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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1966
Page
1
A Johnson proposal would widen benefits and lift payroll tax to 4.6 percent with base from 6,600 to 7,800. Workers earning up to 7,800 could pay and employers alike about 68.40 more annually, depending on enactment date.
An American ambush patrol near Saigon mistook civilians for Viet Cong and opened fire at 4:15 a.m. Eight civilians were killed and seven wounded, including women and children, in the Allentown operation. An accompanying Vietnamese policeman had identified the group as Viet Cong. an investigation is underway.
President Johnson becomes first U S leader to visit Thailand arriving with his wife in Bangkok region. He stays in a government guest house near Bang Saen and meets Thai Premier Thanom Kittikachorn before a brief Viet Nam discussion and a flight to Cam Ranh Bay.
Four ministers quit Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's cabinet amid disagreements on higher taxes to fund U S arms. The Free Democrats' resignation robs Erhard of a majority, raising doubts about his tenure as pressure mounts over military issues and the Star fighter program.
In Rochdale England Wasyl Kw yarski a 52 year old laborer slipped into a curb side drain during a party and sang as three policemen, firefighters, and a municipal drains crew freed him. He was treated for exposure and released with no charges. He quipped that he always sings and that being miserable is unnecessary.
A columnist suggests a new worker should buy an alarm clock as soon as they start a job even if it means mortgaging a car. The piece emphasizes punctuality and self discipline for young workers in early employment.
Tonight will be fair and not too cool with a low in the upper 30s. Friday is sunny and warmer with a high in the 60s. Yesterday's high reached 60 and the overnight low dipped to 31, the season's first below freezing. Today's 11 a.m. temperature was 42.
The Miami Herald reports a large U S special forces contingent remains in the Dominican Republic after a claimed pullout. Troops monitor Haitian border trails for Cuban infiltrators and watch for unrest from Dominican factions. Officials would not comment on the secret deployment amid past IAPF figures.
Eyewitness James H Pickerell recalls a muffled blast that engulfed the Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin. A locker of 600 magnesium flares exploded, blocking exits and killing 43, most pilots, as water doused a bomb load and crews fought the blaze.
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