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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1965
Page
2
European leaders and British MPs condemn U S and Vietnamese use of nonlethal gas in South Vietnam. Laborites Philip Noel-Baker and Arthur Blenkinsop among petitioners urging disapproval. Le Monde and Moscow Radio attack the tactic as barbarous and propaganda risky.
President Rene Barrientos of Bolivia, aged 45 and head of the ruling military junta, survived an assassination attempt in Cochabamba as a vehicle carrying him and five aides came under fire. A bulletproof vest saved his life. he suffered a buttock wound and a knee injury. An assailant on a motorcycle fled into the night, with the garrison attributing the attack to elements opposed to the national majority backing Barrientos.
President Johnson announces Ellsworth Bunker will depart soon to Jakarta for talks with U.S. Ambassador Howard P. Jones on Indonesian American tensions. The veteran diplomat previously supported Indonesia Netherlands West Irian mediation in 1962 and has a personal relationship with Indonesian leaders.
Washington AP reports defense officials describe the nonlethal gas used in South Vietnam as a long-used compound of chemical agents. They stress it is unrelated to nerve agents, noting similar tear gases are used by police and are commercially available. State Dept says Vietnamese forces used tear gas to separate guerrillas from villagers and that the gas is deployed as a humane alternative to firepower.
Athens reported the Greek cabinet favored a Turkish six month Cyprus truce. Delicate talks would be held between the Cypriot communities while Greece avoided direct talks with Turkey. UN peacekeeping would continue for three more months with U.S. aid up to 2 million toward 6.5 million.
In Jerusalem a United Nations spokesman announced that Israel has agreed to an inspection of the Israeli Syrian border area following several shooting incidents. Gen Odd Bull of Norway, head of the U N truce supervision organization, requested verification to ensure weapons in the region conform to border treaties.
Gov Volpe requests a 1.6 million appropriation to open a Boston branch of the University of Massachusetts for 1,000 students in September. The plan includes rentals taxes insurance renovations books equipment and furnishings. The branch will be housed at 100 Arlington Street in Boston.
Moscow reports claim Communist Chinese students involved in the March 4 riot at the American Embassy attacked Soviet militiamen’s horses with hacksaws. Tass quotes a militiaman saying five horses were legged and three injured, with many still recovering. About 2000 Asian and African students attacked the embassy with racks ink bottles and slingshots, injuring scores in Moscow’s worst demonstration in 30 years. Peking calls Soviet actions brutal and subservient to U.S. imperialism.
The United States announced it has drawn 75 million in German marks Canadian dollars and Italian lire from the IMF, split equally among the three. Since February 1964 the U S has drawn 600 million in foreign currencies to swap for dollars, reducing the drain on its gold stockpile. Net U S drawing rights have fallen about 330 million as other nations draw dollars from the fund.
Civilian space chief James E Webb predicts a U S astronaut will float in space within a year and a spaceship rendezvous will be achieved. Webb told the Senate Space Committee that the United States leads the Soviet Union in space technology development.
Moscow reports that the Soviet Union and its close satellite Mongolia were the only two Communist states whose industrial growth slowed in 1964, according to a Soviet economist in Pravda. The article notes the trend as reported on Monday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Chen-yi and a delegation arrived in Kabul for a three day visit expected to lead to a long term Red Chinese loan to Afghanistan.
Beijing charged that an American warship entered Chinese waters twice on Monday and a U.S. military plane flew into Chinese airspace. The report named the locations off Hsi sha Islands in Kwangtung and near Pingtan Island and Yungshing Island in Fukien.
Brig. Gen. Hunh Van Cao, a Roman Catholic with minor posts since 1963, was nominated as armed forces chief of staff after a council meeting at Bien Hoa. Approval by chief of state Phan Khac Sun is expected. the nomination follows a secret Armed Forces Council meeting on reshuffling powers.
Berkshire Eagle lists subscription options by carrier and by mail with weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and yearly rates. It notes postal zones, service interruption avoidance by notifying the local post office and the newspaper of address changes, and mentions second class postage paid in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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