Two helicopters shot down in Bong Son operation
In Bong Son, 1st U S Cavalry Division reports over 1 000 Communists killed in cleanup efforts. The battle includes loss of two helicopters and ongoing aerial and ground actions near Saigon.
19 Feb 1966
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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1966
Page
1
In Bong Son, 1st U S Cavalry Division reports over 1 000 Communists killed in cleanup efforts. The battle includes loss of two helicopters and ongoing aerial and ground actions near Saigon.
Westminster College in New Wilmington will run its second Graduate Institute on Communism and Constitutional Democracy from June 27 to August 5 to train high school teachers. The program brings top experts to lecture and advise on course materials and teaching methods with grants funding full scholarships for selected teachers. Several U.S. and world events in Vietnam are reported in the same column, including combat incidents and losses.
A United Press International survey shows a sharp rise in meningitis among U S military personnel, up about 350 percent from last year amid a Viet Nam recruitment surge. Five new cases were reported, with deaths including 5 year old Samuel Earl Truit of Dothan Alabama, and several cases at Fort Knox Kentucky and Lackland Air Force Base Texas.
A Harbor Church pastor celebrates a 35th anniversary in a feature noted in Inside Today's NEWS. The article highlights the pastor's long service, community impact, and church activities as part of the ongoing neighborhood story.
Mayor John C. Jordan praised a 2.4 percent unemployment low as the bright spot of 1965 and urged all residents to help rebuild and modernize New Castle. He warned deficits may persist into 1966, urged fiscal restraint, pressed for the New Castle bypass by 1967, and outlined 1966 67 plans including zoning, services, and an economic survey.
The AFL CIO Maritime Trades Department passed a resolution urging allied nations to halt trade with North Vietnam or face a ship boycott in American ports. The measure was amended to allow Johnson time for consultations, with a six week meeting planned in Washington by all interested unions.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged a fresh Senate vote on the 1964 resolution authorizing the President's conduct of the war. He clashed with Sen. Fulbright during hearings and challenged public sessions, saying Congress should reflect before choosing a war or peace vote.
Santa Monica Evening Outlook staff writer Jerry LeBlanc produced a two month investigation on Ex will treme Left in The New Ca News starting Monday. LeBlanc joined the organization as a plant, picketed, wrote and won a first place award in the Cali Publishers.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey met Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt at Parliament House amid about 150 demonstrators shouting war monger and peace slogans. He dismissed the heckling as he urged allied nations to boost military and economic commitments against Communism in Viet Nam.
Death notices list Mrs. Robert C. Myers age 42 of 1362 Randolph St Martin St George, with burial details pending. Also named are Sent George 80 of Br 9 Reynolds St and Mrs Mary Elizabeth Franco 78 of 1205 Pollock Ave with services arranged locally.
The Thursday ACT session will review city progress and discuss the proposed U.S. 422 bypass. Officials will report on activities of their groups and five ACT directors will be elected for four-year terms. The meeting includes a nominating committee report by Thomas L. Pawlak.
The Democratic Party endorsed Robert Grant of Eliwood City for state representative in the ninth district and backed U S Rep Frank M Clark for re nomination. The executive committee chose between Donald O Oesterling and Tony Pagley for the General Assembly seat from New Castle while also supporting the party slate in Butler Lawrence and Beaver counties.
Cloudy and windy with colder temperatures and light snow possible today. Highs reach 10 to 18 degrees in the north and 18 to 27 in the south with a low around zero to 10 above, followed by partly cloudy conditions and flurries tomorrow.
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