27 Feb 1967
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1967
Page
1
Winchester man John Belford suffered minor facial burns while rescuing his crippled wife from a blaze at 17 E Monmouth St. He carried her to a neighbor before being taken to the hospital. Firefighters battled high winds and freezing temps as water froze in the house. The upstairs was completely burned out.
Martinsburg West Virginia reports two deaths and 56 injured when the last car of the B and O National Limited derailed near Pennsboro Pennsylvania en route to a St Joseph High School basketball tournament. Six victims stay hospitalized in Parkersburg and Clarksburg as family members and school officials coordinate care.
The AEC reported seismic signals over the weekend from the Soviet nuclear test area in the Smipalatinsk region. The tremors, equivalent to 200 000 to 1 million tons of TNT, were likely caused by underground detonations.
Al bert DeSalvo the so called Boston strangler hoped to be shot after escaping Bridgewater State Hospital. Attorney F Lee Bailey said DeSalvo now prefers state prison if he gets proper psychiatric care and acknowledges his role in the Boston area murders.
The Red Cross issues a plea for help for a two member family burned from their home. Needed items include cooking utensils dishes pillows sheets and bed spreads. Donors may deliver to the Red Cross office at 24 S Braddock.
Narcotics squads raided clubs and house parties across five British cities over the weekend arresting more than 30 teens on drug possession charges. Reefers and pep pills seized as Home Secretary Roy Jenkins orders crackdown amid rising known addicts from under 500 to over 1,200 in six years. London Exeter Winchester Manchester Folkestone cited. sniffer dogs aided operations with at least one arrest at a Stepney cafe.
U S Navy planes began sowing mines in rivers of North Vietnam in a third new increase of military pressure on Hanoi. The move follows long range artillery shelling across the DMZ and U S ships bombarding targets from the coast. In Da Nang Viet Cong mortared the airbase and nearby village, causing 11 American and 35 Vietnamese deaths and heavy damage.
President Johnson declared that recent American air and river strikes in North Vietnam are broader in scope yet aimed at peace. He defended the mining of rivers, naval bombardments north of the DMZ, and heavy artillery reaching targets beyond the zone as the best course with no reasonable alternatives.
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its December ruling upholding James Hoffa’s federal jury tampering conviction and eight year sentence. Justices White and Fortas did not participate. Hoffa might seek bail or a new trial motion in Chattanooga based on eavesdropping allegations.
Deputies say thieves burglarized Grocers Wholesale Inc. over the weekend, taking about 700 cartons of cigarettes worth roughly 1800 dollars. Four skylight holes were found by warehouse worker Charles Presgrave at 4 a.m., with two wrecking bars left on site.
A strong southwest wind from the Gulf of Mexico will push across Virginia today, increasing cloud cover and bringing some rain to the region.
The Johnson administration loosens part of the Thanksgiving highway funds freeze and plans to add 175 million for current-year contracts. The move lifts federal highway aid to 3.475 billion, with money limited to preliminary engineering and right of way to speed future construction. Gardner Ackley and Gov. Volpe attend as witnesses.
The court refused to hear an appeal by Howard Katz and David Baumann, both in Army service during Korea, seeking to block enforcement of the draft law as a violation of the Ninth Amendment and the Nürnberg Charter. The decision names Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey as Selective Service director.
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