03 Oct 1965
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1965
Page
1
President Johnson denounced industrial firms and cities that polluted rivers and lakes during a White House ceremony. He signed a new law expanding federal authority to combat water pollution, calling for stronger cleanup efforts and accountability.
Report covers air strikes against North Viet Nam with seven missions and losses of two U.S. jets. A grenade incident injures six U.S. soldiers and kills a Vietnamese assailant during a police raid. Battles with Viet Cong reported in Rach Gia and Phu Cu Pass area, with counts of Viet Cong killed and guerrillas captured. State department and Hanoi exchanges reference reprisals and executions in Saigon.
Sailors battled 18 foot breakers as the Marybob capsized and ran aground then vanished after an aerial check. Coast Guard reported limited salvage attempts amid raging waters and one nearby vessel, Dr. Silverman, found. The incident unfolds near Stuart thirty five miles north of Palm Beach amid coastal pollution concerns. The Johnson administration pushes federal antipollution authority and grants to build sewage plants, aiming to curb water pollution along interstate waterways.
Observers say Guevara may be excluded for health or dissidence as the 25 member National Directorate announces the Central Committee. The Political Bureau includes army commanders who fought with Castro in the Sierra Maestra. Raul Castro and Osvaldo Dorticos among the top appointees. other key figures named to the Secretariat. Castro orders planning for a national party congress and a socialist party constitution.
Five women were named to the Central Committee, including Vilma Espin Castro and Celia Sanches, a Fidel Castro confidante. Five smaller committees were created for armed forces and state security, economics, constitutional study, education, and foreign affairs. A Virginia loan guarantee fund is proposed to aid industry with a $1 million annual trust, backing the Virginia Industrial Business Authority to issue guarantees and collect a 1 percent premium.
A report urges Union Shop tax concessions and separate tax rates on real property, inventories, and interstate goods to attract new industry. It cites mandatory financing packages by communities and non profits, and notes ongoing NATO parliamentarian travel and a potential filibuster plan with an estimated 25 senators ready to join.
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