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Newspaper
Redlands Daily Facts
Location
Redlands, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1966
Page
2
The Soviet Union launched Cosmos 121, an unmanned satellite in the cosmos series, with Tass reporting the mission carries instruments for continued space research following earlier satellites.
Redlands today shows a 2 p.m. reading of 89 degrees and 57 degree low with a year ago reading of 77 and 53. Tomorrow sunrise is 5 38 a.m. sunset 8 02 p.m. Light smog persists with night and morning clouds and possible drizzle in San Bernardino Valley before clearing to sun Saturday afternoon.
The Alva Cape collision with the Texaco Massachusetts left 20 dead 12 missing and 69 survivors. Fire crews foam cooled the naphtha laden hulk off Shooter's Island as rescue vessels searched Kill Van Kull for more bodies and the two ships were investigated by a three man merchant marine panel.
American paratroopers of the 1st Brigade 101st Airborne, with help from the 1st Air Cavalry, claim a decisive win in the Central Highlands. By late today they reported 565 enemy killed and 20 captured, with total estimates over 1,000. Brig. Gen. Pearson predicts kills to rise above 10 to 1.
Teachers at the Mariano Moreno Commercial School in AguaVay demand three years of accumulated back pay as they strike after slow progress in wage settlements.
U S cosmic hero Eugene Cernan recounts Gemini 9 spacewalk as fantastic yet lonely after a fogged visor blinded him for part of the two hours. Commander Thomas Stafford and Cernan praised for a flawless launch and near-perfect landing while noting trouble with the ATDA satellite docking shroud.
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai began an eight day visit with Romanian leaders in Bucharest focusing on Viet Nam and Romania's bid for independence from the Soviet bloc. He met Nicolai Ceasescu at the Communist Central Committee after a flower ceremony, signaling support for Romania’s bid to chart its own course and possibly mediate East West tensions.
Paris reports France will withdraw antiaircraft missiles from West Germany by October to avoid the issue of warheads. The United States insists warheads on Nike missiles cannot be used after France exits NATO on July 1 under the two key system. Missing units at Stetten and Friedrichshafen near the Iron Curtain are the nearest French combat units.
In Saigon a teenage Buddhist girl Tuyet Dag Tri set herself on fire at the main pagoda after writing letters to President Johnson and Thich Tam Chau protesting government actions. A Buddhist boy ingested poison elsewhere amid demonstrations. Police used tear gas and pistols to disperse crowds as Hue’s tensions rose and Ky sent more troops to restore order.
Washington UPI Reagan, California GOP candidate for governor, says he will seek votes of individuals rather than blocs. He argues civil rights progress not fully achieved by law and condemns hyphenated Republicans as dividing labels while urging unity and alignment with his philosophy.
Southern California Edison Co. in Los Angeles announced an $80 million issue of first and refunding mortgage bonds. President Jack K. Horton said Series U bonds are due in 1991 and would be bid on Aug. 23. An application to issue and sell the bonds at competitive bidding would be filed July 18 with the California Public Utilities Commission.
A 2400 fire crew task force gained intermittent control over a smoldering brush fire in Los Padres National Forest that burned over 90000 acres. About 65 percent was contained at daybreak with full containment hoped by Saturday night if weather holds. Emergency camp set by 250 men via helicopter. suppression costs about 1.5 million to date.
Los Angeles approved a municipal budget that kept property taxes steady by cutting over 5 million from Mayor Yorty’s plan. The cuts dropped City Hall annex, transportation study, service center, recreation funding, and street sweeping, while a 25 percent business license tax hike and a new sales tax on properties over 20,000 raised about 12 million.
Tracy Barnes completed the longest flight yet in his cross country hot air balloon voyage. He traveled 200 miles on the second night after taking off near Wickiup, Arizona, landing northeast of Grand Canyon, passing over the canyon around 3 a.m. The 27 year old South Carolina businessman began from Ocotillo, California a week earlier, first landing near Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument before heading north seeking easterly winds.
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Lyndon Johnson will confer in Washington in the second half of July. The meeting, described as a periodic exchange on world problems, will anticipate NATO shifts after France’s pullout and discuss East West ties, Vietnam, and Britain’s role east of Suez.
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