09 Jul 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1966
Page
1
President Johnson urged a quick settlement as the Machinists Union and five major U S airlines resumed talks to end a strike by more than 35 000 ground workers. Talks continue with little progress as government mediators push for a resolution.
U S armored column drew a Viet Cong force into preplanned air and artillery fire north of Saigon. The reverse ambush tactic, used again after a 10 day lull, aimed to trap the enemy near An Loc and along a secondary road 12 miles southwest of An Loc.
AEC staff report says the United States lags the Soviet Union and others in peaceful thermonuclear research. It urges a 150 percent annual funding boost for five years as US share drops from 50 to 20 percent since 1962. Soviets lead with 37 percent of global efforts. The study warns of a deteriorating national role if trends continue.
Thousands of stranded travelers seek substitute transport as a 35,000 machinists strike shuts Eastern United Northwest Trans World and other major airlines. Ports and rail lines boost schedules while word from Washington prompts renewed talks.
The Coast Guard recovered the body of Leroy Sout 38, of New Bern, after two passengers disappeared on a private plane flight from New Bern to Manor. French’s body was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean about a mile southeast of Oregon Inlet.
The International Association of Machinists AFL-CIO led a 35 000 member strike at Eastern National Trans World United and Northwest airports starting 6 a m local time Friday. Thousands are grounded or stranded while some use extra flights on unaffected carriers or longer ground transit. Key issues are wage rises vacations and benefits with the union seeking 53 cents an hour for top machinists plus cost of living allowances and quicker promotions. The airlines offered 30 cents an hour and rejected other demands. Negotiations are scheduled in Washington.
Eighteen boys and girls from High Point attend the Governors School in Winston-Salem this summer to study hard learn more and have fun. The Sunday Enterprise features their story. CAMP ANN opens Monday at City Lake Park in the new picnic area as a day camp for retarded children with expanded programs.
Honolulu AP report states Pacific High Command told Defense Secretary McNamara the Viet Cong have been thrown off balance and their monsoon offensive plans in South Vietnam were thwarted. Adm. Sharp conveyed the assessment after talks in Hawaii with McNamara and other top officials.
Federal juries convicted two Ku Klux Klansmen and acquitted four others in two back to back trials over a conspiracy to deny civil rights. Defendants include Joseph Howard Sims and Cecil W. Myers linked to the 1964 murder of Lemuel A. Penn near Athens. Sentences could reach ten years and fines up to five thousand dollars each.
Maryland authorities report $200000 in damages after a riot at the 154 year old Maryland penitentiary. About 1000 inmates roamed the yard for two hours, set fires, looted the commissary, and hurled rocks while tear gas and fire hoses contained the disturbance. No serious injuries were reported.
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