13 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1966
Page
1
In Grenada Mississippi 50 highway patrolmen in riot gear protected Negro students entering desegregated schools for a second day. White hecklers gathered, cars were vandalized and a reporter was assaulted before police dispersed the crowd with tear gas and riot gear.
Rich ard Gordon Jr. cut short a Gemini 11 space walk after an eye watering episode left him nearly blind in the right eye. Command pilot Charles Conrad Jr. ordered him back to the cabin after 44 minutes outside, as U.S. planners seek ways to ease workload before moon missions.
Boston City Hospital surgeons rejoined the left leg of 18 year old Jan Dangora after a September 1 accident. Blood circulation has been restored and doctors monitor for healing and function. The case follows the 1962 Knowles arm reattachment as the first known success. The patient remains delicate with risks of complications ahead.
In Hong Kong report the Red Guards parade portraits of Confucius through Canton calling him No 1 criminal of feudal thinking and threaten a harsher anti Confucius campaign than 16 years ago. The movement imposes new rules such as cremation replacing burial and bans on landlords rent collection and interest to capitalist shareholders. Overseas Chinese face bank withdrawal limits without approval.
Harold M. Koch of Chicago, a former Roman Catholic priest and teacher, told Moscow television he defected to the Soviet Union to protest the war in Vietnam. The U.S. Embassy sought permission to see him, and the Foreign Ministry said the request would be considered.
Justice Minister Bal Thazar Vorster was chosen to become South Africa’s seventh prime minister after Hendrik Verwoerd’s assassination. He was elected unanimously as leader of the Nationalist party, with Transport Minister Ben Schoeman withdrawing.
London AP reports seven month old Doberman Pinscher named Jason swallowed seven ball bearings and a curtain rail fixture from his scrap merchant owner in Ilford. X rays confirmed the diagnosis and surgeons removed the metal from his stomach and intestines. The owner plans to curb the dog’s taste for metal as Jason recovers.
Charlotte AP reports the North Carolina State Motor Club will ask the 1967 General Assembly to include tires in the mandatory auto inspection law. Club president Thomas B. Watkins of the National Automobile Association emphasizes tires are a vital safety component and should be inspected.
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