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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
3
Washington reports say U S officials doubt Mao Zedong’s health, believing power may drift away slowly. Analysts note a purge of scholars and intellectual leaders and argue that little would change fundamentally if Mao dies, influencing internal power plays around him.
A Civil Aeronautics Board report says intoxication and pilot error caused the private helicopter crash near Indianapolis on July 10, killing 38 year old securities executive Michael Dobich and seriously injuring his secretary passenger. The incident ended with the chopper out of control and the center gone dark during a pleasure flight.
Six people died and two fishermen were reported missing after ferocious wind storms toppled homes and uprooted trees near Monghyr in eastern India, according to All-India Radio on Tuesday.
Madison County Assessor Tom Broderick warns owners of air planes boats outboard motors and automobiles to file personal property schedules by May 15 in all townships except Anderson Township where residents have until May 16 due to May 15 falling on a Sunday. A cork tree yields cork only once every six to ten years.
Indianapolis man joins best dressed list Postmaster Howard L King urged local citizens to convert Postal Savings accounts to United States Savings Bonds. The drive highlights 4.15 percent bonds and added security with funds transferred to Treasury Savings Bonds. Details available at any Postal Savings Depository Post Office.
Martha Ann Kaufmann 21 was arrested and charged with abandoning her one day old baby in a station wagon near Parkview Memorial hospital. She admitted paternity and said she was not married and could not care for the child. The infant Roger, named after the officer who found him, was reported in good condition. Bond set at $2,000.
Indiana State Police will unveil a new speed timing device VASCAR to replace radar units. It will clock moving vehicles from any relative position and will be first in the nation to operate. VASCAR stands for Visual Automatic Speed Computer And Recorder.
Ruth Hitchcock will be editor in chief for next year of The Jolly Roger. Sponsor Mrs Ruby Jones announced staff members including Linda Day as business manager and assistant Nita Anderson Dave Jackson and Linda Glazer as co news editors Nancy Hunt and Lisa Dietzen as co feature editors Bill Foster as sports editor and assistant Dave Jackson Melanie Wright as circulation manager Jay Smith Melinda McMahn Linda Darlington Bernie Walle Debbie Counts as advertising managers and assistants Melanie Wright as photographer copy reader and Barbara Miller as typist.
Soviet fishing ship Chernayakhovskii anchored off the Golden Gate and began moving away after a Coast Guard boarding party checked its engine claims for repairs. The 300 foot vessel, along with two other Russian boats, had lingered about 25 miles offshore as the U.S. denied entry to San Francisco Bay and monitored the scene from a Coast Guard cutter.
American planes released 7200 pounds of tear gas over a Viet Cong site northwest of Saigon. Army transports spilled the agent near 70 miles from the capital as U S troops deployed with gas masks. Defense officials clarified the chemical was tear gas not nausea gas and described the action as tactical authorized by Viet Nam military command.
Pentagon will soon increase pork purchases to offset a previous order that forced a 50 percent cut in choice pork cuts. The move, announced by Defense Secretary McNamara and Agriculture Secretary Freeman, aims to protect farm incomes amid farm bloc criticism. Details on the size of the increase were not provided.
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