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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1965
Page
6
In Philadelphia the 5000 members of Teamsters Local 107 voted to end their six day wildcat strike that halted food drug and general merchandise deliveries in the city. Leaders supported by voice vote to return to work as President James Hoffa presided and secretary treasurer Michael Hession declared the holiday over.
Singapore AP reported Malaysian and British patrol ships destroyed four Indonesian raiders at sea on Friday. Nine Indonesians were killed, nine captured. A British seaman was killed and seven other Britons wounded in the engagement.
The Royal Dutch Court government and Parliament began paving the way for the engagement of Crown Prince Beatria and West German diplomat Claus von Amasberg. In Portugal about 60 000 books were seized by police at the Europa-America publishing house to check content.
Robert Weismann, a former SS major, received seven years in prison in Freiburg Germany for aiding and abetting the wartime murder of 411 Polish Jews.
In Rome the Beatles tax issue reached parliament as Renato Quintieri asked Finance Minister Tremelloni whether steps are being taken to ensure collection of Italian earnings from the group, estimated around $100,000.
In New York the U S ambassador at large W Averell Harriman calls critics of the Johnson administration's foreign policy "bleeding hearts." He says such critics suggest the United States created worldwide trouble rather than Communists.
Washington officials say the United States cannot recover about 50 Skyraider propeller fighters sold to France and other nations. The aircraft, key in Korea and still used in Vietnam, are no longer produced and the French say theirs are all in use and not for sale.
Viet Cong forces overran a district town near Kontum and a command post near Duc Hoa west of Saigon. Fourty four Vietnamese infantrymen killed, 40 wounded, and radio contact lost with 200 defenders. A Marine tank accident killed five, and an explosion at Bien Hoa killed one American and two Australians. US planes hit a Hanoi area ammunition depot. 42 killed at a Saigon restaurant bombing. Sgt Harold Bennett executed in Saigon killings.
More than 1,000 placard bearing demonstrators marched in San Francisco to protest President Johnsons Viet Nam policy during the 20th anniversary United Nations founding address. Police kept crowds blocks away from the War Memorial Opera House as Adlai Stevenson faced booing moments at a separate lunch with delegates.
A blast damaged an Algiers building linked to the Africa Asia summit. Witnesses say at least 40 people were injured and authorities cite a circuit failure, while rumors claim a bombing by anti government saboteurs. Security forces sealed the area as ministers planned a meeting.
Washington AP reports American Red Cross officials see little optimism for establishing contact with U S soldiers held by Viet Cong in South Vietnam after the Viet Cong claimed the execution of Sgt. Harold B. Bennett. Bennett’s death underscores ongoing delays and the lack of direct contact with captives.
Sheriff Jim Hicks of Grady County reports no breakthrough in the disappearance of Mrs. Fondren Singletary from Cairo. A blue Volkswagen couple from Kansas, honeymooning from Florida, appeared as possible leads but offered no clues. Volunteers and two boats have combed riverbanks for tips, with none yet paying off.
A Thomasville Kiwanis Club and Times Enterprise event saw 14 local firms and American Legion Post 31 contribute prizes for the Deep South Tomato Fair. Alday & Co and Neels provided prizes among other sponsors. the Legion Post supplied tables.
Air Force investigators pursue cause after a C135 crash near El Toro California killing 84 people. The four engine jet transported a 42 man crew from McGuire to Honolulu and Marines from Camp Pendleton bound for Okinawa. Among the dead are two Georgia Marines from Mableton and an Air Force cadet from Fort Benning.
In San Francisco de Macoris, clashes between rebel factions and junta forces killed at least 16 people, including 12 rebels and four loyalists. The OAS reported most casualties at the power plant as it appraised the situation amid fragile peace talks and a proposed provisional government pending elections.
The U S Secret Service questions the jacket of J Edward Day’s My Appointed Round 929 Days as Postmaster General seeing colored reproductions of 11 eight cent air mail stamps on the dust jacket a practice the service says may violate federal law carrying penalties. Holt Rinehart and Winston says publishers are reviewing the matter while Day notes the official publication date is July 6.
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