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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1965
Page
1
The Senate confirmed Arthur Goldberg’s nomination to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations by voice vote. The decision follows a Supreme Court justice remarks linking the issue of world peace to the confirmation. The Foreign Relations Committee approved the nomination unanimously in under forty minutes.
London AP report says Britain's Conservative party begins selecting a new leader after Alec Douglas-Home relinquished the reins. Ed ward Heath and Reginald Maudling are top contenders as the party seeks a candidate to match Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Christopher Soames is mentioned as a possible compromise choice.
The House voted to double the poverty program to 1.9 billion dollars, pushing the bill toward Senate battles over reapportionment and governors veto powers. Democrats secured passage by 245 to 158 with 74 Republicans in support, while Republicans argued the program invites local patronage and poor administration.
Reports say a woman smuggler was executed by Vietnamese security police after being found with explosives near a rice field at the airstrip end. U.S. observers fear a plastic explosive cache may have been constructed inside the base in the weeks before her capture.
White House conferences on Viet Nam strategy continue with no conclusions yet. In Congress there is mood for possible budget impact if expanded fighting requires more manpower and money. Johnson meets with Defense Secretary McNamara and military leaders as talks focus on manpower, potential troop increases, reserves, and draft extensions.
More than 100000 protesters paraded through Athens in a mammoth funeral for a leftist youth killed amid political rioting. Heavily armed police and troops guarded the crowd as demonstrators denounced the new government under threat of military intervention. Dozens fainted in the heat and chaos at the cemetery where graves were trampled and tombstones knocked over. The scene ended without clashes.
Eight Germans were sentenced to 13 months to 13 years for aiding the murder of 152000 Jews at Kulmhof concentration camp near Lodz during World War II. Three others were freed. Judge Rudolf Bohnen said the verdict covered accessories in a case with potential life sentences.
A U S military spokesman said six bombing missions were flown against North Viet Nam while 7th Fleet ships bombarded Communist targets offshore. The report notes multiple American and Vietnamese casualties and ongoing air sorties by U S Air Force and Vietnamese planes.
Boston authorities have enough evidence for six indictments in the 1962 Plymouth mail truck robbery that netted 1.55 million dollars. A Western Boston suburb suspect is watched by a light plane as investigators target nine suspects in the largest U S cash heist to date.
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