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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1966
Page
1
UPI wire reports fierce air combat over North Vietnam with American and Communist jets in a stalemate and ground actions by US paratroopers and air cavalry. Major operations since March 25 claim 1,286 Communist deaths as US forces suffer light losses amid heavy fighting.
David P. Agnew a 17 or 18 year old Syracuse University student convict, sentenced to 10 20 years for first degree rape and first degree robbery. Concurrent terms on two other counts suspended. Judge Gale ordered testing at Kimia Reception Center before transfer to a state institution. Agnew claimed innocence and vowed to appeal with attorney R Kent Hobsberg continuing as counsel.
A humorous take notes that to live in the country one needs the soul of a poet and the mind of a philosopher, plus simple tastes and a reliable station wagon to match.
In Philadelphia a white man and others were wounded as gunfire erupted near the Freedom Democratic party headquarters amid Mississippi march protests. Police closed the area to press and nonresidents, with reports of buckshot and birdshot injuries. The violence followed tense exchanges between white and Black communities as leaders debated nonviolence versus resistance. The suspect’s vehicle was later described as set upon by shots. further details pending.
Hancock Field weatherman reports temperatures rising into the mid eighties tomorrow and staying five to ten degrees above normal through Monday. Fair skies tonight and tomorrow give way to light rainfall early next week as scattered thundershowers develop, keeping the rest of the week mostly dry.
Sebastian S. Kresge, 98, founder of the S. S. Kresge Co and longtime chairman, resigns from his firm and as trustee of the Kresge Foundation. Cunningham remains president and CEO as the company continues its Detroit based dollar store to general merch model. The foundation, started in 1972, has a net worth of about 175 million.
Saigon UPI reports Viet Nam's crisis eases as Thich Tri Quang ends a 134 day fast and Premier Ky lifts the four day siege of Vien Hao pagoda. Quang sits up drinking glucose while a moderate Buddhist leader Tam Chau meets Saigon officials. A journalist publisher Phan Van Vien is shot in Cholon amid unrest. A Buddhist girl ingests poison in protest as riot police seal pagoda grounds. The government vows continued siege relief while authorities search for the shooter and try to stabilize the capital.
Selective Service data show over 31 million men registered early in the year with 134000 added monthly. About 1.5 million were on hand in the qualified category. Most monthly calls go to single men ages 19 to 25, with older registrants likelier to be deferred or exempt.
In Pompano Beach Florida hundreds of Black residents clashed with police early today after a protest turned violent. Officers reported rocks bottles and debris hurled from sidewalks as looting damaged storefronts. Cars were overturned and windows smashed as police used tear gas and billy clubs to clear streets. Twenty four Black arrestees were taken into custody.
AP report from Washington describes Hershey, Loomis, and others debating a lottery style draft as a solution. They warn chance may substitute judgment, with peacetime eligibility potentially lowered and deferments still in effect, while addressing the political and logistical hurdles.
In Albany, Senate Republicans sent 11 medical aid measures to the Assembly to ease the program, but Democratic Speaker Anthony J. Travia signals possible resistance. Four bills gained some Democratic backing. one would let recipients freely choose physicians. Travia calls the GOP package an effort to do nothing, while leaving open the chance some measures may gain support. The timing delays adjournment and politics loom over the tax program as Democrats seek to stall NYC tax action until after the June 28 primary.
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