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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1965
Page
6
Explosions rocked the floating My Canh restaurant on the Saigon River killing about 40 people and wounding many as crowds gathered for dinner. A second blast hit a tobacco stall. authorities suspect pre placed bombs timed for peak dinner hour.
Ottawa school board awarded contracts for furnishings and equipment for the new $1.8 million high school. Berlin Seating Co. of Waukan Wis won bleachers for 1 600 seats at 16813 dollars, Smith St John of Kansas CityMo secured 32986 24 for all kitchen gear, Whelen Brothers of Topeka got 73676 for classroom furniture, and Hickie Ashby Co. of Kansas City Mo won six backstops for 3307 dollars. Superintendent Marvin Forker said seating and dining capacity will serve 300 at a time, expandable to 600 or 1 000. Plans include landscaping and 600 parking spaces.
In Richmond, Scott Powelson charged with two counts of felonious assault against John Webb, saw an alternate jury deadlock after 14 hours of deliberations. Jurors, who met Tuesday afternoon, remained deadlocked four to eight on Wednesday and ultimately could not agree, with a tentative retrial set for September 1965 and possible continuation into October.
Cairo reported by Al Ahram that the Soviet Union will promptly respond to Egypt’s urgent appeal for 300000 tons of wheat. The front page also noted U.S. congressional debates on stopping further food shipments to the United Arab Republic as President Johnson approved sending 37 million dollars to the UAR.
Weather outlook shows thunderstorms over half the area tonight, diminishing Saturday, then partly cloudy. Winds southeast, easing tonight. Tonight’s low in the upper 60s, Saturday high in the upper 80s. Regional temperature notes include Thursday 81 and today 65 with prior year highs 87 and lows 57. Barometer 30.04.
An Air Force C135 carrying 84 Marines and 12 crew members crashed soon after takeoff from El Toro base. The aircraft, en route to Okinawa via Hawaii, was found in hills north of the base at dawn. Marines were from Camp Pendleton and crews from McGuire AFB, with no cause yet known amid low clouds and mist.
Police say the Thursday bombing of the U S Consulate General in Georgetown may be tied to a gang responsible for a wave of sabotage in British Guiana. The blast occurred after 5 p m, wrecked the John F Kennedy Library on the ground floor and badly damaged two other floors.
Maytag dryer advertised at 99.50 with big savings on all automatic washers. Douglas Bros. advertises dependable sales and service.
Hanoi Radio announced the execution of U S Army Sgt Harold George Bennett in reprisal for South Vietnamese actions against Red terrorists. The report said Bennett, radio operator with the 83rd Ranger Battalion, was captured December 29 at the Battle of Binh Gia. A second American on the advisory team, Pvt Charles Craft, was missing.
Premier Nguyen Can Ky ordered all 36 Vietnamese language newspapers in Saigon shut down for July to reorganize under government supervision. The move, aimed at preventing factional bias, follows a history of press control since Diem’s overthrow in 1963, with censorship of front pages and reliance on two official papers during July.
A company of the 173rd Airborne Brigade swept into a bamboo complex near Thuong Lang, Vietnam, and found a well concealed Viet Cong staging area with huts, bunkers, and trenches. After air strikes and helicopter insertions, Charley Company and others killed no one but detained about 30 suspected Viet Cong and destroyed an estimated 3.6 tons of rice. One American was wounded and another missing as the battalion evacuated late Thursday.
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