06 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
1
Saigon reports July end with Viet Cong casualties claimed at 3050 killed and 500 captured, plus 3356 government deaths. U.S. weekly toll rises to 546, with total Viet Nam action deaths since 1961 near 3711. Defectors tallied at 4130 as clashes peak at Duc Co Pleiku.
Los Angeles AP UCLA psychologists claim memory transplant between brains via injections. Dr Allan L. Jacobson notes RNA involvement in memory and envisions long term human benefits. RNA may encode memory as it does genetic information.
The forecast projects average highs around 74 degrees through midweek with a warming trend into Sunday. Expect warm and humid conditions, with general showers and thunderstorms late Sunday into early Monday. Cooler air moves in for Monday through Wednesday with lower humidity and shrinking rain chances.
Science magazine reports that female Photuris fireflies mimic the flash signals of Photinus females to lure and eat males from a different genus. James F. Lloyd of Cornell observed the cannibal behavior in field trips across Virginia Illinois and Florida.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr predicted his voting rights workers would register more than 900000 Southern Negroes by month end, as 800 workers in six states and 34 counties operate under the new federal bill. He said demonstrations may shift North if enforcement improves, and noted SCOPE aims to end August 28 with about 18000 registrations to date.
In Nha Trang a U S Air Force B57 Canberra crippled by Viet Cong fire crashed with sixteen 250 pound bombs. 12 Vietnamese nationals were killed and 63 injured. eight Americans injured. Crews parachuted into Nha Trang Bay. Explosions set fires, bombs remaining in wreckage hampered rescue and demolition teams.
Tokyo reports Chinese Communist naval forces sank two Nationalist vessels off the south China coast near Namcan Island and Tungshan Island. The submarines chienmen and chang chiang were said to intrude on fishing grounds and receive warnings, with accusations of harassment and attacks on fishing boats and crews along the Formosa Strait.
Rome, NY William Owens 76 was stopped by sheriff deputies for no inspection sticker on his 16 year old car. They found his driver license expired by 13. He said he had registered the car annually but did not think renewal was needed.
Alaska introduces a four color push button warning system from Hanscom Field to shrink radar response time to seconds. The $10 million project by Philco Corp uses remote mountain radar to feed Elmendorf and Norad centers, allowing controllers to display unknown aircraft on a large screen and order interceptions.
Kyushu suffered heavy damage as Typhoon Jean raged with 110 mph winds. At least 21 people were killed and 46 injured, with 119 homes destroyed and 1,400 flooded. A 12 ton tugboat detached from its pier and its captain were later found safe. Five residents perished in Kumamoto and Kawauchi districts from landslides and collapsed homes. Extra roads and transport disrupted across the island.
Washington reports that Rep L Mendel Rivers urged premium pay for Navy enlisted personnel kept past discharge dates. He criticized extending Navy enlistments while Army and Air Force tours lack similar authority, noting Navy can relengthen under permanent law.
Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah sent a special message to President Johnson through Foreign Minister Kwasi K. Sackey after meeting North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi. U.S. officials doubt the move will spur immediate peace talks as Hanoi still pursues four point preconditions. Maxwell D. Taylor briefed NSC in a closed White House session on Vietnam policy.
President Johnson travels to Capitol Hill to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and outline enforcement steps. He directs the Justice Department to sue Mississippi on the poll tax and to certify states with voting discrimination, with federal registrars planned for 10 to 15 counties next week. Suits will begin in Texas Alabama and Virginia while literacy tests are banned in Georgia Louisiana South Carolina and part of North Carolina. The speech frames the act as a major freedom instrument and notes Lincoln’s room setting and televised nationwide attention.
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