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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1966
Page
1
London reports Premier Kosygin will visit the United Kingdom February 6 to 13 in a sign of improving British Soviet ties amid the Vietnam conflict.
Sacramento says Gov. Edmund G. Brown cited white backlash in American politics and stated that people want separation of the races. He added that Democrats faced losses to Ronald Reagan and warned a generation remains before interracial understanding.
Robert G. Wesselmann former chancellor of the Belleville diocese says he wed Frances H. Burton in a civil ceremony last fall after leaving Belleville for Kansas City. Burton is 36 and the marriage was to a divorced woman.
Mr and Mrs Carvell Mounce received a Vietnam letter from their son Spec 4 Barry M Mounce stating he was in combat but did not want to kill. Minutes earlier the Defense Department notified them he had been killed in action.
Meigs Commissioners approve spending of $867,602 during 1967 in a county budget action. The note appears on page 2 of the issue with other items including tax and insurance topics.
A Boston and Maine local train struck a fuel oil truck on Second Street in Everett as brakes froze. Up to 35 aboard the train. 12 died, with many others burned or injured. Firefighters and police described trapped passengers and frantic rescue efforts.
Report from Saigon and Washington notes 89 Viet Cong killed in two days in the Mekong Delta operation with paratroopers and ground forces. U.S. officials say bombing North Vietnam remains necessary to hit military targets and save lives despite civilian casualties. Congressional hearings on policy are anticipated. Eisenhower comments on civilian deaths.
An AP report recalls Mao Tse-tung’s 1938 plea for persuasion over exclusion and questions if he can continue to reform or remove Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao-ping. 100,000 Red Guards jeered the leaders in Peking as Lin Piao rises and Lin and Teng confess past errors.
A storm dumping heavy snow in the central Plains spread into the Midwest with strong winds creating drifts and travel disruptions. Reports show up to a foot in parts of Kansas and eight inches in western Missouri, with Nebraska seeing up to ten inches and widespread heavy warnings across several states. Temperatures were forecast to stay near normal to slightly below toward the Ohio River region with continued light snow flurries and a late-week snow period.
Lehigh University professor cites a book claiming a nuclear powered Soviet bomber conducted three undetected flights over the United States in 1964, with alleged sorties over San Francisco New York and Hawaii. Defense officials say there is no knowledge of such penetrations or aircraft.
Sheriff reports about 12 calls from residents describing an oval bright light moving very fast and humming at close range. Witnesses claimed a white object with pink glow hovered over a chicken house and one man allegedly photographed it during the 9 p.m. to 9 p.m. period.
A pre dawn blaze at the Marcy Hotel in Lake Placid New York destroyed part of the historic lodging. Firefighters reported two employees missing while 475 guests reportedly escaped. The owner and four other employees were injured in the blaze.
Chillicothe Ohio fire officials credit 17 year old Tom Whitt with saving two young brothers from a basement fire. He kicked out a basement window and pulledDoug four and Greg three to safety before firefighters arrived. Their mother Mrs. James Mallow and sister Kimberly Mallow were injured. Kimberly was hospitalized in critical condition in Columbus.
More than 1,000 city employees across the non uniformed ranks joined a demonstration rather than work in Toledo Ohio causing a traffic jam as snow and ice slowed streets. About 300 Teamsters and 950 Municipal Employees Local 7 members were involved with picketing at city buildings and garages.
An strong earthquake struck the nitrate port of Taltal in northern Chile early today with 80 percent of buildings reported destroyed. Casualty figures were unavailable as the quake’s reach extended across Tarapaca and Antofagasta provinces. Taltal has about 6,000 residents.
Washington report notes a rapid easing of tight money, with expectations of further relief next year. Fed Board ends a policy restricting bank lending to business, signaling looser credit conditions and potentially lower mortgage costs ahead.
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