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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1966
Page
5
A 10 car mercy train from Lafayette Louisiana heads toward El Paso on a 13 hour run loaded with foodstuffs and farming implements for an Indian village south of Chihuahua City Mexico. Officials in El Paso and Mexico discuss border crossing permits with uncertainty over whether Mexican authorities will allow entry.
A Fort Lauderdale dog finally gains a future in Detroit as Proxy the photo-dog, dressed with glasses and a pencil, heads north to fill a void left by a family pet killed by a car. Gail Andres of Farmington, after seeing the AP image, traces the dog to Broward County Dog Pound and offers to adopt, agreeing to cover $32.13 in air transport costs.
President Johnson and family hosted a lawn party at the LBJ Ranch saluting 250 neighbor women who served as tour guides at the Johnson home and birthplace. The event featured a color film of Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent’s wedding, with guests including Nugent’s brother Lt. Gerard Nugent and his wife.
A 200 strong mob of Africans riot in Kinshasa sacking the Portuguese Embassy and injuring three diplomats. Police restore order as Congolese authorities and Lisbon clash over alleged support for Angolan rebels.
The bulletin lists Friday high of 80 and today’s low of 45, compares to last year’s 63 and 38, notes record highs 90 in 1938 and record low 34 in 1942, and provides hourly temperatures ending at 8 a.m. with multiple times throughout the day and a barometric reading of 29.97 inches.
At the United Nations, U S Ambassador Goldberg rejected Hanoi's remarks as propaganda and pressed for unconditional negotiations. Secretary Rusk planned private talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko after a dinner. Discussions likely covered Vietnam, European security, disarmament, nuclear weapons, and space exploration, with Hanoi demanding an end to bombing and a direct talk with the National Liberation Front. Viet Nam News Agency accused Goldberg of trying to expand U S aggression and to involve the United Nations in the Vietnam issue.
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker accused Lester Pearson of prioritizing politics over national security in a 1966 Munsinger affair inquiry. Supreme Court Judge Wisheart Spence urged Diefenbaker to have fired defense official Pierre Sevigny amid Gerda Munsinger’s espionage links. Diefenbaker, in Boston, denounced the report as a political hatchet job and contrasted it with Pearson’s earlier security handling.
Detroit report notes Ford testing a battery electric car in England next year and predicts it may be a decade before such models reach U.S. highways. Chrysler counters with its turbine powered experimental car still under a 12 year program costing over 1 million dollars. A Chrysler spokesman cites a fifth generation turbine with fewer parts and a jet like whoosh as it advances through trials.
Essex County authorities report a renewed gangland slaying in Middleton as two underworld figures Stephens Hughes and Samuel Lindenbaum were gunned down along Route 114 by a speeding limousine. The case ties to Boston area numbers rackets and recalls a prior shooting that killed Hughes’s brother Cornelius. A long black sedan, an automatic rifle, and a bag with policy slips and cash were found at the scene. The death toll in Greater Boston reaches 32 from a wave of gangland violence since March 1964.
Mrs. Ed Vaughan leads Garnett area VFW auxiliary in monthly homemade cookie shipments to Anderson County servicemen in Viet Nam. Members bake at home, pack four dozen per can, mail in three pound cans for 4 day delivery. This effort supports Sgt. Steve Beckwith and nine other service members, with volunteers including Mrs. Ralph Sergeant and Mrs. Dorothy Farren.
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