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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1966
Page
1
The editor argues against a federal income tax rise tied to Vietnam war funding. It accuses the Johnson administration of using crisis rhetoric while pursuing domestic spending, questioning whether tax hikes serve the war effort or political gain.
AP dispatch notes Operation Attleboro's claim of cracking a Viet Cong stronghold Mist Nam wer rom dup. In Washington the Viet Cong are said to fear air raids as the Pentagon nearly doubles AS2s missions over Viet Nam while the AFL CIO reports 1 million new members in three years. The tax deadline extends to April 17 and a $250 million housing aid measure is debated.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. AP Student leaders call for a mass sit-in at the University of Michigan to press for student participation in university decisions. President Harlan Hatcher delays a sit-in ban and forms a joint committee to study student involvement and class ranking policy amid a campus rally. About 3,000 students had voted to sit in unless the ban is suspended and rankings are ended.
Keaton Speaker reports an ambush on a 17 vehicle convoy near Dalat causing casualties. The same area saw the third attack in a week as U S Air Force B52s attacked North Vietnamese concentrations near Pleiku. Pentagon sources say about 20 more B52s join the Guam fleet and bombing raids will rise. Monsoon weather limited missions with 39 U S bombing flights Monday. An Army helicopter was shot down near Saigon with two American fatalities.
In Saigon the U S and South Vietnamese commands said 78 Communists were killed in small skirmishes over 24 hours as weather slowed air offensives for the third day. U S forces reported 53 enemy killed in over a dozen patrol contacts while Vietnamese HQ said 22 Communists were killed in three engagements.
AP report traces rise of women in U S office jobs from seven in 1870 to about three million secretaries stenographers and typists today with earnings up to 21 400 a year. Experts cite YWCA typing courses and industrial shifts as drivers and note regional salary variation.
London report says Prime Minister Harold Wilson sent a high level mission to Washington to win U S backing for compulsory sanctions against Rhodesia. The British government weighs breaking off talks with Salisbury and taking the dispute to the U N Security Council if no acceptable power share is proposed by Nov 30.
A Negro couple, Elstory Simon, 35, and his wife Vernice of Chicago, were killed when Simon lost control of his car and struck a bridge abutment four miles west of Prescott on U S Highway 67 at about 1 this morning. State Troopers Bob Cockman and Wallace Marti investigated.
Major General Fred C. Weyand led Operation Attleboro, a 43 day push in Tay Ninh Province northwest of Saigon. The action, the largest U S operation of the Vietnam War, left over 1,100 Communist regulars killed and 2,400 tons of rice seized. Weyand said Zone C will never be the same and that the Viet Cong base there may be broken over time as units dispersed northeast toward the Cambodian border. The operation ended with U S forces returning to prior duties and shifting to pacification efforts around Saigon.
Yard of the Month awards are announced by the Hope Garden Clubs with four winning couples listed at addresses on Royston Road Wilson Road Washington Road and 217 North Elm Street. Ramsey-Cargile Post 4511 Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet Wednesday night at 7 30 at the Hut. Radioman Seaman Jon A. Fincher USN son of the Finchers of Route 1 Hope serves aboard USS Lawrence in the Sixth Fleet Mediterranean. Governor-elect Rockefeller says budget recommendations will not be ready for the Legislative Council before December 12 due to time constraints. An all day sing is planned December 4 at Water Creek Church with lunch served. Linda K Scroggins completes student teaching in Magnolia and begins teaching at North Dakota Indian Reservation. City Engineer Dave Peters says prime coat on Hickory Street is finished and will move to Spruce Street if weather allows. Hope Water and Light crews string Christmas lights. tree lighting at First Baptist Church Friday at 6 30 PM.
Pentagon boosts B52 bombing missions against Viet Cong after interro gation shows they fear sudden air strikes more than ground combat. About 20 new bombers join 30-strike fleet based on Guam, with plans to target troop concentrations and supplies.
A 470‑foot car ferry City of Midland 41 with 128 passengers and 56 crew rode out a blizzard after running aground on a Ludington shoal. Capt Henry Gates described a warm, orderly scene as meals and cards filled hours. Tug expected to tow off. Coast Guard stood by. no danger reported.
U S Air Force Captain Richard A. Nagel Jr. crash landed a twin engine C123 Provider after a ground fire and cabin blaze aboard. He knocked down trees to prevent more passengers panicking. 87 aboard with one soldier reported seriously injured. End of Operation Attleboro marked by this mission.
West Germany's likely new chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger, governor of Baden Wuerttemberg, said relations with the United States and France would deepen. He told reporters that Germany would not choose between allies, despite upcoming cabinet decisions and a grand coalition with the Social Democrats.
Senator William Proxmire predicts a sharp split in Congress over possible tax increases as the Senate House Economic Committee begins its annual review of President Johnson’s fiscal proposals. He opposes any tax hike, while Senator Javits urges a boost, signaling a contested debate. Wyoming Senator Hansen urges budget economies before any tax rise, citing potential cuts in domestic programs and foreign aid, and criticizing antipoverty spending.
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