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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1965
Page
6
Poland marked the 20th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe with a moment of silence and 24 gun salutes in ceremonies led at Wroclaw Breslau. The city surrendered to the Soviet Army on May 6 1945 after a long siege.
UPI reports Senator Robert F. Kennedy urged abolishing the statute of limitations for Nazi war crimes as he spoke to Jewish Nazi Victims of America on the 20th anniversary of liberation. He argued that the world must not forget the toll of inhumanity from those crimes.
In Bogalusa Louisiana CORE workers including Rita Marsh desegregated St Matthews Episcopal Church with cordial reception while reporting rough handling at Annunciation Catholic Church where seating was segregated. A man displayed a pistol to Marsh after services. Mount Moriah church planned for later attendance amid prior criticism of CORE tactics by Rev J W Nelson.
A five nation peace committee reported to the OAS that Communist infiltration undermines Dominican rebel groups. The panel cited chaos and eroding civil order, noting some civilians armed by rebels wish the revolt to continue. The group, including Colombia and Argentina representatives, warned Caamano’s forces may be losing control to communists. The OAS plans a joint peacekeeping force with U S airlift support under consideration, and Washington prepared militarily for wider Latin American instability.
Communist Viet Cong guerrillas attacked within 30 miles of Saigon and seized Buon Sar village and a nearby highway. In the air about 100 U.S. and South Vietnamese planes bombed targets in North Vietnam, while a Navy pilot was killed in a crash during raids. Government troops suffered heavy casualties with 28 killed, 46 wounded, and 10 missing in Hau Nghia Province area.
UPI reports London Sunday papers attack President Johnson for intervening in the Dominican Republic. Editorials compare White House parties to medieval royal galas and warn Johnson abandons ground rules for peaceful coexistence. Observers caution against American power eroding alliance cohesion.
A 35-inch snowfall isolates South Dakota’s Black Hills resort area while blizzards stretch from North Dakota to Nebraska. Tornadoes threaten Texas and midwest storms persist, causing power failures and heavy rainfall in several states.
Washington officials discuss the potential for expanding U S air strikes to Hanoi as a possibility if North Vietnam escalates. William Bundy says no current plans but warns allies and rivals about possible future steps while noting current raids slow infiltration into the South.
Tass reports Luna-5, an automatic space station, launched by a multi stage rocket from an earth orbiting platform toward the moon. The craft, weighing 3247 pounds, carries measuring apparatus and is controlled remotely from a Soviet coordinating center as it follows an initial trajectory toward lunar targets.
Nancy Carole Tyler 26, central figure in the Bobby Baker investigation, and pilot Robert H. Davis 43, of Huntington WV, were aboard a single engine biplane that crashed about 200 yards offshore near the Carousel Motel. Rescue boats reported no signs of the aircraft or survivors. the water depth was over 20 feet. The pair had flown from Huntington on April 30 for a joyride and checked the plane out Sunday.
A joint House Senate committee begins hearings to reform Congress with opening witness Sen. Joseph S. Clark urging drastic surgery. The panel cannot propose specific rules changes and Clark backs popular elections of chairs and mandatory retirement at 70, but few expect far-reaching results.
The UPI report says Maj. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera's five man junta called on rebel forces in Santo Domingo to lay down arms or face attack by U S backed forces. Imbert pledged to avoid bloodshed but warned truce breaches would prompt a takeover of rebel areas.
In Anniston Alabama three Ku Klux Klansmen accused of killing civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo led a 10 block Klan march on the fourth anniversary of the freedom rider bus burning. About 950 participants attended a rally in the city auditorium before the march with some in robes receiving a standing ovation.
Dr Martin Luther King returns to Alabama to support the voter registration drive in Selma and nearby counties. He will meet with the SCLC Alabama staff, then travel to Eutaw Greensboro Demopolis and Wilcox Perry and Lowndes counties for meetings and mass gatherings amid ongoing demonstrations and police tear gas incidents.
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