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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1967
Page
7
Communist guerrillas in Saigon suburbs shot down five American troop helicopters and wounded a U.S. brigadier general while attacking to aid trapped troops. The ambush came from camouflaged foxholes as helicopters moved into the area.
Senator Robert F Kennedy urged shifting resources to domestic programs, arguing the United States should do more to aid people in ghettos while allowing South Vietnam to bear its war’s burden. He noted costs spent abroad exceed poverty program funding and pressed for action at home.
Rival civilian candidates accused the ruling generals of sabotaging a month long barnstorming tour. Wo Hong Khanh said the generals obstructed campaigning after a nine hour visit with no speeches or voters. Thieu and Ky organized the tour to 22 spots with eight presidential and 10 vice presidential candidates.
Arab shops and public places in old Jerusalem closed in protest against Israeli occupation. Police conducted continuous patrols, with tense atmospherics reported from Amman. Cairo papers noted an Arab summit set for Aug. 29 to study regional effects.
A sniper shot struck a pedestrian in Wichita as firebombs exploded at four sites amid fading unrest. H. Rap Brown blamed federal actions for riots while Gov. Romney lifted Detroit area emergencies. National reports note coordinated protests, police responses, and continued civil rights tensions across multiple states.
A dense Q A exchange covers topics from bus routes and social security to air plants and local theater. It includes details on bus schedules to be published Aug 13, age for SS card, epiphytes, and Lincoln's birth date, plus no planned pool at Woodrow Wilson High School.
Striking coal miners at eight area mines in Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties return to work starting with the early shift after union urges. The stoppage began in Eccles when a worker was fired by Winding Gulf Coals Inc for alleged lack of qualification.
Variable clouds with a chance of a shower or thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. High this afternoon 78. Low tonight 59. Rain probability 30 percent this afternoon and tonight, 40 percent tomorrow. Five day forecast cools late week with scattered showers and total precipitation around three quarters of an inch.
Two rival Communist factions vie for influence in the black movement. The official U.S. Communist Party linked to Moscow and the RAM faction tied to Beijing push to organize Negro unrest and form armed defense groups. FBI notes RAM as a secret, all Negro Marxist Leninist group advocating guerrilla tactics and city riots.
Rep. Robert Taft Jr. of Ohio will headline a southern West Virginia rally at the National Guard Armory in Welch. McDowell County Republicans, long a GOP stronghold, host the event aimed at reviving GOP influence in the area.
The US Labor Department ordered Thompson Brothers, a meat packing company in Bluefield, to pay 16 employees 4285.05 dollars in back wages. Judge Sidney Christie issued the court order preventing the firm from violating minimum wage laws.
Early today two Huntington women were injured in a one car collision at Milepost 41 on the West Virginia Turnpike. Judith M. Jordan, 18, driver of a 1960 vehicle, is in fair condition at Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital with cerebral concussion and cuts. Cheryl Moore, 21, is in satisfactory condition with cuts to the right knee and bruises. Turnpike police said Jordan tried to pass another vehicle, lost control, and crashed into an embankment while traveling toward Charleston.
Reports from Peking claim Maoist Red Guard posters announced the annihilation of units from the Soviet 1st Cavalry Division in the Yili region near Sinkiang Uighur autonomous area. No official confirmation followed, while anti-Mao counterattacks and public kangaroo court trials were also reported by Shanghai Radio.
Lunar Orbiter 5 was primed to return pictures of the moon's far side to complete mapping. NASA officials said the first photo would appear on Jet Propulsion Laboratory screens in Pasadena, as the 860-pound twin lens craft begins its mission.
A Colombian DC4 with 78 aboard including four Americans was hijacked over the Caribbean by five men described as Communist guerrillas. The pilot forced to land in Havana. passengers and crew housed as Cuban authorities consider letting them depart soon. Names withheld. reports say four Americans, a Briton, an Austrian aboard. flight was from Barranquilla to San Andres when hijack occurred.
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