27 Jul 1967
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1967
Page
1
Amid Detroit turmoil, police struggle to contain violence as sniping and fires spread. Leaders urge restraint while Congress considers investigations and relief steps. Civilians face loot, displacement, and hardship as cities from Saginaw to Miami report unrest and arrests.
De Gaulle’s Quebec visit triggered political controversy in Canada and drew reactions in France. He toured Quebec City and Montreal, spoke at Expo 67, and urged “Quebec libre.” Separatists cheered while police investigated threats near City Hall and Mount Royal.
Hill calls Gardner attacks unwarranted and politically motivated. He argues Gardner seeks the Durham district seat due to reapportionment and cites Galifianakis as the current target. A National Guards battalion was deployed in Durham ahead of a civil rights march that threatened violence.
Pope Paul flew from Istanbul to Izmir and 69 miles by limousine to Ephe sus, escorted by four motorcycles. At the Council site before about 2000 people he quoted St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians stressing unity in faith and baptism. He linked St John’s traditional martyrdom site to a future Christian unity.
The state tobacco markets will operate four days per week this season limiting sales to 20 hours weekly five per day down from 25 hours earlier. Except Mullins and Loris all Border Belt Association markets will have open auction sales Thursdays and Fridays for five hours. Beginning August seventh warehouses will close Fridays. Mullins and Loris start August 0. W. J. Singletary said the plan lets growers finish field work and buyers move purchases more orderly.
The commission says 20 major power failures occurred, 17 from cascading interconnections too weak to cope with disturbances. It states that except for catastrophic phenomena the industry has adequate competence to provide reliable power but warns that $20 million spent since 1955 is insufficient and prevention of crippling outages requires more.
Hendersonville North Carolina AP report says a woman and four teenage girls were lost in the western North Carolina mountains for more than 18 hours. They were found unharmed near Sugar Loaf Mountain around a campfire close to Worlds End cliff. Names include Mrs. Margaret Whitmire and three Hathaway sisters plus Ginger Jones.
SNCC leader Browns arrest in Washington sparked debates over extradition as police barred access to the courthouse steps. FBI moved Brown to a federal cell while Kunstler accused officials of a bid to hand him to Maryland. A riot earlier burned Pine Street as Dorchester County pursues charges while Virginia and Maryland grapple over jurisdiction.
In Cincinnati Ohio AP the United Rubber Workers Union and Uniroyal Inc reached ten tentative agreement on a new three year contract Wednesday night ending the longest strike in the rubber industry. Uniroyal s 21 670 employees in 48 plants went on strike April 21 after negotiations broke down. The four other big five rubber companies had already agreed. URW president Peter Bommarito said the pact aligns with the Goodrich agreement with improvements in 14 major areas including a monthly $1.50 per year of service for disabled workers not retired and a new pension and insurance plan. The deal starts July 26 and awaits employee ratification.
Report from Canton arrivals says Red Guards accused railway workers of backing President Tit amid tensions along the 40 mile stretch north of the British colony Peking Hong Kong Canton railway segment.
Frank Wetzel, serving two life terms for the 1958 slayings of highway patrolmen W. L. Reece and J. T. Brown, had his bid for a new trial rejected by Judge James C. Bowman in Rockingham North Carolina. The judge did not immediately issue his written ruling, saying he would on Thursday. Wetzel's attorney vowed to appeal.
An ongoing South Vietnamese operation near Hue involved 3,600 troops, claiming 75 Communist dead with light losses. Viet Cong attacks around Saigon killed 11, wounded 7, and 75 were kidnapped. civilians suffer as election tensions rise. U.S. jet losses and massive leaflet drops underscore intensifying conflict while port unloading speeds improve at Saigon.
Dr. Heimfried Noenemann, former chief physician of the West German hospital ship Helgoland, said on returning to Bonn that about 30 percent of patients aboard in Saigon were Viet Cong or guerrilla sympathizers. He noted youths altered their seals issued to 15 year olds to escape the draft.
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