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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
3
Jackie Gleason, a prominent figure in show business, traveled in a 15-car deluxe chartered train from New York to Miami Beach for the second season of his television shows. Miami welcomed him warmly and the arrival generated fanfare.
A House GOP white paper argues Johnson's 1964 campaign oratory aimed at derailing Goldwater misled Communist leaders about U S resolve in Viet Nam It contends Democratic policy shifts since 1950 created miscalculations and that Johnson's rhetoric encouraged underestimation of American firmness in foreign policy The document cites Johnson remarks and Eisenhower era actions to claim inconsistency and faulty messaging influenced the war trajectory.
Space talk aboard Gemini 5 as Charles Conrad Jr and L Gordon Cooper Jr observe a Minuteman missile launch over the California coast. McDivitt logs their breathing and shivering, noting the pilot’s appetite, while Conrad uses a ground sighting drill with smoke signals near Laredo Texas. Amid Vietnam policy notes, GOP leaders claim troop and cost rises since 1960, urging unwavering support for the administration’s aims in South Vietnam.
Norfolk Delegate Henry E. Howell tells a Virginia redistricting hearing Tidewater supports a federal partnership and needs three congressmen. He backs the Mearns Carter Plan moving Porter Hardy to the 4th while noting Hardy could still live in Portsmouth. Plan critiques focus on keeping incumbents near home and avoiding shifts that violate constitutional guidelines.
A Virginia sheriffs and city sergeants delegation urged Governor Harrison to include budget funds for reflective auto license tags. Richmond Sheriff James H. Young said they will push the idea to the people and seek support from civil groups. Other items note Linwood Holton urging youth leadership, apple harvest labor recruitment, Nixon and Eisenhower campaign plans, Virginia highway funding projections, George Mason outcomes, and Fort Riley to Fort Campbell activation plans.
In Seoul police and army battled about 9,000 student demonstrators for hours, tear gas used by troops and police. 526 arrests, 138 officers injured. leaders may face sedition charges with possible death penalty. Demonstrators seized a police sergeant and marched to the U.S. embassy amid calls to nullify the June treaty with Japan and dissolve the National Assembly.
In Charlotte an 18 year old, Fred Die Lee Harr, was fatally shot by his uncle Hubert Harr after a prowler incident and obscene calls. The shooting occurred when Harr fired first at a man fleeing near the back, then at the front door as it opened, striking his nephew who stood in the doorway. No charges were filed against Hart. an inquest will be held.
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