Viet war needs troops, supplies
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Gen. William C. Westmoreland, U.S. military commander in Viet Nam, said today that still more American troops and equipment are needed to fight the war there.
Westmoreland did not say just how many men would be needed. At present there are about 350, 000 U.S. troops in Viet Nam.
THE FOUR-STAR general also disclosed, in a copyrighted interview in U.S. News & World Report, that the infiltration of Communist troops from North to South Viet Nam was greater—7,000 a month than previously reported. Pentagon estimates have ranged from 4,500 to 5,000 a month.
North. Vietnamese troops now in the South.
Seymour J. Dietchman, the guerrilla warfare research director, belives it could take "anywhere from half a million to two
Westmoreland estimated there were about 50,000 Communist
German leadership changes
MUNICH—(UPI)—West German leaders expressed mounting concern today over the new election success of the Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NDP)
Rebel army elements attempt Togo coup
ACCRA, Ghana—(UPI)—Dissident army elements attempted to overthrow the democratic government in the tiny West African Republic of Togo today but President Nicolas Grunitzky claimed the rebellion had been crushed.
WORLD NEWS
FRAGMENTARY diplomatic reports which began trickling in from Lome to neighboring Ghana Dahomey contradicted the rebels' claim of having staged a successful coup.
million" U.S. troops to win the Viet Nam war in as little as five years.
The report said not all of Togo's 1,450 soldiers, 1,000 para-military gendarmes and 300 policemen appeared to have joined in the revolt. There were no reports of fighting. Reports reaching Contonou in Dahomey said Grunitzky was "negotiating" with the dissidents.
Grunitzky spoke from the Togolese capital only a few hours after an unidentified voice announced over Lome radio that the army had seized power and was deposing Grunitzky and calling new elections.
Life Magazine questions: Warren Report wrong?
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Contending there was a "reasonable doubt" that the same bullet hit President John F. Kennedy and Texas Gov. John Connally, Life Magazine today urged that a new investigating body be set up to determine whether Lee Harvey Oswald had a conspirator.
THE WARREN Commission concluded that the same bullet struck
The question of the number of bullets is significant, for if different bullets struck Kennedy's neck and Connally's back, then it is reasoned, there must have been another assassin.
Kennedy and Connally. Others, including Connally, and his wife, Nellie, maintain that the two men were shot almost simultaneously by two bullets.
They talk about the "one bullet or two bullet theory," Connally is quoted saying, "but as far as I'm concerned, there is no 'theory.' There is my absolute knowledge, and Nellie's too, that one bullet caused the President's first wound, and that an entirely separate shot struck me."
The Life article is accompanied by film made by Abreham Zapruder, who was watching the presidential motorcade pass.
and avowed to overcome the popular discontent that has won it representation in two state legislatures
Drawing strong support in Franconia, a region that was the springboard of Adolf Hitler's rise to power, the NDP polled 7.4 per cent of the vote in elections vested day.
Overall winner in the election was the Christian Social Union, led by former Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, whose views on foreign policy are similar to those of French President Charles de Gaulle.
Mod couple stage wedding on Michigan fairgrounds
DETROIT—(UPI)—The Michigan State Fairgrounds, usually the site of such traditional activities as carnivals and pie-eating contests, yesterday was the setting for something new—a mod wedding.
The bride, Randy Rossi, a 19-year-old go-go dancer, wore a mini-gown that rose eight inches above the knee.
THE GROOM, Gary Norris, 25,
an artist, was elegantly attired in
Hats survive catastrophes
While the couple was joined in matrimony, a youth circled the stage to tinge a five-foot long representation of a Baby Ruth candy bar, and 20 youths in mod outfits performed the latest dances to the music of a bearded motorcyclist beating on the hood of an old Desoto with a sledgehammer.
a plaid suit, cowboy belt, and six-inch suit flowered tie.
NEW YORK—(UPI)—Had any malevolent thoughts about hats lately? Madison Avenue has.
"CRUSH IT! Punch it, pack it,
sit on it ..." the advertising copy
said. "Soak it!!. stain it!"
hat being crumpled in an overcoat pocket, and hats being drenched under pouring water and stained with gooey things like catsup and mustard.
No less than eight advertisements appearing in today's New York Times portrait such things as a man stomping his hat, monster-like hands crushing hats, a
The man behind the event witnessed the ceremony while seated atop a carton of soup cans. He is Andy Warhol, leading proponent of pop art.
The bride's mother complained after the event, "This is not exactly the wedding I had planned for my daughter.
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Daily Kansan Monday, November 21, 1966