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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1967
Page
1
Black Power leader H. Rap Brown, jailed on a federal gun charge, calls on Negroes to arm themselves as his bid for a $25,000 bail bond stalls. Attorney William Kunstler said funds were nearly ready but a bondsman was not secured.
A 21 year old mental patient, Victor Ernest Hoffman, was arrested after the Shell Lake killings. Nine members of the Peterson family were shot in their home on the edge of Canada's northern wilderness. Hoffman will face a murder charge and likely undergo a mental examination.
Fairbanks Alaska residents return to flood scarred streets as water recedes. Two more flood victims raise death toll to seven in Fairbanks and two in Nenana and Tok. Bill Wardzella, 54, found in a downtown back room. another woman found in Nenana streets. Separate report from Seoul notes nine soldiers killed in a dawn ambush below the DMZ, marking the 130th clash this year with rising North Korean casualties and captures among both sides.
General Walter Krueger, WWII commander of the U S 6th Army praised by Douglas MacArthur, died Sunday at Valley Forge General Hospital at age 86. He led the spearhead from the Southwest Pacific to the Philippines and had been hospitalized since September 14, 1965.
Police hunted three well dressed men in a white car after they machine gunned the U S Embassy side entrance in London at 1135 p m Sunday. They left a note attacking American racial and foreign policies as holes the size of tennis balls were punched in doors lamps and glass panels.
David Hoskins, 30, held in the farmhouse fire deaths of his wife Loretta, 29, and their four children. Autopsies on the bodies were ordered by Stearns County officials while Atty. Paul Doerner weighs possible charges. Hoskins, a former Minnesota National Guard helicopter pilot, may be released from a hospital today or Tuesday.
Local Meigs Gallia county area reports ten vehicle crashes over the weekend across towns including Nelsonville. Page references indicate coverage of Old-Timers Day in Nelsonville and a Little Miss Parade of the Hills event, with notices about Logan city petition filings and scattered garbled text from other pages.
American warplanes struck North Vietnam at near record levels as U S pilots targeted Ha Gia and Huong Vi rail yards and coastal waterways. A Soviet SAM downed a MIG 17, the first known case of Reds shooting down one of their own aircraft.
In Durant Oklahoma a mother Delores Ritchie 37 and two children Billy 12 and Arthur 5 were found shot to death in their rural home. Husband H A Ritchie Jr. was questioned then taken into custody and returned to Bryan County with three other children Suzie 11 Ellen 8 and Charles 3 left with him in Norman.
In Baton Rouge a night of clashes followed Ku Klux Klan and civil rights marches as firebombs were thrown in Eden Park. Police arrested ten Black youths and one white man, seized weapons, and guards were briefly deployed before dawn. Fires were minor and under control by morning.
In Acapulco a banquet marking the 25th anniversary of a copra growers union erupted in a blaze of gunfire. Twenty two people died and about 100 were wounded as rival factions fought outside and inside the two story hall. Police rounded up 184 suspects as chaos spread to the street and nearby hills.
Hong Kong officials say London rejected Beijing demand to permit three pro-Communist newspapers to resume publication and free arrested staff by Tuesday night. British officials called the note harsh but not surprising amid internal upheavals in China. The threat comes amid a Communist terror campaign that killed an 8-year-old girl and her 2-year-old brother near a bomb found by a child in an alley dubbed the children's playground.
Washington AP poll shows President Johnson with a slim 15 13 support margin among 28 Senate seats up in 1968. An 84 member canvass finds 44 backing the war policy and 40 opposing. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee resumes hearings with Nicholas Katzenbach as witness, split between hawks urging more force and doves criticizing overcommitment. The issue could shape upcoming campaigns for Senate seats.
Columbus police hunted three West Virginia State Penitentiary escapees from Moundsville after they forced guard Charles Marcum to drive them through three states before leaping from the car in Columbus. The fugitives, possibly armed, belonged to the prison's Junior Chamber of Commerce chapter and were last believed to be in the East Side area.
Washington AP reports new training directives for National Guard units emphasize riot control, looter apprehension, sniper threat, and protecting community institutions. About 500000 guardsmen will apply basic principles of war such as economy of force, maneuver, unity of command, surprise and simplicity to quell future riots.
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