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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1966
Page
9
Earth tremors persisted in northern Chile after an undersea volcano 25 miles offshore erupted, sending sheets of fire from the seabed. Authorities warned of a possible tidal wave as a powerful earthquake struck the region.
London AP reports Sir James Mackay, new head of the Home Office prisons department, warned 50 governors to end security lapses after 693 escapes this year with 122 inmates still at large. He plans a crash program to tighten perimeter walls, towers, and searchlights amid intensified scrutiny since Earl Mountbatten’s report.
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee led by Sen. John C. Stennis will begin a detailed probe next year into pilot shortages across the armed services. A subcommittee source warns of a worsening crisis as losses mount with about 300 planes shot down in North Vietnam by Dec 14 and 150+ in 1965. McNamara approves boosted training to add about 8,000 pilots next year, mainly for Army helicopters, plus new training bases and expanded Navy facilities.
Washington AP reports money conditions easing after a year of tight credit, with mortgage rates still high but expected to decline soon. The Federal Reserve Board ended a September lending-restriction policy, while sources project a slower pace of rate hikes and more loan availability in coming months and 1967. The Commerce secretary forecasts somewhat easier credit and higher home building, as Fannie Mae trims short term rates amid easing government borrowing costs.
AP Movie-Television writer Bob Thomas lists the year’s major Hollywood events. Walt Disney’s death tops the roundup followed by Ronald Reagan’s California governor win, the Hamilton Bird Johnson romance, corporate shifts like Paramount sale and United Artists merger, Sinatra Farrow wedding, Jack Valenti as film czar, Oscars winners, the deaths of Keaton Hopper, the Mickey Rooney murder case, and Hedy Lamarr shoplifting charge.
Merida Mexico hosts the start of an airlift moving 880 Americans and 1 820 relatives from Cuba to the United States. The first 89 people arrived in Merida on a Mexican DC6 and will fly to New Orleans today, with two more loads from Havana expected. The operation followed diplomatic mediation by Mexico and the Swiss ambassador amid frayed U.S Cuba relations, and stipulations barred departures on U.S. planes and tied to the Cuban refugee airlift to Miami. The group includes many long-time Cuban residents of Latin descent.
Gov. William H. Avery holds a resignation from a Tax Appeals Board member, signaling a Republican replacement before the Docking era begins Jan. 9. Herbert H. Sizemore of Newton resigns to focus on his law practice. term ends July 1, 1969. He favored lowering income tax withholding as the board adjourned without acting on the revenue department recommendation.
United States weather chief Dr. Robert M. White predicts that within 10 to 15 years global two week forecasts may be possible. He cites the World Weather Program with broad international cooperation as the path forward. Current three day forecasts in the US remain uncertain, and weather hazards still cause substantial American deaths and billions in crop losses annually.
TV schedule entries list a full night of programs across news weather sports and entertainment from 6:00 to 12:30 including Time Tunnel Hogan's Heroes Man From U N C L E Milton Berle and Time Limit movies. The lineup highlights contrasts between westerns dramas and comedies with late night talk shows and a film titled Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons.
In Sacramento Ronald Reagan, then governor elect, unknowingly took California's oath of office while signing a routine loyalty oath. An aide said the deputy secretary of state read the wrong document, but Reagan raised his hand and affirmed. Officials noted it was not a sworn-in ceremony.
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