02 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1966
Page
1
Q and A style column covers estate settlement with court procedures and guardianship by Clerk Mullant, parking lot lighting standards, city audits and cost, the 1940 Charlotte NASCAR start, and city manager hiring practices plus trivia on the Lenson Sisters and Houdini. It reflects Gastonia civic questions and official replies.
The feature in The Sunday Gazette presents The Middle Aged Lions a war and peace tale of four men 25 years after Pearl Harbor their lives fears and dreams. It blends fact and fiction with the suspense of a novel asking how war changed fathers and sons and what that means for a returning generation.
The United Nations Security Council recommended renewing U Thant as secretary-general after his promise to stay through the current General Assembly. The move comes amid peace talks delays in Vietnam and a UN finances shortfall of about 20 to 60 million dollars. Major contributors include Japan and Britain, with others pledging in the near future.
U S bomber raids near Hanoi close to Haiphong and Hai Duong and air strikes against Van Dien and Ha Gia Minh depots. Cavalrymen clash with NVA in Central Lowlands while ambushes kill several NVA near Tuy Hoa. Viet Cong TNT found near Sai Gon and B 29 bombers hit positions 48 miles southeast of Da Nang as the ground war rages.
In South Viet Nam, resentment grows between U S and South Korean servicemen over scarce TV sets in PXs. Koreans are accused of snatching items and possible black market sales while Korean officers deny wrongdoing. U S officials say each soldier receives rationed PX access with signed sale slips to curb losses.
The Grand Jury condemns a Bessemer City School and criticizes two Gastonia schoolhouses while commenting on Superior Court solicitors. Yarald Lang is named to head the county mental health program. Slaves in Mount Holly parade and county commission changeover are noted on other pages.
Washington AP report says Bruce Evans, chairman of United Republicans of America, predicted a nationwide drive to draft Ronald Reagan for the 1988 GOP presidential nomination. He compares it to the Goldwater effort years earlier and notes California Governor Meagan hints he could be a top favorite at the 1988 convention.
PTA meeting at Grlev Fehont and Barboons continues with school faculty Christmas party at Carolina Restaurant. Hormelite Sub-assembly and Independent Life Insurance Co hold Christmas parties at Carolina Restaurant and Cavoting Restaurant. Evening events include a performance of "Mary, Mary" at Lie healer.
Pittsburgh AP reporting Ron Sue Aronson surviving quintuplet appeared today amid life threatening condition. Doctors said she convulsed and shifted from stable to grave as breathing trouble afflicted Sheila and echoed the fate of her four sisters. Quintuplets born premature Saturday beg 81 in Worths and Mira, Michael Aronson, of Pittsburgh.
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