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io cnnnis amisn caijer tupr dv 27 im fir St Vietnam War Again Named Biggest News Story W-j 4- i 7 There were rare riots In! forced interest rates up some of AP MEM MRS SELECT 10 TOP STORIES 1 Vietnam Mar 2 Sniper Charles Whit- man kills 14 from op of University of Texas library tower 3 GOP wins heavily in off-year elections 4 Space flights and explorations -1 5 Eight aludenl nurses murdered in Chicago 6 President Johnson 17- day trip to Asia for Manila conference 3 7 Rare rinls 8 Slock market slumps tight money 8 Red China blasts nu- dear bomb flies missile with nuclear warhead 10 Supreme Court rules nn arrest procedures By MARY CAM PR KM AP Newsfeatures Writer The Vietnam war for the sec-nnd straight year was voted the top news story of the year by AP member newspapers and ra dio and TV stations It is a guerrilla war a helicopter war a war of Operation Masher Operation Texas Operation Hawthorne Operation El Paso Operation Hastings Operation Sgt Howard with 17 Marines holding Hill 488 Operation Attleboro with 25000 Americans in the fray It Is a war Defense Secretary Robert McNamara says our side is winning and a war we keep trying to stop Ambassador Arthur Goldhcrg told the United Nations the US would stop bombing North Vietnam moment we are assured North Vietnam would act to reduce its support of the war in the Secretary of State Dean Rusk and the Tresi dent called repeatedly in 1966 for peace talks Hanoi Bombings jets started Iximbing oil depots near (Hanoi and Haiphong June 29 China said American jets shot down a Chinese plane inside China the achieved their first soft landing on the moon with Iuna 9 Feb 3 Our Surveyor 1 landed gently on the moon June 2 and took 11000 pictures Surveyor 2 went out of control and crashed nn the moon Our Orhilor 1 went up Aug 10 Orhilor 2 took spectacular doKcups of the Nov 23 Space Walks We sent up Gemini 8 9 10 11 and 12 with astronauts taking walks in spare tethering to target satellites and splashing down right beside recovery ships Ouur Titan 3 supposed to put eight communications satellites into orbit blew up Aug 26 The Apollo space ship which will carry Americans to the moon flew successfully unmanned Aug 25 5 Another shocking mass killing was that of eight student nurses in Chicago just after midnight July 14 A young man entered a house used as a dormitory by student nurses at South Chicago Community Hospital bound the nine girls there and strangled or stabbed to death eight of them Coraaon Amurao from the Philippines saved herself by hiding under a bed After an Intensive manhunt mMn to 4 them to their highest levels in 40 years thus discouraging borrowing The first administration antiinflatiwiary measure was to suspend the 7 per cent investment tax credit that had been encouraging business to build new plants The President also announced plans to cut federal spending and late in the year considered raising taxes But this time the economy had begun to slow Fewer demands were being made and Inflation was less of a threat Aelioi In China 9 Red China deepened its split with Russia Mao Tze-tung Communist Party chairman was ailing the teenage Red Guard roamed the streets inveighing against the old order Rut the big news in 1966 was Red China's swift movement into the nuclear age On May 9 China announced il had successfully detonated a device containing thermonuclear material At first the US State Department estimated it was 130 kilotons of yield later decided it was at least in the 200-kiloton range equivalent to 200000 tons of TNT 10 In a 5 to 4 decision June 13 the Supreme Court handed down a ruling which makes far-ranging changes in the interrn- gation of suspects by pnlire The suspect must be told he has a right to hare a lawyer present throughout interrogation Also several cities this year none as destructive as last year's riots in the Walts section of Los Angeles There was snothcr incident in Watts in March with two killed and 25 injured During heal wave there was rioting when policemen tried to turn off fire hydrants in Chicago After three days with two dead six policemen shot and 300 arrested 3000 national guardsmen wore called in lo restore order Cleveland on July 21 had 1000 national guardsmen patrolling a Negro area but 85 fires started anyway from fire bombs Rioting broke out the same day in Brooklyn with one killed Violence smoldered in Detroit and tonsing In September three nights of uproar and looting raged in San ftancisco in an impoverished area near Candlestick Park and St touts had demonstrations for several nights In both cities violence erupted after a policeman had shot and killed a fleeing Negro suspect The greatest boom in the nation's history overheated in 1966 and some of its benefits were lost in the steam of inflation Everybody asked too much of the economy Business raced to build new factories labor asked for higher wages the federal government spent heavily for social welfare and the war In Vietnam The economy couldn't meet the demands This put pressure nn prices The pressure on prices forced workers to demand higher wages Fond prices rose and so did an-Rer The stock market spent the year in descent The Federal Reserve System SOLDIER LEAPS TO GKOllM) INTO DORIS HUNTING VI FT CONG April 29 action party of year's warfare in Vietnam UNANIMOUS CHOICE Massacre in Austin Sweeps State News HOWTO HANDLE A PERSONAL CRISIS wqcy-: vy Vs i Pay I likes Limited To 25 Pet a Year RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil IB President Humberto Castello Branco has signed a decree limiting pay raises for employes of 22 states to 25 per cent a year The limitation immediately affects San Paulo state which had recently asked legislative approval of a 35 per cent pay increase for public employes The president said the 25 per cent limit conforms to the level for federal employes said it was 20 miles from the Ijorder over Vietnam pi- police on July 17 arrested Rich lots were paraded in Hanoi and ard Speck 24 seaman and there was a brief threat they drifter He has pleaded innocent would be tried as war criminals to eight murder indictments On Aug 9 planes bombed Manila Trip civilians in a village and one of President Johnson in late our own Coast Guard cutters October went to Manila for a lnlernallv Premier Nguyen conference of nations allied in Cao Ky of South Vietnam purged VietJarJ' Ihe United his chief rival In April and mobs Males South Korea South Victor Buddhists demonstrated in Da fIhal1iJ2df jNang Hue and Saigon At least the Dhihppmcs six committed suicide by fire JJjjJjJjJ uE YS sute to WLonnK! months after North a institution to return the withdrew its forces country to civilian rule next year In August American forces in South Vietnam passed the 300- 000 mark In September the total American deaths since 1961 passed 5000 Mass Murders This was a year scarred by apparently motiveless murders several of them mass murders On Aug 1 Charles Whitman 24 killed his wife and mother then climbed to the top of the University of Texas library tower in Austin and began blasting with three rifles a shotgun and 1 two pistols In 80 minutes he the killed 14 strangers and wounded By BORKRT FORD Associated Press i The quiet young man quietly climbed to the platform atop the 27th floor It was a blisteringly hot August day No one could determine that he had an arsenal with him and no one coukl see that al- ready his hands were bloodied Atop the building he laid out his arsenal and the food and water he needed for a long stay Minutes of Terror Then began the most terrible 90 minutes Austin ever suffered at least in modern history For the young man Charles Whitman fatally wounded 14 Eersons by shooting from Ihe University of Texas Tower Officers killed him to make him seemingly the 15th victim on that humid noontime period Aug 1 Later they found that the troubled Whitman 24 had killed his wife and his mother in-Dallas alone man at least 22 Hammond Organ It you lost your job or a loved one should you try to remain calm? Psychologists say no Find -out how a crisis can change your and how to make it a change for the better One of 41 articles and features in tha January Digest Get it today DIGEST POLICEMAN WOUNDED BY AUSTIN SNIPER carried to ambulance on bloody Aug 1 dead 14 of them in mast of the crop season It's hara nawt Saa tha naw K-100 PIANO fir ORGAN 57 Parkdala Plasa Call Ul 4-2331 i capture and trial of Delbert Har- 30 An Austin patrolman climbed to a platform above a their apartments during the ear-j 7 The political rcdislrlcting of mon Garmon accused of up to G()I TAKES POLITICAL VICTORIES ON NOV hours to bring tho'the state abductions in Texas and Reagan and wife asknowlege cheers at headquarters ly mnrnini him He wounded Whitman an architectural engineering student had seemed normal to friends but he left behind notes indicating he haled his father and realized there was something wrong with his mind J2 0jjers 8 The demonstrations by Rio lahoma and floods in the West an -Grande Valley Farm workers fori in August All No voles i This spectacular outbreak of higher wages Medical News violence made the story No lj 9 The A Otis Birch-rearl! The ballot was taken before of the year to Associated Press Choate marriage and the charg- Ruby as found lo have cancer rt'hTft cs Sowing out of the relalion-j The intense interest shown lnjmind The story received all the fust ft a 32-man panel of experts on place votes ISMP ot lhe 9a-year-old million- the heart machine although a maijjTnant brain The balloting took place in the abe anI his nurse some persons died of causes notjtumor niay have caused Whit- annual Associated Press survey I 10 The slaying of two boys related to the machine indicated man to go berserk to determine which stories edi- and a girl in Fort Worth the strong interest in radical Mins JS-TStoSJ nodical advan against tha1 during tne year AIs0 gjven votes but not in Ihe No 1 killer Again it was a political sea- top jq were the HemisKair plans The political races son in Texas although not as'at San Antonlo great period 2 manes raMim between Stopub-! lieKer accused of slaying a smattering of high votes but Matures now" control both llcan Sen John Tower and 5rpe mnar rpus Christii'got enough of lesser figures to houses in 15 states lito-BJI nii thA AVlAnviva itotoAiolitM 1 il 41 i i I a Ik f)lieUI9ie nmeMmiiai wiinn San Anlonio- the flwth of named No 2 on almost half thefn senate 47 in the House of 1 But politics was rivil baIlols and Mherwise received Representatives and eight gnv-storyB including the two pri- Act the fuMball season: such high votes that they easily emorships to bring the par-larff tto rSceme of ihe lrldudnfi maJnr "wchmig ranked second niMiran partv nH ihe hit3'hanlcs he lral of Kricj The Ruby case received only the extensive moisture the Russians EARN during rank well up on the list 4 In space rou CAN SAVE UP TO -v 'v i DURING CANTWELL'S ANNUAL CLEARANCE Democratic Atty Gen Waggoner Carr for the US Senate! The editws picked the top stories in this order 1 The sniper slayings at Austin 2 The political campaigns 3 The reversal of the Jack Ruby death sentence 4 Implanting or artificial hearts in patients at Houston and notable success in one case 5 The trial of James Cross Jr at Austin for slaying two coeds in which he was assessed a life sentence 8 The severe floods in East and North Texas in April with ADVERTISEMENT KINGSIZES INCLUDED Discontinued pattern and style mismatched sets and floor samples! All sixes Twin to King WHY DO WOMEN ACT THAT WAY? withdrawals permitted at any time usual trade-in for your old mattress springs usual liberal budget terms LARGEST SAVINGS ASSOCIATION IN THE SOUTHWEST with current assets of more than -400000000 Since 1893 FAR1VLS HOME 0(wim4' Assats $400000000 Reservtot $27000000 IMw MwiIrM 416 Nr Wafer ACCOUNTS NOW INSURED to sis000 er fjlic FREE DELIVERY IN SOUTH TEXAS Ma UeR lto DM rM to tfcn Cm antvv Steep SAN MEOMrO AUSTIN 1MCPO VICTORIA NMUMM rheyYe clumsy at baseball Can ib without batting an eyelash Ind change their minds at tha Irop of a whim Hera art the mswers to 8 of most harming mysteries Just one of 1 articles and features in the anuary Digest Get it today DIGEST 3823 Agnei 1725 Alameda 1441 Airline toied CORFU OR.