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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1965
Page
1
Boston AP reports Marine Pfc. Anthony Newsom, 18, and fellow patrolmen were ambushed in a rice paddy near La Sang, South Vietnam. A letter to his mother chronicles the attack and the emotional impact on the family.
A combat patrol near La Sang encounters Viet Cong drums signaling attack. Hay is shot in the thigh while Newsom’s rocket team fails to fire, leaving seven rounds useless. Thompson Haney Smith Jacques are wounded. Smith dies en route to base hospital as Marines cling to a ruined position before fresh supplies allow a counterattack. Tony writes a sobering letter reflecting casualties and morale.
U S planes dropped 720000 copies of a 41 line poem found on a North Vietnamese soldier killed at Duc Co Pleiku Province. It addresses the mother and laments war’s cost while questioning orders to destroy villages and bridges. U S information service deems it authentic and an effective psychological warfare piece.
AP reports the South Vietnamese government plans five more executions on Friday for crimes unrelated to the Viet Cong. Three were convicted of murder, rape and robbery, one of murder and rape, another of murder. The executions have not been public. Viet Cong reprisals cited include the earlier killings of U.S. servicemen. The State Department condemned branding pilots as war criminals.
AP report says Taal Volcano blasted steam and lava 2000 feet high as rescuers sought death tolls from Tuesday eruption. New evacuation orders near the lake opened while authorities estimated up to 500 killed and 22,000 housed in emergency camps amid looting reports.
A jury acquitted special Deputy Sheriff Mas L. Coleman of manslaughter in the killing of white civil rights worker Jonathan M. Daniels in Montgomery. Foreman C. E. Gates Jr. delivered the verdict as Judge T Worth Thagard discharged the jury amid spectators.
Cincinnati AP report notes a gambler's error after using his home address in a scheme. The article quotes the man lamenting the choice and describes the ensuing arrest and charges filed by local authorities.
In Crawfordville Georgia state police blocked about 20 Negro pupils from boarding white buses to Warrenton and Greensboro schools. About 35 white spectators and 20 troopers watched as Capt. Theron Aldridge ordered them away. Troopers later protected Warrenton school classes. Hosea Williams of MLK Jr. II supported forced integration, predicting mass jailings to stop the movement.
Washington policy notes that President Johnson’s push for home rule for the District of Columbia failed this year. The House rejected the major home-rule bill and approved a substitute proposing a District referendum and a charter commission to study self government. The capital is currently governed by Congress and a presidentially appointed three member commission. The substitute backed by Rep. B. F. Sisk won 283 to 117.
Both nations signaled no intent to withdraw substantial forces and pursue a long term peace settlement. UN observers were scarce as Maj. Gen. Bruce McDonald crossed no man’s land in the Lahore sector to calm fighting, proposing a 500 yard withdrawal along the front where units face each other across the Ichhogil Canal.
Denver residents reported scattered damage including cracked dishes and broken windows after a 4.5 magnitude quake. Seismologists note this tremor matches earlier quakes on Sept 13 and 14, and warn a 6.0 could cause serious damage. They attribute the source to an underground disturbance 2 to 10 miles deep, with exact cause uncertain.
Cincinnati council approved an ordinance criminalizing possession of Molotov cocktails, defining the offense as punishable by up to six months in jail or a $500 fine or both. The move came after a public safety discussion sparked by incidents linked to fires in the city.
United Nations, N Y. Albania’s Behar Shtylla is expected to condemn the United States and the Soviet Union as aggressive powers over Vietnam and the Pakistan India clash. He may denounce India and press the dues deadlock that has paralyzed the General Assembly in its 19th session. The truce holds despite Albania’s push for a vote on delinquent assessments.
WARSAW Poland AP The Poznan Nightingales a 65 member boys choir plans to sail from Poland Oct 5 for the United States according to the Polish press agency reports.
President Johnson signed a law creating group life insurance for armed forces members. About 2 dollars a month buys 10,000 dollars of coverage, with a smaller contribution for 5,000 dollars. Eligible personnel must opt in writing to be covered.
The forecast calls for cloudy windy tonight with scattered showers and thunder. The low near 58. Friday remains partly cloudy and cooler with a high around 72. Yesterday's official high reached 81 at 3 pm and overnight low was 57 at 6:30 am today.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a three hour dinner at Rusk's hotel suite to sense each other on disarmament and the India Pakistan conflict. They agreed to meet again Friday night at the Soviet U N Mission headquarters as predicted.
In Columbus Ohio both major parties back preserving current Ohio Senate apportionment. Democratic minority leader King says 16 Democratic senators join Republicans in hiring lawyers for a federal hearing Friday in Cincinnati to defend the present method. A suit by Clarence Blosser seeks to strike down the apportionment as unconstitutional and could clear the way for reapportionment under the Supreme Court one man one vote standard. The case follows a court order requiring the Apportionment Board to submit new plans after the legislature failed to agree.
John Cardinal Heenan of Britain led 14 prelates at the Vatican Ecumenical Council urging the council to scrap its birth control text and let Pope Paul VI issue a final pronouncement. Heenan also urged adoption orphans and illegitimate children by childless couples as part of the marriage and birth control section of the assembly's schema on modern world problems.
Hollywood actor Gary Merrill announced he will run next year for the Maine State House of Representatives as a Democrat from Portland and later pursue the governorship. Merrill, 48, says he loves Maine, cites Bowdoin College ties, and notes he campaigned for Gov. Ed Muskie.
A witty quip notes that true optimism shows in spending the last dollar on a money belt, framing thrift and preparedness with humor.
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