24 Aug 1966
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1966
Page
1
LONDON UP The specter of rising unemployment haunted Britain's trade union movement as the Labour government's economic squeeze tightened, affecting labor tensions and potential protests.
The article reports Nixon predicting Republicans will recapture House and Senate seats lost in 1964, says he backs an all Asia peace push, criticizes Johnson on Viet Nam aims, and notes Kennedy’s rising influence and invitations to campaign for Democrats. It also covers Imperial Chemical Industries firing 1,050 nylon workers, pressuring Wilson amid Britain’s economic squeeze and unemployment projections.
HUAC debate centers on proposed penalties for obstructing troop movements and aiding enemies. Clark argues existing laws already protect national interests, cites no troop trains halted or aid reaching Viet Cong, calls obstruction a propaganda effort. Smith, another official, opposes humanitarian aid bans. House action anticipated after testimony. Meanwhile Trades Union Congress prepares for a crucial wage freeze vote in Blackpool starting Sept. 5 with expected broad union support.
Defense secretary McNamara said a STEP training plan would use regular military facilities with no extra funds and would affect about two million men classified 1Y-a, while 4F defectives remain unaffected. First trainees begin around October. 49,000 men this fiscal year will undergo special training and be evaluated with all others. He linked poverty to national security and noted governors have used National Guard forces 59 times since WWII to quell unrest. The VFW honored McNamara with a Gold Medal of Merit amid resolutions backing HUAC and opposing Communist party rights, with a narrowly approved clause to delete a Supreme Court reversal call.
Bushman, once rival to Rudolph Valentino, died after a career spanning stage radio and vaudeville. Once star of Ben Hur 1925, he blamed MGM for a blacklist, saw 6 million earnings vanish after the 1929 crash, and later served as a glamor figure at awards and premieres. He is survived by his widow Iva Richardson, six children, twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Reports describe a 1500-man U.S. Marine amphibious force making limited contact southeast of Saigon while Viet Cong troops operate on Saigon outskirts awaiting election impacts. Da Nang guerrillas strike a pontoon bridge as Operation Colorado winds down with 514 enemy killed or captured and Hanoi air raids intensify around Hanoi and the Cambodian border.
A chorus of opinion from American and British observers notes that leg shapes and modesty shape attitudes toward miniskirts. Boston photographer Raleighe Rogers defends American legs while Adele Simpson counters with British fashion critique. Detroit writer Mary Lou Butcher and Natick model Donna Calkins add cautions about practicality and warmth. Hollywood voices Dean Martin Janet Leigh Stella Stevens weigh fashion allure against standards of propriety and taste.
Witness Dan describes a blast ripping through a church when he carried out three children and helped three women. He and others were forced outside as ceilings toppled and lights exploded, with floors blown out and individuals knocked about by debris.
Lunar Orbiter’s first close up photographs did not reveal surface features small enough to guide Apollo landing site choices. An electronic signal from the image motion compensator triggered the shutter during film movement, though the mission continues with Site No 4 planned for August 24.
A blast tore through the Indiana Rod and Wire Division building of Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Corp in Fort Wayne. Workers described the shock, falling debris, and smoke with several injured and two young women treated for minor injuries. Fire and police from six area communities battled fires and aided the evacuations as gas smell was reported prior to the explosion.
Berkes telegram to the governor warned of imminent danger and urged immediate Illinois National Guard mobilization to Cicero before a march. He asked for a conference Wednesday with the governor and sent notices to King and Albert A. Raby, leaders of Chicago civil rights groups directing open housing marches. Andrew J. Young said a logistics meeting was possible to discuss safe facilitation of the demonstration. King has rejected a Cicero march cancellation by Sheriff Ogilvie.
The El Paso Times reports 11 trains held up in Marfa and Sanderson areas and three stopped in El Paso with passengers bused between towns. Red Cross ready to house evacuees at El Paso Coliseum if needed as floods threaten Dell City and environs. Far West Texas and southeast New Mexico see heavy rain since Sunday. Yoakum County’s Record notes 10.4 inches in Yoakum since Friday and Levelland’s 5.50 inches since Sunday, with Level land hit hard and Cal N R Archer of Ft. Bliss noting 85 percent of El Paso flooded.
The July housing figure drops to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,964,000 the lowest since the 1960 recession, with forecasts predicting a further decline. Legislation expands Fannie Mae purchasing authority to 15 times capital via debentures and Treasury stock subscriptions, amid conference revisions. A separate mass transit funding package allocates 150 million for fiscal 1969, with higher mortgage ceilings in high cost areas and Alaska Guam Hawaii, while preserving a two thirds federal share for capital improvements.
Hong Kong AP report details China s Red Guard actions aimed at enforcing a party purge. teens spat on teachers in Peking University after Lu Ping s firing, forced two professors to parade naked in Shanghai, tore down capitalist signs, renamed streets and bridges, and terrorized shopkeepers. They also roughened two Yugoslav correspondents and halted a Soviet diplomat en route to Moscow. Party leaders praised the group s revolutionary zeal as Mao Zedong s mass rally boosted their prominence.
The fragment references moral commandments about avoiding false reports and following evil crowds, urging personal integrity and caution against accepting bribes. It notes laws about sowing cycles and the land resting every seventh year and hints at forthcoming rules on diet.
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