19 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1967
Page
1
Puzzled readers query voting rules, TV figure Bettty Feezer age, textile work rights, divorce dependents, mildew removal, tall utility poles, epilepsy facts, best planting time, National Safety Council address, Wedgwood origins, and Catawba stocking. Concise replies from experts cover registration, age, employment, tax, care, and local infrastructure details.
Stearns County Sheriff probes the deaths of Loretta Hoskine 23 and her four children Julie 6 Darla 5 Linda 3 David 2 as a fire and shootings unfold. David Hoskins 30 husband and father was hospitalized with bullet wounds after claiming attackers tied him to a clothesline and fled as teens arrived to see the blaze.
Associated Press reports in Baton Rouge that Negro and Ku Klux Klan rallies converge as Gov. McKeithen threatens swift lethal force with National Guardsmen to quell rioting looting or burning. The tense scene centers on a civil rights march from Bogalusa, with rival demonstrations heightening the city’s racial clash.
North Carolina Attorney General Wade Bruton argues the Federal Aviation Administration overstepped by freezing 2.6 million in federal aid for 37 airports after the state Supreme Court ruled local taxes and debt require voter approval. Bruton notes the grant authority hinges on assurances of continued operation, not enforceable contracts, and seeks restoration of the funds. FAA decision pending with Raleigh discussions and a Washington meeting by Reps. Kormegay and Galifanakis.
Washington critics say they will avoid backing President Johnson when he asks Congress to rescind the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which Johnson says authorizes him to conduct Vietnam actions. Senate figures like Fulbright and Javits debate feasibility and political support for a repeal or fresh mandate.
Teresa Jolly and Linda Kale were named Miss Kings Mountain and Miss Cherryville in last night’s pageant. Fred A. Ratchford of Gastonia Chamber of Commerce elected president of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce Association. Basil Whitener calls for more bombing at Viet Nam fundraiser speech noted.
Saturday events include a Tomi-Adult Sunday Seheat Class at Gainsville Baptist Church and a Long Creek Fish Fry. Miss Gastonia Pageant at Hunter Husa High School Auditorium and a Teen Dance at Barrs in Spencer Mountain. Sunday features a Visitation at Schiots Museum of Natural History from 2:90 p.m. until 6:90 p.m.
President Johnson asserted constitutional authority to conduct the Vietnam War citing the Gulf of Tonkin resolution as authorization while noting Congress can withdraw support. He praised South Vietnam’s elections, described U.S. air strikes near China as not threatening, and urged urban and social legislation including anti poverty measures and expanded Social Security. He also discussed shale oil prospects and ongoing farm bargaining hopes.
Federal agents seize militant Black Power figure H. Rap Brown as he leaves a Manhattan apartment and charge him with carrying a .30-caliber automatic carbine on flights between New York and New Orleans while under indictment. Brown, 23, faces up to five years and a $20,000 fine for violating the federal firearms act. He was to be arraigned before a U.S. commissioner and may be removed to New Orleans.
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