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Danville Register

Location

Danville, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1966

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Papal ban inflames Polish millenium rites crowd

Czestochowa Poland Thousands of Roman Catholics cheered Cardinal Wyszynski as they marked Poland’s millennium of Christianity and protested the barred pope. Gov officials faced chants and warned taxi drivers, while Archbishop Baraniak denounced slander of the primate and unity with Wyszynski. Cardinal Wyszynski crowned Our Lady of Czestochowa as crowds prayed for Paul VI.

Czestochowa Poland Paul VI Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski Cardinal Wyszynski Antonin Baraniak Poznan Paul Baraniak Holy Father Jerszy Tomzinski Pauline Order Wladyslaw Gomulka Our Lady of Czestochowa Krakow Karol Wozegla Katowice Lublin Jaworzno

Rights Fight Over Civil Rights Bill Continues

Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. charges the bill would destroy private property rights while Sen. Strom Thurmond criticizes new federal offenses based on a person’s identity rather than the act. Ervin notes the Justice Department spent months drafting it, and questions why Congress must rush.

Sam J. Ervin Jr D-N.c Senate Judiciary Senate Ervin Justice Department Washington Strom Thurmond R-S.c South Congress Sam J. Ervin Judiciary Committee Department of ‘Justice United States

Story Behind GI Letter to Mom in Family Weekly May Issue

The May issue of Family Weekly presents The Story Behind a GI s Last Letter to His Mom detailing Pfc Hiram Strickland s final words and family solace. Also features Apollo Cape Kennedy building details and a comeback tale of Kay Vandiver s left handed bowling after losing an arm.

Mom Family Weekly Pfc Hiram Strickland Vietnam The Register Cape Kennedy Kay Vandiver Kay Allen Garvin Julie London Shay Crawford Patty Johnson

Viet Nam War Updates and Viet Cong Supply Losses

B52 raids target southern exits of the Ho Chi Minh trail while Mu Gia Pass and other northern targets face bombardment. U.S. artillery strikes Cambodia as Viet Cong supplies pile up, with 1,367 tons of rice and 6,800 uniforms captured. Navy and Air Force flights focus on depots, road hubs, and bases as Sabotage and skirmishes continue across South Vietnam, Laos, and North Vietnam, with multiple aircraft shot down and 24 grenade attacks in Saigon.

Ho Chi Minh Trail North Viet Nam Viet Nam Mu Gia Pass United States Laos U.S Cambodia Lo Go Cai Bac South Viet Nam Hanoi North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Vinh Monsday US. Navy North Air Force Navy Marine I da Nang Ernest G. Small Saigon National Police

Stennis Warns on Vietnam War Readiness and Global Duty

Senator Stennis notes months of readiness since Vietnam war lacked large scale combat. He says time allowed ramping up production contracts deliveries equipment parts and training manpower. He urges a sober judgment of U.S. commitments worldwide and warns against facing multiple Viet Nam style conflicts alone.

Stennis Jook U.S United States Free World

Minute Leak Delays Gemini 9 Mating at Cape Kennedy

CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP A minute leak in the oxygen supply of the jet powered maneuvering unit to be worn by Navy Lt Cmdr Eugene A Cernan during the Gemini 9 space walk caused a 48 hour delay in mating the Gemini 9 spacecraft to its Titan 2 rocket Officials said the May 17 launch date for the three day flight remains unchanged as a low oxygen system is being installed The leak was found in the unit stored behind the spacecraft and delays the booster hookup until fixed

Cape Kennedy Fia Navy Eugene A. Cernan Gemini Cernan Air Force Thomas P. Stafford Jack Albert

Young Salb Aged 14 Aided Summer Research With Marcus

A fourteen year old boy, Salb, worked in Marcus's lab during the summer of 1961, conducting advanced experiments with a home lab. He later attended City College of New York and coauthored a National Academy of Sciences paper with Marcus. The Einstein Medical Dean praises Salb as intellectually on par with a young PhD, urging continued formal education despite a college dropout status.

Young Salb Marcus Salb City College of New York Medical College National Academy of Sciences Marcus D. Kogel Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Ford Warns on Price Controls and Social Poverty

Ford lauded some of President Johnson's leadership but blasted government pressure on business to follow economic guidelines. He warned that informal price and wage controls are forming and may fail against rising demand. He cited real social problems like poverty unemployment and slums as dangers to civilization and urged action.

Johnson Ford

Senator accuses Pentagon of giving Viet Nam equipment away

Senator Ernest Gruening charged the Pentagon with fraud and deception in disposing surplus property. The sub committee heard that construction and transportation gear, not weapons, was donated or sold abroad as uneconomical to repair, leaving U S forces in Viet Nam short of needed items. Hand tools worth about 30 000 were transferred to the Agency for International Development in Europe. Gruening condemned the program as a colossal giveaway to Americans and taxpayers.

Pentagon Viet Nam Washington South Viet Nam Ernest Gruening Joseph Lippman Subcommittee Gruening Robert S. McNamara Secretary of Defense Lippmann Lippman Europe Asia Army Southeast Asia Korea Agency For International Development Antwerp

Farm policy row widens as Freeman backs administration actions

Farm leaders press criticism of anti inflation moves hurting farmers while Freeman seeks to balance policy. He urged increased pork purchases for military use as hog prices dip, amid reports of internal disagreement with Gardner Ackley and other White House advisers.

Congress Defense Department Freeman Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara United States Agriculture Secretary Department President’s Council of Economic Advisers Budget Bureau Agriculture Department White House Gardner Ackley Council of Economic Advisers Ackley Humphrey Johnson Senate Association

Gregory to challenge Daley in 1967 Chicago mayoral race

Gregory faces charges of resisting arrest and battery linked to a legal case while announcing his campaign to oppose Mayor Richard J. Daley in Chicago’s 1967 mayoral election. Illinois will hold a February 14, 1966 primary for US Senate and other state offices, with Chicago’s mayoral primary February 28, 1967 and a general election on April 4, 1967.

Page One Gregory Richard J. Daley Chicago Illinois

Primary voting unfolds across states with GOP yet to finish

In Oklahoma and Florida races move toward possible runoffs while Ohio and Alabama show mixed gains. Bartlett and Rhodes lead in GOP governor contests as Burns and Kelly vie for Florida renomination with High third. Alabama sees strong Negro mayors and sheriffs challenging white incumbents across 52 seats amid first major South voting since 1965 laws.

Gary Waukomis John N. Happy Camp Tulsa Dewey Bartlett Bartlett Robert Taft Jr Wiliam E. Flax John Birch Society Ohio U.S. House James A. Rhodes Frazier Reams Jr Florida Haydon Burns Scott Kelly Miami Robert King High Burns Kelly High James Rhodes Toledo Harry McIlwain Cincinnati Alabama South Wallace Birmingham Ala Nero Fred D. Gray Tuskegee Macon Bullock and Barbour Gray Clarence JT. Milldrum Bill Neville

Johnson Seeks Open Europe Ties and East-West Trade Reform

President Johnson outlined a plan to strengthen East West ties, promote self determination in German unification, and boost economic growth globally. He urged lower trade barriers for Poland Yugoslavia and possibly Romania Hungary and Czechoslovakia while keeping limits on Soviet trade. He called for a Europe free of artificial barriers backed by discussed arms control and NATO revision to fit modern realities. He noted Poland's Christian millennium anniversary in a proclamation.

United States Europe Poland Yugoslavia Congress Johnson Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia Soviet Union NATO

Dr Bob Jones Jr Speaks at Southall Baptist Church

Dr Bob Jones Jr president of Bob Jones University Greenville SC will speak at Southall Baptist Church in Danville on May 3 8. He is a noted educator pulpit and radio speaker evangelistic campaign leader and author of Ancient Truths for Modern Days. His TV series A Look at the Book is widely aired.

Bob Jones, Jr Bob Jones University Greenville South Carolina Danville Southall Baptist Church Jones America Dr. Jones Royal Geographical Society London Adv

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