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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1967
Page
1
U S Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, 68, flown home to the United States from Bangkok after arriving for a lecture tour. He was hospitalized with infectious hepatitis after initial diagnoses of dysentery. The brief dispatch notes his illness and transit details.
Opposition members in Parliament toppled Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government on a minor Communist amendment. The ruling Congress rounded up absentees and won the vote on the motion, an embarrassing but non resigning setback for Mrs. Gandhi.
The Air Force rehired a mess attendant dismissed after she refused Saturday work due to Seventh Day Adventist beliefs. The case cited breach of hiring assurances that she would not work Saturdays for religious reasons. The report also notes hospitals often discriminate against alcoholism victims, with the National Advisory Committee on Alcoholism calling such policies unjust and akin to other forms of discrimination.
The Havana conference of Latin American revolutionaries remains deadlocked on a resolution condemning Communist countries trading in Latin America, an implied rebuke to the Soviet Union. The OLAS meeting's close, set for Tuesday night, was postponed due to earlier disputes.
Meigs County vacancies attract few applicants as board records no rush for replacements. Mason County grants salary increases to school personnel. Cardinal Little League crowns champions in playoff over Indians in a decisive victory.
American air cavalrymen entered a North Vietnamese tunnel complex in Song Re valley near Duc Pho and faced fierce mortar, antiaircraft, and small arms fire. Three troop-carrying helicopters were shot down, two others hit, with at least four Americans killed and 22 wounded. American troops reported 40 enemy soldiers killed in initial fighting and pilots struck machine gun positions. Weather allowed increased bombing of rail lines in North Vietnam, while destroyers Rupertus and MacKenzie shelled coastal batteries near Dong Hoi with minor damage.
In Mississippi William Winter and John Bell Williams headed for a runoff for governor after leading with about 96 061 and 90 262 votes respectively with 1100 of 2124 precincts reporting. Negroes scored key local wins in Claiborne County and elsewhere amid a crowded field.
House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford demands air strikes on unscathed North Vietnamese military and civilian targets before sending more troops to South Vietnam. He claims two thirds of targets remain untouched. McNamara replies that air power aims to curb troop flow and avoid broader war, while the White House and State Department note policy supports talks between Hanoi and Saigon.
Washington AP Democrats seek housing fixes as Republicans shift stance on Johnsons rent supplements. Senate Banking Committee reviews five slum housing proposals while Percy pushes private construction subsidies. Civil unrest and political maneuvering shape unlikely bipartisan move to authorize up to $1 billion emergency urban aid.
A bipartisan coalition in the House scrapped Johnson's anticrime grant plan, converting it to a largely state program funded by federal money. The 256-147 vote included Cahill's block grant amendment, with the House approving 377 to 23 and sending the bill to the Senate amid riots and crime control priorities.
Cuban security forces on the north coast of Pinar del Rio Province intercepted an armed landing party. Two invaders were captured while two others fled to the United States. The radio claimed the group acted under CIA orders and promised to display the detainees and documents to delegates in Havana.
Sen. J. W. Fulbright told the American Bar Association in Honolulu that the Johnson administration lacks the moral and psychological capacity to end the Vietnam war and advance social justice at home. He linked the war to urban violence, urged introspection, and urged leaders to provide decent example amid calls for great society programs.
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