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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1965
Page
2
Near Plei Me in South Vietnam Capt Richardson of Baltimore led air cavalry in a weekend fight against North Vietnamese regulars. His unit counted 46 enemy killed, with heavy casualties on both sides. Medics and a lieutenant performed with valor as troops regrouped Sunday and pressed south.
The U.N. General Assembly opens debate on admitting Communist China under a restoration of lawful rights item. The session, likely to end with China still excluded, follows a strong vote in its favor. U.S. Ambassador Goldberg warned on BBC that China is not peaceloving and repudiates the UN Charter. Sixteen nations submitted the proposal including Albania Cuba Romania Algeria Burundi Cambodia Congo Brazzaville Ghana Guinea Mali and Syria.
Princess Margaret and Lord Snowden attended a Beverly Hills dinner hosted by Sharman Douglas at the Bistro Restaurant. Guests included Gregory Peck Fred Astaire Natalie Wood Dorothy McGuire Jimmy Stewart Frank Sinatra Mia Farrow Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton along with Richard Chamberlain Danny Kaye and Rosalind Russell arriving in a 1932 English taxi.
London AP report shows Prime Minister Wilson facing a new session with a one vote labor majority after the Sunday death of Laborite Henry Solomons. Labor holds 313 seats to 303 Conservatives and 9 Liberals with two vacancies. A Thursday Erith by election may add one seat for Labor. Norman Dodds won last year by 8,555 votes.
In Tokyo large protests by 8,000 Socialists and 7,000 Communists challenged the government as Diet debate loomed over the Japan South Korea normalization treaty. Demonstrators shouted down the Sato cabinet amid the tense ratification push.
Dr. C. J. Hudson, 68, of Redington Beach Florida joins CARE Medico in Saigon to perform facial surgeries for South Vietnamese war victims. He paid 4000 to travel, left retirement behind, and expects two more months with People to People Health Foundation’s aid projects. He notes tough living conditions but sees meaningful work ahead.
Vermont Governor Philip Hoff, after a three day visit to South Vietnam, says progress against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces is being made though the guerrilla war remains uncertain. He supports the nation building concept and argues domestic demonstrations are a small minority not reflective of public opinion.
Mrs John F Kennedy joined a Jersey hunt near Bedminster New Jersey this weekend amid fall weather and a 15000 acre chase terrain. The sport aims for the chase not a kill though a rabbit hunter in the New Jersey season opener mistook a fox for game ending the hunt. Mrs Kennedy has leased a 10 acre estate near Bernardsville NAS as a weekend retreat for her children.
Space center sources say Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell may launch as early as December 2, with December 8 as the target for the 14 day flight. Titan 2 rocket and Gemini 7 checkouts have progressed, possibly narrowing the window to all dates in that range except December 5.
Lt Lai Van Cu aged 25 a political commissar from the Second Battalion 101st North Vietnamese Regiment surrendered with his papers a submachine gun and ammo He said his unit was ordered to withdraw after an unsuccessful attack near Pleiku and Chu Bong mountain He led a small force back to rescue a trapped Viet Cong detachment and then wandered the jungle until found by a Third Battalion 1st Cavalry platoon near Ple Me
U S Information Agency chief Leonard H Marks urged American broadcasters to invite one foreign radio or television journalist for 60 days at their expense to work on staff at U S stations. He said the project would foster foreign understanding of America and USIA would assist.
In Lisbon, more than 70 percent of Portugal’s electorate voted for Antonio Salazar’s unopposed National Union. Opponents urged boycott amid a three-decade single party rule. The 130 National Assembly candidates were elected smoothly. the advisory body will take office on November 25.
New York Mayor elect Joan V. Lindsay says he will not enter the 1968 campaign or seek the Republican nomination. He plans to focus on New York City for four years, running the job on a nonpartisan basis and seeking reelection in 1969. He said his mayoral duties come first and he might be a bystander in national elections.
Washington reports say the United States and Cuba reached a memorandum of understanding allowing thousands of Cuban refugees to enter the U S starting December. Officials estimate 3 000 to 4 000 evacuees monthly, with a separate U S chartered boat evacuation of about 2 000 from Camarsota. Castro urged broader admission while noting doors open but not wide enough. State Dept framed the accord as humanitarian and not an easing of broader tensions.
Coast Guard reports refugees fleeing Cuba by small boats despite a travel ban. Fourteen refugees arrived at Key West aboard six boats as Castro limits departures while Cuba insists it does not block all citizens. Thirty-three other boats reached the Florida Keys Sunday with about 60 more en route. the coast guard rescued 30 crewmen from exile boats yesterday. Castro criticized doctors who want to join the exodus and stated military-age men will not be allowed to leave.
Two Black Marines admitted to destroy a white racist group and were placed in custody in Fayetteville North Carolina after a weekend spree. Sgt Ernest F Jones 29 Hopkinville Kentucky and Pic Warren Arsad 18 Philadelphia carried NOFO papers claiming war prisoner status. They held a Army sergeant family members and four others at gunpoint injuring one woman with a broken hip. They fired on cars trading fire with police before arrest.
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