16 Mar 1966
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1966
Page
1
AP reports in WALSINGTON on the new graduated withholding rules set to take effect May 4. The piece compares how these changes will affect typical salary scales for a single person and related filing scenarios.
RALEIGH AP A 16 year old state highway patrolman is suspended pending action on a charge of attempting to rape a Durham woman. Edwin Ray Kirby of Durham is accused of attempting to rape Mrs Hobart Johnson 34 at her home Monday morning. Her husband is charged with assaulting Kirby with a sickle with intent to kill.
President Johnson signs a bill adding about 6 billion dollars in revenue over 15 months and says he will seek faster Social Security improvements. The action raises excise taxes on car purchases and phone calls, boosts collection of income taxes, and funds Viet Nam War efforts.
Catawba County officers identified Marshall Smith Glenn, 22, of Newton as the dead man after a car left a highway near Newton and struck a tree. The driver, Terry Allen Pope, 20, and Joyce Sheppard Spinner, 20, both of Statesville, were in critical condition. Jimmy Willig of Catawba was also injured.
In Watts, Los Angeles, a six hour riot left at least two dead and several wounded as hundreds of Black residents clashed with police. Officers cleared a 36 block area while bottles were hurled and storefronts looted. A white truck driver, Lawrence Gomez, was killed by gunfire while seeking refuge. Joe Lee Crawford, 34, died amid crossfire near a store. Police arrested 27. Governor Brown sent word on guard steps while officials reviewed lessons from last August's unrest.
Cape Kennedy AP reports NASA prepares for the Gemini 8 mission with astronaut Neil Armstrong and David Scott aboard the Gemini spacecraft awaiting their launch sequence after Atlas Agena target vehicle reaches orbit. The plan includes docking practice, spacewalk simulations, and in-flight experiments as the dual countdown advances toward liftoff and a historic docking test.
Washington AP report notes Jrosheh Rl Coyne the top internal revenue official reportedly owes 871.05 in estimated tax due by April 15. He says withholding for the year totals 7103 and that he prepares his own return. He lists government employee as occupation and cites disorganization as taxpayers’ main problem.
By Jerry Buck New York APF On the eve of St Patrick s Day Irish scholars suggest St Patrick may be legendary or even two different figures A Belfast University source argues one Patrick did part of the work while another may have lived earlier Br John Mahoney a Cork Kerry descendant notes the discrepancy and questions Patrick s lifetime and deeds.
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