Dodd and Stennis Clash Over Sonnett Move
Stennis labeled the Sonnett Dodd proposal futile and academic and moved to table it while Dodd warned against treating a committee member as a bronze monument.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
3
Stennis labeled the Sonnett Dodd proposal futile and academic and moved to table it while Dodd warned against treating a committee member as a bronze monument.
Five San Antonians including two brothers were sentenced by U S District Judge Adrian Spears. Dodd and aides faced terms for narcotics and theft crimes. sentences ranged from six to eight years. The affair included forged documents and alleged gifts as investigators probed office betrayals and mail fraud.
New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller and his wife Happy, with their five children, departed for a month long vacation in England and France starting Sunday night. The trip follows a quiet political season as Dodd aides testified on past employments and statements.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk told SEATO officials that the United States will persist in moving the Vietnam war from battle to negotiation. He condemned Soviet support for aggression in South Vietnam and urged the Geneva conference machinery to advance peace in Southeast Asia alongside Britain. He reported that Communist forces have suffered several serious defeats and no major military successes for months.
Two San Antonio youths threw a tack causing a rock to smash an open caboose window. Brake man C. T. Lurber, of 123 N. Medina, was knocked unconscious. he was treated after the Missouri Pacific train reached New Braunfels. Conductor alerted agents who nabbed the youths north of Martin and they were held by Bexar County juvenile authorities.
Viet about 600 men in small units kept sporadic contact as eight day operation yielded 395 Communist deaths. Two teen fighters and 14 weapons captured, spokesman said. Marines joined after finishing their own sweep Operation Deckhouse near the battle zone. no results reported.
In Da Nang area of Vietnam, Marines Sgt. James Dodson and Lance Cpl. Walter Eckes escaped captivity after being held by Viet Cong. They seized a guard’s weapon during a meal and fled, marching four days through hostile terrain before reaching safety. Dodson described the escape as a life changing moment.
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