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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1966
Page
1
The forecast calls for muggy conditions with variable cloudiness and a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Lows near 70 tonight, highs in the lower 90s Thursday. Friday should be fair and cooler.
A U S Marine F8 Crusader crashed after takeoff from Da Nang air base. Twenty six Vietnamese villagers were killed and many wounded as the jet struck Hoa Cuong village. The pilot, 1st Lt. Walter J. Doherty, escaped with minor injuries after ejecting. engine failure cited. Explosions and ordnance continued for hours while Marines and civilians faced devastation. Nearby Saigon reports another Viet Cong attack near Tan Son Nhut, causing one death and six injuries at a U S motor pool as Marine forces push inland in the region.
Police drag attorney Kinoy from House Un American Activities hearing as 16 others are ejected. Attorneys withdraw in solidarity, leaving clients unrepresented while protesters march from Capitol Hill to the White House.
Banks raised their prime lending rate to 6 percent in rapid succession, prompting the Johnson Administration to urge banks to curb credit expansion. The move, the fourth rise in a year, signals higher costs for both individuals and large firms as other banks were expected to follow.
New York AP reports a continued market slide to 1966 lows as investors face higher interest rates and Viet Nam concerns. GM dropped to 75 with a later partial recovery, the Dow at noon fell 3.29 to 820.54, Xerox and Polaroid slipped, and airlines steels and motors showed mixed signals.
In the Senate debate over a $58 billion defense bill a rider to call thousands of young Reservists for combat service in Vietnam drew sharp questions. Sen. Russell defended the move as equality of service while Sen. Ervin urged calling up entire units for preserved effectiveness.
Phillip Stamps, 28, a brother of John W Stamps, testified about cruelty to animals in his youth including hanging cats and throwing ice picks. Mary Stamps, their mother, recalled a teacher dressing John and ribbon in his hair after an accusation of pushing girls. The defense argues inadequate psychiatric treatment and a riot triggered by mental collapse after guards were killed.
West Frankfort police report a car was hit by balloons filled with water dropped from an overpass on Rt. 57. James Stodghill and his wife Evelyn were shaken but unhurt. two children were in the back. Three youths, aged 16 to 20, fled in a green 1957 car after the incident.
Under sunny skies Illinois Republicans gathered at the state fair to hear Gerald Ford attack Orville Freeman secretary of agriculture. Ford called Freeman orbiting Orville and accused the Johnson administration of higher prices higher interest rates and higher draft calls. He urged quick use of US power to end the Vietnam War as GOP leaders paraded from a downtown hotel to the fair grounds amid band music.
Pioneer 7 blasts from Cape Kennedy at 11 20 a m aboard a three stage Delta rocket. The 140 pound science package aims to sample solar wind as NASA follows Lunar Orbiter 1 into lunar orbit. The mission seeks data on radiation hazards for future moon expeditions.
Stanley Enlund president of First Federal Savings and Loan cited more than 100 million dollars in mortgages to Black borrowers, naming Rev. James Bevel as a recipient of a loan. Bevel confirmed the mortgage on his South Side home. Demonstrations across downtown Chicago included pickets, an effigy incident, and Nazi party presence amid a 25 percent rise in crime amid police redeployment.
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