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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1965
Page
1
Marines exchanged fire with 12 Viet Cong attackers on Hill 327 near Da Nang air base as 3,500 U.S. Marines guard the facility for air raids on Laos and North Vietnam. A captured Viet Cong official, Nguyen Phan, 38, was paraded for reporters in Da Nang and Saigon.
President Johnson told Governor Wallace he will ask Congress for a law to strike down voter restrictions and allow federal registration of Negro voters when states fail to qualify them. He said the aim is to end demonstrations and address the cause of unrest in Selma and beyond.
Raleigh alums and faculty clash over renaming the consolidated university from North Carolina State of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh to North Carolina State University at Raleigh. The dispute centers on identity as UNC System expands under the 1963 Higher Education Act.
Brent let sens on Bridges Street last night. W. C. Jones, 59, of 519 St., was admitted to High Memorial Hospital for treatment of minor burns and smoke inhalation after being carried from his home by firefighters. He was unconscious and drenched, but revived after oxygen from a Davis Ambulance tank. The dining room save is noted. the man on Page 12-A.
In Selma Alabama civil rights demonstrators faced police lines as the marchers attempted to break through. a Negro woman was hospitalized by ambulance after the tense late afternoon clash. The area around a Negro housing project was sealed off amid the confrontation.
President Johnson said on Saturday the United States has no indication North Vietnam is willing to stop actions against South Vietnam. He noted negotiations require willing partners and described South Vietnam as very difficult amid government changes while air strikes against bases in North Vietnam continued. He avoided predicting a year ahead outcome and reaffirmed policy set by Eisenhower and Kennedy.
North Carolina state officials advised school superintendents to withhold statements of compliance with the Civil Rights Act until the law is clarified. Dr. Charles F. Carroll said federal court orders may not satisfy the act and that written guidelines are lacking. Some local plans were sent to Washington without a decision due to the absence of guidance.
Richard Nixon told The Associated Press in New York the Republican Party must stay true to its Lincoln tradition and support equal rights for all citizens without sacrificing civil rights for votes in the South. He predicted the GOP would gain at least 35 House seats and Senate seats in 1966, criticized the Johnson administration as sham in foreign policy and unfulfilled domestically, and cited unity as a factor aiding the party’s comeback.
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