Bombing Report Highlights Viet Cong Firepower
An early morning bombardment by U S forces targets Viet Cong positions and artillery sites. Reports note 73 mm rounds and antiaircraft fire as part of broader battlefield activity.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1965
Page
4
Pakistanis Mass For Invasion Reported Near Kashmir
Report states thousands of Pakistan citizens massed on the border with India in a push into Kashmir. Fierce fighting on the frontier continued with calls for retaliation. Authorities described deployment about 199 miles south of a key valley line as tensions rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kara
Pakistan
Indian Kashmir
Probe Team Probes Plane Crash Off Kowloon Bay
A transport plane carrying U S troops on R and R duty crashed near Kawloon Faray Yau Tong Bay. Witnesses say the craft plummeted after a wing broke away and exploded, engulfing the water in flames as rescuers worked on the shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kawlonn
Faray Yau Tong Bay
Carpenters Seek Development With Rey nolds Electric Co
Carpenters and prime contractor Rey nolds Electric & Engineering Co had a contract that expired June 1 as of yesterday. Teamsters Local 881 cab drivers, about 3375 members, walk off with three large cab companies over a revolving shift plan and straight time pay on weekends. Local 841 recently negotiated with Ace Cab and Whittlees Blue Cab on a $20 daily minimum and a pension plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Electric & Engineering Co
Strinmore
Ers
Yelow, Checker
Union Cab
Local 841
Ace Cab
Whittlees Blue Cab Company
Spaceflight control tracks Florida sighting during orbital pass
Astronauts Conrad and Gereisse navigate ground targets near Laredo Texas while Florida coast and Jacksonville control centers relay routine checks. They report clear skies over Florida and observe a large checkerboard eye chart target on the ground, confirming visual sighting difficulties locating the squares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athee Thongs
Lareda
Tex
Gemini At A Glance From Navy to Space News
Reports describe Gemini crew welcome plans aboard Lake Champlain after splashdown and Cooper and Conrad signing flight vouchers. Hurricane Anna posed no threat to Gemini 4 recovery as crews monitored the storm. Astronauts ate Italian style meals in space and lawmakers debated a military aid bill with adjournment in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Champlain
Atoarn
Gordon Cooper
Space Center
Houston
UPI
Space Agency
North Atlantic
Bermuda
Charles Conrad
Yemen Civil War Ends After Saudi Egypt Pact at Jidda
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Republic announced a three year old Yemen civil war settlement in Jidda. Agreement calls for UAR troop withdrawal by next year and a plebiscite by November 23, 1966 to determine Yemen’s government with a transitional body pending a multilateral conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yemen
Arabia
UAR
Jidda
Saudi Arabia
UPI
Saudi Araba
United Arab Republic
Arenwar
MENA
LAR
Gamal Abe Nasser
Feisal
Saud
Middle East
Jackson Mayer Offers Reward for Shooting Minister
Jackson Mississippi police investigated an ambush shooting of Rev. Donald A. Thompson 59 a Unitarian Church leader. Mayor Mayon Thompson announced a 500 reward urging citizens to provide information and cooperation in the case. Thompson was critically wounded when a shotgun blast hit him as he returned to his apartment after driving a parishioner home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tackson
Miss
UPI
Aon Thompson
Jackson
Donald A. Thompson
Nastar
Joc! Unitarian Church
Noern
Diamond Ring Stolen From Home During Hospital Stay
Police report a one carat diamond ring valued at 1090 dollars was stolen from Harold P Connor at 829 Hogan while he was confined in a local hospital. A friend saw a broken window at the residence and alerted authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold P Connor
Hogan
Jewelry box stolen from teacher's home in Flagstaff break in
Police said a box of jewelry valued at 960 dollars was taken from Genevieve Powers' home as she and her husband were in Flagstaff last week. Entry was made through a rear window smashed in by thieves at 100 FE Oakey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevieve Powers
Flagstaff
Ariz
100 FE
Oakey
De Gaulle May Try To End Viet Nam War From Paris
Reports from diplomatic channels say Charles de Gaulle may pursue a peace bid for Viet Nam but will not act soon. France has not offered formal good offices, though a Malraux mission improved Paris credibility in Peking and sparked talk of a Chinese visit to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Charles de Gaulie
Communist
China
de Gaulle
Andre Malraux
Peking
United States
France
Paris
Malraux
Beatles Fly In Quietly Ahead of Hollywood Shows
Britain's Beatles arrived largely unnoticed at Los Angeles International after a flight from Portland. Paul McCartney dismissed teen-ager crowds as they waited behind security, while officials kept arrival times secret to avoid disturbances ahead of San Diego and Hollywood Bowl performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
San Diego
Hollywood Bowl
Eeay
Terrenal
Dominican Talks Push Toward Settlement Amid Crisis
In Santo Domingo the Dominican crisis neared four months with renewed optimism for a near settlement. Since April 24 uprisings by officers supporting former President Juan Bosch, fighting has paused for about two weeks while extensive talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santo Domingo
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
Rights Worker Is Buried in Keene
Jonathan M. Daniels a 26 year old theology student killed in a civil rights struggle in Alabama was buried in Keene New Hampshire. More than 500 mourners from across the nation attended the funeral at St James Church where he grew up. Daniels was shot last Friday in Hayneville Alabama after a week in jail for civil rights activities in Selma. One professor at Episcopal theological seminary in Cambridge called his death Christian martyrdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keene
N.H
UPI
Alabama
New England
Jonathan M. Daniels
St. James Church
Daniels
Hayneville
Ala
Selma
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Cambridge
Mass
Tsirimakos Vows Firm Action as Greek Debates Tense
Athens Premier Elias Tsirimokos opened a confidence debate on his government warning opponents against triggering riots. About 6,000 protesters gathered at the Gloria Theater while police prepared to prevent street demonstrations with teargas, water cannons, and heavy patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliament
University
Athens
CORRNEY Leader Demands Parker Resign Over Watts Riots
UPI reports CORF national director James Farmer called for Police Chief William H. Parker to resign or be fired. He condemned rioting and looting, urged better minority rapport, and backed a civilian police review board. Farmer planned a Watts tour to push for housing, jobs, and schooling improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
CORF
William H. Parker
Farmer
Parker
CORFE
Watts
Slayings, Riots, Spacewalks Mark UPI Digest Across Cities
National security files link Holle Paul Black to a 1965 Chicago sergeant slaying amid a $3,500 holdup. An L A riot forecast from a 1963 attorney general report blames police stance. Astronauts White and McDevitt to narrate a space walk film at the Oct 54 UPI editors conference. Civil rights protests in Springfield threaten a one day school boycott. Senate Foreign Relations Panel tightens a Kennedy film bill to 122000 dollars. Goldwater recovering from neck surgery in Newport Beach. Johnson presses for a 19 a.m. news conference with open press coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
UPI
Holiie Paul Black
FBI
Black
Richard
Chicago
PRI
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Attorney General's Office
William H. Parker
United Press International
Stanley Mosk
Mosk
Edmund G. Brown
Washington
Edward H. White I
James A. McDevitt
Edtors
Publ Sh
McDevitt
White
Springfield
Mass
Oscar Bright
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Martin Luther King
Vietnamese Students Denounce South Viet Nam Government
Nearly 2,000 young Vietnamese marched in Hue denouncing South Viet Nam's government for the fourth straight night. Students used loudspeakers near a high school in front of the bridge area and urged the crowd to protest for more than an hour. Six earthquake deaths were reported in Mexico as five quakes struck cities from the Pacific to the Gulf Coast, following weeks of floods that killed 27 and an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hue
Viet Nam Iupi
South Viet Nam
Mexico City
UPS
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Mexico
GOP White Paper Blames Democrats For Viet Nam War
A Republican white paper issued by the House Planning and Research Committee accuses Democrats Truman Kennedy and Johnson of guiding U S policy in Vietnam to missteps, while praising Eisenhower as the only era with a bright picture. It urges bipartisan support for combating communism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Viet Nam
Washington
UPI
U.S
Dwight Fisenhower
Harry S Truman
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
House
Republican Committee On Planning and Research
Southeast Asia
South Viet Nam
Eisenhower
Ngo Dinh Diem
Rusk Urges U S Resolve on Viet Nam War Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the American Legion that U S integrity in South Vietnam is the key to world peace. He warned that failure to halt Communist aggression would bring rapid, undreamed dangers and stressed U S actions helped keep nations like Greece, Turkey, Berlin, the Philippines, Korea, Malaysia and the Congo from Communist control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
UPI
United States
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
American Legion
Rusk
Greece
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