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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1965

Page

2

Senate Ok's $1 Million For New Saigon Embassy

The Senate approved and sent to President Johnson a bill granting $1 million for a new U S Embassy in Saigon after a Viet Cong bombing damaged the old structure. The house passed it last month and committee approval followed this week. The site will be a three acre U S owned plot in a residential Saigon area, closer to protection.

Washington UPI Senate Johnson U.S Saigon House Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chancery

Pope Paul VI Warns Jesuits Against Modernist Thinkers

Pope Paul VI told 224 delegates of the 36,000 Jesuits to resist the world’s latest schools of thought and the 20th century atheism. He urged an army of soldiers of Christ against ultra modernistic tendencies and warned against following new currents, citing observers who see the message as aimed at Teilhard de Chardin’s religious evolutionism.

Vatican City UPI Paul VI Vatican Christ Jesus Teilhard de Chardin

DPW retracts approval of Fall River highway project

Boston AP State Department of Public Works votes unanimously to withdraw its approval of a 7 017 581 contract to M DeMatteo Construction Co for 700 feet of Interstate Route 195 and a section of the Western Fall River Expressway in Fall River after the federal Bureau of Public Roads rejected the same bid. All bids are to be readvertised. Delays of about eight weeks projected. Commissioner Francis W Sargent noted DeMatteo bid 800 000 over department estimate with only three bidders.

Boston State Department of Public Works Quincy Fall River Federal Bureau of Public Roads M. DeMatteo Constuction Co Department Francis W. Sargent DeMatteo

Kosygin Attacks U S Policy On VE Day Observance

Soviet premier Kosygin and allied leaders used the VE Day anniversary to condemn U S actions in the Congo Dominican Republic and North Viet Nam. He warned Washington could spark world war if it persists, while suggesting strains within the socialist bloc.

Berlin Alexei N. Kosygin United States Viet Nam Dominican Republic Kosygin Josef Tankiewicz Poland Lu’ Ting-yi Red China East Germany Congo Dominican Republic Washington Soviet Union China Konygin

Marines Land At Ly Tin Beach In Viet Nam Airstrip Start

American troops in Viet Nam rise to 45000 as newly arrived Marines and Seabees secure a Ly Tin beach in Quang Tin Province. Navy Seabees begin a 4000 foot aluminum airstrip, with 72 hour completion once gear arrives. Vietnamese battalions back them, two VC killed, 13 captured. two Americans prostrated by heat.

Chu Lat South Viet Nam Viet Nam U.S Ly Tin Quang Tin Province da Nang 9Th Marine Expeditionary Brigade Navy Seabees 4Th Marine Regiment U.S. 7Th Fleet U.S. Army Quang Tin Highlands Donald Warron Hamilton Ohio 3Rd Amphibious Force William R. Collins Ernest D'Angelo Waterbury, Conn Phu Bai Johnson Browne Viet Cong Asia Trac

United Nations debate over Dominican Republic force lingers

At the United Nations the Soviet Union and Cuba challenged the legality of an inter American peace force for the Dominican Republic while the United States defended it. A prolonged Security Council debate delayed a vote on Soviet resolutions calling for U.S. withdrawal. The council adjourned after a lengthy session with plans to reconvene Tuesday.

United Nations, N.Y Soviet Union Cuba United States Dominican Republic U.N. Security Council U.S Council

Two Pulitzer Authors Portray a Brutal Vietnamese War

Washington reports summarize Browne of AP and Halberstam of the Times as they depict Vietnam as a brutal, distrustful country. The books criticize Diem's regime and US policies, arguing failure to adapt to a new kind of war and warning of systemic misjudgments contributing to the conflict.

Washington Johnson Viet Nam United States Malcolm W. Browne Associated Press David Halberstam New York Times Browne Halberstam Saigon U.S Snept Diem Frederick E.nolting Nolting

Industry and government predict best GNP ever

Businessmen and government economists agreed that early 1965 strength could push GNP to a record 660 billion dollars, up five billion from January estimates. They noted the peak pace was in the January-March quarter, with slower gains later and inflation not seen this year, despite a stock boom. Gardner Ackley spoke as advisers outlined a 1.3 percent consumer price rise and 1 percent wholesale increase.

Hot Springs Business Council Auto Steel Industries

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