25 Oct 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1966
Page
1
Manila AP reports President Johnson and allies say U S forces may withdraw within six months after peace conditions are met. South Vietnamese regime agrees to hold national elections by next fall. The joint communique says withdrawal will occur as the other side pulls back to the North and violence subsides.
Harris survey finds Americans support honorable peace over unconditional victory. Public mood tilts toward settlement before Johnson Asia trip. Goldberg plan for U.N. supervised troop withdrawal favored by many, while Hanoi shows no peace moves. Seven-nation communique outlines prisoner exchanges, consultation, and unity goals in Asia Pacific.
An Associated Press survey shows the Christmas season already sparkling in stores, with shopping starting earlier partly due to the Vietnam War. Store managers in Kansas City Pittsburgh Rosen Rosen area note increased demand for gift wraps and cartons as troops abroad prompt early purchases and mailing. Spokesmen in Seattle and Dallas say early decorating is increasingly accepted despite some complaints.
Hanover New Hampshire AP Sadie the six foot boa constrictor from Zeta Psi remains missing inside the Dartmouth College fraternity house walls. A carpet worker spied the snake popping a head through a wall hole before retreating back. Campus police set a heater and mice cage to lure her but she stays hidden. The owner Weems Westfeldt of Denver Colorado says she is alive and likely preparing for winter.
Housewives and thousands of women nationwide stage boycotts to push down grocery prices. In Cedar Rapids grocers skip a 400-woman discussion on prices while Miami Beach retailers meet amid protests. Reports note Cornell University research on industry profits and local women organize rallies in Charlotte and Atlanta.
Gov. Dan Moore announced a three state regional education laboratory to be built on a nine acre site in Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham. The unit will conduct research development and training to improve public and private education in North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia with federal and private funding including an expected $70 million in federal support.
The Manila conference ends its second session with agreed troop withdrawal by both sides and a six month timetable for elections in South Vietnam after a new constitution is drafted next March. It affirms unity to achieve freedom goals, pledges continued military effort until aggression ends, and calls for Geneva Convention adherence and prisoner exchanges with the Red Cross.
Police arrested a mysterious airborne object Monday night in Totowa New Jersey. Officers found a cluster of helium balloons tied to an aluminum foil pail with a lit candle. The glow drew numerous calls before teens were traced to the stunt.
David Pitts a seventh grader from Pleasant Grove Alabama writes to Memphis officials to address the Memphis Belle condition. The World War II bomber shows fading paint cracked cockpit plastic and lacks maintenance since 1952. The plane sits at National Armory grounds under no park jurisdiction.
Former Foreign Minister Subandrio, once Sukarno's No 2 figure, is sentenced to death by a military tribunal for treason tied to the October 1 1965 Communist coup attempt. He declined to appeal, denying involvement as witnesses questioned evidence and motive.
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