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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1965
Page
10
AP photographer Ben Thomass journey through flood devastated zones in New Orleans and St Bernard Parish reveals a mix of pathos humor and grit. He documents wrecked homes submerged streets U S ships in floodwaters and residents coping amid shortages and evacuations.
UN Secretary General Thant faces a stalled mission to end India Pakistan hostilities. Reports claim field victories harden India's cease fire terms. Pakistan likewise boasts wins near Lahore and Sialkot. Thant held talks in New Delhi and may travel to Moscow and perhaps meet Kosygin. Soviet appeal warns of global danger, while Rusk urges China to stay out. Major powers including the US and USSR influence Indian policy and economic aid, with Shastri summoning his Cabinet to a crisis session.
New Orleans AP report shows Plaquemines Parish coroner Chetta reduced death toll estimates from 200-250 to not more than 20 after conflicting communications. Kingpins, sailors, and guards prepared a makeshift morgue while searches for a sunken chlorine barge continued with Navy planes and divers.
In Saigon 2000 additional U S troops arrived as part of the 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile. Ambassador Lodge and Gen. Westmoreland greeted the troops at the beachhead and noted the unit's historic cavalry lineage. The airlifted soldiers were guided to secret bases in the central highlands as U S troop strength neared Johnson's stated goal.
Evangelist Billy Graham was returned to surgery in Rochester Minnesota after hemorrhaging following prostate surgery last Thursday. Mayo Clinic officials called his condition quite satisfactory with bleeding expected to subside. he remains under observation and is to stay hospitalized for three or four more days.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a foreign aid bill totaling 3.193 billion dollars, 92 million below the House figure and 167 million under Johnson’s request. The panel excised any India Pakistan withhold provision, and a compromise motion by Sen. Byrd cut 92 million, avoiding larger cuts.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Communist China to keep out of the India Pakistan conflict and let the U.N. Security Council settle the Kashmir war. The United States signaled delaying a $250 million aid package to Pakistan as hostilities continue while nine nations plan a World Bank meeting to discuss Pakistan's economic aid. Rusk viewed Beijing as fishing in troubled waters and urged it to stay put as the Security Council seeks cease-fire progress with the Soviet Union's stance viewed as helpful.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged China to stay out of the India Pakistan war. He disclosed that the U S military buildup in Viet Nam has surpassed the 325000 man target set by President Johnson. The White House said a trade mission heads to Poland and Romania while the Senate committee cleared a 3190 million foreign aid bill.
London AP reports Maureen Starr gave birth to a son Monday at Queen Charlotte's Hospital. Both mother and baby are well, a spokesman said. Ringo Starr, 25, married Maureen Cox, a Liverpool hairdresser, in February after the Beatles rose to fame. She was an early fan when the group played the Cavern Club. In July the drummer bought a 15 room mansion with a nursery suite of three rooms.
The omnibus farm bill moves toward Senate passage retaining the one price cotton system. The Senate, by a 46 45 vote, blocked a transfer of foreign farm workers oversight and upheld a 1964 policy enabling domestic mills to buy cotton at the same price as foreign mills. A rare tie-break by Vice President Humphrey secured passage.
Divers battled strong currents and muddy waters of the Mississippi River but failed to locate a sunken barge carrying 600 tons of chlorine. A Navy destroyer and planes aided the search as authorities urged Baton Rouge residents to stay calm and monitor radios. Gas masks, rushing to Baton Rouge, were staged at the National Guard armory amid a wide search from downtown to the riverfront.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower will tour downtown Richmond in a motorcade and speak from the state capitol portico at 12 15 p.m. and at a Republican luncheon around 1 40 p.m. He will lay a wreath at the Virginia War Memorial before flying home to Gettysburg. The five hour visit aims to aid Linwood Holton's campaign as Virginia’s first GOP governor this century. Nixon plans a Oct 5 6 tour to back the ticket.
CHARLOTTESVILLE AP US District Court Judge Thomas J. Michie dismissed Monday a suit by three Lynchburg residents challenging the 1965 voting rights act. He ruled the court lacked jurisdiction, upholding section 14 B as the exclusive venue for such challenges in Washington. The plaintiffs argued due process and equal protection issues, but the judge found no merit and noted legislative history supporting the ruling. The case references potential Washington venue requirements for challenges under the act.
Virginia mainly partly cloudy with warmer readings in the north and extreme southwest on Tuesday. highs 80s to 70s in the mountains. Wednesday remains partly cloudy and warm. North Carolina shows continued warmth with partly cloudy skies Tuesday into Wednesday. highs 76 to 85, mountains 84 to 92. Yesterday temperatures ranged from 71 at 7 am to 86 by afternoon, with 79 in the late afternoon.
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