New Aid Bill Faces Formidable Obstacles
Washington reports the 1966 foreign aid bill meets strong Senate and House opposition as negotiations loom. The Senate approved an 792 million one year military aid measure 82 to 7 after cutting Johnson’s request, while broader aid totals differ. House and Senate clash over authorization lengths and program scope, with a wide gap between proposed totals of 3.386 billion and 2.85 billion.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Congress
House
Johnson
Development Loan Fund
Alliance For Progress
Record Set Wednesday of 542 Air Sorties
SAIGON APS reports U S airmen flew a record 542 sorties against Communist positions in South Viet Nam on Wednesday. A Navy A4 Skyhawk went down near Vinh with the pilot listed as missing. U S air forces, Navy and Marines logged 103 North Viet Nam missions and struck oil depots and transport targets near Haiphong and Haiphong area.
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Air Force
James R. Mitchell
Ogden
Utah
North Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
South Viet Nam
Vinh
7Th Fleet
Oriskany
Navy
Marine
North
Viet Nam
Panhandle
Haiphong
U.S. Air Force
South
Armored Car Robbery Leaves Two Guards Shot In Boston
Bernard Fisher and Donald Bettano, armored car guards from Armored Banking Service of Lynn, recount being ambushed outside Jamaica Plain Veterans Administration Hospital. Hooded attackers in a panel truck fired once each, stole 68000 in cash and checks, and fled as the guards, wounded but alive, described the deadly minute. Both victims remained in satisfactory condition, with Bettano severely wounded in the lower back and Fisher with a broken leg. Three assailants were believed to have been aided by accomplices.
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Boston
UPI
Bernard Fisher
Danvers
Jamaica Plain Veterans Administration Hospital
Fisher
Donald Bettano
Malden
Bettano
Bernie
Armored Banking Service
Lynn
Armored
Massachusetts
Brink
Bedford
Boating Tragedy Averted Off Gulf Coast
A crowded pleasure boat catch fire from an electrical failure, sank in 60 feet near Port Aransas. Forty nine fishermen and two crewmen abandoned ship to life rafts and were rescued by Coast Guard boats and shrimpers, with calm crew actions noted. The blaze caused explosions and the vessel went down within three hours.
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Port Aransas
Tex
UPI
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
James McNatt
John Davenport
Davenport
Austin, Tex
McNatt
Chicagoans File Suit To Permit Anti Viet Nam War Ad
Chicago couple Glenn H. Thoreson sues the Chicago Transit Authority claiming banner ads opposing the Vietnam War were unfairly barred, asserting a free speech violation. The proposed bus-side message targets Lyndon B. Johnson and condemns the war while calling for peace.
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Chicago
API
Eagle drops mouse during near midair with Air Force plane
At Langley Air Force Base an eagle carried a mouse and threatened a U.S. Air Force C-123 troop carrier over West Germany. The plane, 1,000 feet up, could not be veered from a final approach. The bird released the mouse into the engine just before a collision. Captain Robert W. Carter filed a bird strike report using a form for lack of a mouse strike form.
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Langley Afb, Va
UPI
U.S. Air Force
West Germany
Robert W. Carter
346Th
Carter
Tyro
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