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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1967
Page
1
Capt Donald D Engen commands the carrier Ameri-1 in the Mediterranean. He spends up to 20 hours a day on the bridge supervising navigation and flight operations while watching Soviet ships. The 43 year old Californian from Pomona leads a 4500 ton ship as networks of planes and ships move under Middle East crisis strains.
U S officials describe the Middle East tension as unresolved and seek a UN led peaceful settlement. Rusk refrains from unilateral action while highlighting private corridor talks as potentially decisive. Senate leaders call briefing informative as Congress remains cautious.
The indictment names Andreas, Furla, Rolland, Heischuber, Trambone, and Mess in a Pentron trading scheme alleged to boost Pentron stock on the American and New York Stock Exchanges. It alleges illicit payments to brokers, a plan to raise share prices, and ownership transfers through RAF and other entities. Convictions could bring decades in prison and multi‑million fines.
Analysis notes Western Europe's petroleum reliance broadened beyond the Suez route with supplies from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and the Communist bloc. Libya has boosted output while pipelines from Iraq and Syria faced disruption. Algeria mainly ships to France, and Nigeria faces regional secession issues amid Europe-bound flow.
U S and Vietnamese authorities grapple with war era inflation as rice imports offset Mekong output but fruit vegetables and fish lag behind demand. Devaluation and taxes sparked price hikes while Saigon port handling and anti black market measures tighten. Prices rose further into January with No 1 rice up about 17 percent.
The Court of Appeals upheld Moseley’s first degree murder conviction but reduced the sentence from death to life. The decision rests on a trial error denying evidence of his mental condition at sentencing, while insisting he was legally sane.
An explosion in the pumproom of the Liberian tanker Hilda near Yorktown killed pump man George Moukacas and injured three others. Chalikatakis was critically burned, Gasp aris and Panageotis treated and released. cause cited as a spark igniting gas during repairs at 11:25 p.m. Crew and officials discussed damage, planning, and production adjustments as ship resumed operations.
A fragment notes the staying on a quiet residential street in Queens in 1964 drew controversy, as the York State's highest court faced scrutiny over actions tied to that period and location.
Delegates denounce welfare neglect by churches arguing they should feed the hungry heal the sick and minister to the needy. Hatfield, aligning with conservative Baptists yet endorsing ecumenism, urged churches to minister to the whole man. Convention officers from Nashville were elected Porter Routh Clifton Allen and William Kendall. The opening sermon will be delivered by Rev. Douglas Hudgins of Jackson Mississippi. The Southern Baptists report 10,952,463 members in 33,949 churches.
Mrs. Lane recalls her son who served in Southeast Asia and died, with land as his only sight. He complained only about the heat and asked for fruit and home pictures. The news arrived on her daughter Janice's 18th birthday, preventing them from lighting candles.
Virginia Tech students staged a one night boycott of Owens and Schultz dining halls citing poor sanitary conditions and bugs. Officials said demonstrations were orderly with about 20 percent of the 8,000 students dining elsewhere while the action drew mixed reactions from student government and campus groups.
May operations in North and South Vietnam produced 2,216 enemy and 554 allied deaths in seven days ending last Saturday. U.S. casualties totaled 2,941, with 313 killed, 2,616 wounded, and 12 missing. Air losses rose to 26 planes, and 27 MIG jets were shot down in May. Military actions included a large underground bunker system destruction near Quang Ngai and clashes around the DMZ and central highlands.
The flight, described as the longest by a helicopter, involved refueling that prevented a distance record per IAF rules. Igor Sikorsky attended, calling the milestone a new step in aviation history while hands were shook with emotion.
Senators weighed extending college benefits to veterans and adding a $10 monthly allowance per dependent child while preserving full college eligibility. Critics noted conflicts with House provisions and VA requests to defer action pending study results, as sponsors pressed parity with Korean and World War II veterans.
The article notes U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk rejecting immediate plans for a multination naval challenge to the blockade. Soviet hints in Moscow suggest possible peaceful resolution, though no public stance. A British freighter nears Port Said with goods for Israel’s Elath, while Cairo vows to inspect Red Sea ships through the Strait of Tiran. Israel warns to keep Elath open as Arab nations push for control and oil implications loom. The INTREPID sails, Egyptian demonstrators protest, Libyan talks emerge on base closure, and Arab ministers in Baghdad rally against Western oil shipments aiding Israel.
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