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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1964
Page
1
The Las Vegas column features Bill Deutsch urging open discussion while Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt delivers a pointed reply defending his support for Goldwater. The exchange highlights ideological rifts within the Nevada Republican scene as Deutsch critiques party direction and Laxalt asserts independent campaigning and personal beliefs.
UPI reports U S Navy planes bombed torpedo boat bases and an oil depot along 100 miles of the North Vietnamese coast in retaliation for two U S destroyer attacks. Two American planes were lost. President Johnson asked Congress for bipartisan support and urged United Nations action while the U S charged North Vietnam with aggression at the Security Council. The Soviet Union issued a cautious warning but agreed to listen as it considers U S charges.
Washington reports 64 air sorties against North Vietnamese gunboats and bases with damage to about 25 patrol boats and an oil depot. Reports of U.S. losses, international reactions include threats, appeals for unity, and bipartisan support for Johnson policy amid SE Asia crisis.
Twelve U S Air Force supersonic F102 jets arrived in South Viet Nam to strengthen air defenses against Communist attacks. Six landed at Tan Son Nhut Air Base and were placed on five minute alert. Six additional jets reportedly landed at Da Nang with reports of one more at a third Viet Nam site nearby.
Cloudy humid conditions with scattered showers. Today's high near 98 degrees and a low around 72. Noontime humidity 34 percent. sunrise 5 51 and sunset 7 41. Yesterday's high 96 and low 72.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk described recent Red gunboat attacks and swift U S retaliation as aiming to deter miscalculation by China and North Vietnam. He compared the risk to the Cuban missile crisis while noting divergent worldviews between the Communists and the United States. He offered no clear explanation for the Tonkin clashes and warned the region could darken without restraint.
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