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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1966
Page
6
Avalanche disaster in Aberfan Valley continues to claim lives with rescuers recovering the bodies of a deputy head teacher and five children in a collapsed school area. A rescue worker recalled the deceased teacher shielding the children as they perished.
In Aberfan Wales a mountain of coal waste overwhelmed Pantglas Elementary, killing many children. Rescue crews, miners and officials including Prime Minister Wilson mobilized as two million tons of slag slid through the village.
A barrage of reports details casualties and damage from a Viet Nam coast bombardment and Welsh village collapse. U S Air Force targeted barges near Dong Hoi while a ship convoy suffered ship losses. In Aberfan Wales a slag heap avalanche killed children and at least several adults, collapsing a school and surrounding homes as rescuers battled mud, water outages, and tremors of grief.
Six leaders from Catholic Jewish and Protestant faiths urge Thant and Goldberg to stop bombing North Vietnam endorsing Thant peace plan and Pope encyclical observed on U N Day. The plea ties to a three point peace proposal and U Thant first step.
Demonstrators swarm streets as mounted police clash with protesters trying to reach Johnson’s car. In Melbourne paint bombs hit his auto while pro Johnson signs appear. The President remains calm as crowds cheer. this marks the second incident in as many days during his Australia visit ahead of Manila summit.
An earthquake in Belén, 259 miles west of Catamarca, damaged a church and several other buildings. Several people were injured but there were no deaths. In New Delhi Indira Gandhi called for a peaceful settlement to end the Vietnam War during a four nation non aligned meeting. In Tokyo a Communist led strike against U S policy faltered as Premier Sato pledged to weather the political crisis.
Snow blocked high mountain roads in the northern Rockies as warming winds sent balmy temperatures to the Middle West. A late October warmth spread through the East after a frosty start in the 20s. Snow and winds disrupted travel from Glacier National Park to Yellowstone, with high winds and snow in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.
About 3,972 of 12,838 Oakland high school students and 4,001 of 14,504 junior high pupils were absent amid a racial boycott led by the Ad Hoc Committee for Quality Education. Nearly 8,000 pupils stayed away as 800 teens attended UC Berkeley for so called Freedom Classes and clashed with officials.
National briefs report Jayne Mansfield wins top skin stakes at the 10th annual San Francisco Film Festival where Carroll Baker is runner up. The festival opened with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum featuring Zero Mostel. Mansfield did not attend the premiere.
In Aberfan Wales a 5000 resident Rhondda mining village mirrors others in the Valleys. Miners earn from 42 dollars weekly, own small cottages, and rely on chapels and clubs amid smokey pitheads. They failed to foresee a looming disaster as waste heaps grew above their homes.
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