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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
1
A car ad extols a VW as plain on outside but clever inside with air cooled engine and independent suspension. It boasts 29 miles per gallon and roomy leg and head space, noting airtight doors and snug bucket seats, priced at 1585 dollars.
In Panama City and Colon, student protests over the killing of a leftist leader sparked street fighting with the National Guard. Police fired tear gas, injuries rose to forty nine with forty two arrests including former boxing champion Ismael Laguna.
In Cleveland today one man, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor John T. Corrigan, must decide whether Samuel Sheppard will face a new trial after the Supreme Court ruled he did not receive a fair 1954 proceeding. The case, tied to the 1954 bludgeoning death of his wife Marilyn, has spanned years with Sheppard seeking vindication and Bailey demanding a new trial.
In Brussels AP reports Canada’s Paul Martin urged NATO foreign ministers to craft a new alliance relationship with France while welcoming Paris’s continued membership. He warned against mere patchwork and urged strong unity amid East West tensions, noting a Danish proposal for a European security talks with the Soviet Union.
A Houston man, Arthur Post, 27, was indicted on charges of threatening President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1984 while detained in Harris County jail awaiting arson trial. Secret Service provided sworn statements from four witnesses. Post had been released from a Texas state hospital in February 1954 after treatment.
The Defense Department lists four Texas soldiers among recent Vietnam casualties all Army. Killed in action were Sgt. George D. Weeks from Wheeler and Pfc. Carl S. Parker of Borger and Pfc. Charles W. Gober Jr. of Waco. One, Pfc. Richard E. Dabney of Smithville, died of nonhostile causes.
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