01 Aug 1966
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1966
Page
1
U S B52 bombers hit a Viet Cong base camp 25 miles northwest of Saigon. US 25th Division troops found 90 000 rounds of ammunition mines and submachine guns after landing. Two helicopters were damaged but crewed out.
Twenty donors with positive blood type are needed before 1 p.m. tomorrow as Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Enders Fire Hall Berryville for open heart surgery needs in Washington DC. Fire inspector reports Kinzel Drive children refreshed. church league managers to meet tonight at Bodie Grim Field at 8 p.m. Treasurer Willie Larrick urges full representation.
The drought worsened in July with only .73 inch of rain at the Winchester Fruit Laboratory. Yearly rainfall trails average by 5.60 inches. May through July 1966 total 4.51 inches, below 1930’s drought year. July was warmer than 1930. June was cooler overall.
An illustrated five part series by Felika Topolski starts today on Page 13. It presents a vivid view of conditions inside Communist China amid a crisis period. The report accompanies drought affected Virginia counties with notes on rainfall and temperatures and crop damage.
Promotional chairman Paul Strawderman praises three day sale with 40 merchants and strong West Virginia crowds. Store owners cite good weather and advertising as boosts while a $500 savings bond prize is awarded to Mrs. Mattie Vann of Edinburg at the event wind up.
Two restaurants were burglarized over the weekend but thieves took only small items. A supply box and canned soup were stolen at Cornwell Tavern. an air conditioner was damaged but left. Losses total about 175 dollars.
New York AP report on machinists rejecting a tentative airline settlement ending a three week groundings with thousands of travelers still grounded. Airlines face losses as reservations collapse and plans to restart are delayed while Eastern and other carriers adjust staffing and bookings.
More than 3,000 white residents clashed with about 350 demonstrators led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a southwest Chicago neighborhood. Rocks and bottles injured 60 people including three police and a nun, with 260 officers policing the scene as cars were burned and tensions flared amid housing discrimination protests.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 82, weakened by a severe bout of colitis, is progressing satisfactorily according to hospital officials. Dr. Wallace H. Graham noted diagnostic tests would be postponed until Truman gains strength as Mrs. Truman visited him and he rested peacefully. Eisenhower remains under observation at Walter Reed for arthritis.
A 45 foot motor cruiser Darlwin with two crew and 25 to 30 aboard including children vanished off the Cornish coast near Falmouth while on a round trip to Fowey. An RAF long range plane sighted a white dinghy but no sign of life after a 24 hour search.
Mechanics reject a White House backed contract by 17 251 to 6 587 keeping five major airlines sidelined. Congress Senate and House labor panels plan hearings as Johnson may seek power to order strikers back to work. Lost wages and airline revenues exceed 200 million while unions insist the dispute endures.
Richmond AP reports Virginia experiences dominated weather from a high pressure system over the eastern third of the nation. Strong conditions steer clear skies and stable temperatures across the state today.
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