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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1965
Page
1
In Qui Nhon South Viet Nam two American soldiers were pulled alive from the rubble after a hotel bombing. One survivor had his leg amputated in a tunnel by a Korean doctor. The blast killed an American in the hotel bar and a Vietnamese family, with many wounded and others buried.
Gov Dan Moore's plan to issue 300 million in highway construction bonds wins introduction in the General Assembly. Rep J Paul Wallace leads House Roads. Sen Carl Meares sponsors Senate version with multiple co sponsors. The bill calls for a public vote this year on issuing bonds funded by a penny per gallon gas tax, with allocations to primary and secondary highways and municipal roads including amounts for High Point Thomasville and Asheboro.
The United States charged that ongoing aggressions by Communist forces in South Vietnam forced new air strikes on North Vietnam. About four dozen aircraft hit barracks areas at Chan Hoa and Hap Le, described as highly successful, with one Navy pilot and four planes lost.
Commissioner Ed Lanier told the Senate Insurance Committee that about 90 percent of North Carolina’s 726 insurance companies operate ethically and soundly. He warned some firms are disgraceful and urged more funding to the department to combat poverty, noting no major legislation ready this session.
President Johnson urged immediate settlement of the month long Atlantic and Gulf port strike affecting about 60 000 longshoremen. Labor secretary Wirtz and a panel were named to report by noon tomorrow while some ports have settled locally and the AFL CIO union remains opposed to a full port-wide end.
Government investigators said a Pan American jet reported a near collision with Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 moments before the DC7B plunged into the Atlantic killing 84. The transcript shows the Pan Am jet at 3 500 feet and Eastern at 3 700 feet before a steep bank and fatal dive off Jones Beach near Kennedy Airport.
Radio Hanoi said North Vietnamese forces shot down seven U S planes damaged many others and captured American pilot Robert H Shumaker in Hanoi while the Pentagon reported four U S planes downed and one pilot missing during raids into North Vietnam Col Ha Van Lau announced the capture at a Hanoi news conference with dates cited as Feb 11 1965.
Viet Cong forces have a stranglehold on Route 1 linking Saigon to the North, with toll points operating openly east of the city. Corrupt local officials and reinforcements aid the campaign, funding attacks such as the December Binh Gia operation that cost government troops and Americans, while hijacked vehicles and parts are repurposed for guerrilla use.
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