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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1966
Page
3
London report in The World Today argues a strategic stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union minimizes nuclear war risk. It notes USSR could retaliate from limited attacks, with about 325 ICBMs vs 1,500 in the US, and calls ICBMs’ stalemate unbreakable by future military advances.
A 29 year old Chinese defector from Damascus arrived in the United States seeking freedom. Miao Chen-pai said he has been granted permanent asylum and renounced communism. A State Department spokesman noted permission to stay is granted, but the man's whereabouts since leaving Syria were not disclosed.
Washington Congress vies to curb inflation as rising farm prices and high home loan rates prompt calls for standby controls on credit wages and prices. Senator Russell Long pushes suspending the 7 percent investment tax credit and warns a real war requires policy that helps the poor, while Sen. Morton criticizes delays. Treasury Undersecretary Barr hints at possible tax increases alongside monetary policy limits.
Eight Roman Catholic nuns were expelled from Beijing after Red Guard violence at their Sacred Heart School. They crossed into Hong Kong on crutches and stretchers amid a 700 strong border protest. The sisters said they faced eight days without sleep but were not physically mistreated.
In San Francisco nurses voted 447 to 104 to approve an immediate wage increase from 465 to 578 703 monthly, ending a day long sick leave walkout at three city hospitals. The raise, needing county board approval, followed a city emergency budget move by Mayor Shelley.
The Senate confirmed Constance Baker Motley as U S district judge for the Southern District of New York. Mot overwent protests about her alleged Communist ties, becoming the first African American woman named to the federal bench.
Two Midwestern congressmen clashed over alleged partisan use of a government Kennedy life film. Rep. Glenn Davis accused rival James Buckley of using the film years of Lightning Day of Drums to raise campaign funds. Buckley defended the airing as legitimate and said proceeds would aid the Buckley for Congress Club the Milwaukee County Democratic party and the Kennedy Memorial Foundation.
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