McNamara tours Viet battle fronts
DA NANG — (UPI)— Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara toured one of the war's hottest battle fronts today to learn first hand from American GI's what is needed to win the conflict.
McNamara spent so much time at a briefing at the field headquarters of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry at Phu Cat he was forced to cancel an intended visit to the Communist horror camp discovered yesterday by Cavalry troops.
At the Cavalry command post,
Meanwhile, U.S. Marines tangled with a North Vietnamese company probing their positions just south of the demilitarized zone and killed 16 in a five-hour battle, a military spokesman said today.
Two Marine divisions have been shifted closer to the zone and for the first time American paratroopers have moved into the northern provinces to reinforce the Leatherncks.
Live TV hook up set for Apollo
WORLD NEWS
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Television cameras will accompany the first three-man crew aboard the Apollo spaceship to give American home viewers their first live pictures from space, the federal space agency said today.
A spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the crew would take along a small, handheld camera on the first Apollo flight, scheduled for a mission of up to 14 days tentatively in early December.
Subsequent missions — including the first American landing on the moon—also call for the use of television.
The Russians have had live television on several of their manned space flights.
McNamara was shown pictures of the Communist butchery at the jungle prison camp. Before fleeing advancing American troops North Vietnamese guards mancled 19 prisoners together, tossed them into a pit and sprayed them with machinegun bursts and hand grenades. Seven survived.
COMUNIST North Viet Nam took note of McNamara's visit today by filing an official note of protest to the International Control Commission.
"As is well known, each visit of McNamara to Saigon is always followed by stepped-up war in Viet Nam," the note said.
LBJ to ask for boost in benefit payments
BALTIMORE — (UPI) — President Johnson said today he would ask the next Congress to make major changes in the Social Security system, including a 10 per cent boost in benefit payments to the nation's 22 million pensioners.
"Far too many Social Security beneficiaries today-not only older citizens,but widows and
orphans and the disabled—are trying to live on too little income," said Johnson.
THE PRESIDENT also proposed that:
A guaranteed monthly minimum benefit of $100 for every worker who has contributed to Social Security for 25 years.
Leapin' Lena's body buried under the apple tree in '26
DETROIT — (UPI) — Leapin'
Lena was buried in 1926 under
an apple tree in Perry Andrew's
back yard.
LEAPIN' LENA was a 1911 model T Ford.
She was 15 at the time, and buried because no one would promise Andrews to treat her in the manner to which she was accustomed.
Bill Morris. Andrews' son-in-law, helped with the funeral:
"The old man wanted to give me Lena just after I married his daughter. But I wanted to remodel her and make her sporty. He said he'd rather bury Lena than see her ruined."
So he did.
"I DIDN'T think about Lena for 30 years. My nephew asked about Lena and I told him what happened. He wrote to a radio commentator and he read the letter on the air."
Harvey Verstreet of the Detroit Historical Museum wants to dig Lena up and put her on display, rust permitting. Saturday is the day.
A raise in the income limit for those under Social Security who continue to work past retirement age.
"We're going back to have a big grave digging party," Morris said.
10 Daily Kansan Wednesday, October 12, 1966
Extension of Medicare coverage to the more than one million disabled persons now receiving Social Security benefits but who are under the Medicare age limit of 65.
Current Social Security payments average about $85 a month. The average increase under the President's proposal would be about $8.50 for each individual.
THE PRESENT Social Security tax is 4.2 per cent for employees, matched by 4.2 per cent from employers. This will be increased under present law to 4.4 per cent next year.
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Individual reservists preferred for call up
WASHINGTON—(UPI)—Army Secretary Stanley R. Resor believes trained individuals rather than whole units should be called if reservists might be called to active duty.
Tuesday Congress passed and sent to the White House the $58 billion defense appropriation bill
which also contained unsought authority for the President to call individual reservists and units.
The callup provision of the bill technically would apply to almost all the nearly one million men in the National Guard and the ready reserve forces of the military services.
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