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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1966
Page
2
Military reports describe U S air strikes on Haiphong targets including oil depots railroad facilities and a missile site. The closest Haiphong area target lay about 26 miles north with raids also hitting staging areas and rail lines.
The State Poll shows Reagan stronger as California governor than for president and Kennedy leading Johnson among Democrats. Don’t Know responses reveal Romney’s weak image, while Kennedy gains from party support and television appeal. Overall, Democrats lead 5 to 3 in the presidential race in California.
Officials disclosed casualty figures for the past week indicating ground fighting remained intense. More than three Communists died for every American, South Vietnamese, Korean, Australian or New Zealand soldier slain. The week ending July 27 saw 115 Americans killed in action, 251 South Vietnamese, two Allied troops, and 1,270 Communists. Compared with the previous week, 131 Americans, 286 South Vietnamese, nine allies and 1,125 Communists died, with 114 of the enemy captured.
Pope Paul I established a special committee of prelates and laymen to back United Nations support, foster closer Catholic-priest cooperation, and set up a Vatican agency to combat global poverty. Maurice Cardinal Roy, archbishop of Quebec, was named head. lay members from Australia, Belgium, Germany and Italy were appointed.
The Danish Beekeepers Association fed honey to zoo animals in Copenhagen on Wednesday. About a hundred animals, including the Denmark Bears, enjoyed the feast, with some sleeping off the sugar long after.
Rep. James C. Cleveland of New Hampshire mailed a questionnaire asking constituents for primary personal importance issues. One reply singled out Bobby Kennedy, highlighting his perceived significance.
Secretary of State Rusk warned that the United States would retaliate by any means necessary if China or any other ally of the U S in Asia were attacked with nuclear weapons. He emphasized the U S would meet obligations under mutual security treaties, while noting a discussion on Chinese nuclear testing during a joint US Japan cabinet ministers’ meeting.
California legislators push a bill to pay lawmakers more, freezing the measure in the constitution, and require strong ethics rules including barring lawyers from representing clients before state boards. A separate crime bill to curb incitement and calls for adjournment also move through committees as Brown faces signature.
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