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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1966
Page
1
Washington AP report notes a Harris poll at a national draft conference shows 73 percent oppose substituting a lottery for the current Selective Service system. It also found strong support for universal service programs for men aged 18 to 26, with options including military, Peace Corps, or other public service.
Gemini 12 astronauts Lovell and Aldrin photographed a solar eclipse from Cape Kennedy to South America. They tracked the moon across Peru Bolivia Brazil and Argentina for about 10 minutes, noting a brief total eclipse and a missed attempt to capture the moon's shadow.
In Meadville Pennsylvania a widow, Mrs. Bernard Kistler, endures back to back mortal blows as both her husbands die in Viet Nam service. Lt William Reach and Lt Bernard Kistler, West Point graduates, die in Viet Cong attacks and helicopter strikes while she has a newborn son.
Weather forecast shows colder air in the Miami Valley with temperatures dropping to the mid-20s under a clear sky tonight. Tomorrow features partly cloudy skies and a high near 40.
Sandusky Ohio celebrated as both high school football teams finished undefeated with ten wins each. About 800 cars waited along Ohio 250 to greet the Blue Streaks after a 34-0 win at Mansfield. Panth ers fans had cheered Gibsonburg 50-0 earlier. Civic leaders plan a joint banquet. The Blue Streaks ranked No 3 and the Panthers No 7 in AP polls.
Communist antiaircraft fire shot down five U S planes during raids over North Viet Nam on Friday. One pilot was rescued while four aircrews are missing. Three American helicopters were shot down supporting ground operations near Plei Djereng. In Tay Ninh sector fighting, Viet Cong mortars hit three U S command posts. U S casualties were light, but 14 Viet Cong were confirmed killed with 14 more bodies found, bringing Operation Attleboro Viet Cong fatalities to 928.
Governor William A. Egan announced a police guard for all ballots in Alaska as unofficial returns show Republican Walter J. Hickel leading over Egan by about 1,225 votes with 383 of 398 precincts reporting. About 3,750 absentee ballots will be counted Wednesday in Nome Fairbanks Anchorage and Juneau as canvassing begins.
Homer Michigan residents were allowed back home after a Friday wreck caused a fiery spill of vinyl chloride. Officials warned the heat could convert chemicals to phosgene gas prompting area evacuation. no injuries were reported. Railroad workers cleared tracks while fire crews battled flare ups.
A three judge federal panel demanded a plan by November 25 to select a Georgia governor without legislative vote. A runoff under a 1964 law was possible if no majority emerges between Callaway and Maddox, while Arnall’s write in votes kept the race unsettled. The court rejected a legislative election as unconstitutional and undecided on whether write ins would count in a runoff.
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