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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1966
Page
7
Viet Cong attacked U S Marines near Da Nang and fought South Korean marines 7 miles south of Da Nang. Two Americans and 46 Communists were killed. Hanoi warned of tougher strikes after the Tet holiday.
Swiss born Henry Haller, 43, will become executive chef at the White House on February 1 after four years as head cook at the Sheraton East Hotel in New York City. Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson praised him as likely the finest chef in New York and among the best in the country. The White House had been without a chef since Rene Verdon’s resignation in January. Haller, now a naturalized U.S. citizen, is married with four children and was busy preparing dinner for 500 guests in New York Thursday night.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara walked the Senate Office Building with Gen. Earle Wheeler and aides as he prepared to return to the Pentagon after detailing to senators why $12.76 billion more was needed for Vietnam. The report read like a CPA filing and McNamara moved to fit the schedule.
Pope Paul VI told American space officials in private audience that as humanity reaches the stars it will recognize God as the creator and the author of creation and the laws of love and fraternity guiding it. He spoke during a private meeting in Vatican City.
President Johnson seeks 12.76 billion in supplemental war funds as McNamara prepares to resume Senate testimony. Russell, chairing Armed Services and Defense Appropriations, says congress will approve virtually all. Johnson weighs resuming bombing while pursuing diplomacy for peace.
In Kaduna AP reports army Majors say Nigeria's five-year faltering governance over tribal and religious rivalries triggered the coup. Bloodshed followed Western regional elections, with Balewa government claiming 153 dead though private estimates near 300. Census and elections crises exposed deep northern southern rifts, with Sir Ahmadu Bello a central figure before his murder.
Cloudy and quite cold with northerly winds up to 16 mph and a few snow flurries tonight. Saturday remains mostly cloudy and cold with highs near 20 and tonight's lows 0 to 5 above. Temperatures today 18, high Thursday 32, record highs 66 in 1933, record lows 7 in 1935. Barometer 30.29.
Local advertises an impossible high return promising 444 percent guaranteed interest from Peoples National Bank in Ady. The bold claim targets savers seeking steep yields and warns readers to verify legitimacy and terms before investing.
Petitions signed by 363 Anderson County residents ask for a grand jury investigation in Garnett. Spokesman Sam Strain says 200 valid signatures needed and filing must occur 40 days before the March term. Mayor Gwinn Shell signed, amid recalls, with no stated objection. If formed, it would be the county’s first grand jury in 100 years.
Fidel Castro threatened intervention in the Dominican Republic prompting the military to heighten coastal security along nearly 100 miles from Monte Cristi to Puerto Plata. Commodore Francisc J. Rivera Caminero noted naval patrols and new high speed patrol craft from the United States. The threat follows Castro's Havana conference remarks urging action against Yankee imperialism and linking Dominican fate to broader revolutionary aims.
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