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Newspaper

Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1966

Page

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Cleveland police mobilize 400 in riot plagued Negro area

Police Chief Richard Wagner said 400 officers were assigned to the predominantly Negro area after a 26 year old woman was killed in a gunfire exchange between police and snipers. Joyce Arnett was killed at her second floor window. Six officers and one fireman were injured amid rock and bottle throwing and eight fires. Mayor Lother pledged full manpower to restore order as intelligence officers from the 37th Infantry Division were alerted but troops were not required.

Richard Wagner Joyce Arnett Bedlam Richard Sherry Ralph S. Lother Wagner 37Th Infantry Division

Battlefront clashes surge around Cam Ranh Bay amid strike

The text describes air and ground combat near Saigon and Cam Ranh Bay involving US forces and North Vietnamese units. It notes a strike by 4,309 workers at Cam Ranh Bay, triggered by an order, and mentions Marine battalions and a large North Vietnamese force north of the DMZ. The Demilitarized Zone remains a Geneva-pledged no-entry area.

Page Sabre Saigon South Viet Nam U.S Rmk-Brj Cam Ranh Bay Mess Hall Key South China Marine Battalion Abou Clark G. Henry Vato Calif Heav North Viet Nam

Speck defense urged. hearing delayed in murder case

Suspect Gerald Getty of the public defender's office to defend Speck with two assistants as Judge Ryan reschedules the arraignment on a murder charge for Gloria Jean Davy. Dr. Norcross reports Speck more alert but physically worse, strapped guards increased, and nurses told not to discuss the case. Funeral mass held for two of the eight Massacre victims as Philippine officials receive condolences. Investigation to continue under the State's Attorney rather than police supervision.

Gerald Getty Public Defender's Office Gloria Jean Davy Dyer Ind Allv Daniel P. Ward Speck Norcross Supreme Court Merlita Gargullo Valentina Pasion Philippines John Pattrick Cody Philip ‘Pinesho Philippine Chicago O.W. Wilson Wilson

Intelligence claims infiltration route shift in Vietnam war

Intelligence officers believe the Communist division entered South Vietnam directly across a zone, bypassing the roundabout route and the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. The assessment suggests a more immediate crossing to stage attacks and sustain operations.

Ho Chi Minh Laos

Foreign Aid Debate Questions End Of Aid Dependence

Senate debate on foreign aid probes 117 billion spent since 1947 and warns aid may become a way of life for recipients. Dirksen accuses AID of converting loans to grants totaling 10 billion. Amendments seek to cut loan funds by 150 million and grants by 100 million amid opposition to a two-year Alliance for Progress authorization.

United States Dirksen Agency For International Development Congress Senate Frank J. Lausche Ohio Alliance For Progress and Development Jacob K. Javits R-N.y Gale W. McGee D-Wya U.S Viet Nam J. W. Fulbright Foreign Relations Committee Asia

Rioting Sparks Mass Arrests Over RAM Activity

Police described the RAM as a nationwide Negro revolutionary group that advocates violence and won loyalty from five gangs in Chicago. Twenty‑one people were arrested during a West Side basement raid after Thursday night rioting, charged with disorderly conduct. Some faced conspiracy to commit treason scrutiny, later dropped for lack of evidence. State’s Attorney Daniel P. Ward noted no treason charges warranted prosecution.

RAM Chicago West Side Daniel P. Ward Wilson

Johnson lays out defense and spending options in White House session

President Johnson outlined three choices to Republican lawmakers including defense increases and domestic trimming. Rep. Melvin L. Laird reported that GOP members oppose moving ahead on a 1.75 billion antipoverty bill while supporting a 58.6 billion defense budget. Rep. George Mahon urged restraint on nondefense spending and warned against approving bills exceeding Johnson’s recommendations. He noted labor welfare and education bills could blow the budget.

Johnson Melvin L. Laird Wisconsin White House House Gop Laird House George H. Mahon Texas Mahon Congress

Gemini 10 fuels a spacewalk on orbit chase

Collins and Young steer Gemini 10 while docked to an Agena, chasing a powerless target as they push altitude records. They plan a space stand with fuel tight, aiming for Wednesday EVA while managing a two day stay in a high orbit.

Page Ocean Young Agena Collins Mission Control Earth Atlantic Ocean Donald K. Blaxton Astro Trauis Manned Spacecraft Center Houston Tex John Deke Slayton France Roger Mike Charles Harlan Harlan Air Force Navy Gemini Pacific Y Collins

France Tests Doped A Bomb in Pacific Blast

The French Defense Ministry announced a successful explosion of a doped atomic device at their Pacific test center after inaugurating the Mururoa facility on July 2. Six further nuclear tests are planned this summer, with President de Gaulle expected in Tahiti for a September test. France, which has an airborne nuclear fleet, has not signed the 1963 Moscow atmospheric testing treaty.

French Defense Ministry France Pacific Test Center Mururea Charles de Gaulle Tahiti Defense Pierre Messmer

North Vietnam to try U S pilots as war criminals

North Viet Nam says American fliers captured in the war will be judged under Vietnamese law. Ambassadors in Paris and Peking repeated that the pilots are not prisoners of war but criminals. U S officials warned of serious consequences, including possible retaliation if trials proceed.

Tran Tu, Binh North Viet Nam U.S North Viet Nam New York Norman Thomas Socialist Party Ho Chi Minh Democratic Republic of Kyodo News Service Tokyo Asahi Yomiuri Prague Czechoslovakia Phan van Su Peking Pen Hanoi North Vietnamese Dean Rusk Senate United States International Red Cross Geneva Haiphong Northae Peesati Laos Cambodia Harold Wilson Britain Eiisaku Sato Japan Tito Yugoslavia

Riots erupt after marchers in Jacksonville

In Jacksonville gunfire and arson erupted after a march ends at City Hall. Fire bombs set a grocery blaze in the Negro district causing 800 dollars in damage while rocks and bottles shattered store windows. A car carrying two Negro passengers crashed after a gasoline can was hurled through a window. Two arrests followed as police blamed an unauthorized return march for the violence. Rutledge Pearson, NAACP president, cited jeering white youths with Confederate flags triggering the trouble.

Page One Nathanial Dumas Navy Hospital Warren H. Folks Ku Klux Klan NAACP Rutledge Pearson Pearson

Planes loss marks fifth of war for U S forces

U S pilots report 296 aircraft lost in combat over North Vietnam since bombing began February 7 1965 including three planes on Tuesday. American pilots claim 17 MIGs shot down with one probable and several damaged. A U S patrol boat sank a 40 foot junk 15 miles southeast of Chu Lai after it resisted, igniting a large secondary explosion indicating fuel or ammunition cargo.

U.S North Viet Nam Chu Lai

Mayor Lindsay Walks East Harlem to Promote Summer Peace

Mayor John W. Lindsay conducted a walking tour of East Harlem as part of his series of visits to slum areas aimed at boosting summertime peace. The mayor's evening activity followed an earlier tour in the same effort.

John W. Lindsay East Harlem

Sinatra Marries Mia Farrow in Las Vegas Ceremony

Frank Sinatra wed Mia Farrow in a five minute Las Vegas ceremony after traveling from New York and en route from England where he prepared for a film. Farrow, daughter of Maureen O’Sullivan, arrived from Los Angeles to join the event. The couple posed for photographers outside Sinatra’s Sands hotel, continuing his longtime Las Vegas residency as his prior marriages to Nancy Barbato and Ava Gardner are noted.

Page One Skelton Sinatra England United States New York Las Vegas al Freesman Freeman Maureen O'Sullivan John Farrow Nancy Barbato Frank Jr Nancy Ava Gardner Hoboken N.J Christina California Nevan Frank Ava West Germantown Sinatra No. 1

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