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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1967
Page
3
A protester involved in anti war demonstrations outside President Johnson's hotel in Los Angeles remains peaceful after a previous clash. Thousands of pickets gathered as the President spoke at a fundraising dinner then headed east for a second meeting with Soviet Premier Kosygin in New Jersey.
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban said on NBC Meet the Press that lasting peace in the Middle East hinges on the Soviet Union abandoning a pro Arab line. He urged U N pressure to push for Arab state sovereignty and Israel independence, and called on President Johnson to persuade Kosygin at Glassboro to adopt a balanced position while keeping peace terms to be settled directly with the Arabs.
Hong Kong faces further unrest as Governor Sir David Trench warns of continued irritation from a minority. He doubts Peking involvement, despite riots that left deaths injuries and arrests. Riot squads patrolled Kowloon theater area while police hunted four men accused of assaulting a street vendor urged to burn a paper.
Torrential thunderstorms and high winds hit the British Isles and Western Europe. Five explorers died in a Yorkshire cavern, a bus collision in Lancashire killed two, Belgium and Holland reported about 10 dead, and a French tornado left at least seven dead. Racing yachts were rescued off southern England as Wimbledon preparations were disrupted by floods. Roofs blew off in Douai, many injured, and the Essex carrier broke free in Rotterdam harbor before tugs secured it.
Radio Peking condemned the Kosygin Johnson talks as a counter revolution against China. It denounced nonproliferation and anti-missile conditions aimed at China and accused Johnson and Kosygin of pressuring Vietnam and the Arabs to align with the United States and Israel.
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny returned from meetings with Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo and with Josip Broz Tito in Belgrade. The communique spoke of closer collaboration and steps to liquidate Israeli aggression while Cairo indicated continued military, diplomatic and political support.
Rainstorms from Texas to Kentucky fed heavy runoff into Midlands streams. Temperatures fell into the 40s in the Midwest. Cape Girardeau collected nearly an inch of rain in an hour, Hopkinsville an inch in six hours, and Alpine 2 1/4 inches in six hours. Rivers rose, flood crests neared Jefferson City, and nearly half a million acres were underwater from Rule to the Missouri mouth.
Grim ceremony as British soldiers stand at attention for a mass funeral in Aden. A civilian also killed in recent disturbances. Aden, a British protectorate, remains under martial law. Through radiophoto coverage, the solemn rites reflect ongoing unrest and military authority.
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