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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1965
Page
6
UPI reports South Vietnamese military growth stalled with a 10 000 man drop in overall strength since January 1965. Total Viet Nam forces stand at 550 000 as U S and hard core Communist troops in the country double, with U S forces nearing 75 000 and expected to rise further.
A crippled outrigger canoe with six aboard including a woman drifted 34 days in the Pacific after leaving Ulithi. Capt Francisco Saralming and crew were spotted by a Guam based Air Force plane 400 miles from Guam on July 12. They were rescued July 15 by the Coast Guard cutter Blackhawk and survived on coconut syrup and rain water.
Clyde Beatty, famed animal trainer and former film star, was reported weaker and in serious condition at Memorial Community Hospital in Ventura California. He is 62 and has been treated for esophageal cancer since July 4.
In Wiesbaden Germany on Friday a US Air Force RF 101 reconnaissance jet flew near a secret French atomic plant. French fighters intercepted it and escorted the aircraft away from restricted air space returning to Ramstein base in Germany.
Cardinal James McGuigan, 70, archbishop of Toronto, suffered a stroke Saturday morning at his residence and remained in critical condition though reported to have some improvement later. He had been in frail health for years and had requested relief of duties in 1961, yet continued as Toronto's spiritual leader.
The U.S. Weather Bureau listed 108 degrees as the nation's high, reported from Blythe California for a 24 hour period. The low was 47 degrees observed Saturday morning at Arcata and Point Arena California and at Kalispell Montana.
The report shows gross revenue of 69.3 million in the April to June quarter with Clark County, Washoe, and Douglas posting gains from the prior year. State licenses stood at 1,040 with 23,202 slot machines and 1,599 table games in operation and nickel slots being most popular.
Eyewitnesses described cigar shaped objects emitting colors from red to blue. One observer compared it to a huge parabola brighter than the brightest star. Objects hovered about 18 minutes then vanished toward Uruguay, interrupting a Buenos Aires TV channel. San Miguel observatory found no atmospheric disturbance, with sightings also reported in Bahia Blanca.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin on Moscow television vowed essential aid for Communist North Vietnam and warned of counter action against increased U.S. bombing and ground fighting. Observers weigh the speech as a rebuttal to U.S. envoy Harriman and an apparent setback for his Moscow mission.
President Johnson flew to Camp David in Maryland with Billy Graham and John Steinbeck and their wives for a weekend retreat. Lady Bird Johnson and White House staff joined the trip. Johnson later confirmed the guests after taping a TV address on a teachers corps proposal.
In Miami Beach about 60 Miss Universe contestants arrived for their first public beach appearance Saturday as photographers crowded the sand. The pageant opens officially Sunday with a Little Miss U.S.A. contest and next Wednesday trims to 15 semifinalists for the Miss Universe finale the following Saturday.
Lynda Bird Johnson interrupted her western tour to attend Adlai E. Stevenson's funeral in Bloomington Illinois. She remained off the official canoe trip route with a caravan of 20 traveling in three trailers.
Vice President Humphrey counsels the 71 new Democrats from the 1964 Johnson landslide to stay united behind the President and avoid sharp Viet Nam criticism. He urges aid to marginal districts, repeal of Taft Hartley section 14 B, and cabinet focus on rural and urban needs while planning for the 1967 Congress. He also targets strategies to break up urban racial ghettos.
Tom Mulroy registrar of voters reminds registered voters away on election day July 27 to apply for an absentee ballot at Election Department headquarters 520 S Highland Dr before 5 p.m. Tuesday or vote in person.
In Athens troops and police clashed in force as the Greek general labor confederation organized a mass rally near a stadium. Officials feared the protest against Premier George Athanassiadi–Novas could erupt into riots while the government vowed to uphold public order.
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