09 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1967
Page
1
A reader question column addresses ZIP codes usage postal timing and local civic topics. The page lists questions about signs in Webb Theater, azalea care, telephone exchanges, school restroom permits, CIAA scores, and paths to career training with answers from local officials and educators.
AP report from Palm Beach Florida details Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s denial of a draft run for the 1968 Republican nomination amid strong push from governors including Tom McCall Spiro Agnew and John Chafee. Governors back hearings to shape party platform with Dirksen and Bliss weighing the draft issue as Shaler is tapped to chair.
Washington AP reports tables detail present law and the compromise Social Security reform. They list maximum yearly earnings subject to tax and monthly benefits under Individual and Couple brackets, with figures for present and proposed law through 1980s and 1990s. The discussion notes the current cap of 66,600 and a proposed rise to 7,800 next year under the pending bill.
The Private Bank in Douglas Georgia declared bankruptcy and police escorted its officials from the town for protection. Citizens gathered outside the bank for hours as emotional residents, including elderly customers, expressed distress over the collapse.
Maj. Baker H. Lawrence, America's first Negro astronaut, died in a TiO Starfighter crash on landing at Edwards Air Force Base California during a routine training flight. He was 31 and had been preparing a Department of Defense project to orbit a space lab in 1970. Lawrence, Chicago born, was the ninth U.S. astronaut to die and was part of the MOL Project candidate group. His widow Barbara and their year-old son Tracy survive. Maj. Harvey J. Royer, injured and hospitalzied, headed Aerospace Research Pilot School operations. The Air Force opened an investigation and released few details.
The Associated Press reports Congress plans to bar hiring relatives on congressional payrolls while the executive and judicial branches face the same limits. The rider to a postal bill aims for quick passage next week. President Johnson is expected to sign. Some leaders oppose the ban, arguing merit matters, though Newt Stith Sr pushes tighter restrictions.
President Johnson guides his daughter Lynda Bird down the White House red carpet for the first presidential daughter’s wedding in eight years. In the East Room 240 candles glow as Lynda, 28, marries Marine Captain Charles Robb, 28, in a simple ceremony. Broadway stars performed at a Georgetown party afterward as reporters flocked to the historic scene with about 500 guests and a six foot cake.
Thirteen top state officials in North Carolina will receive pay hikes from $500 to $2,000 as approved by the State Advisory Budget Commission. The same action authorized purchase of 1,026 air conditioned cars, with O’Neal Motors and Triangle Chevrolet key bidders. Governors office confirmed raises for health, welfare, education and corrections leaders alongside highway and recreation officials.
In the week of major battles across the country allied forces initiated action against Communists. In the Mekong Delta a South Vietnamese army victory over Viet Cong battalions produced about 365 enemy dead in a single day as U S and ARVN forces reported heavy fighting supported by air strikes and advisers.
In Cape Town doctors say Louis Washkansky shows signs of possible rejection of the foreign heart from a 25 year old donor. Transplant leader Prof Barnard and team say a critical period lies ahead as tests and revised drug use aim to blunt rejection while Washkansky remains in excellent overall condition. Another cobalt treatment is given to suppress immune response following the Sunday operation at Groote Schuur Hospital.
Kings Mountain is awarded contracts for the construction of a new waste disposal plant. Complete details appear on Page 1B. Also noted Mrs. Maurice Tonigman has been elected to the Executive and Professional Hall of Fame with details on Page 1B.
Activities in our area on Saturday include the Wame-Union Road Optimist Turkey Show and a visit to the Vehicle Museum of Natural Mystery with events continuing into the evening. A 30th Anniversary Dinner for Ladhecan Cheech of the Holy Comforter is planned in Belmont. Sunday features more museum visitation in Schiele and a Planatariany program, with a program at Tatpam and Pinehill Baptist celebrations in Cherryville.
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