Winona Daily News (Newspaper) - March 14, 1966, Winona, Minnesota Fair to Partly Cloudy Tonight Tuesday Warmer WINONA DAILY NEWS RISES SETS NEW MOON MARCH 21 of Publication WINONA MINNESOTA MONDAY MARCH Beat the Season Sell Golf Clubs Now Use a Want LIFTED TO A HOVERING AMBULANCE Assisted by buddies on the ground a wounded American paratrooper is lifted by South Viet Nam Sunday This year's tour in Viet Nam was nearly over when they were hit hard in the thick brush of he Viet ki T micu uy were mi nara in me brush of he Viet M HO Cong stronghold AP by radio from feet above the trees of the jungle in Saigon Planned on Going Home Americans Battle for Lives in Viet Jungle By HORST FAAS AP Photographer D ZONE South Viet Nam the dense jungle of D Zone a Viet Cong stronghold where even the noonday sun barely sneaks its rays through the thick brush a bomb crater was filled with wounded can These men of the borne Brigade had known this would be their last battle their year in Viet Nam was nearly over During the sleepless Saturday right as artillery and air strikes shook the earth they talked about home miles B Company's commander Capt Romie L Brownlee 29 of Odessa Tex told about seeing his wife Nancy now living in Casper Wyo in Hawaii last March 25 But there's still a lot of gle between my wife and he said In i foxhole a vate told a The one Fulbright Seeks National Views On Viet Policy 3 W said today the Senate Foreign Relations Com- which he heads is tering controversy in the hope of attaining a true national con- sensus on Viet Nam policy The Arkansas Democrat who has criticized President son's Viet Nam policies said the country is divided about American objectives in Asia and only the honest and Teacher Found Shot to Death In Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS AP lice today were investigating the death of a high school er whose body was found day in his apartment two let wounds in his head The victim was Thomas ensky 37 a Robbinsdale High School teacher and son of a late Mankato High School principal Minneapolis police said ensky had been shot twice in the head with a weapon and Is believed to have died about 2 Officers said there were no Immediate suspects The body was found in the second-floor apartment where Kresensky lived alone It was discovered by Stanley Larson another tenant who said he had been called by the teacher's mother Mrs Kresensky of Mankato Larson said that she had been unable to reach her son by telephone and that he had not kept an appointment in Mankato which was unusual Larson said he opened locked apartment with a key he knew teacher kept hidden The Larsons live in the ment below in the building a converted house in a area Kresensky was a graduate of College and the sity of Minnesota Law School He had worked as a broker for a Minneapolis securities firm but became a teacher after re- turning to school for an tion degree ble airing of differences can clear the air With the committee resuming hearings on China Wednesday Fulbright spoke in defense of its role in a speech prepared for the National Conference of Higher Education in Chicago and made public here said I believe that the public hearings on Viet Nam by bringing before the American people a variety if opinions and disagreements thing I really dream about Is getting my girl and my car and driving downtown for a milk shake Twelve hours later the men of B Company 2nd Battalion were fighting for their lives In the crater dug about as deep and wide as a big truck by a bomb many men rolled in bloody agony Medics worked feverishly crawling over wounded ducking at the crack of machine-gun lets to give what aid they could Brownlee crouched between the thick protective roots of a towering tree bis left arm wracked by the pain of wounds Sweat poured from his hu shoulder and chin he cradled a field tele- phone directing his men The enemy was just 75 yards away firing furiously At the start of the day nine soldiers of the 2nd Battalion had gotten separated from the ers on a patrol near the Song Be River some 30 miles northeast of Saigon I walked ahead of the said Sgt Albert 23 of Morgan City La the little group's point man I'd just passed through a ravine and a big bomb crater when suddenly about 40 yards away I saw a VC He was heading my way and looked prised I fired a burst from my automatic rifle and dived to the ground Then I raised my head and saw two more VC one had a steel helmet I fired another burst and they disappeared into a trench I've been here 10 months and conveyed was a fact rather than an image The hearings on Viet Nam were undertaken by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the hope of helping to shape a true consensus even at the cost of destroying the image of a false Fulbright said It is perfectly trne that we are fostering controversy and for my own part I do so without apology because there is ing wrong with the honest and responsible airing of differences and more important because controversy is the condition of intelligent decision-making and the crucible in which a sus as to objectives may be translated into a consensus cf policy as well said the committee is asking questions because China and America may be heading toward war with each other and it is essential that we do all that can be done to pre- vent that calamity starting with a concerted effort to under- stand the Chinese people and their leaders speech followed a declaration Sunday by Vice President Hubert H Humphrey that he believes the containment of Red China's aggressive is a worthy objective but he Peking regime should Humphrey said the United times to break into China for the purpose of visitation with the people but each time was rebuffed by the leadership V Indonesian Army Foils Red Takeover SINGAPORE AP The army takeover in Indonesia re- foiled a plot by Foreign Minister to attack the U.S Embassy in Jakarta sources in Singapore said today sources said had urged forces to launch the attack in retaliation for student raids last week on Chinese Communist m Jakarta The U.S Embassy burned all its secret documents when it learned of the plans for goons supporting to seize documents and burn the sy the sources said who also first deputy premier wanted such an attack to show Peking that he and his followers were still a vital force in Indonesia the In- formants added Reports reaching Singapore said 20 of gence agents exchanged shots last Saturday with paratroopers and military police sent to ar- rest them Two agents were shot he reports said The agents were members of an internal spy network drio used lo keep watch on In- military and political organizations the reports said Arms and explosives were re- found in the office of the spy network The government of army chief Lt Gen Suharto was believed holding and President Sukarno under house arrest at Sukarno's deka Palace in Jakarta two Japanese newsmen in Jakarta reported Travelers from Indonesia said In Singapore that 16 Cabinet ministers had been arrested along with a number of other leading politicians and agents of spy network whose removal had been demanded by student demonstrations may go on trial before a special military nal that has been probing the attempted coup last October the sources said After the coup wa's crushed Suharto led a bloody purge of the who were accused of masterminding the plot The travelers said seems to be firmly in control They reported groups were dancing and singing In the streets of Jakarta celebrating the army takeover Province chiefs and political tions sent promises of support they reported Suharto was expected to an- a new Cabinet within the next few days replacing no's body which had contained bers and officials deemed cor- rupt Gen Abdul Harts was considered likely to get a high spot Sukarno fired him as defers ever saw scrambled to the right off the narrow trail Sgt Marvin man of Huntington All hell broke loose Bullets flew in headed trees We got In s defense circle nd waited for Charley to charge us But he didn't come Each time one of our guys raised his head they fired again But otherwise they just stayed where they were We radioed for help and lay there for an hour and a half right under Charlies guns About 800 yards away B Company was inching through he jungle to answer the call for help It took the three platoons 90 minutes to cut through the tangled ravines and brush about 200 feet short of to the trapped group Then White Pla toon went forward alone while the other two waited student protests He to mam as a Freeman Says Rumors About Him WASHINGTON AP tary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman says rumors about his official future are improving The former Minnesota nor made this comment whan asked about reports he might be moved to another high job in the administration including speculation that he might head up this country's world food forts The rumors used to have me he said They are im- proving But there is nothing lo Remnant of Nelson Monument Blasted DUBLIN AP The Irish army blew up the remnant of Dublin's Nekon Monument today and in process broke dows all around The plan called for the rest of the column to topple more or less in one piece into an open instead it disintegrated ments They should have called in the boys who did the first part of the said one onlooker The outlawed Irish Republi can Army is generally thought responsible for the explosion last Tuesday which brought down the statue of Lord Nelson and the top 40 to 60 feet of the column which supported him The sabotaging of the year-old landmark a symbol to Irish nationalists of British oppression presumably was in preparation for the anni next month of the 1916 Easter uprising against British rule vT Viet War Profiteer Executed in Saigon PROFITEERING BUSINESSMAN EXECUTED The body of Ta Vinh 34 a businessman of Chinese extraction convicted of profiteering slumps away from post to which he was tied after firing squad of 10 men fired a ragged blast of carbine bullets into his chest in Saigon's downtown market place He was manager of the Sui Hing Import-Export firm and accused of economic sabotage by a special tribunal He a so was convicted of hoarding speculation illegal trans- fer of funds and bribery AP by radio from Saigon RESTRAINED AT SITE Holding one of the couple's eight children the wife of Ta Vinh is restrained from entering marketplace in Saigon where minutes later her husband was executed AP by radio from gon First Space Hookup Astronauts Blast OH Wednesday Morning V CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The rendezvous and space walk flight of the Gemini 8 was postponed today for 24 hours until Wednesday leaks were in an Atlas rocket discovered and in a spacesuit circuit of the craft The National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported the trouble was discovered ing checks that were to precede na satellite into space as a tne final countdown The astronauts Neil A strong and David R Scott will use the extra time to further review their flight plan the space agency reported They had been reported dent as the launch date neared for their historic trip The Atlas is to launch an Marines Bomb Reds at SAIGON South Viet Nam AP U.S Air Force and Marine roared over the ruins of the cial Forces camp today in the second day of air strikes against the North Vietnamese regiment that overran the isolated outpost on the Laotian border The jets ran into the iest antiaircraft fire ever in South Viet Nam but they destroyed one building Cigarette Prices Increased NEW YORK American Tobacco Co an- today it was raising the price on all brands of its rettes except one effective im- mediately A company spokesman said the increase would amount to a penny a pack for the consumer although officially the price boost is figured in lots of cigarettes The one exception the ny said was Pall Mall filter on which the price was reduced from to a thousand On Lucky Strike regulars the price was increased from to per thousand and on Lucky Strike filters Carlton Waterford Half and Half and Pall Mall the price went from a thousand to The company said it would have no statement on the rca sons for the price changes knocked out five mortar tions and apparently neutralized the Bed air defenses around the camp a U.S spokesman said The U.S Command did not report any losses of pianos In the desperate effort to save the camp with air support last week six American aircraft were lost to the Communist ners who set up chine guns in the jungled hills around The Viet Cong shot down a spotter plane sance flight Army on a this morning 40 miles northeast of Saigon The pilot was injured and rescued His observer was killed U.S pilots flew 42 missions against Viet Nam day despite an overcast the spokesman said They ranged from 17th Parallel frontier lo Vinh 150 miles up the coast and to the area around Dien Bien Phu in the northwest striking a familiar list of roads bridges and other tions targets WEATHER FEDERAL FORECAST WINONA AND VICINITY Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday warmer tonight continued mild Tuesday Low night high Tuesday 65 LOCAL WEATHER Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m Sun Maximum 47 minimum noon 41 precipitation none Official observations for the 24 hours ending at 12 m today Maximum 54 minimum 25 noon 54 precipitation none get for the astronauts to chase and hitch on to The Atlas leak was discovered when liquid oxygen was found to have leaked into a helium sphere used to pressurize the fuel tanks The spacecraft leak Involved a water system which cools the bulky suits the astronauts will wear during the three-day flight J The space agency said cians expected to have the lems solved in time for a Wednesday launching The launch times for the ky space doubleheader will re- main the same on Wednesday The is to blast off at 10 to propel the long Agena into a planned earth orbit around the Armstrong and Scotl are to blast off at catch up with the on Gemini fourth orbit hours later and link up with it an hour later Early Thursday morning Scott is to become a human ellite for nearly 2tt forming tasks outside the craft at the end of a lifeline The extent of life at high and the effect of outer space on living things from earth will be the basis of an im- portant experiment initiated during Scott's space walk Middle Age Middle age is that period when a man begins to feel kindly toward insurance salesmen The modern housewife is one who puts off today what her husband can do over the weekend It's hardly coincidence that man's best friend can't talk You can bet the honeymoon is over when groom starts coming to the breakfast able with his hair in curlers You can't re- duce by talking about it you have to keep your mouth shut For more laughs see Earl Wilson on Page 4 SAIGON South Viet Nam Viet Nam's tary government executed war profiteer today and a former official to death for embezzling in public funds Ta Vinh 34 a wealthy nessman of Chinese descent was tied at dawn to an tion stake in the Saigon place while a battalion of paratroopers sealed area to prevent any ence from the city's large nese population Later In the day Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's special anti- corruption tribunal pronounced the death sentence on Dang Sach 52 former treasury ice chief in the mountain resort of Dalat 150 miles northeast of Saigon for embezzlement going back to 1956 to cover gambling debts and extravagant living Sach father of six pleaded guilty and asked for leniency Ky who attended the opening session of trial has promised to wage an unrelenting war against widespread graft and price manipulation that has contributed to the country's in- Vinh a father of eight was convicted of economic tage The charges against import-export firm manager in- cluded hoarding speculation il- legal transfer of funds and ery The government rejected appeals for clemency wife wailing and shouting in English Chinese and Vietnamese appeared at the square with seven of her children to plead for her life National police kept her behind the barbed wire from sight of the execution as the bullets from the army firing squad tore into chest While the political effect ol the execution remained unclear a different problem for the appeared to be mering down Shops reopened in Da Nang this morning after two Jays of peaceful demonstrations protesting the dismissal of Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi as commander of the army's 1st Thi 43 potential rival to Ky was fired last Thursday by rest of the ruling military directorate He had been virtual overlord of the country's five northernmost provinces Downtown stores in Da Nang closed for five hours Sunday in a general strike organized by supporters in the garrison town 380 miles north east of Saigon The large force of U.S Ma rines and other American stationed at Da Nang were kept out of the downtown area to avoid being involved in any unrest supporters promised more demonstrations in Da Nang and other cities In the 1st Corps area including Hue where Buddhists began the test that led to the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem in November 1963 But the public appeared to the dis- missal
