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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1966
Page
1
Buddhist monks led 2000 demonstrators through central Saigon as violence intensified for a second straight day. Dozens of Americans and Vietnamese civilians were attacked or chased. a grenade wounded five U.S. servicemen and two Vietnamese women near Starcom. Police used tear gas to disperse crowds. airport red alert was reported.
A fire aboard the Viking Princess forced most of the 495 aboard to jump into the Atlantic as fire engulfed the superstructure. The Cap Nort rescued 362 survivors, with 1 dead and about 14 unaccounted for, while U.S. authorities awaited evacuation at Guantanamo Bay. The ship, Norwegian registry, carried 235 passengers and 260 crew and was en route from Miami to Florida when the blaze struck in the Windward Passage.
AP reports the U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division pushed Lincoln on the Cambodian frontier killing 29 Viet Cong in a two week sweep near Chu Phong Mountains 220 miles north of Saigon. Air and naval aircraft hit Viet Cong and North Vietnamese targets. one Skyraider ditched with minor injuries.
Christians mourn the crucifixion as Pope Paul VI leads a Good Friday Mass in Rome and a torchlit procession at the Colosseum. Pilgrims fill Jerusalem and the Holy Land while 25,000 Christians travel from abroad. Florida sees 40,000 vacationers at Daytona Beach as Easter week begins.
A cloudy cool start with an expected high in the upper 40s for Easter Saturday. Showers possible by evening, overnight low expected around 31. Forecast extends to next week with a gradual warming trend and overall cool conditions lingering. Yesterday's high reached 44 and the 11 am reading was 45.
Washington AP report describes a coming clash as a Connecticut Yankee and Southern leaders push back against Harold Howe II’s federal desegregation guidelines. Southern figures including Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. claim the rules illegally leverage federal funds to fix racial imbalances, while Howe insists the guidelines enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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