19 Jul 1965
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1965
Page
1
Saigon dispatch reports the U S 1st Division, newly arrived, faced a Viet Cong attack at night near Bien Hoa Air Base. Three Americans were killed and several wounded in the mortar assault as the unit began its first Vietnam action.
Secretary of Commerce John T. Connors says the six week maritime strike harms the U S effort in Viet Nam. He calls the walkout intolerable and inflationary, noting ships counted on to carry supplies were unavailable, affecting transportation to Viet Nam.
A Coast Guard cutter Absecon raced to assist the liner Seven Seas with 400 passengers and 210 crew aboard after an engine room fire left the ship stranded 590 miles east of Newfoundland. The tug Jersezee was also en route to tow the vessel into St Johns Newfoundland once reached. The weather remained favorable during the rescue operation. The Seven Seas is chartered by the University of the Seven Seas of Whittier California for fall and winter cruises.
The House prepared to approve a $1 billion military pay increase bill, about 10.7 percent on average, with the largest gains for enlisted personnel and junior officers. The measure has bipartisan backing and faces Senate scrutiny after House passage.
Unconfirmed reports from New Delhi say Tibetan rebels armed with machineguns clashed with Chinese troops in southeastern Tibet last week. Heavily armed Chinese forces with air support reportedly seized a large quantity of arms from the insurgents, according to broadcasts monitored from Lhasa.
Thirteen people died in Wisconsin weekend auto crashes, including three from one family. Albert Bublitz, 73, of Winona Minnesota, perished in a two car crash near Fountain City. Others, including Gary Rumstead and Laurie Lucas, survived injuries. A separate crash east of Arena killed Charles Pelanek and his family. Bernard Kamp of Castalia Iowa, involved in the collision, was treated and released. An Air National Guardsman from Camp Douglas died in a crash on I 90 54 near Tomah. another guardsman was hospitalized. A second crash occurred shortly after the collision as a third car swerved to avoid the wreck.
HONOLULU AP former South Korean president Syne man Rhee died at Mamnalani Hospital in Honolulu today from a stroke at age 9 after at least three years of failing health. His last wish was to go home and die but debility prevented return. He founded the Republic and was admitted to Queen's Hospital a month earlier after internal bleeding began.
Engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory scrutinize Mariner 4 Martian images released last week in search of life signs. Despite multiple photographs, no evidence appeared. analysts caution possible camera or radio faults translating light values into misleading marks. The team will recheck and may adjust prints before Mariner 4 exits radio range.
In Honiton England a woman yelled to her husband across a traffic filled street to throw her handbag. He tossed it and the bag hooked around a car’s radio aerial. Police or polite society are still searching for the car and the purse.
Moscow AP reports Soviet Automatic Station Zond 3 functioning normally on a solar orbit to study interplanetary conditions. Destination unresolved as US experts doubt Mars, Tass notes 140 miles from Earth and ongoing radio contact per program. Zond 2 and prior probes cited as context for lunar ambitions.
The scheduled launch of two Sentry satellites and a pygmy satellite was postponed due to technical difficulties. The 40 minute window was extended eight minutes before launch was called off with under two minutes remaining.
John Woolfe 37 of Potosi is charged by warrant with first degree murder in the slaying of Earl Roethke a grandson of former Wisconsin governor Walter Gondland. Grant County authorities withheld shooting details. Woolfe and Roethke, neighbors in British Hollow, await arraignment in Grant County jail.
Paris charges a US RF101 reconnaissance jet entered a forbidden zone and photographed France’s Pierrelatte uranium plant last Friday. Washington says the mission was NATO directed and linked to training from Ramstein, Germany, with a French jet escort and radar tracking.
A London bingo hall player exclaimed with excitement when told she had won 1,460 pounds about 4,000 dollars but left the hall without giving name or address and also left the prize check behind.
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell endorsed President Johnsons proposed national teachers corps but urged a clause protecting Negro teachers displaced by desegregation. Rep Carl Perkins predicted swift passage, though he warned the bill could dodge the agenda before adjournment.
A sunset to dawn curfew was in effect today in the three southern provinces of Sudan as troops hunted rebels. The Negra and Christian communities push for local autonomy and possible secession from the Moslem north, according to Omdurman Radio reports.
An intensive search is under way for five young men and an old automobile in connection with the slaying of 20 year old Peter Stewart on Highway 23 near Montello. Four suspects described as swarthy may be foreign in origin and were last seen in a 1955 or 1956 Dodge with Texas plates. A white man reportedly fled in a late model Chevrolet from the scene.
In Buffalo police seek a young man after Joseph Osinski, 66, was stabbed 22 times during a liquor store hold up while protecting his cash box. An off duty nurse said more than 20 bystanders did not aid him, calling the scene cruel.
Leaders and friends gathered at Illinois State University to salute Adlai E. Stevenson as a voice of peace and reason. A large community service filled Horton Fieldhouse with thousands, while about 200 attended a funeral at the Unitarian Church. National figures, including President Johnson, Vice President Humphrey, and Chief Justice Warren, joined Stevenson’s family and friends.
Thousands filed past the flag-draped casket as church services remembered Adlai E Stevenson II, former U S ambassador to the United Nations and eloquent voice of peace. He was father to Adlai III and grandfather to Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson. The funeral drew crowds along the route to Evergreen Memorial Cemetery where his family section stands, with police keeping the streets clear.
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