07 Oct 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1966
Page
1
The United Nations reports President Johnson will meet Secretary General U Thant at the U.N. headquarters at 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time today.
President Johnson faces expected protests over U.S. Vietnam policy during an Asian tour while Japan’s government, though uneasy about a Johnson visit, prefers he not come as it would entangle Tokyo with allied discussions in Manila. Officials note anti American demonstrations and limited benefit to Prime Minister Eisaku Sato amid party corruption concerns.
President Johnson outlined a broad Asia trip ending with the Manila conference from Oct 23 to 27. He will meet South Vietnam Korea Thailand Philippines New Zealand and Australia leaders and expand the trip to include Hawaii New Zealand and Australia before Manila. He said he would listen as well as participate and rejected any immediate Viet Nam stop.
The House and Senate passed separate bills totaling about 10.1 billion dollars to fund elementary and high school aid for 1967 and 1968. The House measure includes a prohibition on federal requirements for busing to desegregate, while the Senate version lacks that clause. Both measures liberalize aid formulas and would extend the landmark 1965 act. The conference to reconcile differences was expected next week.
The Soviet Union orders all Chinese students to depart by the end of October in retaliation for Chinese student expulsions last September. Moscow says exchanges could resume once Beijing shows readiness, signaling a reset in strained Soviet China ties.
Brussels top court ordered a $1.4 million luxury 10 story apartment block demolished after 33 neighboring villa owners sued for violating a zoning rule allowing only villas in the area. The case centered on the building’s four walls and club like features near a park and forest with a private pool.
President Johnson announces a broad program to ease East West tensions with a gradual and balanced reduction of armed forces in central Europe. He also relaxes trade restraints on hundreds of non strategic items to Eastern Europe and seeks deeper Western alliance unity and partnership.
U S B52s struck targets just above the demilitarized zone while 25 tactical bomber sorties hit inside the zone. A First Cavalry unit burned a Viet Cong hamlet 22 miles northwest of Qui Nhon and reported 20 enemy killed. South Vietnamese paratroopers clashed with North Vietnamese forces four miles southeast of Dong Ha, with about 1 500 attackers and 200 killed in the engagement. Casualties among South Vietnamese were described as moderate. B52s raided North Vietnamese storage and bivouac sites seven miles north of the DMZ, the fourth such strike in two weeks.
Chrysler Corp resumes 1967 model production after settling a strike at Twinsburg Ohio stamping plant. Full production to restart at six U S plants and Chrysler of Canada Windsor on Tuesday with 4,000 workers returning.
AP reporter surveys rivals to Columbus as scholars, diplomats, and explorers propose earlier visitors. Seaborg cites Japanese possibility, Deacon touts Welsh Madoc, plus Phoenicians, Romans, Chinese, Irish monks and others as pre Columbus discoverers. The debate contrasts with Columbus lasting textbook fame.
Analysis contrasts fundamental stock evaluation with technical analysis after a market downturn beginning last February. The piece notes analysts seek a bottom timing and explains the two schools of thought used to judge future stock prices.
The National Guard and Army Reserve will induct enlistees faster than trained, with 7 474 and 8 826 new recruits added in July and August respectively. The Army plans to train about 85 000 reserve enlistees by next June, creating a backlog of more than 130 000 untrained by year end.
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