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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1966
Page
4
Viet Nam South Viet Nam enacts economic measures amid inflation. A pay raise for army and civil service, a scheme to curb prices by offering gold to jewelers, and subsidized American rice aim to stabilize costs. IMF team urged piastre devaluation to curb money growth and inflation.
In Saigon police clash with Buddhist protesters outside Vien Hoa Dan Institute after officer Kieu Cong Hai, 25, is slain. Hoodlums flee as crowd faces combat police, monks appeal for restraint. Ky says Buddhist resistance is collapsing while Saigon returns to quiet.
Government forces in Hue seized a pagoda loudspeaker and coffins of three dissident soldiers to halt Buddhist instigator activity. A 500 man Marine battalion joined 2800 troops with a new commander of the 1st Vietnamese Division. Six killed since Wednesday and fears of hundreds hiding in the citadel linger as dissidents vanish.
Washington notes brighter developments across Asia as Sukarno era shifts in Indonesia, India Pakistan peace efforts, and China power succession unfold. Lin Piao and Teng Hsiao-ping emerge as key figures while vice president Humphrey urges regional cooperation among Australia New Zealand Korea and the Philippines to confront shared challenges.
Gov Otis Kerner will travel from Springfield to Cincinnati for a three day Midwestern Governor conference then to Washington for an agricultural trade with Japan meeting before returning Friday. The report also notes a fact about opossums being smaller than honeybees at birth and a teaspoon holding up to 15 to 159 of them.
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