Cumberland Evening Times (Newspaper) - February 24, 1966, Cumberland, Maryland Heavy tnow to inches or more rq Clearing tomorrow with highs in 30s Vol No Heavy Warning Given PreM AP Cumberland Maryland Thursday February 24 1966 tu 24 10 izes Power In Ghana VietCongs Stage Raids Heaviest Attack In Death Of 89 Communists SAIGON South Viet Nam AP A Viet Cong battalion slashed across a minefield early today and attacked elements o the US 1st Infantry Division in one of the heaviest Communis assaults against the GIs The Americans beat off the attackers with a barrage o mortar and killing at least 89 Reds and wounding 11 according to reports from the scene US casualties over all were described as light bu some units took moderate losses The battle took place near Tan Binh in the jungles 30 miles north of Saigon where thousands of infantrymen on Operation Mastiff have been looking for several hardcore Viet Cong regiments since Mon day Armed Copters A US Marine company bat tled another Viet Cong battalion equipped with automatic weap ons outside Xy My a village near Da Nang 380 miles north east of Saigon With ared heli copters backing them up the Leathernecks killed 25 Commu and put the rest to flight a Marine spokesman said Down the coast a Marine pa trol spotted 20 Viet Cong near Chu Lai and called in howitzers to fire on them The Marines spotted only six fleeing the scene and presumed the rest were either killed or wounded Jets Strike American hit North Viet Nam again Wednesday using radar in some cases to get spokesmen reported Navy car rier planes flew six missions at altitudes of 500 to 2000 feet pounding a highway 36 miles southwest of Vinh and a river ford 30 miles northwest of Don both in the North Vietnam ese Panhandle Air Force again ranged over Dien Bien Phu the old French fortress near the Laotian frontier strik ing barracks other buildings and the approaches to a high way bridge Small Viet Cong forces at tacked two government outposts in the early morning darkness outside Quang City in a burst of guerrilla activity 30 miles north of the big US 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division Marine offensive on the central coast Rights Leader Lays Claim To Seat In House ATLANTA Ga AP Civil rights leader Julian Bond has laid a second claim on a seat in the Georgia House and oppo nents were ready with a coun Bond 26 went through the formality of a special election Wednesday unopposed on the ballot for the same Atlanta leg post denied him earlier this year because he endorsed a statement accusing the Unit ed States of aggression in Viet Nam Bond drew 682 of the 695 votes cast in contrast to the 2305 he polled when he defeated Mal colm J Dean who got 486 His right to hold the office and his loyally again will be challenged under a rule adopted by the House on the closing night last Friday session SUES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT Lt Robert S Borden 35 a US Navy doctor stationed at the Boston Naval Shipyard suit m Federal Court in Boston today seeking to force the Defense Department to release him from the service LI Borden contends his enlistment date was extended illegally by the Navy Borden said that when his enlistment expired fast June he applied for release from the service effective last September He said he was informed that due to the current international situation officer enlistments had been extended for one year AP Humphrey Offers War To Help Asians WASHINGTON The Hest ot vice Jubert H Humphreys Asian trip wiU be whether the ideas on an unparalleled scale will in fact be put HHH Briefs Leaders On Asian Tour Johnson Given Chance To Pour Oil On Fire WASHINGTON AP Pres ident Johnson seizing the chance to pour some Texas oil on troubled congressional seas brought partisans of the Viet Nam debate together today to hear from Vice President Hul bert H Humphrey just back from his whirlwind trip to Asia First on the scene at the White House were congressional leaders from both parties who met with Humphrey and top ad ministration advisers The White House said Humphrey briefed that group and an swered questions Then members of the Foreign Affairs Armed Services and Appropriations committees rom both Houses came in Johnson opened the second round with a talk Then Hum began his second report Mission Of Peace Humphrey and what Johnson described as his mission of peace to nine countries has also been pulled into the debate with the Senate Foreign Rela ions Committee seeking to question the vice president nto effect In Che nine nations he visited Humphrey drummed up upport for a concept of how to landle the Viet Nam war His henie was the war the Communists mili arily while launching efforts or social and economic develop ment to build a new society Humphrey is a salesman of skill He struck parks of enthusiasm in talks vith South Vietnamese Premier 14 Indicted Theft Of Plane Parts Cao Ky He rose to of eloquence that eights to move deeply some f his audiences in India hailand and Australia Draws Support In most of the countries but which he Pakistan and have special Humphrey drew ome indication of support for projects in Viet Vam The formula is imple and direct Yet it is difficult to execute Most veterans observers in aigon and US officials there speaking pri ately thought Humphrey vas on the right track But most felt the biggest problem vould be putting the program nto effect Success Story Humphreys travels in the aigon area concentrated on a villages peasants ave been lifted up from xtreme poverty to a degree of being and security against terrorists But there were also in Viet fam innumerable failure sto villages which slipped ack into the Communist orbit s soon as US Marines left of w success story Vietnamese and economic programs were defeated by Com of he 1966 munist terrorism or by local Due To Sen McNamara Quits Party Battle Erupts LANSING Mich AP Sen Patrick decision lo retire from the US Senate opens the way for what could be a battle for Democratic nomination If Detroit Mayor Jerome the would not seek reelection this year senior senator hospitalized off and on in recent years blamed relatively minor ailments for his expected deci LOS ANGELES UPI Twelve persons were in custody and two others were being sought today in connection with the theft of nearly worth of government equip ment including engine parts slated for use in the Viet Nam war Ten suspects were in custody in Los Angeles and two in San Francisco near the Naval Air Station from which most of the property was taken The 14 suspects were indicted Wednesday in Los Angeles by a federal grand jury Lengthy Probe The roundup of suspected theft ring members culminated a lengthy investigation that ranged throughout the United Slates said FBI Director J Edgar Hoover who announced the arrests Wednesday night in Washington DC Property valued at was recovered by FBI agents the commitments he specifically in foreign about made aid Thus Humphrey who re Wednesday night barely had time to shake the dust of he Orient from his shoes before topping back into the center of hings with his briefing of con gressional leaders and Congress members most deeply involved n Viet Nam legislation Hawks Doves p cables From them have come a doves in the argument over the United States is do ng too much or too little in Viet Ham Johnson sought lo ease wor ies of some of the doves night when he de STRUCK BY K Davis of Glen mount Md was killed in this car today when it was struck by a commuter train at the Odell Road grade crossing near Beltsville Md The 1963 car was struck by a Baltimora to Washington train of the Baltimore Ohio Rail road The victim died instantly See story on local page AP Curfew Lifted In Syria As Revolt Eases Major Resistance To Coup Officers Reported Collapsed BEIRUT Lebanon UPI Damascus Radio today an partial lifting of the curfew in Syria and broadcast of widespread support coup by leftwing army most vocal of the who ousted President Amin Hafez and Premier Sclah Bitar The broadcast implied major resistance to revolt Wednesday had lared in a New York speech hat the United States is not aught up a blind escalation f force inching roader war he the col lapsed It appeared that army commanders in Aleppo the hometown of Hafez had thrown their support behind the coup extremist military ele according much of to Hoover He the equipment said was Youth Charged With Murder In N Y Hotel Fire MINEOLA NY UPI bearded youth threatened with eviction because of his living habits was charged with toward a ments of the ruling Baath Socialist Party Awaiting Trial Hafez and Bitar were in jail awaiting trial according to Damascus Radio Their where abouts remained unknown Damascus Radio also said cables of support had been sent by army units in the northern cities of Kama and southern and army the important command near murder today for allegedly setting a hotel fire which killed one person and injured seven others Police said Skorge 20 a resident of the Mineola Hotel for the past arrested at 1 five weeks am the Israeli border Jedid Mentioned According to most observers the man behind the coup was former army chief of staff Maj Gen Salah Jedid 40 who lost out to PEOPLE In The NEWS SAIGON South Viet Nam AP Gen William C West moreland US commander in Viet Nam goes to work these days with a splint on his left wrist A US military spokesman said in Saigon that Westmore land fell Tuesday while playing tennis with an aide The general broke a small bone in his wrist WASHINGTON AP Rep Frank Thompson Jr is confident the Republicans wont gam more than 50 seats in the House of Representatives in the November elections In fact Thompsons so confi dent that he not only accepted an offer to bet with Sen Everett M Dirksen but gave the Senate GOP leader 1 odds Thompson was the first to take wager which was announced at a news con ference last week He sent a letter to office with in cash en also tried lo cov er the bet but they were too ate Hafez in a power was struggle two months ago and EST tod ay was purged from the party and charged with setting the leadership Members of the partys jousted Baath International COPI who are outside Syria James Stewart Over Viet Nam AGANA Guam UPI Con Relates Mrs Mossier Lifer Describes Conversation With Stales Witness MIAMI Fla AP The witness against Mel Powers was quoted in testimony today as saying wouldnt know him if I met him r The testimony came from i defense witness wiry thin faced prison lifer Virgil Nelson Halford who claims that Can dace Mossier and Powers are being framed in the 1964 slay ing of her multimillionaire hus band The convict says he was told of a deal Halford 29 a child rapist re turned to the murder trials wit ness stand today his testimony intended by the defense to off set that of a prison mate Billy Frank Mulvey The latter starred for the state on the same witness stand Frank Mulvey tell you he shared the same cellblock with Melvin Lane Pow ers Halford was asked No sir the defense witness replied He told me he didnt know him and wouldnt know he met him on the r mi Hit blaze which gutted the three story hotel early Detectives said Skorge was angry with repeatedly about his living habits him if street Wednesday a conversation he said he had with Mulvey Made Deal He told me he didnt know case He told Nkrumah Heads For N Viet Nam Violent Fighting Reported Around Presidential Palace ACCRA Ghana AP Led by a colonel the army revolted today and overthrew the Kwame Nkrumah government It declared him ousted from the presidency The redeemer des president for life after Ghana won Us independence was en route to North Viet Nam as the army moved in Peking Radio said he was being hon ored at a dinner in the Chinese capital It reported no reaction to the coup What effect the army take over will have on Ghanaian for eign policy was not clear Nkrumah frequently supported tne Communist line in world af fairs but also accepted West ern aid in developing Ghanas aluminum resources Erupts Reports reaching Dakar said violent fighting was taking place around the presidential palace and that personal guard has refused to lay down its arms as demanded The predawn coup ele ments of the second brigade was announced by Radio Gha na Fighting between troops and presidents security guards was continuing four hours later in Flagstaff House res dence fire could be heard and smoke from burning vehicles and buildings could be seen from compound outside the walled which houses all Ghana government executive offices The radio broadcast a warn an unidentified voice tnat all ranks of security serv ce must lay down their arms now and surrender before 1130 Otherwise we will attack their residences The coup leader was ied by the radio as Col E K Kotoka 40 the second brigade based in the northern city of Kumasi It has been holding maneuvers near Accra lately There was no news of army Maj Charles Bar vah Barwah was given the top vn me tup army post last July by mah and reports circulated at hat time that the move was de signed to head off an army re lellion Roads leading to ministers mansions were sealed and hooting was heard near the home of Defense Minister Kofi Baako a bombing Nam The appea found in the hands of legitimate airplane parts dealers who had bought it in good faith Curtis Paris Hoover said the stolen property involved mostly Curtis Wright aircraft engine parts many of which due to ThirtySeven During Strike Riots CALCUTTA India AP Thousands of Indians in the Ba rasat area 40 miles from Cal cutta have staged a massive general strike for adequate food and kerosene work of until the mutiny against partisan crushed i Damascus to legality K Command SAC base Viet made a deal brigadier He said Ar Jorce would ever said he piloted the rnl oi Untung Denies Staging Coup In Indonesia SINGAPORE AP A for mer member of Indonesian President palace Douglas Planning Huge Jet Plane LONG BEACH Calif UPI Douglas Aircraft Co is Air He rein I ins Economic in Plan Not Satisfactory SAC Crews asi MOSCOW AP efficient and alert and said ha ue last Octobers coup attempt ra o Jakarta reported today Lt Col Untung denied all charges against him Wednesday ni radio said in a monitored here Untung is charged with hav Stewart tour was part of his jj oy lut rested Wednesday after a mob t i anti A have been to South Viet attacked a government bus spent Nam The equipment includes such parts as pistons gears turbine i he tour time of nn an j conference mc dragged out the driver closely with a number a mili of major the miles hour where tempted coup LB J Replies To Viet Nam Critics x Promises No Mindless Escalation Of Conflict Stormy Viet Nam Tax Plan Goes To Senate wil not be a on Cavanagh and former Gov G Mennen Williams both seek the nomination it could bring the most serious Demo cratic split in Michigan since the 1960 gubernatorial primary McNamara 71 announced in Washington Wednesday that he ma sron lo quit He now is of the war in his second term as a but is standing behind US aim stiH the The Chief Executive stand in an address in N ond term as Detroits mayor last fall both followed up with statements they would take determination lo take all He said that no act of steps to halt States would risk of Red China into the war House aggression In a major policy statement any wild VI 1C IH t it V as a rePy lo critics of the said that And he said the reason left words o Foundation stood in of s speech in Astoria Hotel House Press Secretary address as an i after WASHINGTON UPI Pres margin rebellious Democrats dent Johnsons billion Republicans anS 3 program for Viet Nam opposition costs to the Senate the excises they voted to louds which Members t out his plan faxes and Some of the criticized groups mg the nomination lo try must measured
