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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1967
Page
1
U S armored forces pushed into a vast bunker fortress along Quang Ngai coast after a naval bombardment that yanked open bunkers and trenches. The action came with high U S casualties and a record month for enemy MIGs, as helicopters counted casualties and a sweeping force advanced among booby traps.
Rain totals from Winchester Fruit Laboratory show 13.70 inches for January through May 1967, below the 54 year average of 14.41 inches by .71 inch. Last year’s five month total was 13.69 inches, with April and May rainfall shifting from 4.50 inches in April to 1.66 in May.
Miss Susan Grubbs of Front Royal, 1967 Festival beauty and personality titleholder, will join 127 graduates tonight at Warren County High School commencement exercises. Open House advertised for Saturday June 23 from 2 to 4 PM with refreshments and door prizes hosted by Jamison & Gore Insurance at 220 East Cork Street Winchester.
Twenty six National Guard generals sign a petition urging Congress to block a proposal to cut 15 Guard divisions. The move would reduce combat power and threaten U S military prestige amid global tensions as the Pentagon outlines a major reorganization reducing Guard and Army Reserve units.
Mexico City AP report says Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico's president from 1958 to 1964, remained unconscious after a stroke on Wednesday. Doctors feared death may be imminent, with him kept under controlled temperatures in a specialized tent to curb bleeding and metabolism.
The U S Embassy plans a Saturday start to airlifting about 700 Americans from eastern Nigeria as the Biafra crisis escalates. Evacuees include elderly, children, pregnant women and others unable to travel. most evacuees come from Port Harcourt.
Phone Boyce 144 after 8 PM. Big Boy tomato plants 15c each Smalts Garden Center.
Iraq and Kuwait troops linked with Arab forces massed in Egypt as Britain pressed maritime powers to open the Gulf of Aqaba to all ships including Israel. The U N Security Council sought a cooling of tensions while Egypt urged noninvolvement and Israel warned on legal stakes in the Aqaba dispute.
The U S carrier Intrepid, escorted by two Egyptian submarines, sailed into the Red Sea after passing the Suez Canal as 300 Egyptian demonstrators heckled the ship. Washington says the voyage is to Vietnam while Britain considers its response to Egypt blocking the Gulf of Aqaba.
An Egyptian envoy urged the United States to stay out of the blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba phrased as Egypt and Israel face a tightening crisis. Secretary Rusk heard the warning after a one hour session while President Johnson discussed the situation with his Cabinet.
London AP Harold Wilson departed for critical talks with President Johnson and Canadian PM Lester Pearson on the Middle East crisis the Vietnam War and other tensions. He planned to visit the UN in New York if useful and then fly to Washington Friday to meet Johnson after seeing Pearson.
U S senators across parties unite to back Israel amid the Gulf of Aqaba crisis. Gruening supports acting alone if needed to keep the gulf open. Stennis favors avoid promise of unilateral action. Case calls for a multinational deal. Mansfield suggests Big Four action if the U N stalls.
A stationary front over the southeastern states for two days is now drifting slowly southward. This movement reduces the potential for continued wet weather across Virginia as of this report.
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