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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1965
Page
1
Johnson administration wins a 401 to 6 House vote to cut excise taxes on autos air conditioners cameras watches and more. Senate aims to pass by mid month with minimal amendments ending taxes on telephone service and admissions tickets while delaying health care changes.
Astronauts James Mc Divitt and Edward White reach orbit in Gemini 4 as Titan 2 lifts from Cape Kennedy. White plans a space walk to photograph the booster stage, with rendezvous maneuvers amid a 97 hour mission to set new U.S. and global endurance records.
Leaders of House and Senate committees reported progress toward a compromise on a constitutional amendment about presidential disability. Agreement exists but final accord hinges on securing broader conferee agreement. The dispute centers on a time limit for Congress to decide who serves as president when a vice president challenges a disabled president’s right to resume office.
In central Vietnam the Viet Cong ambushed government troops 215 miles northeast of Saigon, killing about 60 and wounding a U S adviser who was evacuated. A helicopter crash injured three airmen. A separate ambush near Cheo Reo wounded a Marine, with two Americans and 42 Vietnamese rescued. Two Americans survived another convoy attack northeast of Saigon.
Washington Republicans struggle to define a coherent agenda against President Johnson. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen notes wide rifts as four House members plan to visit Paris to probe U S French relations. He cites conflict between party unity and Democratic military policy on Viet Nam and concerns over the Dominican Republic stance.
Dominican rebels demand restoration of the 1963 constitution and a new government before elections. Rebel chief Francisco Caamano Deno calls the junta election formula a fable and rejects the proposed plan. The junta wants elections under OAS supervision with participation of democratic parties. Brazilian troops extend the Inter-American force security zone to National Palace, leaving 25 troops as a token force after negotiations.
Portsmouth Chillicothe chambers urged the Goodyear Atomic Plant area in Pike County as the site for a new Atomic Energy Commission laboratory. They argued the Southern Ohio region meets AEC criteria, opposing a Ravenna Arsenal bid. the committee backed the resolution 13 to 2. Notables included chamber manager Robert Muckler.
President Johnson asked Congress to cut silver in coins to preserve scarce metal. He proposed leaving the penny and nickel unchanged, issuing new dimes and quarters with no silver, and a 40 percent silver content for a new half dollar while keeping the Silver dollar and minting ban on the cart wheel. The changes would take effect next year.
Toledo reports Teamsters Union and Sealtest and Babcock Dairies reached agreement on new contracts, pending ratification by union members, to end the remaining portion of the citywide milk strike called May 19. Four other dairies had already reached contracts.
The two year old unsolved murder of Patricia Rebholz a 15 year old Greenhills cheerleader has been reopened Coroner's investigator Wilbert Stagenhorst says he is conducting a new probe but will not comment further. In St Thomas Virgin Islands Mrs Lyndon B Johnson received a warm welcome on her visit to give a commencement address at the College of the Virgin Islands and to take a short vacation.
Deputy O Neal Moore was killed and his partner Creed Rogers injured when their sheriff s car was ambushed near Bogalusa Louisiana late Wednesday night. White suspect Ernie R McElveeen 41 was arrested an hour later 20 miles away in Tylertown Mississippi and charged with a serious case.
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