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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1967
Page
1
Reports from Painesville Ohio Weymouth Massachusetts Lancaster Ohio and Fairbanks Alaska summarize arrests after shootings crane collapse warehouse fires and flood recovery efforts. The items note felony charging plans river flood damage and federal aid pledges as communities recover before winter.
In Columbus the Ohio House sent to the Senate two tax bills enabling counties to levy new taxes and extending property tax relief to farmers and merchants. The panel defeated the Sunday liquor sales bill, while the Senate prepared a post week apportionment plan for the November ballot and eyed a floor vote Tuesday on the omnibus highway safety measure already approved by the House.
Pope Paul VI announces sweeping reform of the Roman Curia. Terms for Curia posts are reduced from lifetime to five years, and the body is reorganized in a long awaited 15,000 word document titled De Romana Curia. The measure signals a major shift urged by progressives and opposed by conservatives and was four years in the making.
The first of thousands of Arab refugees who fled across the Jordan River in June began returning to Israeli held territory today. About 600 Jordanians were expected back as the International Red Cross coordinated processing on the Jordanian side and the Allenby Bridge. Refugees from Jenin Nablus Tulkarm and Kalkilya crossed into Israeli areas by truck to reach their homes.
U S Command reports near record air strikes on North Vietnam including B52 raids around the DMZ and shelling inside the zone. In Saigon a derailment and sniper attack occur as ground fighting remains scattered. U S losses reach 643rd plane with an F105 down and rescued.
Racial violence flared in Syracuse and Houston as National Guardsmen and state troopers were mobilized in Louisiana to escort a Negro march from Bogalusa toward Baton Rouge. The Walker to Denham Springs leg resumes with whites gathering nearby. Gov. McKeithen activated two National Guard battalions to reinforce police guarding the march.
At a Stearns County farm near St. Cloud a blaze killed Loretta Hoskins 29 and children Julie 7 Darla 5 Linda 14 and infant David Eli 6 weeks as a wounded farmer was found bound to a clothesline post with a hood over his head. David Hoskins 32 was hospitalized in critical condition with chest and stomach wounds. A fourth child is unaccounted for. Youths nearby alerted authorities after spotting the fire about 1 am. The farmer could not explain the tragedy. deputies said conditions point to violence mixed with the blaze.
In GIA DINH Vietnam most civilian presidential hopefuls back Sen Javits proposed four week delay to US backed elections. They cite lost time from the Dong Ha incident and call for more credible campaigning though some doubt legal changes can be made. Huong and Quat voice cautious optimism about a postponement.
The House passed a broad Social Security overhaul raising benefits and taxes while targeting welfare programs. The measure stalls for months before funds reach 24.2 million beneficiaries as Senate opposition grows over strict Medicaid and welfare limits. Mills defends the bill saying it avoids harming children yet warns of a taxpayer revolt that could end welfare.
The Senate approved an $837 million foreign aid measure 60 26 after four days of debate rejecting Johnson's request of 3.4 billion and a separate House recommendation of 3.1 billion. The bill would abolish the President's unilateral country additions and ban aid to nations with diplomatic breaks with the United States, aiming at Arab blocs. Fulbright signaled he would let the bill languish rather than yield to the House.
An explosion tore through a cracking unit at Standard Oil refinery in Oregon Township east Toledo setting two fires. Four workers received minor injuries at the plant, nine with burns or bruises treated at St Charles Emergency Hospital, and one man 58 from Imperial Street was seriously burned. Firefighters contained the fires by 9 55 a m EDT. No fatalities were reported.
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