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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1966
Page
1
Viet Cong raiders attacked a U.S. officers billet at the Victoria Hotel in Saigon before dawn using machine guns grenades and a truck bomb. Three Americans were killed and about 100 wounded including many Vietnamese. Police captured two suspects after the blast and a prior attack at the Metropole Hotel is noted.
Washington AP reports firemen’s strike defies a federal judge and Labor Secretary Wirtz. The walkout disrupts eight major lines across 38 states, with 18 000 jobs at stake in a seven year battle over elimination and training programs. Train service halts, auto industry slows, and public impact spreads nationwide.
U S officials report ground forces in South Vietnam increased by 15000 in March to a total of 230000, about 75000 below the Korean War peak. Including offshore units, total forces in and about South Vietnam exceed 300000.
In Columbus both Democratic governor hopefuls Sen. Frazier Reams Jr. and Rep. Harry McIlwain assailed Gov. Rhodes on tax policy. Reams floated a possible income tax if needed and urged broader study, while McIlwain urged tax reform including cuts to sales and real estate taxes and consideration of a graduated income tax. Both questioned Rhodes administration honesty on Ohio's tax needs.
Washington sources say President Johnson may withhold funding for new Great Society programs if Congress refuses to adopt his proposed cuts in existing federal spendings. He urged cabinet, mayors, and business leaders to find savings in labor, materials, and construction to ease shortages and possibly avoid a tax increase.
In Britain the Conservatives suffer a defeat as Edward Heath’s campaign collapses amid rapid policy shifts. Labour under Harold Wilson wins 345 seats to 229 for the Tories, with 108-seat majority forming as results tally.
Frank Smith led Mississippi Negro families from Strike City near Greenville to Washington to press Rep. Adam Clayton Powell for quick approval of a $435,000 antipoverty grant to build do it yourself homes. Evicted from plantations for economic reasons and voting registration, 48 people face water and sanitation shortages with two outhouses and distant wells.
New York AP reports a comic book titled The Great Society that features President Johnson as Superman dubbed Super LBJ. It mocks political figures with caricatures including McNamara as Captain Marvelous Humphrey as the Shadower Rusk as the Phantasm Dirksen as the Disagreeing Hornet and Mrs Johnson as Wonder Bird. The villains parody global figures and tight quotes attack policies with satirical lines.
Windy and cooler tonight and Saturday. Overnight low in the upper 30s, Saturday high in the high 40s. Temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal through mid next week. Yesterday’s high 52, overnight low 44, and today’s 11 am reading 58.
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