03 Feb 1967
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1967
Page
1
President Johnson urged the Senate to ratify the pending consular treaty with the Soviet Union. Senate Democratic leader said prospects are rising for approval. Johnson said the pact raises no national security concerns and offers clear advantages for the United States.
Allied forces describe a growing Viet Cong infiltration amid monsoon disruption of air missions. U S and Vietnamese casualties edge higher, with 4 000 more American troops added to total strength of about 1 160 000. South Viet Nam frontier clashes, Laos and Cambodia incursions noted.
Salisbury says air raids unified Britain and Germany during World War I and that public sentiment may outweigh military gains. He notes civilian casualties are inevitable in striking military targets, defends his North Vietnam reports, and explains earlier errors over civilian casualty figures. He also says North Vietnam distrusts the United States and questions why they don’t concede.
Walt Disney Productions outlined the world's first glass-domed city near Orlando adjacent to its $100 million entertainment complex. The 50-acre air conditioned city named EPCOT aims for a three year public opening, with a 1,000-acre industrial park and a hub centered 30 story motel and convention center. Roy Disney hailed the project as America’s future city with pedestrian priority and monorail transit. Government officials predicted $4.6 billion in economic benefits with no tax concessions expected.
President Johnson urges continued Vietnam effort while backing Senate ratification of a Soviet Union consular treaty to aid 18,000 annual US travelers. He cites no security risk, defends the Democratic National Committee, and hopes for possible peaceful talks but notes no immediate settlement.
NASA board still seeks cause of the fatal Apollo fire that killed Air Force Lt. Cols Virgil Grissom Edward White and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Roger Chaffee. Interim report given to NASA deputy administrator Robert Seamans as Congress eyed hearings. House subcommittee members Stratton and Halt named to probe Apollo fire and a San Antonio oxygen-fed blaze.
AP analysis from Hong Kong cites China watchers who say Mao Tse-tung’s ascent could shift Beijing toward a more aggressive, xenophobic, and nuclear-armed diplomacy. They note Mao controls the armed forces and propaganda, while Liu and Teng’s fate remains uncertain. relations with the Soviet Union may worsen and border clashes risk rising.
Reports from CTK and Tanjug detail looting of state stores and grain depots in China and the Soviet Embassy in Peking discharging all Chinese staff. Soviet plans to repatriate 100 families follow a week of large protests at the embassy by Red Guards and workers.
Four newborns including Lionel Harris weigh from 2 pounds 10 ounces to 4 pounds 1 ounce. The first boy and three girls named Liania Louisa Talitha are monitored in a special room marked Harris Pavilion. Parents, medical staff, and reporters follow the fragile birth as temperatures surge across the region and treatments including clomibene citrate are noted.
A new storm prompts removal orders and towings while shoppers stock up fearing shortages. Bread milk and eggs vanished from many stores amid panic. Up to six inches of snow blanketed parts of New York State and five inches in northern New England, with seven inches reported in parts of the Midwest. Detroit cleared 2.8 inches with minimal trouble.
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