01 Mar 1967
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1967
Page
1
A local Q and A feature from Gaston County covers varied queries on flag folding by service members, blood type access, apartment view concerns near Memorial Park, YMCA pools, a Mount Vernon party, and how paper is made. It also touches transport regulation, drunken driving charges, Green Bay Packers scoring leader, city ordinances on horses, child privacy in Gastonia, forming a civic club, and a record long run in an official game.
Meridan Mississippi Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Bowers Jr was added to a federal conspiracy indictment over the slayings of civil rights workers near Philadelphia Mississippi. The panel also revisited the Vernon Dahmer firebombing case as authorities disclosed new charges against 10 defendants.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey warned in Raleigh that a mid 1980s food crisis looms if production in developing nations remains at current levels. He cited population growth, hunger, and potential violence, urging U S aid via cooperatives and self help programs to empower Africa Asia and Latin America.
Prominent guests expected as Sharon Percy and John D Rockefeller III plan a April 1, 1967 wedding at Rockefeller Chapel Chicago. Invitations mailed. 2,000 guests to attend including political and social figures. The couple will honeymoon in Hong Kong and Japan and reside in Champston West Virginia after the ceremony.
Washington AP reports the House committee plans to censure Adam Clayton Powell and strip seniority, with a $40,000 recovery against Powell. Powell, in the Bahamas, may miss the debate on the measure as barricades brace the Capitol. If approved, he would lose his seat and face salary adjustments.
In War Zone C near the Cambodian border, American forces reported killing more than 150 Viet Cong as a U.S. 1st Infantry Division company suffered heavy casualties in a six hour battle. The clash marked the week's largest action in Operation Junction City, a 45,000 man push into the jungle stronghold.
North Vietnamese lieutenant Truong Hiep, captured by Korean troops, says Viet Cong morale hit rock bottom after the lunar new year peace bid failed. He, a cadre officer from the 8th Independence Battalion, notes Viet Cong hope for negotiations collapsed without Russian or Red Chinese direct aid. He was wounded while trying to fire on a Korean patrol near a Viet Cong hospital in the central highlands. The Viet Cong shadow government area he guarded operates under heavy air strikes that have reduced the provincial hospital to a single hut with minimal staff.
The sister of Fidel Castro denounces him as Russia's tool during a Telmont Abbey talk on Tuesday night. The piece notes the story continues on Page 1B and hints at broader coverage, including high school stadium financing and local news items.
Area listings show Rotary Club at Masonic Temple for 12 30 p m and Thursday events at Holland Memorial Lodge Second Degree and Union and Optimist Club meetings at Union Community Center. Gaslon County Restaurant Association hosts 7 p m gathering, with details on the Towasday schedule.
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