Nixon Sees Strongest GOP Title In 20 Years
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon winds up a 35 state tour as he bolsters the GOP’s strongest title claim in two decades. AP dispatch from Anderson Indiana notes Nixon’s emphasis on party unity.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1966
Page
2
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon winds up a 35 state tour as he bolsters the GOP’s strongest title claim in two decades. AP dispatch from Anderson Indiana notes Nixon’s emphasis on party unity.
The article discusses rising consumer food prices driven by non farm costs and advertising. It notes farm income may fall despite higher sales and mentions policy concerns, labor shifts, and the 1965 labor import ban affecting harvest labor. It also reports on campaign forecasts by Nixon about GOP gains in several states.
North Carolina expected partly cloudy and warmer with scattered mountain showers late Wednesday. South Carolina partly sunny to Wednesday with 70s highs. In Tennessee's Senate contest Republican Howard Baker Jr. faces Democrat Frank Clement. Nixon criticized the Johnson administration and planned to comment midweek after returning to New York.
North Carolina’s general fund tax collections rose in October to 36.1 million, up 5 million from a year earlier. For the first four months, totals reached 179.1 million, 22.4 million above last year, with the sales tax at 17.1 million for October and 68.4 million year to date. Income tax led gains, totaling 14.1 million, up 3.3 million.
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi reportedly considers Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan to reform beleaguered police forces after his 1962 army restructuring. Home Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda offers resignation amid riots in New Delhi and government criticism.
Air Force Capt. David Halvorsen directed a battalion of infantry against a Viet Cong stronghold in Tay Ninh Province. F100 jets bombed and napalm lit the jungle as U.S. and South Vietnamese planes softened the area. The operation aimed to flush out about 500 entrenched enemies while infantry advanced at dawn.
An F105 Thunderchief crashed in a wooded area near Mount Olive North Carolina during a routine bombing training mission. Two crewmen bailed out. one was killed and the other injured. Witnesses saw two parachutes open as the plane returned to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro.
In War Zone C near Dau Tieng the 1st Infantry Division clashed with the 9th Viet Cong Division after a Viet Cong trip of a U.S. flare triggered four hours of heavy fighting. The 11 battalions pressed for a handhold as 302 enemy dead were reported. Lt. Col. Whitted led from Panama City Florida as crews and air power battered Viet Cong positions.
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