29 Sep 1966
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Newspaper
Snyder Daily News
Location
Snyder, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
1
U S forces in South Viet Nam suffered a weekly record of 970 casualties including 142 killed and 825 wounded with 3 missing or captured. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths totaled 1,165 as U S Marines push operations near the DMZ. The U S totals bring 1966 death toll to 3,424 with 19,372 wounded.
Bechuanaland gains independence as Botswana the first black ruled nation to border white ruled South Africa Prime Minister Seretse Khama will be sworn in as president he married a British typist 18 years ago and they have four children Bechuanaland long ruled by Britain since the 1880s borders South West Africa Rhodesia and South Africa and spans the Kalahari Desert and Okavango swamps
President Johnson meets with eleven governors to push cuts in federal outlays aiming to reduce inflation. He seeks a three billion dollar federal savings this fiscal year, with about one point one billion from direct construction and state grant programs, potentially delaying planned projects. The delegation includes six Democrats and five Republicans.
Hurricane Inez battered the Dominican Republic and Haiti's Barahona region and threatened Cuba with 160 mph winds. The storm left 23 dead, 500 injured, and 10,000 homeless on Guadeloupe while Tropical Storm Judith formed southeast of San Juan.
Ardent segregationist Maddox defeats Ellis Arnall in a runoff to seize the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor. With 1,742 of 1,908 precincts reporting, Maddox leads 419,557 to 356,078, amid a two party race with Rep. Callaway and comments from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Georgia's political climate.
National Guard units deployed in San Francisco amid rioting after the fatal police shooting of a Black youth. Tens of thousands placed under curfew, with guardsmen ordered to shoot to kill if fired upon. Police reported 42 injured, including three officers, as arson, looting, and gunfire continued in Hunters Point Bayview and Fillmore districts.
A Texas wide forecast details temperatures 80s to mid 90s across regions. North Central and Northeast Texas expect fair and warmer conditions with highs 86 to 94 and lows 48 to 62. Southwest Texas near Pecos stays partly cloudy with showers possible in the west Friday.
House lawmakers prep next week to consider the Johnson administration’s demonstration cities bill, already passed by the Senate, proposing an 80 percent federal grant on city state shares to tackle urban ills across slums. The plan targets housing, poverty, education, health, and transportation with a two year, 900 million dollar funding package and no fixed city-by-city grant limits.
President Juan Carlos Ongania announced those behind the air liner hijacking with 48 aboard would stand trial. He called Wednesday’s action by rightist extremists a serious uprising and pledged full force of the law. Britain said Argentina termed the hijacking piracy.
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