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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1965
Page
1
President Johnson said the United States has received no sign from North Viet Nam that it is prepared or willing to negotiate to end the conflict. He called negotiations impossible without a negotiating partner and noted South Viet Nam’s leadership uncertainty as factors in the difficult situation.
In predawn fighting near Da Nang three intruding Viet Cong units approached Hill 327 but were repelled by Marine machine gun and mortar fire. No bodies found. Separately a mortar barrage near Duc Hoa killed five and wounded 33 as U.S. helicopters engaged. North Vietnamese political commissar Nguyen Phan, captured near Da Nang, claimed a 1953 start in the movement and training in Peking and the Soviet Union before infiltrating South Viet Nam in February 1965.
Paris AP reports that nationwide municipal elections in France will test de Gaulle era strength as 470 414 council seats are contested across 37 799 communes. Major battles loom in Marseille where Gaston Defferre faces Communist and Gaullist rivals with presidential implications.
Indiana Governor Roger Branigin vetoed a bill that would end the death penalty. He said the issue must be decided by voters in an election. The veto sends the bill back to the 1967 General Assembly with a potential override vote.
The President dismissed forecasts of the future in Viet Nam as guesswork and affirmed U S policy in Southeast Asia since Eisenhower and Kennedy. He said strategy may evolve with events, but the U S seeks nothing for itself and only wishes the people of Southeast Asia to decide their destiny peacefully.
The Selma Alabama city council sent a telegram to Mrs. James J. Reed of Boston widow of a Unitarian minister who was fatally beaten by white men on a Selma street Tuesday. The council offered sincere sympathy and prayers for comfort for her family and guidance for the city. Reed died Thursday and Mrs Reed was at his bedside.
A glance inside public housing on 18th Avenue and Minnesota Street reveals living conditions and residents' views. The article notes Jim Nabors as a Sylacauga native with fluctuating status and mentions the Metropolitan Opera House must relocate as the old building is demolished.
Civil rights demonstrators in Selma Alabama attempted twice to breach police lines as the crowd grew past 1,000. A small group reached the courthouse before retreating behind a police blockade amid tensions over a memorial service for Rev. James J. Reed and King Jr’s voter drive. One woman was hospitalized. leaflets urged funds for Reed’s four white alleged killers.
Alabama state trooper commander Col. Albert J. Lingo disclosed in court that an officer shot a Negro laborer in Marion on February 18 during a night march. Jimmie Lee Jackson died eight days later.
A humorous remark highlights the discomfort of having to swallow one’s own statements as a cautionary witticism.
President Johnson pledged to employ all federal power, potentially including troops, to win the civil rights battle for voting. He cited violent attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Selma and announced a Monday bill to remove voting restrictions, with federal officials to register voters if denied.
Argentina prepared for elections for nine congressional seats as a contest pitted supporters of President Arturo Alia against former dictator Juan Peron in exile in Madrid. Police used tear gas on Peronist demonstrators as about 10 000 attended a rally.
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