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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1966
Page
1
Two top Army generals defend the four month training plan to convert raw recruits into combat soldiers. Senator John C. Stennis, chair of a defense subcommittee, questions if four months suffices as testimony from secret hearings becomes public after Pentagon screening.
Gen Harold K. Johnson and Gen Paul L. Freeman said the 18 weeks of basic and follow up training equip recruits to adapt to Vietnam. Freeman noted the "ordinary basic soldier" and drill sergeant roles have improved with modern drilling practices and leadership training. Johnson reported Viet Nam era recruits show rapid adaptation and strong performance. Freeman added draftees train for two years, then serve as typical basic soldiers. Stennis pressed on whether the period hardens recruits into a hard rock, to which Freeman affirmed.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens hearings on NATO and European problems led by McGeorge Bundy as U S. France tensions color policy. Debates focus on costs of global commitments and European allies’ Viet Nam roles with calls for a Johnson De Gaulle summit.
A Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight train collided with a car at a farm road crossing south of Fort Worth. Four people died: Ralph Bernard Farmer 28 of White Settlement his wife Sandra Farmer 29 their daughter Kathy Lynn Farmer 4 and Sandra’s daughter Reva Jean Gerdes 9.
Postmaster Dan Quill will travel from San Antonio to Odessa for sessions of the Texas chapter of the National Postmasters Association. He is a former president and now serves as district director of the chapter. The convention runs through June. FIRST N Y SUBWAY The first New York City subway opened on October 27, 1904.
Billy Graham addressed 7 000 workers at a Woolwich factory with a canteen platform for the noon crowd. He begins a week of Greater London crusade meetings at Earls Court Stadium and his talks will be broadcast to provincial cities via closed circuit TV starting tomorrow.
Santos Martinez a 17 year old resident of Big Spring died Sunday while swimming at J B Thomas Lake about 25 miles southwest of Snyder. The incident occurred during a recreation outing and authorities investigated the drowning.
Hollywood mourns Ed Wynn, famed comedian and actor, who died in his sleep at 79 after a year of illness. Keenan Wynn recalls his father's decline, cancer surgery, and final days in Wilshire residence. Wynn left most of his estate to Keenan. services at Forest Lawn. He starred in radio, TV, and Broadway, earning fame as the Perfect Fool.
A 20 year old Swiss mother Heidi Brnecher Heyer and her German husband Knut Heyer welcomed quadruplets six weeks early by cesarean section. The four babies, three boys and a girl, were born seven weeks premature and will stay in incubators for a period. Doctors termed the mother and all four infants as doing very well and the mother had reportedly been using fertility drugs.
Bell Aerosystems Co and two AFL locals reach settlement over a walkout at the Coppter plant in Niagara Falls New York. Details remain undisclosed but the dispute appears resolved, ending production disruption and signaling restoration of labor peace at the facility.
A live contract agreement ends a walkout that shut two plants temporarily. Fred Jones Jonas Jr., 3, of Houston, was killed in a two car collision on U S 290 near Wal. The company said details would be released today and wages and benefits were said to be a bit higher than the old contracts. About 641 workers were affected. The firm offered basic hourly wage scales ranging from 2 21 to 3 30 over a three year period.
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