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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1967
Page
8
In Saigon an infantry major questions reporters with a card asking which side they are on. He warns that some correspondents are aiding the enemy, labeling groups as friendly unfriendly and dirty birds. Soldiers say hostile reporters may boost enemy morale by publishing persistent divides in U.S. resolve.
Hope Arkansas Star reports on battlefield sentiment and press responsibility as thousands of servicemen push for clarity and accountability. A Marine major and several reporters grapple with the tension between public right to know and military operations.
A Soviet spy ship off Guam shadows President Johnson’s Guam visit and a Vietnam war conference, treated like a tourist boat by Navy personnel. Civilians briefly trade cigarettes for vodka. Soviet crew stay ashore only briefly. The vessel has loitered beyond Guam’s three mile limit since Polaris subs arrived, while Andersen AFB and SAC bases bolster wartime readiness as U.S. forces project power toward Vietnam.
Defense Ministry investigates a batch of restricted documents about guided missiles found in Bucksburn Scotland the fourth such incident in Britain in recent months. A spokesman said no classified material should be on the streets. Two boys in London found hundreds of defense documents blowing about the streets. they appeared to fall from a dump truck.
A local paper item lists church programs by Rising Star Gospel Singers Rocks of Harmony and Ark Baptist College choir with dates March 19 1967 plus a West East European diplomacy update. Also notes Post 427 Auxiliary meeting Hicks Funeral Home 8 p.m. and obituary for Ed Atkins with Hicks Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Senator Edward W. Brooke flew to Phnom Penh on a one and a half day fact finding tour and said he may meet Viet Cong and North Vietnamese representatives to study attitudes. He hopes to meet Cambodian leader Prince Sihanouk and said a North Vietnam visit would only be to assess how Hanoi is weathering the war. He stressed he is not an official emissary and would not seek invitations to Hanoi.
James H Meredith abruptly withdraws from the Powell race after harlem Republicans voiced opposition and money woes. He cites lack of campaign support while Floyd McKissick and Charles Evers say pressures influenced the move. supporters recall his independent Democrat stance and uncertain finances.
Amid student protests over Sukarno’s status, tens of thousands gathered in Jakarta to hear Maj. Gen. Ais Machnuddin urge calm as Congress stripped Sukarno of powers and named Suharto acting president. A military court sentenced Supardjo to death for the 1965 coup role, linking Sukarno to the plot.
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