18 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1966
Page
1
Residents in at least nine states reported a blazing meteorite racing across the northeastern United States, exploding and raining fiery fragments on two states and southern Ontario. The event brightened the night sky and prompted alarm from observers and local authorities.
Mao and Lin Piao press purge against party saboteurs. Red Flag editorial warns against allies of Khrushchevlike “reactionary revisionists.” Speculation swirls that Liu Shao Chi faces removal as the anti-Mao line intensifies. Meanwhile a brilliant meteor explodes across the Midwest, lighting skies and igniting minor ground fires.
U.S. officials anticipate three major elements at the forthcoming U.N. session. U Thant may retire, possibly prompting a five year term for a successor amid a constitutional crisis. Viet Nam war and African issues are prominent topics, with Red China seating a persistent but opposed goal. Financing stalemate continues as Russia and France withhold peacekeeping payments.
Police guard a northern Mississippi city as arrests loom and three SCLC marches are canceled. Dr King Sr. is expected to arrive to urge nonviolence. Joan Baez heads in to support the effort, contrasting nonviolence with black power rhetoric from SNCC.
An advertisement touts Odrinex as a tiny easy swallow fat loss pill promising quick results. It claims a money back guarantee and sells through Whimsen's Drug Stores with a return policy for unsatisfied customers.
James Moyers 39, assistant to the President and longtime White House staffer, died Saturday in suburban Washington. Cause undetermined, doctors cited possible heart attack. he had been ill days prior. Survived by wife, two daughters, parents, and his brother Bill Moyers. President Johnson called Moyers a faithful servant and trusted friend.
Temperatures ranged from 43 in Leigh North Carolina to 48 in Richmond Virginia with 45 at St. Louis equaling the September 17, 1943 mark. Readings in the 30s were reported in parts of 48 states. Phillipsburg Pennsylvania posted the low at 29. Funnel clouds were sighted north of Amarillo Texas northwest of Loup City Nebraska and West Appalachicola Florida. Almost an inch of rain fell along the Gulf Coast in Texas with showers stretching north to Nebraska and rain also spreading through the Pacific Northwest.
Reverend Harvey L. Gustafson, known as the roller rink preacher, plays the pipe organ for a Moorhead skating rink on weekend nights and leads his St Matthew’s Lutheran congregation in singing on Sundays with a small classic pipe organ built at his own expense.
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