14 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1967
Page
1
Readers ask where to buy jodhpurs and tack shop options, while others seek tax rules for military personnel and how to handle ex-spouses, sewer bills, road extensions, and funeral processions. The column provides practical answers, clarifications, and requests for community donations.
U S bombing within 10 miles of Red China draws criticism from Sen J W Fulbright while Sen John Stennis supports broader targets. Debate opens on Johnson foreign aid request as White House defends policy shift. Secret testimony suggested expanded options to strike lucrative targets, with new restrictions outlined for Hanoi and border zones. Clark Clifford and Gen Maxwell Taylor urged honest elections in South Vietnam ahead of Sept 3 vote.
In Saigon the An Quang pagoda led militants vow protests against recognizing a rival faction as South Vietnam’s official Buddhist Church. They denounce President Thieu and warn of a possible struggle movement while noting past demonstrations toppled governments. The move follows Thieu’s July charter creating Vien Hoa Dao as the official church.
The board identified U.S. airmen Capt. Thomas Parrott Capt. Thomas Norris and airman Edwin Lee Atterberry as captured or killed. Hanoi gave no indication which of the three men were killed or captured.
SAIGON AP reports U S war planes struck near the Chinese border for the second straight day. Constellation aircraft hit the Lang Son bypass bridge and a rail siding south of Lang Son while damaging tracks. No losses reported. one day earlier a bridge near Lang Son was hit. Ground fighting intensified in South Vietnam's northern I Corps as air operations moved closer to China.
Secretary Fowler presented Congress with a stark choice on the Johnson tax proposal. Reject the tax increase risk a deficit of up to 29 billion, or enact it with deficits projected at 14 to 18 billion even after planned spending cuts. He argued a 10 percent surcharge and government reductions could curb borrowing and inflation. Budget Chief Schultze backed aims to cut civilian spending by more than 1.5 billion, targeting over 2 billion to keep outlays under January estimates as defense spending may rise by up to 4 billion.
Police in Atlanta visited night clubs Saturday night keeping to a 1925 Sunday dancing law. Club owners protested. Leon Epstein of Sans Souci Lounge faced charges for permitting dancing on the Sabbath. Epstein sought a test case to challenge the statute's constitutionality.
In Hammond Louisiana a mob of Negroes demanding beer fired into a crowd of whites injuring five. Police later raided Covington Negro bars arresting twelve. The incident followed a Boga lusa civil rights march halted near the city as troops guarded the marchers overnight at Greenville Park High School.
In the wake of riots in Detroit and Newark, majorities of both Negroes and whites favor large scale federal programs to improve urban conditions. Public works and ghettos demolition gain support, while both groups condemn looting. There is sharp disagreement on riot triggers with blacks blaming exploitation and police brutality and whites disputing these points. Both races see Negroes as the primary victims and favor measures to expand employment, housing, and education efforts.
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