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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1966
Page
2
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared that India's crippling economic crisis places the nation at its most crucial period since independence. In a nationwide radio address she urged hard work and discipline for the long hard and exciting journey ahead as poverty must be shed and new frontiers to cross.
Ten Asian states at a three day Seoul gathering discuss a permanent consultative body and possible outgrowths including an agricultural bank and a customs union. In New York Javits urged a Viet Nam military freeze to push for negotiations and warned U S leaders to end internal South Vietnamese quarrels.
Poznan Poland trade fair opens with little fanfare reminding visitors of 10 years ago when Polish workers held anti Stalinist demonstrations for Western guests. Those protests sparked a decade of change in Communist Europe and helped shape today’s routine East West trade.
U S troops describe Operation Hawthorne as very successful in the central high lands. North Vietnamese casualties reach 393 in Kontum fighting, with light overall American losses. Viet Cong attacked near Quang Ngai and a mined bridge south of Saigon suffered heavy damage amid patrol actions by Vietnamese and allied forces.
About 25 000 marchers rest overnight after a long procession. Of 150 in the group when the march paused, roughly 70 used tents while others slept in cars or returned five miles to Batesville. In the tents men and women slept separately on the rough cornfield ground as bed rolls were absent. Flashlights and gas lanterns lit the early morning scene.
The purge of Chinese leaders seen as favoring a softer line with the West lowers prospects for a global nonproliferation pact. France joins the nuclear club but is unlikely to sign. Nonaligned nations fear Indian pressure to build bombs and Israel’s bomb capability worries the United Arab Republic. Soviet refusals persist as NATO delays on nuclear sharing.
Weather note records sunrise and sunset times for June 13 1966 with a brief mention of daylight duration and seasonal context.
The 101st Paratroopers came under heavy fire while moving through dense brush on a hill near Dak To. Medics and wounded troopers, aided by US Marines, were evacuated as they faced fierce combat and brave rescue efforts. Sergeant Sabalauski praised the crews and troopers for their courage.
A Vatican Council commission on birth control studies the church's attitude toward birth control as a state of wavering in opinion on birth control policy. Dr Burns cites hormone research on resistance to disease and the need for defined limits in sex roles within confinement discussions.
In Viet Nam the narrative centers on C Company of the 2d Battalion 502d Infantry as it battles enemy forces, while 101st Division units including six rifle companies and a provisional rear line unit face possible combat strain and near-ending tours.
Famed yoga exponent S. Rao attempted to walk on water as hundreds watched in Bombay. Reported medical views on reproductive hormones and steroid imbalance accompany a separate update on Vietnam highland actions near Kontum as U.S. forces assess a possible North Vietnamese campaign and spoiling attacks in the area.
Yale University President Brewster criticizes the selective service draft in a baccalaureate address to about 1000 graduates. He argues service to the nation is degraded by recruiting only those who avoid education and calls for a UN reserve force to balance national morality with global duty.
Spectators demanded refunds after Rao sank to the bottom of the water during a steel tank act. He explained that a Saturday slip left him injured and unable to levitate, inviting the crowd to return Monday to attempt the stunt again.
The piece recalls a football player nicknamed lonesome end from 1958 or 1980, married in 1961 with three sons William Kenneth and Steven. An Associated Press radio photo shows Carpenter receiving the Silver Star from Gen Westmoreland. Billy vows to present the picture to his father when he returns, timing unclear.
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