17 Jul 1967
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1967
Page
1
Disgruntled inmates set fire at a recently integrated road camp near Raiford Florida turning locked barracks into a burning oven. Thirty seven prisoners died while fourteen were rescued and eight others remained uninjured or hospitalized after the eight minute blaze.
Weather forecast predicts scattered showers through the week with total rainfall near three quarters to one inch. First showers expected midweek around Wednesday as residents await drier spells. Wanted Counter Girl apply in person Pingley and Carper Cleaners.
Giant American B52 strikes blasted five major Communist concentration areas in South Vietnam, from the Mekong Delta to near the DMZ. Jets were downed on both sides, including a Navy Skyhawk and an Air Force F100, with pilots rescued. Operation Hickory II ended with under 100 enemy killed as U S Marines reported 57 Communist casualties and 19 weapons captured while South Vietnamese claims cited 35. Marine losses ran to four killed and 99 wounded.
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 4 likely reached the moon but lost contact seven miles above the surface. NASA officials and JPL observed a near textbook approach then silence, with possibilities including an explosion, electronics failure, or a meteorite collision.
Indictment against Luther Durham Jr for the 1963 murder of Naomi Waltine Hoover at Double Toll Gate was nolle pressed in Frederick County Circuit Court on the commonwealth attorney's motion. Durham, then 24, had earlier been sentenced to life for another murder and remains under appeal through higher courts.
The Winchester Jaycees host a bloodmobile tomorrow at the Episcopal Church Parish Hall on W Boscawen Street from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The monthly quota is 150 pints and a young girl needs 15 pints of O positive by 11 a.m. Donors with O positive are urged to register early at Worths 27 N Loudoun St.
New Jersey's largest city sees its first quiet night in five days while nearby Plainfield Jersey City and East Orange report violence. National Guardsmen patrol Newark as 24 riot deaths total and over 1,100 wounded in the dayslong unrest. Gov Hughes warns of possible further losses, curfew to lift, and cleanup begins as civil rights leaders call for troop withdrawal and reforms.
The nation faces a major rail strike in 20 years as commuter trains halt nationwide, cutting a key farm to market link and constraining Vietnam war arm shipments. John Vinocur reports for the Associated Press.
Conferees abandon quick action on a plan to halt the nationwide rail strike. The Senate and House aim to repass or adjust their bills and send them to President Johnson as unions and railroads face widespread shutdowns and mounting disruptions.
Newport News workers end an 81 year strike as 7418 members of the Peninsula Shipbuilders Association vote 7418 to 995 in favor of a settlement with Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. The six day walkout began in the transportation department over crane operator issues and led to a riot with arrests and property damage. Gov Godwin and federal mediators helped broker the agreement.
An intensification of a high level pressure trough is expected to bring Virginia considerable cloudiness Tuesday with a chance of showers, especially over the eastern part of the state.
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