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Newspaper
Bucks County Times
Location
Levittown, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1967
Page
1
Viet government drafts about a dozen of 35 arrested students into the army as a hard line against anti government protests. Police say one student leader may face a military trial while others are reprimanded or released. Thieu begins official campaign while Buddhist protests show signs of compromise.
UPI reports American pilots dodged MIGs to strike Haiphong oil storage depots sending flames and black smoke two miles high. The raids also targeted Hanoi rail links near the border with Red China, with five bridges hit. No American planes were lost.
Mercury near 90 yesterday hints at summer’s end as chilly winds move in today. Readying the woodpile, sports lines hype Red Sox at Busch Stadium with Cards, and a busy weekend of college football matchups across Princeton, Columbia, Temple, Buffalo, Penn, Brown, Pitt, West Virginia, Purdue and UCLA.
A group of 20 East Coast trucking firms submitted proposals to the Delaware Valley Steel Haulers Association to resolve a two week old strike. Spokesman Joseph Morant said carriers will meet tomorrow at Hugh Carcella Hall in Fairless Hills to discuss terms. Harry Burns and Morant will report results to Pittsburgh for comparison with nationwide talks called by Gov Shafer.
A group of boys using a blowtorch ignited a fire at a barn on Twining Bridge Road owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Bees attacked the youths as flames spread, burning hay and part of the barn for about 30 minutes with $6,000 in damage. No injuries or animal losses. The Newtown Fire Association and Yardley Makefield units responded with 48 firefighters and five pieces of gear on site.
A morning fire at Lower Moreland Intermediate School in Huntingdon Valley caused about $2 million in damage. Nine fire companies, including Southampton Feasterville and Trevose Heights, fought the blaze for over four hours. Fire marshal Robert Hanson said arson is being considered as a possibility. the fire started near the auditorium stage in a 1956 wing and spread to a newer wing. One auditorium wall collapsed and heat buckled walls. Principal Charles Shaefer had students help remove filing cabinets. About 500 students from sixth through eighth grades would attend classes in local churches while a new high school opened nearby.
A speaker tells recruits that boot camp outcomes and future assignments depend on corps needs, not personal preference. He urges acceptance of duty over individual goals, stressing the army’s purpose is destruction of enemies and collective effort over the individual.
A speaker describes how military training treats individuals as parts of a machine aimed at mission efficiency. The piece explains that civilian wishes are ignored in boot camp to build unity, discipline, and cooperation, with taunts serving a purpose in teaching teamwork and interdependence.
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