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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1966
Page
1
In Saigon amid heavy rains during the new wet season, U S forces disclosed another search and destroy sweep aimed at disrupting Viet Cong offensives. The May 16 operation by the 173rd Airborne Division seeks to force the Communists off balance and reduce allied casualties.
Briefing notes describe Operation Hardihood near Vung Tau with Viet Cong losses reaching 20, plus totals from Crazy Morse and Wahiawa drives at 389 enemy dead. American and Australian troops report light own losses while highland and jungle actions produce ambushes with several killed. Hue and Da Nang turmoil, Buddhist protests, and Vietnamese generals' loyalties accompany broader war coverage.
Debate over extending minimum wage coverage focuses on farm workers. Farmers argue higher wages threaten farms while California cites already higher rates. An amendment to exclude all farm workers failed by voice vote. New coverage would start at $1 per hour with incremental rises to $1.60 by 1971. No action on increasing current $1.95 to $1.40 next year.
Japan envoy Tamura says Cambodia drifting to neutrality while Prince Sihanouk insists on Viet Nam withdrawal of U S forces. Australia records first conscript death Pvt Errol Wayne Noack prompts Holt to defend strategic policy. Sukarno congratulates Ho Chi Minh on birthday as Ha Noi celebrates. U S air and naval missions target rail lines highways radar sites and coastal targets amid weather hampering operations.
Police hunted a 50 year old hatchet wielding suspect after two children Wanda Weaver and Douglas Weaver were abducted in southeast Dallas County. Wanda was found alive and led officers to an abandoned Seagoville area house where Douglas lay near death with severe head wounds. The sister said the attacker dragged them to a car and forced Wanda back inside before driving away. Douglas remained in critical condition at Parkland Hospital. The sisters’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. B Weaver, reported the abduction as investigators traced the suspect’s vehicle to a nearby apartment. The children were walking to a store when seized and transported to the derelict residence several miles from home.
Newport News police linked multiple grim cases in the East End. Cyn ia Johnson, 16, was slain with a .22 near an elementary school. Willie Sexton, 2, was found shot nine times in the Chickahominy River. Mae M. Richardson, 45, vanished from a dry cleaning firm and was found dead tied to a tree after a youth confessed abducting her and taking $64. Charges include murder, abduction, armed robbery and grand larceny.
Coast Guard cutter Conifer found English rowers David Johnstone and John Hoare about 10 miles east of Cape Charles in a 15 foot Puffin. They sought a favorable wind and a chart to cross toward St Ives, England, pursuing the gulf stream amid fog, tides, and rough seas.
Ex convict Cornelius Hughes, 36, was killed by a fusillade on the Northeast Expressway as he drove alone in a resort town north of Boston. He was the 29th victim in a long running underworld war that began March 15, 1964. Police suggest a high powered rifle fired from another car. The case follows a history of violence linked to disgraced longshoremen and linked arrests, with no single pattern but a "life for a life" premise cited by investigators.
The Southern Baptist Convention weighed delaying the Moyers Medal amid internal debate. Delegates noted no formal move and expected a fall presentation despite Mayers urging restraint. The piece also covers interfaith talks with Catholics and Romney’s Michigan 1968 bid targeting party gains.
Former Michigan figure says he is a Republican who prioritizes citizenship over party. He helped form a nonpartisan citizens group that led to 1962 constitutional rewrite and later served as a Republican delegate to the constitutional convention.
FRANKLIN LA AP Four men died in a gas filled storage tank at the Humble oil field near Franklin after being knocked unconscious by fumes. The victims James Fontenot Hillary Fontenot Albert Babineaux and Dillard Fontenot all of Franklin drowned in three feet of water as another worker Berchman Benoit escaped by fetching a rope. Rescue crews opened a trap door about 20 minutes later and found the bodies. Witness Benoit gave the account of the sequence with Babineaux entering first and trouble following.
Eighteen men were arrested nationwide in a crackdown on alleged gamblers using a so called blue box to manipulate toll charges. Among those named were Gilbert Beckley of Florida and Gerald Kilgore of California. one arrest occurred in North Carolina. The operation targeted interstate gambling and the evasion of telephone tolls, with sentences possible up to five years and fines.
In Bristol a gunman known as Bunn abducted a boy named Michael, demanded water, and after police surrounded the woods he surrendered by releasing the boy. Morin retrieved the child, but Bunn opened fire, wounding Officer Nocera and died in the exchange as Michael returned home unharmed.
An Atlas rocket failed to reach orbit causing Gemini 9 to crash into the Atlantic after an engine swiveled post launch. The outage, blamed on a short circuit, will delay the two week schedule for the spacewalk rendezvous and air force and navy crew. Officials will conduct extra tests and inspect electrical connectors to prevent repeats.
A speaker blames UPI AP and other major outlets for inaccurate reporting and demands a full, independent investigation by responsible committees. The critic urges admission of error if investigations find fault and calls for clarification of marked variances.
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