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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1966
Page
1
A helicopter crash in jungle near Cam Ranh Bay and reports from Saigon recount American losses including 21 dead and multiple wounded. Officials note clues but withhold full causes while combat and monsoon conditions hinder rescue.
Washington reports show American artillery crossing into Laos and Cambodia during Vietnam era operations. Officials say disclosures reflect broader warfare risks but deny policy shift. The piece notes casualties, missing, and captured personnel while noting a fragile line between combat in Vietnam and actions across borders.
Barry Goldwater accused Sen. Fulbright of garbing criticism that lends aid and comfort to enemies in Vietnam and urged Fulbright to resign as Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair. He warned that such remarks undermine U S policy, confuse allies, and demoralize troops.
A light joke notes a psychiatrist is two guys who help you when you are gulag crazy, delivering a playful take on mental health professionals amid humor.
New York City saw about half a million white residents move away between 1880 and 1964, according to population estimates from the city health department.
AP report from New York notes Boonville New York faced a heat record with 102 degrees amid a mixed population shift. The Weather Bureau records show Philadelphia whites dropping from 78 to 72 percent by 1964 while Boonville’s low population change and cooling trend reflect broader climate patterns.
Creswell Oregon widow Mrs Holt named America’s Mother of the Year in Washington. She and her late husband started an international adoption program. Holt helped 3,500 Korean orphans find homes in the United States and led a large private network supporting the operation across Asia and the Americas.
In Albany and Detroit, Democrats and Republicans edge toward a legislative compromise on school aid. GM cuts across four school districts amid auto industry demand shifts. Production reductions affect about 10,000 workers as talks continue on low-expenditure districts and no strike penalties. The market reacts with stock losses while Governor Rockefeller aides push labor reform tied to education funding.
Former Secretary of State Herter urged the United States to assume leadership in Europe to prevent drift and disunity. He warned that progress on the Kennedy round trade talks with the European Common Market hinges on U S leadership, noting France’ s absence and the approaching five year trade expansion deadline.
A bitter start hits 10 degrees, breaking the of 32 for this date in 1907. Skies stay cloudy with a chance of showers and a low in the upper 40s. Hancock Field forecasts and the weather forecast notes southwesterly winds tonight turning northwest, then west to northwest tomorrow with 10 to 20 mph winds and a high near 60.
Greenwich Conn AP Mrs Roseann A Pecora eight months bride receives first letter from her husband infantryman Joseph Pecora stationed in Viet Nam The same day Pecora is killed by a grenade in action near Saigon His wife father and mother learn of his death as Majors visit Pecora had planned to join his father in business after basic training He was 21 May 31 a 25th Infantry Division soldier who had recently graduated from Greenwich High School and Wright Technical School in Stamford He had enlisted after finishing school and planned a short trip home before deployment
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