05 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Delaware County Daily Times
Location
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1967
Page
1
About 300 Indonesian youths stormed the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta firing small arms and using axes to breach gates. The embattled compound saw three youths and one Indonesian soldier wounded, with tanks deployed as Indonesian troops regained control. The protest follows prior attacks and broader anti-Chinese tensions linked to the 1965 coup aftermath.
Hundreds of foreign visitors joined firemen and locals to combat a brush fire in Capri hills that threatened hotels and villas along the Capri Anacapri road and Marina Piccola. Water shortages hampered efforts as sea breezes revived flames after an initial containment Friday night. No injuries or property damage were reported.
University of Minnesota researchers led by Associate Professor Frank McKinney report ducks displaying pair bonding, nest defense, and territory battles in a seven year study of shoveler ducks. Equal male and female groups pair off, fight for nesting grounds, and divide nesting space during each two month season.
A small twin engine plane crashed into a Lancaster home during a violent thunderstorm, killing all three aboard. The occupants were Mrs Jane Nisbitt of Waxhaw North Carolina and Mr Lewis Ahlborn and his wife Barbara. The craft was en route from Danbury Connecticut to North Carolina and likely struck by lightning. The 집ffected residents Kenneth J Grandois and Margaret Grandois, both 62, were uninjured. The flight originated at Danbury Airport at 5 45 p m local time and narrowly missed St Josephs hospital.
The Senate Appropriations Committee削 half cuts to McNamara projects redirecting 20 billion for Vietnam costs while trimming funds for the FILD jet and a fleet of floating logistic ships. The panel also reduced Navy TFX funds and debated barring purchases of foreign built warships.
A May “AP” report states four YMCA youngsters aged 7 to 11 and a 22 year old summer worker died when a truck carrying 70 passengers veered onto a median strip on the Nimitz Freeway. Names include Jeat Cotton 10 Berkeley Mark Linde 9 Seattle Eric Lowe 7 Berkeley Burton Garnett 11 Berkeley and Helen King 22 Woodside.
Oklahoma City police and volunteers search for 6 year old Brenda White amid a city wide hunt after she vanished in soggy conditions. The disappearance follows the prior case of 5 year old Judith Elwell last month with a single canvas shoe found near the home.
In Midland, Rev. Frank E. Dewitt 36 wed Marilyn Corby 34 former superior of St. Brigid's convent at St. Brigid's church. The ceremony followed a crash that disrupted local telephone and electrical service and involved wreckage fragments at the scene.
In Ann Arbor a prototype portable artificial kidney used by William Knezevich in St. John’s Episcopal Church marked its first major test. The trial, coordinated with University of Michigan researchers and others, showed promise with two treatments noted as highly successful. Knezevich awaits a kidney transplant while the device, costing less than traditional machines, requires far less priming blood.
Gloria Frye of Marshalltown says a missing one cent postage on a long 14 page letter to her sailor boyfriend Mike Gradisar aboard the carrier Forrestal saved his life when the ship exploded and burned last Saturday. Mike escaped with a shoulder bruise as the letter arrived just before the first blast. Gloria, 18, recalls meeting Mike in 1984 and hopes for another leave when the ship is repaired.
In Iran's general elections the Iran E Novin party led a landslide, with early counts showing 102 of 217 seats for the ruling group while the opposition and others trailed. If confirmed, this victory would extend Premier Amir Abas Ho veida's three-year cabinet for another four years.
Harrisburg AP report says Gerald O'Brien of the American Importers Association of New York urged Governor Shafer to veto a bill mandating domestic steel in public works. He argued the measure harms Pennsylvania's economy and could provoke retaliation from foreign buyers.
President Johnson selected Paul R. Ignatius, assistant defense secretary for installations and logistics, to be Navy secretary after the death of John T. McNaughton. The nomination, announced by the White House, must be Senate-confirmed.
In Morelia Mexico ABSc reports Prince Hans Adam of Liechtenstein and his bride former Countess Marie Kinsky arrived today on their honeymoon. Adam, 21, is the son of Prince Franz Joseph.
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