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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1967
Page
1
The note references a cloudy and rainy forecast with a chance of strong winds. Temperatures are expected to reach the mid 80s, with Monday described as further cloudy and cooler. A Wall Street Journal quote about parenting is included, suggesting a discussion on spoiling children.
State purchasing director Clarence E. Johnson announced a 1.07 million contract to install a television broadcasting system at West Virginia University. WWVU TV Channel 24 may begin broadcasting as early as November 26. Associated local notes include Hartman Run Road area recreational plans and a public service district petition in Deckers Creek.
National brief notes that public calls urging citizens to be ready for racial unrest may have prevented a violent uprising in a California city. Other items cover labor contract negotiations concerns in Washington, a new arms sales compromise plan, Soviet space launch testing hints, and H. Rap Brown's $25,000 bail after weapon charges.
American planes flew 186 missions in a broad assault on North Vietnamese targets with most bombing in the southern panhandle. In Saigon, leading presidential candidate Naguyen Van Thien warned he would back a civilian president if defeated in September elections.
Section B presents classroom aims by Dr Derthick and Monongalia teacher assignments. It hints at a student vote on Vietnam and features Mountaineer training camp photos. Also highlights a comic selection and a 16 page Family Weekly insert with assorted content.
A U S Marine task force airlifted into jungle slopes south of Da Nang and assaulted the headquarters hideout of the North Vietnamese 2nd Division. Brig Gen. Foster C. Lahue led the operation aiming to overrun the post before senior officers could escape or destroy documents. The clash began amid sniper fire with an estimated 2,000 enemy troops in the area and one helicopter shot down. American pilots flew 186 missions nationwide, targeting Ben Thuy Power Plant and convoy routes.
Pentagon officials push to restore arms credit sales to underdeveloped countries via the Export-Import Bank after a Senate vote killed the existing authority. They seek a substitute formula to avoid a revolving fund and cover $750 million in U.S. arms obligations, with House action expected early next week.
Two large fuel oil storage tanks exploded at a Montreal depot sending flames 50 feet high and black smoke. Victims include Ruth Schoonover and Albert Farley from West Virginia. A separate collision in Randolph County killed Stephen Allen aged 7, while another fatality and possible spread to a second tank were feared as conditions continued late Saturday.
United Press International reports at least nine people died on West Virginia roads Saturday. The fatalities include an infant near Point Pleasant and three members of a Clarksburg family in a crash near Fairmont. Additional victims occurred in other weekend accidents across the state.
H Rap Brown, black power advocate, jailed in New York after a rifle carried across state lines led to a $25,000 bail set by US Commissioner Earle N. Bishop. Civil rights lawyer Kunstler called the bail outrageous and political. Brown faces up to five years and $2,000 fine if convicted. Kunstler seeks habeas corpus to allow Brown to continue speaking engagements.
About 190 Negro protesters walked 100 miles in a driving rain to reach Baton Rouge. Both marchers and Ku Klux Klan planned rallies near the Capitol with 1500 Louisiana National Guardsmen on duty. Lincoln Lynch led the march for the Congress for Racial Equality as state and local police accompanied the group. Continuous page 2-A continuation.
Exclusive: US officials note an unusual Soviet sequence of space launches since last September, with the latest 11 days ago, implying testing of reentry techniques for warheads from orbit. Analysts recall past talks of orbital weapons and a 1963 UN resolution urging restraint. Soviet leaders boasted in 1965 of an orbital missile capable of delivering nuclear warheads on orbit.
UPI reports U.S. officials fear Viet Cong will use terror to disrupt the South Vietnam September 1966 elections. They cite planned assassinations and intimidation ahead of the vote for president and vice president and 60 senate seats, noting past violence and increased incidents before earlier polls.
John D. Copping, 33, a four year Navy veteran and psychiatric patient at the VA Hospital in Sepulveda, walked into a Panorama City field, doused himself with gasoline, and ignited himself as a protest against Johnson's Vietnam War. A note found nearby declared the act a protest against the war.
New York bonding agencies declined bail for militant Black Power advocate H. Rap Brown on a Saturday night. Jean Wiley of SNCC said three leading firms outright refused and others would not take the case immediately. Over $10,000 had been raised for bond, about four times the usual amount for a $25,000 bail, while SNCC could not reach U.S. Commissioner Earle Bishopp to initiate release procedures.
Pro Egyptian groups in El Arish launched a general strike and raised an Egyptian flag defying Israeli occupation. Stone barricades appeared across streets as Israeli forces imposed a 24 hour curfew until instigators are rounded up, marking the first open resistance in Sinai since the June war.
Deputy Frederick H. Rhodes received the Carnegie Hero Medal and $750 for helping rescue two men from freezing Mill Creek floodwaters in Evans last March. Rhodes, recently released from hospital after pneumonia and surgery, led the effort aided by others as a boat arrived. The award was presented by Rep. Ken Hechler.
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