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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1965
Page
3
In Saigon a combined air strike by American jets and South Vietnamese fighters repelled an ambush on a convoy. The clash resulted in the reported death of about 130 guerrillas and a rescue of the convoy under heavy fire.
A U S military spokesman reported 130 guerrillas killed in an ambush on a Vietnamese convoy near Ba Ria about 30 miles southeast of Saigon. Air strikes by American jets and Viet Namese Skyraiders flew 33 sorties, with about 100 guerrillas believed killed. Marine forces also reopened part of Highway 1 with light sniper fire encountered along the coast.
UPI reports at the Vatican council the modernists and traditionalists clashed over indulgences. Lawrence Joseph Cardinal Shehan backed the traditionalists and said the U.S. hierarchy found a Curia decree generally acceptable though many Americans felt a discussion was not opportune. Pope Paul VI opened with Requiem Mass honoring deceased cardinals and bishops.
Washington reports the United States views Hanoi as a hostage rather than a bombing target while President Johnson weighs restraint. The strategy spares Hanoi and Haiphong but signals a possible shift if North Vietnam escalates the ground war.
Vermont Lt Gov John J Daley urged rapid regrouping after the Northeast power blackout and backed importing low cost Canadian electricity and Dickey Lincoln Maine power. He criticized a Proctor school holiday swap over deer hunting and defended lawfulness, while veterans urged a Proctor boycott.
Washington notes salute to 22 million surviving veterans including Reginald A. Bradley age 101 of Oakland the oldest Indian fighter who enlisted in 1889 at Fort Bowie California. The piece lists veteran totals by conflict and states California hosts most veterans with New York second and New England states totaling about 1.4 million.
Concord New Hampshire UPI Edward Powers director of the state sweepstakes says the legal lottery may post a record sales year as ticket sales for the 1966 sweep have run about 10 percent ahead of 1965 by the 10th week.
Treasury announced a Secret Service reorganization with Chief James J. Rowley titled as director. Rufus Youngblood becomes general supervisor of protective details including the President and others. Thomas L. Johns, Walter Young, and Thomas J. Kelley assume key posts as new assistants. A fourth assistant director will handle administration.
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