Hidden Ship Sunk In Viet Nam Strike
SAIGON—(UPI)The Vietnamese air force bombed and sank a hidden 100-foot Viet Cong war craft 255 miles northeast of Saigon, a U.S. military spokesman reported today. It was the largest naval vessel the Viet Cong were known to have.
The steel ship—about the size of an American submarine chaser was found moored and heavily camouflaged in a rocky cove on the coast between Nha Trang and Qui Nhon. Lt. James S. Bowers of Lyndonville, Vt., spotted it from his helicopter.
THE VIETNAMESE navy dispatched an armed junk to the scene along with a light observation plane. Both encountered heavy fire from the Communist vessel and from shore batteries. Six Vietnamese Skyraiders were called in and sank the vessel. The action occurred Tuesday, the spokesman said.
Official figures released today by the U.S. military command said the Viet Cong killed and wounded more Americans last week than in the first two years of the American buildup in South Viet Nam.
THE COMMAND said the toll was 35 Americans killed and 196 wounded in the seven days ending at midnight Saturday. Another American was missing. A newly revised report on last Wednesday's bombing of the Qui Nhon barracks will raise the figure to 37 dead.
In 1961 and 1962,32 Americans were killed and 80 wounded.
IN THE MY THO area 35 miles southwest of Saigon a "sizeable" force of Viet Cong attacked a government outpost and heavy fighting was reported continuing tonight. A military spokesman said "more than one battalion" of Communists were involved. A battalion runs anywhere from 200 to 300 men.
Initial reports said the government forces repulsed the attack with heavy casualties inflicted on the Viet Cong but details were sparse. The guerrillas struck shortly after 2 a.m. Artillery fire awakened 100 U.S. soldiers in a billet two miles away, but they were not involved in the battle.
IN THE FIRST two hours of the engagement two defenders were killed and 16 wounded. One Vietnamese was wounded.
Trails of blood around the outpost defense perimeter indicated the Viet Cong suffered heavy casualties but carried off their dead and wounded.
The battle apparently was rejoined late today when government troops caught up with the fleeing Viet Cong.
A MILITARY SPOKESMAN reported a U.S. Army enlisted man wounded Tuesday by Viet Cong ground fire in a helicopter operation 35 miles southeast of Saigon. The man was serving as a gunner on the HU1B helicopter.
The Army also reported the death toll in the terror bombing of a U.S. Army billet at Qui Nhon had reached 23 with the discovery of an unidentified American in the wreckage. Previously the Army had listed 22 men as missing. Their bodies also were recovered.
U. S. RESCUE teams also found the bodies of three Vietnamese in the wreckage. Officials investigating the bombing said two of the explosive charges used in the explosion were composed of foreign made dynamite and weighed 40 pounds each. Each charge was placed in a suitcase. One was placed against the wall at the back of the building and one against the side. A suicide squad carried a third charge into the lobby.
President Johnson sought advice today from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the Viet Nam crisis. They discussed the situation in a surprise meeting at the White House.
Johnson conferred with the former Chief Executive after Eisenhower visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center for a medical checkup.
THE WHITE HOUSE said the two also discussed talks Eisenhower had with world leaders while in London for the funeral of Sir Winston Churchill.
White House Press Secretary George E. Reedy, when asked if Johnson sought advice from the five-star general on the troubled situation in South Viet Nam, replied:
"Yes, of course."
He said they talked generally about world problems.
Reedy said his impression was that Eisenhower had a "fairly routine checkup" at the Army hospital.
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Deputy assessors are meeting with students with cars, living in university residence halls to assess their cars' value, Rogers said. The county has not yet assessed students in the fraternities and sororities, but has almost finished assessing those living in apartments.
REACHED BY phone prior to the ASC meeting last night, Rogers said his office has begun making assessments on student cars. The provision for local taxation went into effect Jan. 1, 1965, he said. The county will mail out tax notices and their amounts on Nov. 1 and payments may be made up to Dec. 30.
Rogers noted his office was not using KU car registration material to assess the student cars. The office has received "fairly good cooperation" from students except for some out of state and those whose cars are registered under their parents.
Rogers offered a solution to this problem, Miner commented, for the student to register his car in Douglas County. Rogers told Miner there had not been any test cases on this situation to date.
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ASC Invites State Official To Explain Property Tax
Miner stated he understood the personal property tax law to mean any automobile will be taxed in the county in which it is located most of the time. He noted this would mean that an out-of-state car could be taxed twice.
There is little that can be done for the out-of-state students unless their own states change their laws, Rogers said, but his office will take an in-
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A resolution inviting Alvin E Jones, director of the State Property Valuation Department in Topeka, to appear before the All Student Council (ASC) at its next meeting to answer questions on the personal property tax was adopted by the ASC last night.
The resolution came after Mike Miner, Lawrence senior and ASC chairman, presented his report on the nature and the legality of an announced personal property tax to be levied on those students who have cars in Douglas County at least six months of the year.
The weather will be fair and a little warmer through Thursday with southwesterly winds 5 to 15 miles per hour today. High this afternoon 44 to 48. Low tonight will be around 24 to 28, the weather bureau said.
MINER SAID he was unable to see Jones personally and therefore obtained his information from Darwin Rogers, Douglas County assessor.
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state student off its tax books if his parents have already been assessed at home and paid the tax there.
"THOUGH the tax really should be paid in the county where the property is located most of the time, we will take the student off our tax books if his parents so request," Rogers said.
This tax has been in effect a long time and was not a recent measure or amendment, Rogers emphasized. The state government has decided to begin more rigid enforcement now.
Francis Roberts, Superintendent of Field Services in Topeka, and Alvin Jones, also contacted earlier in the day, affirmed Rogers' statement.
Roberts said the law requiring the personal property tax to be assessed where the property is located, though a definite law, had been ignored, particularly, in the case of students.
"IT WAS SIMPLY a kind of unwritten agreement between the various counties to allow the students to pay the tax in their home county." Roberts said.
When asked if the State Property Valuation office could change the personal property tax provisions, Roberts replied the legislature is the only place it can be changed. I doubt if the legislature would dare make an exception for students since it would probably be taken into court since the state constitution contains taxing provisions affecting everyone."
ALVIN JONES confirmed Roberts' statement and added the courts look at the students as receiving the same benefits as do all other residents of the county such as the use of streets, and police and fire departments, and thus, do not see that a student should be exempt from paying taxes in the county if he lives there over six months of the year.
Jones explained that there had been no uniformity on taxation in the Kansas counties and various people "had recently asked for an interpretation of the personal property tax law."
AWS, I-Club, Others To Have ASC Voice
By Jim Sullinger
The All Student Council last night passed fourteen pieces of legislation including a bill concerning special representatives to the ASC.
Passed by a 17-14 vote, the representation bill will allow representatives from the Associated Women Students (AWS), International club, and other petitioning organizations to sit on the council.
Although they may propose legislation, they cannot vote on or submit measures to the ASC.
AWS and International club have had representatives on the council in the past. The new legislation allows other organizations to attend council meetings and speak on matters affecting their membership.
THE COUNCIL also passed a resolution expressing great concern about Rick Mabbutt, Shoshone, Idaho, senior, who was placed on disciplinary probation over an editorial he wrote for the University Daily Kansan. An investigation committee was formed and a statement of approval or disapproval is to be considered.
"The whole thing has been taken too far," said Hugh Taylor, Stoke on-Trent, England, graduate student and graduate school representative.
"This is a matter for the whole student body and should be taken up by the council."
Jackie Thayer, Ellsworth sophomore and representative of women's small residence halls, said she felt this was an internal matter of the School of Journalism.
The council also voted to accept Bette Harrison, Upland, Calif. junior, as student body vice-president.
The position was vacated by Kaye Whitaker, Wichita senior, who transferred to a Chicago school. Her letter of resignation was read at the meeting.
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The letter appears in full on page two.
IN OTHER legislation, a University Facts and Statistics Committee was established. This group will provide information on the KU achievements to students, alumni, and residents of Kansas. Communication will be through the University Daily Kansan newsletters, and other available means.
A Student Advisory Travel Board, to co-ordinate organizations on campus concerned with the travel of students abroad and in the U.S., was also passed by the ASC.
Mental Illness Rate Up; Patient Numbers Down
By Joan McCabe
The incidence of mental illness is one in one. At some time everyone will experience some degree of mental illness.
William Binns, clinical psychologist at Watkins Hospital, attributed this startling statement to William Menninger, of the famed Topeka clinic.
Binns in a speech to the KU-Y Current Issues Forum yesterday went on to say, "patient population of the Topeka State Hospital is less today than it was 15 years ago. There is a much greater turnover than there used to be.
"ACTIVE TREATMENT." Binns explained, "does not mean you need more hospitals. Menninger stressed that brains should come before bricks, the staff should be obtained and stressed more than the facilities.
"In this age group, 18-22, we have the highest incidence of many of the major mental illnesses, including schizophrenia which is the most common," Binns said.
"Treatment has changed radically since 1900," he commented. Binns said he felt that part of this change can be attributed to Freud's attention to subconscious factors.
"THIS CREATED one pivotal change. Another especially in the area of treatment was the discovery of tranquilizer drugs which have made patients accessible to treatment who would have been in restraint." he added.
At KU the troubled student's first contact is with the psychiatric social worker, Binns said. Nearly half of the students come for treatment on their own. The other half are referred
to the service by physicians, deans, or advisors.
Next, a decision is made as to what service the clinic can offer the person, Binns said. Either that of a full-time psychiatrist, a full-time psychologist or a part-time psychiatrist. One of these persons will conduct an evaluation and propose treatment of the patient.
KU'S AVERAGE number of hours available per student is nine compared to five hours at most colleges, Binns said. Many students only come in for an hour and leave with their problems solved. Others return for many hours.
Treatment generally consists of tranquillizers, therapy from more expressive to less expressive or more supportive, and group therapy, he said.
"Reasons for the frequent occurrence of mental illness in the college age group include changes of family relationships which they experience," Binns commented.
Seventeen students were referred for in-patient treatment in a longer term psychiatric hospital which could offer services not available here, the psychologist said.
LAST YEAR only 66 KU students suffered severe mental illnesses, according to Binns. Of these more than 40 were schizophrenics. Two-thirds of the students received treatment and finished their courses.
The number of students seen by the staff is "as many as they have openings for," Binns said. "The waiting list is after the evaluation has taken place, not before. Any student who wants an evaluation can get one with no more than a week of waiting," he stressed.
"There is always a problem of defining mental health. This definition depends heavily on the cultural norms. Survival is not an adequate criterion," Binns said.
"A DIAGNOSIS of mental illness is based on a physical check-up, an interview with the person, the nature of his complaints, and the evidences of disordered thought processes," he continued.
"Alcoholism is rarely dealt with at the clinic since most of the sufferers do not want help," Binns explained. "The clinic doesn't have too much to offer alcoholies."
Binns stressed that present laws with regard to the mentally ill are terribly antiquated and that new laws have been proposed in the legislature to modernize procedures for committing the mentally ill to treatment facilities.