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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1966
Page
6
Wally Cox 41 and wife Milagros 25 have reconciled and Cox’s attorney plans to dismiss the divorce suit. The reconciliation was announced by Cox’s lawyer Howa rd Thaler. Separate items report on UFO calls for a congressional probe, missile tests, FHA official’s retirement, a custody appeal, and comments on conventional warfare by Harold Brown.
Ludwig Erhard proposed an international agreement to limit and reduce nuclear weapons on both sides of the Iron Curtain and urged all non-nuclear nations to renounce ABC weapons with verification. In Manila protesters urged opposition to the Aid to Viet Nam bill and U.S. policy. In London the Archbishop of Canterbury welcomed his Rome meeting with Pope Paul VI. In Da Nang the rice harvest runs and Marines and government troops brace for Viet Cong risks over distribution.
Las Vegas residents Al and Manon Kirschner escaped serious injury after a collision on the Los Angeles freeway near Victorville. They were shaken yet not hurt, examined by a physician, and given precautionary X rays.
Eight seminarians were expelled after a silent protest at St John’s Seminary in Boston. David Kuleisus of Maynard said the group, about 125 students, gathered outside the library to protest limited academic freedom while Archbishop Cushing met with pastors inside.
The five climbers Verdun Haston Dougal Haston and two Germans Roland Vorteler and Siegfried Hupfauer reached Mount Figer's summit after a grueling month. An American climber John Harlin was killed four days earlier in a 4000 foot fall. Jerg Lehne and Guenther Stroble had reached the peak earlier in the day.
UPI reports additional Marine and Army battalions being sent to South Viet Nam under ongoing manpower plans. The 1st Marine Division and the 25th Infantry Division are expected to reach full strength with about five maneuver battalions involved in the 20 000 man buildup. Defense officials cite Navy Secretary Nitze testifying as supporting the plan while McNamara notes 20 000 more troops bring total to 235 000 and indicate two Marine divisions will be in Viet Nam.
Actor Ben Alexander, Ben Jack Webb's Dragnet sidekick, was sentenced to three days in jail after pleading guilty to speeding at 100 mph on U S Route 101 ten miles north of San Luis Obispo California. Charges of open container possession and failure to appear were dismissed by Justice Court Judge John Burritt.
Space Center Houston reports Neil Armstrong and David Scott will receive special space medals for Gemini 8 and discuss the near disaster. A news conference follows the award ceremony at 1 a.m. Saturday as engineers seek to explain no thruster and Agena orbit anomalies and the emergency landing after 10 hours 42 minutes.
U S ambassador to the United Nations Arthur J. Goldberg said if South Vietnam voters elect the Viet Cong the United States must accept their judgment. He added the U S cannot normalize relations with Red China unless Beijing reconsiders promoting international violence and Taiwan’s fate is not to be handed over. He spoke amid a divided UC Berkeley student body, stressing U S involvement in Vietnam aims to restore conditions for free elections.
A Viet Cong delegation leading a parade of foreign Communist delegates arrived in Moscow for the Soviet Communist Party Congress. Japan and its Chinese ally declined the invitation, with the Japanese Communist Party signaling support for China. Tass reported North Vietnamese and North Korean delegates expected to arrive, joined by smaller parties from several continents.
The Appropriations Committee approved a 2.5 billion funding bill to sustain federal functions through June 30 and initiate two Great Society programs with strict limits. Despite prosperity, frustration rose over welfare costs and school aid, while Viet Nam costs shaped modest program starts and caps. The panel also raised U.S. Savings Bond rates to 4.15 percent with a 7 year maturity.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk signaled that Washington has considered recognizing Outer Mongolia, a strategically placed nation between China and the Soviet Union. He gave no timeline, noting the question remains on the agenda while Congress previously opposed a move.
President George Meany of AFL-CIO, 71, is in satisfactory condition at Columbia-Presbyterian after arthroplasty for an arthritic hip. He underwent the operation Thursday and is expected to convalesce six weeks. An AFL-CIO spokesman said he should return to Washington by May for the executive council spring meeting.
Pleasant Hill California UPI reports a model boycott at Diablo Valley College over California loyalty oaths for public employees. Life drawing models represented by the San Francisco Models Guild object to the oath as civil liberties infringement. only a few of 36 guild members have signed. The college maintains the policy and has secured some non union models as the Army leads in Savings Bond purchases with over seventy percent enrollment.
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