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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1965
Page
9
In Saigon on Tuesday night Communist mortars targeted U S and Australian artillery sites after a day of jungle patrols near the D zone north of Saigon. Four Marines died in a separate clash near Da Nang as the toll in Vietnam rose to 437 since 1961.
A five member Commission to Preserve the Peace in Alabama charged that civil rights organizations led by King and SNCC are Communist inspired. The report called SNCC dangerously violent and urged legal action or disaster if unchecked. King and SNCC leaders denied the allegations as political witch hunting.
Four young men died in a single car crash near Bostic North Carolina after a speeding vehicle left a curve, clipped two utility poles, and overturned. Killed were Lawrence Dyer Jr. 24 Charles David Lail 16 John Cecil Loveless 21 all of Bostic Rt 1 and Max Donald Dotson 19 of Bostic Rt 2. Two others were injured Franklin Dyer 20 with a broken hip and Michael Weatherford 18 with lacerations.
The GOP National Committee approved a long range plan to win back urban, Negro and youth votes lost in 1964. Chairman Ray C Bliss said there will be no automatic bounce back but with good candidates and vigorous campaigning gains are possible in congress and state races. The plan includes expanding programs to broaden Negro support and compiling a dossier on Johnson for 1968 while considering candidates Kennedy brothers and Humphrey. The committee also urged reform of nominating conventions and praised Senate and House leadership for warnings to the Johnson administration.
Cape Kennedy Fla AP printing and reproduction workers voted to end a six day strike and submit the dispute to the Presidents missile sites labor commission. Pickets were removed immediately after the vote as 120 AFL CIO members planned to return to work Wednesday at the Cape Kennedy and Merritt Island moonport entrances.
Senate Republicans led by Gordon Allott attacked a rock n roll special about the antipoverty program calling it shameful degrading and immoral. Allott said the film funded by taxpayers insulted Americans and could be used as a tool abroad. Everett Dirksen signaled a push for a special showing of the program.
U.S. paratrooper from the 173rd Airborne Brigade dies in Viet Cong grenade blast on a jungle path in D Zone. Australian infantry and Vietnamese troops participate in the operation with over 2,000 on the ground as Americans press the Viet Cong sweep amid scarce enemy contact.
Former state Senator Earl A. Fitzpatrick of Roanoke was named by Gov. Harrison to the State Highway Commission to fill the term of S. S. Flythe of Martinsville. Fitzpatrick will serve a four year term ending June 30, 1969. He has eight years in the House of Delegates and 12 years in the state Senate. Flythe, a Martinsville banker, was first appointed to the nine member panel in October 1954.
Rev Dr William R Tolbert Jr Liberia's vice president was elected president of the World Baptist Alliance at the Miami Beach convention with about 20 000 delegates approving amid a bomb threat evacuation no bomb found Tolbert becomes first Black head of the 121 nation body with most members in the United States and delegates from Brazil and other countries expressing cautious optimism about the leadership change
The AP reports a government survey of nearly 7,000 American adults finds the average woman, even when wearing a girdle, has a broader seat breadth than the average man by about four tenths of an inch. The study covers weight height and body dimensions for ages 18 to 73, with results indicating women measure 14.4 inches across the beam versus 14.0 inches for men. The Public Health Service led the survey to gauge general body size and whether civilians are taller or heavier than previously thought.
The Pan American jet pilot Capt. Charles J. Kimes 44 of Danville Calif and his nine member crew guided a Boeing 707 through a flaming engine and wing loss after takeoff from San Francisco. The 143 passengers landed safely at Travis Air Force Base after a 24 minute emergency. Kimes praised as a hero, but he deflects praise and says any other pilot could have done it. Federal Aviation Administrator N E Halaby will present citations.
Moscow Premier Kosygin told a Kremlin rally that Communist forces in Viet Nam are nearer to victory than ever before. He demanded U.S. withdrawal as the peace basis and derided American proposals as mere deception. He cited four months of air attacks and noted South Vietnamese guerrillas growing more effective against punitive troops near Saigon.
Four infants born as quadruplets in Dumfries Scotland to a mother with six existing children. The quads all weighed around 2 pounds 14 ounces to 2 pounds 1 ounce and were placed in incubators. Mother in excellent condition and babies stable as of early Wednesday.
New York stock market swings chaotically on one of its busiest days. After a rapid surge, prices fell and then rallied to end with the year's best gain. Nearly 10.5 million shares traded with the first hour volume a record, as highspeed tickers couldn't keep pace.
Partly cloudy conditions with afternoon and evening thunderstorms across Virginia. Highs near 90 in the south and 80s in the north, with varying chances of thundershowers on Wednesday and Thursday. North Carolina stays warm and humid with showers mainly after noon and evening, highs 87 to 94.
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