Post Standard, The (Newspaper) - February 8, 1965, Syracuse, New York Prize Now See Page 10 n -O FINAL THE Weather now ud colder High Low YEAR N FEBRUARY 1966 SEVEN CENTS U.S PLANES RAID N VIET NAM Reds Warned Against Spreading War in Asia By JOHN M HIGHTOWER AF Special Correspondent WASHINGTON The United States coupled disclosure of its re- prisal raids on North Vietnamese bases Sunday with a warning to the Soviet Red China and North Viet Nam against widening the war in Southeast Asia Officials regard the developing new crisis in the Vietnamese conflict as unstable and for the moment highly unpredictable The new and dramatic Soviet intervention could prove to be the decisive element in the nist choice of ex- of the fighting or negotiation here on The warning came in a White House statement after reviewing Red attacks on U.S and South Vietnamese bases Saturday night and the tory air strikes contained this the U.S government has frequently we seek no er war Whether or not this course can be maintained lies with the North Vietnamese The Soviet Union and Bed China now both are in the position of porting North Viet Soviet Premier Alexei N Kosygin on Faie Col News SOUTHEAST ASIA U.S planes tad North Viet Nam in retaliation for a ly Viet COLS attack thai cost eight American lives Pagel United States couples ils strike North Viet Nam with a ing to Red China and Russia not to widen the war in east Asia Page I Hong Kmg grab most two Ions of smuggled opium and morphine worth millions in of the biggest seizures yet Page 3 WASHINGTON President prestige as director oE the nation's for- eign policy is scheduled for a House test Monday on the sue of food for Egypt Page 8 Syracuse Headlines Beware lest the answers to your prayers prove your un- a professor of religion warns Page 9 Town of er appointed to the newly created post of administrative assistant to the county cratic Page 5 Tufly grandmother killed in crash on 30 Page ti Newspaper editors from throughout the state father at SU for convention Page i Rain and Snow changing to snow ries this and colder with snow flurries night and tomorrow is the weather forecast The high temperature today will tie 45 degrees and the low 20 tht high was 49 the low 33 The mean of 43 was 19 degrees the normal and 8 degrees above last year's mean The sun sets at pm today and rises at a in tomorrow Vehicular lamps must be lighted by p.m today Today Astrological Forecast 17 Comic Pages Crossword Puzzle IB Death Record 7 Editorial 4 Morning's Mail 4 Oil Senes 18 Prize Puzzle 10 Radio-TV Programs 13 Sports Syracuse News Tell Me Why 16 Theaters 10 Women's Features 5 COLUMNISTS Bridge 17 Bear Abby 5 Fulton Lewis Jr 9 Lyons Den 5 Drew Pearson 9 Reddy U Victor Riesel 9 Silver and Gold 13 Strength for the Day 5 Henry J Taylor 4 Dr Van 5 Air Strike Probe Calls WASHINGTON Congressional Democrats and generally agreed day that President Johnson the only proper course when he ordered ory air strikes on Worth Viet Nam But approval was coupled with some demands far an in- lo find out why Com raaniKt guerrillas wore to inflict heavy losses in Saturday raids On US in South Viet Nam Forty-nine U.S at staging areas in North Viet Nam in retaliation for Communist raids that killed Attack Reply To Viet Cong South Viet Ham jet fighters pounded North Viet Nam Sunday EHI orders from ident Johnson to avenge Communist guerrilla attacks in South Viet Nam that killed Americans and ed others Within a few hours of the U.S retaliatory Red guerrillas brazenly attempted a similar mortar barrage on one of the Key Army helicopter lations in the Mekong River delta Wounded in Viet Cong Attack seven Americans and wounded 109 was nothing else to an Page Col A nurse attempts to comfort a ed U.S Army soldier in ward of the 8th U.S Army field hospital in Nha Viet Sunday The was one of more than 100 who were wounded during Viet Cong at- tacks on two U.S military compounds at 240 miles north of Saigon Seven Americans were killed in the attacks Wirephoto via radio from Lonely GI Credited With Reducing Losses This time they failed Thel Sunday night attack on Soc Tranp air IBP miles imt of caused no alties or officials North Viet Nam claimed gunners had shat down four U.S jels in Che but of Defense Robert S j McNamara said in Washington only one American plane had been last He identified the plane as an Sky hawk bomber from the Sea and said the Lt ward A Dickson of Pa had ejected at In McNamara said pilots of the 45 Navy attack planes had reported heavy smoke and South Viet Nam They talked Sunday about the GI in the foxhole ou there in the dark and the chart he saw moving along the perimeter wall He shot at them The Dead Identified WASHINGTON The Defense Department Sunday the Following soldiers killed in a Viet U.S Cons Spec S David Craig band of Mrs A 573 Second SI attack on two U.S military and Mr and Mrs north South Viet Nam of Saigon in Names of the deed PFC Joseph L Maine G Parker of N In Tenn Spec 5 Jesse A of Spec 4 Ralph W son or and Mrs Va Box 545 David Craff Jr 130 Lacrosse Spec 5 Gerald D husband of Mrs K 624 Lopez St Seaside Mrs H lives at IS Patrick Pla and his Col and Mrs William H live at Coronado Fort Tex and they said that things were on U S Installations here bad but would have been but for him He forced the Communists to open their attack prematurely and lo erratically place satchel charges against the wall The Americans were able lo gel from the sound ot the blasts But the Beds got the sentry with grenades and he is ol seven American soldiers dead blazing ol bat le at this U base on Viet Yarn's central prairies He was not identified pending notification Of his family home were we were said U Army who slept In an officers billet not far from the foxhole Capt George whose The officers got out when the GI opened Then mortar shells wounded 109 most of them enlisted men Six new turbojet helicopters were de- Eight other two transports and three light spotter planes on the airstrip were heavily damaged Officials said worth Of U 5 equipment and buildings was destroyed along wth the craft the Viol ConR on Page Col Dependents n Ordered Evacuated WASHINGTON President Johnson directed Sunday orderly of American de- pendents from South Viet tial near Dong Hoi rear the border with South Viet Johhson at the same time Nam ordered a Hawk missile air However Sawn sources defense battalion deployed as hoped became of ai reinforcements in w units and individuals may In Washington sources the Navy jets rained bombs and rockets on the Communist North but cloud cover prevented them tin hitting three Red staging areas marked for punishment In addition to the Skyhawk losl to Communist Bantam aged but got back lo their The Hawk antiaircraft siles being sent to South are Nam effective planes Viet judged particularly against The Defense Department iers with their crewmen uninjured Despite the swift American Johnson look on Page Col Jn del of of Russians Advised WASHINGTON The United taken steps lo let tne Soviet U 31 nuns blasted mem know the nature and he billet and other in pose of the U.S air strike on camp targets in North Viet Nam The fragments and In disclosing this late lets of boM Viet raid informed sources in Washington said also that the United States is taking special diplomatic steps la its friends and allies of the action The sources said the Russians ere notified after the not before They did not disclose through what diplomatic el this aught have been done Philly Ends Dock Strike PHILADELPHIA J assistant tary of announced day night that the port of Philadelphia dock strike had been apparently ing the way lor a complete settlement rf a crippling 20 day East and Gulf Coast strike that has idled longshoremen front Maine to NORTH VIST NAM At top White House ad- on foreign confers Sunday with Gen William Westmoreland and South Viet Nam Lt Nguyen Khanh at Camp dining After Viet Cong Attack survey after Viet Cong attacks Seven Americans and Tuy show where Cong were killed and than 100 injured Plane struck in South Viet Nam Broken line and arrows in center indicates where U.S pianos mark Communist supply route At Under struck at Bong Hoi ajea in North Viet Nam of state George Bail briefs at the Pentagon Sunday on air attack on Worth Nam In background is map used by tary of Robert next to how the 49 carried out the V
