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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1966
Page
1
Rep Frank Thompson Jr of New Jersey bets $100 against Everett Dirksen and sends $200 to cover the wager as he predicts Republicans will win no more than 50 seats in the House. The wager was announced at a news conference last week.
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson closed his Soviet visit by announcing a personal message to North Viet Nam. The message, delivered by Lord Chalfont, urged Hanoi to compromise in talks while Sloan funds supported cancer research and MIT. Wilson said the four-hour dialogue opened a line to Hanoi and would study the forthcoming communique amid no clear major agreement.
United Nations report details Japanese Ambassador Akira Matsui failing to win Security Council support for a Vietnam peace initiative. Russia and France oppose a public debate, and Matsui plans further private discussions with Thant as he seeks a council consensus.
U S Space Agency halted the launch at Cape Kennedy due to fickle weather and a loose rocket cable. The Essa 2 storm-hunter satellite faced a faulty liftoff indication 44 seconds before the planned blast off amid heavy fog and weather delays.
An American crop duster pilot James Roy Porterfield 34 formerly of Grant Park Oregon died when his plane plunged into a field near Bodington 77 miles southeast of Perth on Wednesday.
Lt. Robert S. Borden a Boston Naval Shipyard officer filed suit against the secretary of defense and the secretary of the Navy claiming his enlistment was illegally extended after a June expiry. He says no national emergency or wartime declaration supports extending enlistments and notes his stance on U.S. Viet Nam involvement remains nonprotesting.
Reports from Beirut say northern Syria military leaders backed a left wing faction and claimed control in Damascus after a pre-dawn coup. Rebels arrested premier Salah Bitar defense minister Omran and party chief Razzaz, while Hafez al Assad’s fate remained unclear amid fires and gunfire rumors.
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