15 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1966
Page
1
Harris survey shows Democrats shrinking lead across offices. In House races Democrats 52 percent to Republicans 48, Senate 52 to 48, Governor races Republicans 53 to 47. 1964 figures cited, with notable drops in Southern gubernatorial support.
The Senate approved a compromise bill sending the minimum hourly wage to 1.60 in 1969, covering nearly 30 million workers. The measure also expands coverage to non Civil Service federal workers, farm workers, hotel and restaurant staff, transit workers, and higher education employees.
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F Gordon Jr end a three day mission with seven space records and a pin point Atlantic splashdown. They reach the carrier Guam two miles from recovery, the closest approach yet by a manned craft to its ship. The crew expresses satisfaction and readiness for another flight after rest.
One million Red Guards and army units gathered in a Beijing square to hear Chairman Mao and Lin Piao amid signals of a controlled slowdown in revolutionary activity. An official editorial urged crops and industry not to slow, hinting at a broader crackdown and possible resumption after harvest.
President Ferdinand E Marcos told a joint session of Congress that the United States should eventually withdraw from the Southeast Asian mainland after Southeast Asian nations secure their own collective defense. He described a cordon sanitaire to deter Communist China and urged continued lines of communication to seek peace in Viet Nam.
In Georgia, Liberal former governor Arnall leads after the late primary vote count with 1,497 of 1,903 precincts reporting. Jimmy Carter and Lester Maddox battle for second, as a runoff is possible unless a candidate clears 50 percent.
A new $5 million Harlem intermediate school opens with advanced teaching ideas but invites a standstill as Harlem adult groups demand community board control. They threaten not to open unless administrators and curriculum are determined by the community, while parents and students emphasize education and integration.
U S Marines totaling more than 1 200 reinforced the Viet Nam government troops three miles south of the DMZ in a daylight sweep against North Viet Nam s 324B Division aimed at cutting infiltration. Air and sea action followed with two planes shot down in North Viet Nam raids. one pilot rescued, another missing.
A West German training submarine Hai with 21 aboard sank in a North Sea gale. One survivor, boatswain Silbernagle, and two drowned crewmen were rescued as search aircraft and ships hunted for more survivors aboard the 118 foot vessel en route to Aberdeen Scotland with its sister sub Hecht and a tender.
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