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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
1
A North Vietnamese battalion overran U S cavalry positions near the central coast, inflicting heavy losses before American forces repelled the attack. Dawn patrols found 52 enemy bodies and 44 fresh graves as 600 attackers pressed the perimeter with artillery and mortars.
U. S. bombing raids on rail and highway routes near Hanoi kill civilians and ruin villages like Nam Dinh and Phu Ly. Harrison E. Salisbury of the New York Times reports widespread destruction, with some towns almost obliterated while rail traffic resumes quickly after attacks.
The Defense Department released a statement conceding civilian areas in North Vietnam were damaged during U.S. air raids but said targets are military and selected for their impact on enemy movement. It cited military sites near Hanoi and noted air defenses are highly sophisticated. Some pilots nickname Hanoi Dodge City.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield calls for a major reexamination of Great Society laws and related programs including medicare civil rights education and farm subsidies. He asks committees to identify rough edges gaps and administration issues while stressing this is not a reaction to election losses or Vietnam costs.
John W. Dyke Wilson, a Nelsonville native and longtime Ohio highway official, will become chief engineer and assistant director on January 10, raising his salary from 16 500 to 18 000. He succeeds retiree C H Makeever. Wilson, 67, is a OSU civil engineering graduate and has served as Athens County highway engineer and deputy director for planning and programming before the promotion. He lives in Columbus with a widow, has a son Jack in Granville and a daughter Mary Adelyn Rudin in Columbus, plus four grandchildren.
The Associated Press reports 561 traffic deaths in the Christmas holiday weekend, far below last year's 720 and under the NSC's 650 to 750 estimate. A snowstorm kept motorists home across much of the country, yet Ohio recorded at least 34 deaths, part of a top three state tally.
A second major snowstorm in a week snarled traffic across the southwest and moved toward the Plains. The Weather Bureau reported up to two feet of snow in the southern Rockies.
Mrs Kennedy's attorney favors delaying hearings on blocking publication of The Death of a President by William Manchester and Harper & Row. Manchester, ill with pneumonia, and publishers were ordered to show cause in state Supreme Court. Lawyers to discuss the matter in Justice Streit's chambers.
Cuban youths form Youth Technical Brigades described as shock troops by exiles and officials. The groups serve as technicians in industry and farms while enforcing production and loyalty, with military training and defense roles cited by Castro. Brigades reportedly number 761 with about eight thousand members and operate across industrial and rural centers.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 76, is scheduled to depart the hospital this afternoon after his December 12 gall bladder surgery. He plans to travel from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to Palm Desert, California, in January, continuing from his home. Eight more British prisoners escaped over the weekend, bringing total to 23 with four recaptured. Police with tracker dogs scour moorland as Dartmoor Prison breach and two other inmates slip away from Seyhill Open Prison.
Tokyo Prime Minister Eisa ku Sato urges a parliamentary vote for January 29. His Liberal Democratic party holds 278 of 467 seats after dissolving the House of Representatives, with 141 seats for the Socialist opposition. A jet liner with 128 passengers landed safely in Atlanta after a gear malfunction on a foam runway.
A last minute agreement by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ends the 10 day fast of Sikh leader Sant Fateh Singh in Amritsar and averts a potential communal violence crisis involving six Sikhs.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin flies home from Ankara after a precedent breaking official visit. He was the first Soviet premier to visit Turkey and a tight security guard protected him during the farewell in Istanbul.
Denice Marie Sanders, 7, approached her father in Griffin Georgia and said teasefully Shoot me Daddy The gun he believed to be unloaded with blanks was loaded with live ammunition The sheriff said the coroner ruled the death an accident and no charges will be filed
Six year old Suzy Dewey from Grand Rapids Michigan arrived in California with her family to visit Disneyland near Los Angeles as part of a special Christmas request. Doctors warn leukemia could claim her life within a year.
The Christmas holiday weekend fires killed at least 57 people including 36 children and 21 adults. Northern California reported up to seven deaths in one blaze, while Alaska and Maryland each saw six fatalities. Many others were left homeless by the blazes.
James Anastasis named assistant cashier at Athens National Bank in a brief staff notice. Cyrus Eaton, age 83, announces multiple big projects in progress. Holiday tournaments start, featuring 18 games in coming days across the area. Stockholders of Pantasote Co with a Point Pleasant plant vote to merge with H O Canfield Co. Notes of communities Middleport Nelsonville Point Pleasant Pomefoy appear in listings.
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