Joplin Globe (Newspaper) - April 29, 1967, Joplin, Missouri City Final Showers Thundershowers this high today in the low 70s. VOL. NO. 262. SATURDAY APRIL 29,1967.-TWENTY PRICE Dally ifle Sunday 20a Abrupt Yemen loses U.S. Aid By LEWIS GULICK WASHINGTON - The United States announced Friday an abrupt end to U.S. aid to men and a pullout of most Americans from there as relations teetered at the breaking Two U.S. aid officials under arrest in Yemen on what the United States described as Yemini charges of attempted The State Department gave this account of the crisis which began Wednesday with a mob attack on the U.S. branch embassy and aid head quarters at a principal city in the tiny Arabian Peninsula nature of future relations with the Yemini press officer Robert J. McClosky added in what amounted to a public of course depend on the outcome of the current Washington extended diplomatic recognition to the pro-Egyptian Yemeni republican regime after it ousted the king in 1962, but the wisdom of this action has been debated ever since as civil war continued Egypt's President Gamal seeking to widen his influence in the Arab has kept thousands of troops in Yemen fighting royalist rebels who are supported by Saudi a U.S. The State Department spokesman gave this report of Yemen's new actions and the U.S. advance the Yemeni government's radio Thursday night broadcast an official statement accusing U.S. aid officials of and announcing Yemen is ending its aid agreement with the United American aid to Yemen totaled million in 1959-66. This year it was running about devoted mainly to and waterworks United States decided to withdraw our aid which includes 62 Agency for International Development and Bureau of Public Roads officials and their dependents at Also to be evacuated are the dependents of other official Americans in Some 46 AID and other U.S. governmental personnel and dependents are at the Some U.S. missionaries may leave Probe for Red Howitzers GEN. WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND An Ovation From Congress No Pickets or Protests During General's Address Artillery Strike Hard at Communist Areas By BOB GASSAWAY SAIGON - U.S. planes and artillery lashed back Friday at Communist forces that had subjected American and South Vietnamese positions in the northern 1st Corps area overnight to some of the heaviest enemy shelling of the jet each packing 30 tons of staged raids on three Red holdings within the which flanks the border demilitarized Long-range 175mm guns - probing for rocket and mortar emplacements - worked over enemy terrain across the zone with 150-pound Other batteries and Campaign Issue Romney Critical Of Escalated War Plane Crash At Lexington Kills 2 Persons Mo. - A light plane crashed and burned Friday killing the two young men The Missouri Highway Patrol said the pilot was James K. about 20, a State College student from El Dorado and the other victim was John 21, a- flight instructor at the Lexington The plane crashed just across the Missouri River north of ington and burst into IN TODAY'S GLOBE TWO PICTURES OF Comics Dear District Editorials Family Goren on Hospital Notes News Herald Comics 6B-7B 7A Want Bast Ins. 4 C By JACK MILLER WASHINGTON - The gray-haired man stood after his And members of Congress and governors of the and members of the diplomatic corps gave him a standing the nation's No. 1 soldier in Vietnam seemed not to know quite how to act. as the applause kept Gen. William C. Westmoreland did what soldiers He First he snapped off his salute to the two men who stood behind House Speaker John W. McCormack and Vice President Hubert H. Then he saluted toward the chamber several the the straight And he For the nation's elected representatives had just given him as resounding a tribute as even the most stalwart supporters of the controversial war could It must have been gratifying too for President embattled by criticism of the Southeast Asian The loudest the only ovation during the when the general with his voice cracking at home by determination and continued support we will prevail in Vietnam over Communist straight and the ruggedly handsome general projects the traditional image of the professional As he walked down the central members of the Congress thrust out their and he shook many of He strode smartly to the speakers rostrum and stood the heels of his highly polished shoes As the on Page 2A) Gen. Westmoreland Calls for Resolve By WALTER R. MEARS WASHINGTON - William C. Westmoreland told a divided Congress Friday that the fighting men he commands in Vietnam needs America's determination and continued to prevail over the Communist In a personal report from the the first ever delivered to Congress by a commander in Westmoreland said the Communist enemy our Achilles heel is our continued strong support is vital to the success of our he and applause echoed through the House chamber crowded with representatives and government Westmoreland did not hold out hope of swift victory in He said the Communists are from But he said also American and allied forces there are He Girard Man Killed When Hit by Car Kan. - Emil L. 59, of was killed Friday when he was struck by a car as he walked on a Kansas 57 detour near six miles west of The highway Patrol said Beckman apparently walked across the road into the path of the car driven by Richard L. 19, of Circumstances of Visit Explained by Pentagon WASHINGTON - In response to a the Defense Department on Friday night outlined the circumstances of Gen. William C. Westmoreland's current visit to the United It President was invited to address the AP meeting last year and again this He told the Associated Press directors that this year he probably would not be able to AP directors then asked him about Gen. who had also been invited last He them approach the general also informed Gen. Westmoreland that it would be fine with him if the general left his command briefly to attend the Westmoreland accepted the The Pentagon explained that the statement was issued not as a news release but in response to a question from Newsweek magazine about background of the visit by the U.S. commander in said the Communists will not succeed in overrunning South For 28 minutes the four-star general addressed members of the House and Senate assembled in joint Twenty-one his speech was interrupted by The address was nationally Westmoreland tempered what seemed a call for stepped-up on Page 2A) By WILLIAM HEATH Mich. - Michigan Gov. George W. Romney on Friday criticized the stepped-up bombing in North Vietnam as having failed to bring results and said the Vietnam war will be an issue in the 1968 presidential have had assurances that further escalation would bring Romney told So he military escalation has simply been met by response from the enemy and results have not been equal to the assurances given by such officials as Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Gen. Maxwell D. regarded as a leading contender for the Republican refused to say at his news conference whether he favored or opposed a step-up in the just commenting on what's Declaring he believed there was no question that the war would figure in the presidential Romney said that is too early to say with certainty whether Vietnam or domestic issues will be of prime Three weeks after Romney outlined his basic position on Vietnam in a speech at the White House issued a statement interpreting his remarks as expressing strong support for President Johnson's Many political observers speculated that Romney's stand would remove the war as an issue if the governor got the GOP But Romney said Friday that the conflict is of great importance to the nation and can't help but figure in domestic and national He added is no question that it will be an regardless of what the candidates say or By Britain New Greek Government Recognized By ALLAN JACKS ATHENS - With a show of confidence in the iron grip it imposed on Greece a week the military regime paraded its top political prisoners before newsmen Outside widespread demonstrations were staged against the militarist A reliable diplomatic source in Athens said the United States and British governments have indicated at least acceptance of the militarists who have embraced young King Constantine as their The source noted that both Britain and the United States have officially acknowledged on Page 2A) Showers Predicted For Today Afternoon and night are predicted for the Joplin area The mercury is expected to climb in the low 70s before The showers are expected to end early Sunday After overnight lows of 45 degrees downtown and 44 at the the temperature reached highs Friday of 66 degrees downtown and 69 at the Hourly 1 a.m. 2 a.m. 3 a.m. 4 a.m. 5 a.m. 6 a.m. 7 a.m. 8 a.m. 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Noon 48 47 47 47 46 45 48 52 56 1 P.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 9 66 65 66 66 64 63 61 60 59 59 59 10 P.m. 62 li p.m. 64 Midnight 59 Saturday 2 a.m. 1 Airport Data FAA weather observations at Joplin Municipal airport at 9:30 60 Wind Wind 13 15 Barometric 29.020. April 29 Sunset today 7:05 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:25 a.m. tomorrow 1:11 a.m. Last Quarter May 1. bombers rained explosives for the second day in a row on the bunkers of North Vietnamese regulars atop Hill 861, a promontory near the Laotian frontier three miles northwest of the Khe Sanh that they had held against two determined assaults by U.S. The pulled back estimated at least a 500-man battalion was holed up on the The U.S. Command said enemy barrages launched Thursday night at four points had left 12 American Marines dead and 180 Marines and seven Army artillerymen A South Vietnamese spokesman said casualties among government troops were The heaviest of the 1,100 rounds of howitzer was directed against Gio an artillery base two miles south of the demilitarized By military accident or propaganda the enemy move to heat up operations in this potential invasion corridor came only a few hours before William C. Westmoreland made a personal report on the war to a joint session of Congress in The U.S. commander in nam described his forces as At the same time be sought to dispel any idea that the Communists are near In Saigon there was no immediate indication whether the allies would agree to the Viet Cong's one-sided expansion of the Saigon government's call for a 24-hour truce on birthday May 23. The on Page 2A) Sunday Marks Start Of Daylight Time PARENTS GREET SOLDIER SON MISTAKENLY REPORTED KILLED IN and Mrs. Harold Brown of shed tears of joy as they greet their 18, who last weekend was reported killed in Tuesday the Browns were notified the report was an and Wednesday Dennis phoned he would be home on Twice recipient of the Purple Dennis is a marine He didn't have time to sew the corporal chevron on the shirt he wore when he got into Cleveland Hopkins airport WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation said Friday all states except for Kentucky and Hawaii are expected to observe Daylight Saving Time beginning at 2 a.m. In a clarification of an earlier the department said only Michigan and Hawaii exempted themselves from the advanced time provisions of the Uniform Time Act adopted by Congress in 1966. Kentucky's legislature did not meet this and the department exempted that state from observing Daylight Time until the Legislature has a chance to consider it in 1968. The department indicated earlier it wouldn't enforce the ad- time provisions in with special problems but later clarified this to mean that communities which normally observed Mountain for can continue to observe Time although they might be switched later to the Central Time But in this the ment these communities must observe Mountain Daylight not Mountain Standard The department's earlier directives indicated the choice hi problem states was between Standard Time and Daylight Officials acknowledged the earlier guideline failed to spell on Page 2A) Pledges Sen. Long to Fight Censure of Sen. Dodd By JOHN CHADWICK WASHINGTON - Sen. Russell B. Long pledged Friday to fight censure of Sen. Thomas J. He said half of the Senate ethics committee members couldn't stand the investigation Connecticut senator went The ethics composed of three Democrats and three unanimously recommended Thursday that Dodd be censured for diverting funds to his personal use and for double billing for travel The committee's proposed resolution of censure says that Dodd's conduct contrary to accepted derogates from the public trust expected of a and tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and But the assistant Democratic leader in the told a reporter that as far as he is concerned Dodd done nothing to deserve Long said he will and against censuring who asserted hat he has done nothing wrong and that his conscience is Sen. John is chairman of the ethics The vice chairman is Sen. Wallace F. The other members are A. S. Mike Eugene J. John Sherman and James B. a formidable opponent in Senate is the first senator to speak out in Dodd's defense and also the first to gainsay the ethics Stennis declined comment on Long's Long currently is engaged in a close Senate fight to prevent repeal of the law he sponsored last year to provide for financing presidential election campaigns with tax On every vote so far Dodd has been in Long's Another crucial vote is set for The Senate is not expected to take up the resolution to censure Dodd until week after Majority Leader Mike said that is his best guess now but that before fixing a date he wants to consult with Sen. Everett M. Dirksen of the Republican who is in a hospital with infectious
