Nixon urges GOP victory in 1966 campaigns at Athens rally
Former Vice President Richard Nixon told a 10th Congressional District rally at the Athens County fairgrounds that electing 20 to 30 key Republican congressmen is essential. He labeled Viet Nam policy and inflation as the top issues, urged hardline measures against North Vietnam, and warned that current support could prolong war while stressing the impact on low income families.
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Richard Nixon
Athens County Fairgrounds
Nixon
Viet Nam
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Clarence Miller
Miller
Amy Beth Miller
George Lovell
Gemini 11 lands after record voyage over Atlantic
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard F. Gordon Jr. completed a three day flight with seven space records and a near perfect recovery off the Guam carrier. They rode a first automatic re entry system to a two mile target near the carrier and then were hoisted aboard the ship for briefings and medical checks.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Guam
Gordon
Conrad
Space Agency
Defense Department
Texas
Marines Strike Buffer Zone South of Demilitarized Zone
U S Marines with reinforcements moved three miles south of the Geneva line to press a sweep against North Viet Nam's 324B Division. Over 1,200 Leathernecks joined Viet Nam government troops as U S air and sea forces expanded bombing and naval fire in the buffer zone. Casualties rose across sides, with weekly totals showing American deaths near 71 and enemy losses numbered in the hundreds.
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North Viet Nam
Hastings
U.S. Command
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S
Federal court seeks protection for Grenada pupils in desegregation case
A federal judge ordered suspension of classes in Grenada Mississippi as the Justice Department seeks a preliminary injunction to require local officers to protect Negro students and parents at newly desegregated Grenada schools. Across Plaquemine Parish Louisiana officials face a staffing action while white parents in St Bernard Parish plan private schooling. The administration weighs civil rights bill action after a Senate vote failed to advance debate.
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Grenada
Miss
Oxford
U.S. Dist
Claude Clayton
Justice Department
New Orleans
Plaquemine Parish
St. Bernard Parish
Washington
Senate
U.S
John Doar
Clayton
Woodlawn
Vinton County Bus Drivers End Strike With Pay Review
Thirty seven Vinton County bus drivers returned to work after a brief strike as a study by the Ohio Department of Education was promised. Superintendent John B. Palmer said all buses were operating and drivers would await recommendations on their demand for a $3 daily pay increase from the existing $10 for about four hours of work daily.
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Mcarthur
Ohio
Southeastern Ohio
Vinton County
John B. Palmer
Ohio Department of Education
Nixon endorses Miller in 10th district race
Johnson era prices drop to 90 cents per dollar as inflation and spending spur debate. Clarence Miller, GOP candidate in the 10th district, receives a strong endorsement from Nixon urging Congress to curb non essential expenditures and control price rises.
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Johnson
Congress
LBJ
Clarence Miller
GOP
Nixon
Nixon urges 30 seat gain as China policy stays firm
In Cincinnati Nixon campaigns for 61 Republican contenders, pressing that Johnson era leadership is lacking and predicting at least 30 congressional seats for GOP. He favors maintaining an isolationist China policy and hints China may join the UN only if earned. He promotes Lukens in Ohio and Taft’s bid, urging vigilance among workers.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Nixon
Johnson
Congress
China
United States
United Nations
Middletown
Donald
Buz) Lukens
Young Republican
Taft
Eisenhower Hospitalized For Routine Checkup
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is at Walter Reed Army Hospital for a routine checkup. Spokesmen say he will return to his Gettysburg office after the visit. He traveled by car from Gettysburg to the hospital, following a week of tests.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Arnall Leads Georgia Democratic Governor Nomination Race
Liberal Ellis Arnall tops six way Democratic primary in Georgia with 176,942 ballots as Jimmy Carter and Lester Maddox battle for second. Runoff possible if no candidate clears 50 percent. Howard Callaway will face the Democratic winner. Carter shocks polls in first statewide bid amid conservative surge questions.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ellis G. Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Jimmy Carter
Lester G. Maddox
Carter
Howard H. Callaway
Klan Leader Shelton Plans Supreme Court Appeal
Robert M. Shelton faces possible Supreme Court action after a U S District Court jury convicted him of contempt for refusing to turn over Klan records to the House Un American Activities Committee. He pledged to appeal if needed.
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Washington
Robert M. Shelton
Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Marcos to Address Congress on Liberty and Policy
President Ferdinand E Marcos speaks at a joint session in Washington on his second day in the capital describing the United States as a fountainhead of liberty. Amid rain his wife and he arrive at the White House with the welcome parade postponed to Friday.
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Washington
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
U. S. Congress
White House
Committee Studies LBJ Package
The House Ways and Means Committee examines a second anti inflation measure, suspending speeded up depreciation. Real estate and building industry spokesmen present views. The five year depreciation rules spurred development of commercial structures apartments and industrial plants.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Johnson
End of a Perfect Day First Day in School
Jon Webb reports on a kindergartner’s first day as a perfect day ends with calm images. The page notes and sections include Night Halts the Allies and Viet Cong activity, Athens County grand and petit jury lists for October term, plus Classifieds Comics Editorial Obituaries.
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Jon Webb
Athens County
Red Guards Told to End Revolution Amid Harvest Pressure
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist China’s editors urge Red Guards to halt revolutionary drive to protect agriculture and industry. Editorial warns production must not slow during the busy fall harvest. Some say crackdown aims to curb the movement, given foreign reaction and drought. Report notes mass rally planned in Peking with over half a million guards.
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Tokyo
China
Red Guards
Peking People’s Daily
Red Guard
Peking
Miners Presumed Dead After Abandoned Rescue at Ohio Coal Mine
In Saint Clairsville Ohio the rescue of three missing miners was halted when the mine was sealed to stop a raging fire. Officials pronounced the men dead after 80 rescuers failed to contain the blaze and drilling could not reach them near the Morgan Mining Co. works near Bethesda. The victims were Tom Terretti 43 of Wheeling West Virginia Keith Spicer 22 of Dillonvale Jefferson County and William Adams 33 of Barnesville Belmont County.
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ST. Clairsville
Ohio
Bureau of Mines
Morgan Mining Co. Works
Here
Bethesda
Tom Terretti
Wheeling
W. Va
William Adams
Barnesville
Belmont County
Keith Spicer
Dillonvale
Jefferson County
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