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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
1
South Vietnam’s Premier Nguyen Cao Ky faces mounting political crisis as Buddhist leaders threaten mass action and Catholics weigh positions while a potential military “third force” seeks senior officers to back a new government.
The report spans Easter across locations including Fredericksburg Texas where President Johnson attended services with family, Warsaw where posters cite genocide and a Polish Catholic mass, Jerusalem with mixed disturbances, Da Nang amid a Buddhist uprising, and New York and England peace marches. It notes Western and Eastern churches sharing Easter and U S forces in Vietnam, with Gen Walt stressing redemption.
London AP reports Evelyn Waugh, famed for satirical and serious novels, died at 62 after returning to his Taunton home from Easter services. A Roman Catholic convert, he rose from modest roots to Oxford and the English social elite, with works before World War II including Decline and Fall Scoop and A Handful of Dust.
Jerrie Mack a 40 year old Columbus grandmother set a world non stop flight distance record for women and landed at Port Columbus after 31 hours of travel. The Easter weekend flight from Honolulu covered about 4500 miles breaking the 3671 mile mark set by Russian women in 1938. She returned home for a family reunion amid concerns about dwindling fuel and hostile winds with fuel said to be very low at touchdown.
In Dublin the nation saluted Easter uprising heroes with ceremonial flag hoisting at the post office. Guns boomed and four Vampire jets of Ireland’s air force conducted a low salute above the historic building, marking a 50 year remembrance.
America's 50 million star gazer satellite failed two days after launch when its primary battery overheated and degraded power across all three batteries. NASA officials said telemetry signals were lost as the unmanned Orbiting Astronomical Observatory collapsed, ending hopes for new astronomy revelations.
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov told Construction Magazine that builders will soon appear in space and even on the moon to assemble stations and ships. He envisions lunar towns with climate control, greenhouses, water reservoirs, laboratories, and factories as the moon becomes a space center.
Viet Nam's Buddhist leaders declared loss of confidence in Premier Ky and urged formation of a caretaker government to organize general elections. They said Ky and Thieu can no longer be believed and called for broad support to meet people's aspirations, including potential civilian rule and peace with the Viet Cong. Antigovernment forces in Da Nang and Hue were quiet as events unfolded.
Arthur H. Zinner, 20, a Boston University student from New York City, poured gasoline on himself in front of the White House in a protest of the Vietnam War. Police stopped him before he could ignite, and he was hospitalized at St Elizabeth's for observation.
Bragg City in Pemiscot County, with 274 residents, keeps $4,011 in state funds unclaimed as officials resist forming a city government. A 1920s water well project failed after the Bank of Bragg City closed, bonds defaulted, and officials resigned. The state cannot ignore the unspent gasoline tax share, and residents say they do fine without municipal leadership. The unfinished well remains a historical footnote in the town’s self-governing stance.
A Royal Navy boarding party under UN authority seized the Greek tanker Manuela about 150 miles southeast of Beira to stop oil delivery to Rhodesia’s white minority government. The ship, carrying 16 000 tons of crude oil, was turned away toward Durban as the Joanna V remained anchored off Beira Harbor and two Portuguese warships patrolled the area.
Thousands of soft coal miners in three states walked off last night seeking major contract gains. The mass strike, the first in the industry since 1951, was not officially authorized by United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle, though miners said they had his unofficial blessing. Many mines supply coal to steel mills.
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