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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1965
Page
1
Opening day sales for the 1965 market season showed better quality than a year earlier as tobacco prices opened from 60 to 66 dollars per hundred pounds in several markets. Demand was weak with buyers noting mostly fair and low primings, and a few baskets of lugs.
A U.S. military spokesman said Marines do not burn unfortified houses, citing Cam Ne south of Da Nang where Viet Cong overran the village and Marines burned 50 of 90 houses. He described such villages as fortifications for habitation and noted tunnels used as shelters. He added Marines attempted to secure another village in July with three dead and four wounded.
AP reports a Viet Cong fuel dump near Da Nang Air Base was targeted but will not affect U.S. air strikes. Guerrillas destroyed two of nine storage tanks amid the attack, with fuel for jets and defense equipment damaged. base lies 10 miles southwest of the assault site.
The plan sets a general price ceiling for gas of about 20 cents aiming to curb costs. A higher rate will apply to newly discovered gas to spur exploration for new reserves and increase supply.
The Viet Nam war buildup boosts U S production and payrolls in parts of the economy while other areas show no clear step up. Estimates suggest daily spending around three to four million dollars with a total rise of about 1.7 billion in fiscal activity, amid questions on how much ties to Viet Nam.
Today Johnson will sign the bill at noon with his Cabinet present. Details of the ceremony remain undecided as Moyers notes the event will be broadcast by radio and television from the Capitol. The bill has passed final congressional approval and the President will attend on schedule.
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