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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1966
Page
4
U S forces in Viet Nam reported 65 killed and 368 wounded for the week ending July 15, a drop from the prior period. Communist and allied forces also suffered casualties in clashes near the demilitarized zone, with government troops and allied contingents sustaining deaths and missing personnel.
President Charles de Gaulle advocates a gradual approach toward European unity, expressing belief in a possible, evolving Europe. He emphasizes that progress should come step by step, starting with closer cooperation among European nations.
June saw the consumer price index climb three tenths of 1 percent driven by higher food medical care and mortgage rates. The CPI reached 112.3 percent of the 1877-averages, up 2.5 percent year over year, with food and utilities contributing to the gain. Corporate dividends rose six percent from June 1965 while personal income improved as the economy shows renewed momentum after a second quarter slowdown.
A mine fire in Nanticoke Pennsylvania trapped twenty miners for up to an hour after smoke filled the shaft at a breakout site. Emergency crews evacuated the workers and they were admitted to State Hospital in critical or serious condition as a precautionary measure.
French officials report a non nuclear explosion free test of the safety system on French atomic arms at the Muruora Atoll. The communication says stockings and transport protocols were checked amid prior incidents involving U S nuclear bombers and in flight detonation fears.
Author Truman Capote and Kansas investigator Alvin Dewey urged Senate scrutiny of high court limits on police interrogation. They argued confessions solve crimes and that early questioning should be allowed before counsel is required, noting Capote’s six year study of the 1959 Clutter family murders and the killers’ later plans.
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard will visit President Johnson in Washington on September 26 and 27. White House press secretary Bill Moyers said the talks would cover a wide range of subjects and continue discussions on matters of mutual interest.
United Press International presents a 24 hour temperature and precipitation table ending at 4 a m. The data is prepared by the U S Weather Bureau in San Francisco.
Excluding Hawaii and Alaska, the thermometer reached 116 degrees at Presidio Texas. The coldest reading yesterday morning was 33 at Philipsburg Pennsylvania.
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