Driver Tries To Elude Trooper Sevens Die In Crash
An AP report from Dinwiddie County details a high speed chase that ended when a 1955 model car failed to negotiate a curve on Virginia Route 665. Seven people died including youths Russell Sheppard and Beverly Sills, among others from the same area. driver Robert Sheppard, 15, lacked a license and was charged previously with driving without one. The State Police said the car traveled about 90 mph before crashing into a tree. Other fatalities occurred nearby on U.S. 250 and U.S. 29, raising Virginia's 1966 highway toll to 271.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenney
Robert
Dinwiddie
Sus
Sheppard
Carl
Weaver
Thel
Virginia
Stony Creek
Larney Pernell Sills
Bever
Paul Haywood Bellamy
Clyde Truman Parham
Richmond
Roy
Bellamy
C. W
Albemarle County
Phillip A. Martin
Waynesboro
U.S. 250
Charlottesville
Lynchburg
James Theodore Cash
U.S
Robert Sheppard
All Electric Textile Mill Dedication Highlights Economic Growth
In Brevard North Carolina the world first all electric textile plant was dedicated in the French Broad Valley. Gov Moore and Rep Taylor praised the project as a model of economic development creating 1400 jobs and signaling broader plans for western North Carolina. A crowd of 500 witnessed the ceremony as American Thread plans another plant in Cherokee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brevard
N. C
French Broad Valley
Dan XK. Moore
North Carolina
Dan Stewart
State Department of Conservation and Development
E. B. Shaw
Stewart
Moora Haa
Shaw
Roy A. Taylor
11Th
Transylvania County
American Thread
Marble
Cherokee County
Tyler
Navy Faces Nuclear Propulsion Push in Shipbuilding Debate
Johnson administration backs nuclear propulsion for ships and aims to shape the House Armed Services Committee hearings. The report argues significant progress is slow despite naval nuclear propulsion success, with appendices recounting Vietnam war experiences aboard the Enterprise and Bainbridge, and touts nuclear power as a transformative future for the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Committee
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Viet Nam
Enterprise
Bainbridge
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam Air War Updates With Bomb Shortages Reported
Regained for the aerial war 18 000 bombs collected from six allies receiving US aid. McNamara denied bomb shortages as reports called baloney. Two US planes were lost near Hanoi. pilots listed as missing. Allied raids hit bridges and storage along the Red River. Viet Cong counterattacks wounded policemen and civilians in Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Department
Washington
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
James R. Mitchell
Ogden
Utah
Peking
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Red River Valley
Red China
U.S. Navy
Enterprise
Kitty Hawk
Dong Ap
Vinh
Guam
Cambodia
Li Thien
Quang Binh Province
Quang Binh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Texas
Quang Neai City
Rebels Infiltrate Ukhrul As Cease Fire Held
About 1,000 Naga tribesmen armed with machine guns and mortars infiltrated Assam's Ukhrul area where a cease fire is declared by tribesmen and the army. Mizos, totaling around 200, gathered in Churchpur subdivision Manipur near the Burma border. Some officials say Mizos trained in East Pakistan returned via Burma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ment
Assam
Ukhrul
East
Pakistan
India
Burma
Republicans Bid Cuba Policy Show Weakened By Johnson Era
The Republican National Committee released a task force report criticizing Johnson administration Latin America policy as a failure. It argues the Alliance for Progress originated under Eisenhower, cites stalled Dominican Republic issues, and urges stronger OAS leadership to press trade restrictions against Castro's Cuba. Robert Hill chaired the panel with Yale’s David Rowe as vice chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
Latin America
Alliance For’ Progress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
United States
OAS
NATO
Free World Community
Castro
Democratic Party
Restuay
Alliance For Progress
Robert C. Hill
Franconia
N.H
U.S
Mexico
David N. Rowe
Yale University
Ton
Johnson
Panama
Panama Canal
Newspaper Guild Rejects Fact Finding In Journal Tribune Strike
Union leaders criticize the pace of recommendations while warn ing that a strike by ten unions is set for Sunday to force continued operation of the three merged papers. Editors plan to print final Sunday editions separately before merging into the Sunday World Journal Tribune the following week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Murphy
Newspaper Guild of New York
Murphy
Journal American
The
Herald Tribune
Sunday World Journal Tribune
Morning Tribune
New Evening
Rights bill faces delays amid Senate filibuster fears
The article notes civil rights backers doubt quick action as House and Senate members campaign for re election. Delays cited include a Supreme Court decision, personal tragedy, and Johnsons Mexico trip. Key factor appears to be internal administration disagreements over housing provisions now set to be aired in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Celler
Johnson
Mexico
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hannan
Louis J. Oranger
Brooklyn
N.Y
Oranger
Miss Garvin
Danville
Matt
Myth
Schewels
Wilkons
College Loan
Vational Bank and Trust Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!