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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1965
Page
2
Vietnamese forces air lifted into the region engaged Viet Cong units with mortar fire and air raids. The clash left about 200 Viet Cong dead, six captured including two wounded, and discovered a Viet Cong ammunition factory near a hospital area.
U S officials protest in Washington and Jakarta over the Surabaya consulate assault. U S air strikes across North and South Viet Nam target Viet Cong bases and barracks while U S pilots report damage and casualties, with Hanoi claiming additional losses. A Viet Cong medical and ammunition complex near Tan Hiep is discovered by Vietnamese forces.
The story recounts a catastrophic plane crash near Niagara Falls with victims identified and scene details, including a power outage and debris in homes along a railroad spur. It also reports Premie Ky urging Southeast Asian anti-Communist cooperation and Radio Peking threatening intervention in Viet Nam.
New York AP reporting the death of actress Nancy Carroll at 60 in her Manhattan apartment after missing a performance in Nyack. Autopsy pending. Carroll, born Nancy Kirkland, rose from stage to film and TV with roles opposite Gable, Cooper, and Bendix. survived by daughter, four grandchildren, and multiple marriages.
State Department says more than 5,000 rioters outside Surabaya consulate torn down the shield and damaged the building but police kept the mob from entering. Seven staff escaped injury, while a separate Medan attack and a July 26 Jakarta protest are noted. The U S plans to file a compensation claim once damage is assessed.
Congress debates an immigration measure with Senate labor curbing amendments likely. Administration opposition possible to many edits. House passage is expected, but Senate Judiciary Chairman James Eastland opposes the bill and sponsors eye direct calendar placement if it clears the House.
Texas authorities say Cross confessed in a Friday meeting at DPS HQ and led police to handbag remains of two slain women. Police plan to pursue the death penalty, with District Attorney Tom Blackwell weighing charges after details of the voluntary statement are reviewed.
AMERICUS Ga AP Lester Maddox charged President Johnson with causing much of the town racial issue as civil rights protests continued. A highway patrolman died after arresting a demonstrator amid street clashes as 45 people were jailed for sidewalk blockading during a protest tied to school term desegregation in Clay County.
Attorney General Katzenbach said the government will file as a friend of the court in Harper versus Virginia State Board of Elections. He outlined a Mississippi suit urging expeditious handling and vowed to pursue it with energy for a speedy resolution amid party leadership tensions.
Greece faces fresh elections as Parliament votes no confidence in Premier George Athanasiadis Novas. King Constantine consults officials while Papandreou seeks to rally a parliamentary majority. Some doubt his hold on the Center Union as he works to secure a strong premier.
General Earle G. Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs warned at a reunion speech that the United States must strive for a decision now in Viet Nam or risk a line driven elsewhere in Southeast Asia. He warned Red China could send troops if the U S military effort continues and argued defeating South Viet Nam could destabilize the region and pressure neighboring nations to yield to Communist influence. Wheeler noted the objective is to deter neighbors from interference and to prevent freedom from vanishing in Southeast Asia.
Buford Ellington and Udall will lead federal state and local cooperation efforts ahead of a Delaware River Basin Commission impasse in September. Governors Rockefeller Hughes Scranton invited, plus senators and mayors Wagner Philadelphia Addonizio Camden Whalen Jersey City expected to attend.
Analysis frames Johnson as confident in forceful success in South Vietnam, arguing no conference needed. Readings counter Red propaganda from Peking, which Saturday renewed threats to deploy troops.
Camp moved east and met a Viet Cong ambush and heavy air and artillery bombing. Paratroopers suffered severe casualties as Viet Cong held positions to the northeast and south. Mortar fire hit the camp while government bombing operations continued in close support.
Fire continued from Page One heading north of three communities Whitneyville and south of Northfield. Crews were nearly trapped as flames spread through woods north of Whitneyville. Two truckloads of firefighters were withdrawn as the Machias River fire escaped toward them. A bulldozer operator north of Marshfield escaped a closing ring of flames.
Peking Johnson criticized U S pressure, urging strict Geneva implementation in Viet Nam. He cited four points from the North Viet Nam government: end U S aggression, withdraw all U S forces, and let the Vietnamese people decide. Beijing dismissed U S air and naval supremacy as a myth after years of war.
Lewis argued the board may adjust attendance areas for Gunston Hoffman Boston and Thomas Jefferson high schools for upcoming years and plan a new Jefferson Junior High. He said decisions should not be seen as hindering education and that evidence did not prove a combined school enhances curriculum or ability grouping. Extracurricular participation could be curtailed or denied.
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