02 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1967
Page
1
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The Flag Committee extended entry deadlines to March 17 and has submitted its selections to City Council for final approval. Harold Craven, head of the council committee, says the matter will be presented at the next meeting on April 6 with an announcement of the winner expected soon after.
U N Secretary General Thant urged the United States to take the first step toward peace by declaring a unilateral cease fire. He backed a proposal by Senator Clark urging a cease-fire for April 15 to spur Thant's peace plan including a standstill, talks, and a Geneva conference on Vietnam.
UN Secretary General Thant urges a standstill truce in Vietnam and proposes a three step plan. He says the impasse can be broken only if one side acts first by unilateral move to halt hostilities and respond only to fire.
Pretty Sharon Percy and John D. Rockefeller IV wed on Saturday in Chicago under sorrow from the death of the bride's stepgrandmother Emily Guyer 68 of Altadena California. Guests included business and political elites as mournful bells rang at the University of Chicago campus.
In Florence a protester tossed eggs at Vice President Humphrey upon arrival from Italy's Vatican meeting. Demonstrations drew about 400 youths as riot police contained the crowd near the Palazzo Vecchio during a civic reception for Humphrey valuing U.S. relief aid over a million dollars for flood recovery.
Gordon Novel 29, a former New Orleans nightclub operator, was arrested Saturday in Gahanna, a Columbus suburb, on a warrant from Louisiana authorities connected to the probe of President John F Kennedy's assassination.
Washington reports Viet Cong battle deaths nearly double last year while enemy strength grows. Officials see a possible crossover point that could force North Vietnam toward peace talks or escalated aid from other Communist nations. U.S. weekly battle deaths reach 274, the highest for a week in the war. In 12 weeks this year, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces total 22,274 battle deaths.
U S B52 bombers struck a suspected Communist concentration in central highlands while in War Zone C a major two day battle near the Cambodian border ended with 581 Viet Cong killed by U S 1st Infantry. American units repelled human wave assaults with air and artillery support.
In War Zone C South Vietnam Army Captain and doctor 28 years old treats infantry battalion pursuing Viet Cong. He recalls aiding wounded and the moral clash as soldiers carve gold fillings from dead enemy, while he questions his role and vows to help people live.
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