The French Cabinet, faced by an ever-expanding economic paralysis and the threat of parliamentary censure, decided today there should be no punishment for students charged with violence in the street fighting that led into the nation's strike crisis." (Associated Press)
Six Million Workers Off Jobs by Joseph W. Griff
"Almost 10 years to the day since President Charles De Gaulle was swept back to power on the ruins of the tottering Fourth Republic, his 'strong man' Fifth Republic is being shaken as never before." (United Press International)
High Court Attacks Stay in Crime Bill
"The Senate today tentatively approved legislation which would overturn landmark Supreme Court rulings on the admissibility of confession and eyewitness testimony in criminal prosecutions." (United Press International)
U.S. Rejects De Gaulle Mediation by Raymond Lawrence
"President de Gaulle of France today was rejected by the United States as a possible mediator in the stalemated peace talks with North Vietnam."
LBJ Asks $3.9 Billion More for Vietnam War
"President Johnson asked Congress today for an additional $3.9 billion to support military operations in Vietnam and South Korea." (Associated Press)
Air Force Grounds 42 F111As
"The Air Force has grounded 42 of its F111A fighter bombers for repair of a defective hydraulic valve, officials said today." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Debates 'Wrong' Kennedy: Ted, Not Bob, Shows in S.F.
"The Minnesota Democrat headed his campaign back into Oregon today after his inconclusive encounter with Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a stand-in for Robert at a San Francisco labor dinner." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
RFK Hot on Oregon Trail
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy campaigned briefly in Northern California today, en route to Oregon, after getting the wildest reception of the campaign in Los Angeles last night." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
McCarthy Urges Labor Take Chance
"'The time is now, even though the time is late,' (McCarthy) he said, 'We must redirect money and resources from the war in Vietnam to other things that need more attention.'" (United Press International)
Reagan Sees No Purpose in Saying No
"Gov. Ronald Reagan arrived in Florida Monday night and told an airport crowd he sees 'no useful purpose' in announcing his presidential candidacy, noting 'it will be up to the convention.'" (Associated Press)
May 22, 1968
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Police, Students In Campus Clashes: Barricades Smashed at Columbia U.
"Police flushed 150 rebel students from a barricaded building at Columbia University early today and then swept cross the campus, forcibly clearing out 2,000 more students who milled about angrily denouncing the initial police action." (United Press International)
S.F. State Hall Sit-in Resumed
"Three hundred San Francisco State College students staged a noon-hour rally in front of the commons today, then moved in a wave up the hill and filed into the campus Administration Building, which they say they will occupy until forcibly removed." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
McCarthy at Cow Palace
"Sen. Eugene McCarthy, hopping back and forth between Oregon and California, comes into the Bay Area tonight for a major speech at a San Francisco Cow Palace rally expected to attract an audience of 14,000" (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Reagan Answers Negro's Challenge by De Van Shumway
"Gov. Ronald Reagan, challenged by a Negro woman to explain why there were few Negro faces at a Republican dinner, answered that Negroes have chosen to vote Democratic - the part of the 'federal plantation.'" (United Press International)
U.S. Hurls Challenge in Fruitless Talks: Harriman Urges Hanoi to Let South Vietnam Decide Its Own Future by Raymond Lawrence
"The United States urged North Vietnam to approve South Vietnam's right to decide its own future as the Paris peace talks floundered in disagreement again today."
Pompidou Censure Defeated
"President Charles De Gaulle's 10-year-old regime tonight survived a censure motion by leftists trying to bring down the government because of social and economic unrest that has paralyzed the nation with a series of strikes." (United Press International)
Truth in Lending Bill Is Passed
"The House passed today a truth-in-lending bill designed to let all Americans know exactly how much it costs to buy automobiles, appliances and homes on credit."
Kennedy 'Fighting for Life' by Dave Hope
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, by his own admission, is fighting in Oregon today for his political life as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination - with a last ditch stand still ahead in California." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Rocky Open to Reagan in No. 2 Role
"Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller indicated today he regarded Gov. Ronald Reagan as a possible vice presidential running mate." (United Press International)
Demo Chairmen Will Push Southern Candidate
"Democratic Party chairmen from 13 Southern states will meet in Miami Saturday to talk over plans for pushing a Southern candidate for president." (United Press International)
May 23, 1968
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Harriman Optimistic on Talks by Raymond Lawrence "Ambassador Averell Harriman expects that the deadlock in the Paris peace talks eventually will break." Police May Join Paris Strikers "French police threatened today to strike in support of the millions of workers who have paralyzed France with a nationwide walkout. But tonight they battled hundreds of Sorbonne students in the Boulevard St. Michel on the left bank in the second clash of the day." (United Press International)
LBJ Handed 'Truth in Lending' Bill "Congress has sent President Johnson a major consumer protection bill requiring disclosure of the annual cost of interest on most loans and credit purchases." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Blasts RFK, Humphrey by Dave Hope "The campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination is a bare-knuckle fight today as Sen. Eugene McCarthy charges his rival - Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Vice President Hubert Humphrey - are responsible for Vietnam police." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Now It's Mill-in For S.F. State "Student leaders of the Third World Liberation Front called for a mill-in today at the administration building of San Francisco State College where some 100 students staged a peaceful sleep-in last night." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Arrest of Marchers Called Off "Police began a mass arrest of demonstrators in the Poor People's Campaign today but called it off after filling two patrol wagons when the group agreed to leave Capitol Hill." (Associated Press)
Police Taunted by Columbia Rebels "Shouted obscenities shattered a police-imposed calm today at troubled Columbia University where a day earlier students set bonfires, occupied a campus building and hurled bricks at police." (United Press International)
Five S.F. Hippies Cleared of Poetry Read-in Charges "Five hippies were cleared of charges yesterday stemming from a May 7 poetry read-in on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Unruh Raps Reagan on U.C. Rally "Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh praised use of police to break up a demonstration at San Francisco State College and coupled it with criticism of Gov. Ronald Reagan." (United Press International)
Rap Brown Guilty in Gun Case "H. Rap Brown was convicted last night of violating the National Firearms Act and was given the maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $2,000 fine." (Associated Press)
May 24, 1968
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De Gaulle Asks New Powers - 'Or I'll Quit': Referendum Demanded in June
"President Charles de Gaulle called tonight for a nationwide referendum to grant him full powers to avoid the threat of civil war in strike-bound France. He warned he would resign unless he got them." (United Press International)
De Gaulle Gambling with Fate by Raymond Lawrence
"His address to a nation in chaos sought to call it back from the brink of revolution but there remains the fateful question of whether even the words of this apostle of France's grandeur can stem the waves of paralyzing strikes and bloody rioting in the streets of Paris." McCarthy Asks War Settlement "Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy told top California businessmen today the best method to solve the nation's major economic problems 'is to negotiate a political settlement to the war in Vietnam.'" (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Scaledown of War Rejected by Hanoi: Reds Sidestep Halting Talks
"North Vietnam today rejected President Johnson's latest call for a mutual scaling down of the fighting in Vietnam. It said nothing but a complete, unconditional and immediate end of U.S. bombing of the north is acceptable." (Compiled from AP and UPI)
Saturation Air Raids on Enemy
"Waves of America's biggest-bombers kept up one of the most concentrated saturation attacks of the war today against North Vietnamese troops reported crossing from Laos into the center of South Vietnam." (Compiled from AP and UPI)
S.F. State's Rebels Win Concessions
"San Francisco State College President John Summerskill has capitulated to all but one demand of student demonstrators who, nevertheless, began their fourth day of sit-ins at the Administration Building today. (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Crime Bill Faces LBJ Veto Threat
"The Senate has passed a crime-control bill that would undo controversial Supreme Court rulings that guarantee criminal suspects greater rights. The measure also would grant police new wiretapping and electronic 'bugging' authority." (Associated Press)
Commander at Khe Sahn Wanted to Counterattack
"The colonel who commanded Marines through the siege of Khe Sanh indicated today he would have preferred more counter-attacking but he said higher authorities selected mainly a 'set piece battle.'" (Associated Press)
McCarthy Resents Kennedy Tactics
"Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy resents Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's unabashed effort to woo away his student workers and Kennedy's 'misrepresentation' of the McCarthy voting record in search of Negro support.'" (United Press International)
An AP wirephoto shows Barbra Streisand talking with McCarthy at a Hollywood cocktail party.
Schlesinger Plugs RFK As Unifier
"Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Harvard historian, says Robert F. Kennedy is the only candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination who could get congressional support on the 'supreme issues - reconciliation of the races and resolution of the conflict in Vietnam.'" (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
May 25, 1968
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LBJ Has Words for Dissidents
"President Johnson, in remarks he may have intended for dissident college students, angry Negroes and even rioting Frenchmen said today, 'You cannot build a utopia on ashes.'" (Associated Press)
Girls Want Rights Too
"High school girls in the nearby village of Saint Yrieix-la-Perche have come up with two demands as their contribution to the French student revolt: 1. Rights to smoke. 2. Rights to talk freely with boys during recess." (Associated Press)
32 Jailed as S.F. State 'Open Campus' Ends: Summerskill Abruptly Quits Job
Thirty-two San Francisco State College demonstrators were arrested at midnight after administrative officials closed all buildings, ending the 'open campus' policy of President John Summerskill, who quit under fire yesterday and flew to Ethiopia." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Scholar's High Hopes Evaporated
"Just a year after he took over as president of San Francisco State College, filled with high hopes for academic greatness, he (John Summerskill) fled the campus a bitter and disillusioned man. Even his departure drew scathing criticisms from one State College Trustee, Earle M. Jorgensen, who called his resignation a 'childish act.'" (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Reds Fight in Saigon Outskirts
"Viet Cong guerrillas probed on two sides of Saigon tonight in apparent attempts to penetrate the city while North Vietnamese army regulars attacked three U.S. bases near Kontum in the central highlands 275 miles north of the capital." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Against Guaranteed Wage by Dave Hope
"Sen. Eugene McCarthy is on record today with a denial of reports he favors a guaranteed annual income." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
DeGaulle Era Nearing End? French Act to Avert Civil War
"Premier George Pompidou said today professional agitators, anarchists and ruffians were trying to start civil war in France. He ordered police to break up all crowds - an act that suspended the right of assembly." (United Press International)
'Hopelessness' in School
"'A feeling of 'hopelessness and despair' may be the main problem of the Oakland public school system, according to report issued yesterday by members of two teachers association." (Oakland Tribune - Oakland, California)
Truman Gives HHH Political Advice
"Former President Harry S. Truman greeted Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey with a slap on the back and a hearty handshake on a dreary day today at a meeting aides said was more than just a chat." Humphrey wouldn't elaborate on the advice. (United Press International)
RFK 'Cools Off' In Vote Drive
"Sen. Robert F. Kennedy took an unscheduled drip in the Pacific yesterday during an interlude from his campaigning for Tuesday's presidential primary. (Associated Press)
