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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1967
Page
1
Ohio Turnpike crash killed three over the holiday as statewide deaths reached 37 in the 108 hour period ending Sunday. National toll climbed to 634 with Thanksgiving travel. Last year 748 died over the holiday, a record.
Look magazine reports that in 1962 George Romney warned Mormon Church leaders in Salt Lake City that his political career would bring pressure on the church’s racial policies. The piece is by T George Harris, senior editor of Look.
Banking leaders from seven nations forming the international gold pool pledged to defend the dollar’s $35 per ounce exchange rate. Meeting in Frankfurt they said they hold enough gold reserves to guarantee the rate and urged other nations to join in resisting the pound devaluation wave.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and about 80 top aides from across the nation are planning a week long, press closed session in Frogmore South Carolina to map civil disobedience moves for Washington DC next spring. The agenda includes a tent in across from the White House and sit downs in congress offices if Congress does not pass reform for the poor. Tom Offenburger, a King aide, says demonstrations would continue indefinitely until reforms are enacted.
The only son of a baker helped bake deadly parathion into bread in Chiquinquira. One hundred forty six people remain in critical condition while sixty six children and ten adults died after eating the bread. The dead were buried in a mass funeral. Antitoxins were flown from Colombia, Venezuela, Panama and the United States.
President Johnson resumes duties after six days at his Texas ranch with plans to meet Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler. The ongoing gold and currency crisis remains the main issue as Johnson reaffirms backing of the dollar with gold.
Springfield Ohio Mayor Robert C Henry said a complete withdrawal from Vietnam would be foolhardy after a two week fact finding trip with about 10 Republicans. He proposed a gradual phasing out of American forces to study conditions in South Vietnam.
One person was killed and five wounded in a motel gun battle in Northern Ohio, a chaotic incident that disrupted the area and prompted police inquiries. The report notes ongoing investigations and statements from local authorities.
U S special envoy Cyrus Vance returned to Ankara with Greece's reply to Turkish invasion demands over Cyprus. Greece offered withdrawal of forces in exchange for Turkish guarantees, while Turkey pressed renewed rights for Turkish Cypriots from the 1960 Cyprus independence accord. NATO and UN promises were sought to back any agreement.
In South Vietnam combats near Con Thien and west of Da Nang, U S Marines faced heavy enemy mortar and small arms fire. U S losses reached 25 dead and 134 wounded with 38 enemy killed as additional North Vietnamese bodies were found at Dak To totaling 1,641, while U S aircraft losses rose to four fliers missing and warplanes downed.
The Army cuts war production orders and trims on hand inventories to prevent wasteful surpluses in Vietnam. McNamara seeks to curb inefficiencies seen in Korea, citing $12 billion in excess from that war. A defense team reports accurate inventories are now being built with computer help, slowing inventory work on 300,000 items. Army ammunition stocks are being reduced by $50 million. production reductions ordered earlier this year target thousands of tons of bombs.
Wilberforce Ohio residents see classes resume at Central State University the first since closing on November 16 after a student riot that brought 700 National Guardsmen to campus President Groves announced resignation plans and would address students in a convocation Unity for Unity members among those returning on probation after a state ruling requiring a hearing before expulsion in a state funded college.
Congress returns from Thanksgiving to tackle Senate and House bills on taxes poverty aid Social Security and foreign aid. Chairman Mills schedules Wednesday hearings with administration advocates pushing a $4 billion spending cut condition for any tax increase. If opposition holds adjournment by December 15 is likely. a floor vote could push adjournment later. Rep Bow warns against hasty passage.
Paris, Charles de Gaulle suggested the pound devaluation could trigger a return to a gold standard for the international monetary system. He attributed U S dollar inflation as a factor and noted America’s balance of payments deficit versus Western European investment in the last eight years.
In Columbus, Ohio the 1968 U.S. Senate race in the Republican field centers on Robert Taft Jr. and William B. Saxbe. Saxbe, attorney general, eyes Lausche's seat while Taft, a Cincinnati congressman, meets with party leaders to gauge candidacy prospects.
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers finished a three year contract covering 8,000 salaried Chrysler workers and set sights on negotiations with General Motors. The wage package ranged from 35 to 87 dollars monthly retroactive to October 16 1967 with 18 salary classes 82.20 to 262 each week. The pact aligns salary scales with hourly wage patterns at Ford and Chrysler and mirrors pension and cost of living boosts given to hourly workers. Main table talks at GM were scheduled with Leonard Woodcock leading the UAW team while Walter Reuther did not attend the GM meeting.
The 122 nation General Assembly in New York neared a vote to admit Communist China, with likely passage of a U.S. backed plan affirming a two thirds requirement to change China’s U.N. representation. Expected votes favored keeping Peking out and defeating pro seating proposals.
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