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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1966
Page
1
U S troops killed 23 Viet Cong and uncovered a tunnel network over a wide area as Operation Crimp presses the edge of the Iron Triangle. The week-long toll rises with 107 insurgents killed and 80 captured, amid heavy weapon seizures and ongoing U S military activity near Saigon.
In New Delhi crowds mourn Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as his body is cremated by the Jumna River. Gulzarilal Nanda, interim leader, and Congress figures discuss a new parliamentary leader amid a potential power shift before next year’s general elections.
State Rep. Carl B. Stokes announced at a news conference that he will run for a third term in the Ohio House. He again said he would not back Cleveland Council President James V. Stanton if Stanton seeks the Democratic gubernatorial nomination this year.
Columbus police raided three apartments in the Ohio State University district on Tuesday, arresting eight people and seizing marijuana after Akron authorities provided information. A ninth person was arrested late Tuesday night. The action followed Monday’s Akron raid where two men were arrested with marijuana.
The article notes Alexander Shelepin has not signaled public pressure on North Vietnam during his Hanoi stop last Friday. It suggests Soviet diplomacy operates privately with a strong media leash and hints any peace-talk push might emerge from Communist China rather than Moscow.
President Lyndon B. Johnson prepares a State of the Union report outlining a Vietnam peace push and continuation of the Great Society. He may cite an overall federal spending total between 110 and 115 billion dollars while signaling openness to negotiations with North Vietnam.
President Johnson in a letter quoted by AFL CIO President George Meany said the new budget starting July 1 would not include 12 to 13 billion dollars in extra war funds, while Meany warned war costs could force cuts in domestic programs. Republican leaders warned of possible cuts if Viet Nam expands, as they prepare a position on its domestic impact and a repeal of Taft Hartley 14B.
A fire bomb killed Vernon Dahmer in Hattiesburg Mississippi sparking a memorial clash over a possible white merchant boycott. NAACP officials urged restraint as funds were raised for the Dahmer family and authorities vowed to catch those responsible.
About 55 Ohio lawmakers have paid nearly 1800 in Columbus city income tax so far, with only one resisting payment. Some 270 former and current legislators were told they owed the tax after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled lawmakers owed a 1 percent levy on salaries. The 1965 legislature exempted salaries, effective November, leaving 1965 debts totaling 4034.
Nelsonville leaders plan a Thursday trip to Lansing to pursue new industry. Jack Oakley will head the party visiting Reo Phillips Screw, Globe Corp and possibly Motor Wheel Corp, with Mayor Hilleary declining to join. The group previously helped Yerde Manufacturing locate in the Veterans Memorial Building.
Congressional investigators push for more defectors to testify as the inquiry shifts from Louisiana to Mississippi. John Gipson of Slidell Louisiana testified he joined a Klan wrecking crew in the whipping of a white man and that he withdrew from a plan to burn two Negro churches which later burned. Gipson said he quit the Klan in disgust and now seeks to right the wrong.
Mediators led by May or John V Lindsay plan proposals to resolve the prolonged transit dispute and resume work at the earliest moment. Talks dragged on with no near solution as traffic worsened and rumors of a settlement circulated amid bitter wage and hours demands from the union.
In Washington a Burundi foreign minister letter to Secretary Rusk accused actions by ambassador Dumont, who was expelled from Bujumbura. The State Department denied the charges as unfounded while noting the arrival of the air mail missive in the Africa Bureau on January 10.
Columbus Ohio State Auditor Roger Cloud filed today as the Republican candidate for a full four year term seeking the statewide post.
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