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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1965
Page
1
Viet Cong bombs strike a four story U.S. enlisted men hotel in Qui Nhon wounding several Americans and destroying the building. Reports vary on fatalities with initial word of high loss and two Viet Cong dead found amid the rubble.
State Rep. I C Crawford of Buncombe County says the North Carolina Highway Patrol polices highways in a haphazard way and calls for a systematic program under Gov. Dan Moore. He argues Moore will take a personal interest, monitor agency performance, and push for better use of existing laws and resources.
At Travis Air Force Base California the first group of more than 100 wounded American servicemen evacuated from South Vietnam began arriving. Names include Spec. 4 David B. Winters of Butner North Carolina Sgt 1 C Kenneth Ellis of Fayetteville and Pfc Gary D Foley of Canton Ohio plus several others.
The Senate Rules Committee meets to consider written questions for Walter Jenkins to answer under oath in the Bobby Baker investigation. They will decide time, oath, and other procedures. Jenkins previously resigned after mortals charges and did not appear for a closed session.
Reports from Saigon indicate a bombing at an American billet in Qui Nhon Viet Nam. Officials estimate 20 to 30 Americans killed with no confirmation yet. The attack used a bomb at the site. the building housed about 55 to 57 people.
William Jackson of Oakland documents two year project of driftwood statuary with a toppled ship outline on the left and a heroic Viking figure on the right captured in a photo graphic record.
The In-Department economics plan targets 25 states with expected annual savings of at least 4.1 million and a 17 month timeline. Pisgah Forest No. 1 National Fish Hatchery near Brevard North Carolina is slated for closure this year as part of office consolidations and cost reductions. About 1,000 workers will be reassigned and offered options for alternative employment as vacancies permit, with gradual changes to minimize local impact.
The United States, with President Johnson’s authorization, insists on adequate police protection for its Moscow embassy to conduct diplomatic relations. No break in formal relations with the Soviet Union is contemplated, according to the White House statement. Press Secretary Reedy said Johnson reviewed the mob attack information.
Paris AP report says President Charles de Gaulle called for talks to neutralize Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He urged negotiations to cut foreign influence and said France would attend a new Geneva session to discuss settlement of postwar conflicts.
President Johnson announced sweeping actions to curb the balance of payments deficit. He seeks a penalty tax on overseas loans and investments, tax expansion on foreign stock and bond purchases, and a mobilization of private banks to restrain lending abroad. The plan includes duty-free exemptions adjustments and extended tax equalization for two years, with exemptions for borrowers in developing nations and Federal Reserve support.
A search vessel reported a sonar contact that may be the main wreckage of the airliner that plunged into the sea off Jones Inlet killing 84 aboard. The Arbutus located the signal about seven miles south southeast of the inlet at about 70 feet deep amid bad weather that hindered the search for the DC7B.
The United Steelworkers president race narrows with David J. McDonald ahead by thin margins over I. W. Abel as district tallies come in. AP figures show McDonald leading in some counts while Abel leads in others, with results from about two thousand locals still pending. The union could strike May 1 after the vote and contract talks hinge on the outcome.
Soviet Premier Kosygin promised military aid to Communist North Vietnam and then met Chinese Premier Chou En Lai in Peking. Tass reported Kosygin arrived from Hanoi where he said talks yielded agreement on strengthening Vietnam’s defense potential and ongoing consultations on related issues.
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