19 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1967
Page
1
A Petersburg First & Merchants Bank branch was robbed today by a man and woman who fled in a white Chevrolet Impala. Police reported an undetermined amount of money stolen and are continuing the search.
Hurricane Beulah with 130 mph winds moves toward the Rio Grande mouth threatening Brownsville Corpus Christi and Padre Island. Warnings extend to Galveston with tides up to 10 feet and evacuations underway as 22 deaths from its Caribbean and Yucatan history loom.
The House faces a vote on adding 20 million to fight rats in city slums as part of a 950 million bill for federal state health programs. A separate 20 million rat control amendment stalls in opposition while a 58 million hospital aid plan faces GOP resistance and a bipartisan push to expand state project grants by 20 million for rat control programs.
At Shenandoah County Fair Grounds about 1500 Virginia Republicans heard Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina denounce the Democratic Party as aiding erosion of constitutional government. He criticized the Kennedy Johnson administration, the Supreme Court, and U.S. policy in Vietnam and urged aggressive moves to end the war.
Mrs. William Dunn of 4 North Stewart Street informed City Game Warden Ervin Cleveland that the lost monkey belonged to her son. Cleveland had rescued the animal Saturday afternoon at the apartments at 208 West Boscawen Street.
A community rummage sale announces drastic reductions on September 20. The event at 14 South Braddock features the entire collection for quick sale.
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced a $51 billion to $5? billion plan to deploy regional Nike X antimissile batteries across the United States mainly along the coasts and near Canada. The program aims to defend 25 to 50 American cities and protect Minuteman sites while avoiding a full scale, costly ABM system and focusing on countering a potential Chinese nuclear threat in three to five years.
Washington officials say the United States will cooperate with private inquiries into peace in Vietnam despite public spats over sincerity. State Department counters a harsh memo by Harry Ashmore, insisting Johnson’s letter sought broader negotiation terms and that Hanoi was not ready to move in February. Rusk and Bundy underscore readiness for direct talks with Hanoi when the North shows constructive moves, while noting no talks are imminent.
Presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater offers a manual on political infighting recounting his 1964 White House bid. He recalls silencing opposition at the San Francisco GOP convention and a Keystone Cops caper involving Humphrey’s plane crew. He warns successors to expect sharp political warfare and cites cable and media pressure as tools.
The United Nations General Assembly convenes its regular session with Middle East conflict on the high priority agenda. Romania's Corneliu Manescu is seen as a possible Communist president of the assembly as debates over Israel's withdrawal and Suez tensions loom.
Former Alabama governor George C. Wallace, a potential 1968 presidential candidate, will tour Virginia with stops in Leesburg Charlottesville Roanoke and Norfolk on September 29 and 30. The Virginia Committee for Wallace Campaign organs will sponsor the visit led by Del. T Coleman Andrews Jr. of Richmond.
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