VIBT NAM -------- · --- Tl,e l11d••trlal 1,eart of Nortll Viet NaM - coMt,letely blaclted 0•1/lo11lgll !, ,If[" Ille wake of a ma••iue US flgllter-bomber assa11lt - o" a ultal J,ower J,la"t 11 ear t,.e major seaJ,ort of BalJ,llo11g. Tl,e •11rJ,rlse attack - tllro11gl, a 1,all of tlee ma,.11fact11re o f • - • • • amm1111illo11 - - t,etrol••m J,rod11cts, military 1111lfo.,m• a11d otller e911iJ,•••t -- all uital to t,.e ComM1111lst war effort • ....... TIie raid I• see11 by •om e - as a11otleer major ~ . "f -:tl:'~ of tlte war ,,, Viet N••· U S l11telllge11ce so11rces i11slsll"K, llowever, t,.at It Is merely retallallo,a - for Ille rece,at terrorist bo,nbl,eg of a U S e11listed me•'• billet i,a Salgo,a. Tl,e us determi,aed to give as good a• it gets - said 011e America• officer. Addl11g - "we haue a llell11va lot more l,otel• - tlta11 tlley l,ave cities." MCNAMARA ------- ~ - 'A A grim Plct•re of tlae Chinese me11ace - • - f'Ji.i..lf./ ~ ,, tlet,dld today by IJ=8. Defe•se Secretary ••••rl McNamara "J At tllat co,stt,sul•g Paris meetl,eg - of forelgr, ar,d defer,ae mlr,lsters of tl,e Nata Allia,sce. It is possible - said McNamara - tltat tlte Clll•e•e will llave develo/led medl11m ra,sge ,nlaaile• - as early as Ni11eteer, Si l ty-Seve11. It I• furtl,er 11osslble - •al,l lee - tl,at Cltl•a •• ca• /lro4•ce e11o•gl, flsslor,able material betwee• •o• ar,d Ille• - to begl• a •mall atocll/111• of aio,,.lc ar•s/ A rlt/a •lalcla to tlareate• - It• ,,,.,,..,,,.,e J1elgla bo rs. n Loolllr,g f•rtller 1,110 tlae f•t•re - it 1a,..,o•sl6le, lie 111e11t o,a, tllat Clal•a will llave lo•g-ra11ge mi••ll•• 11111111• ten year• ; J'l••lles ca/lab l e of dellverlflg a 1111clear attacll - Oft targets 111 tlle U11ited Slates or Earope. 0-:- 1 l l ~ • • ' '-l ' Tlae q11eslio,s , . . . - said McNamara: "Wllat ca• I\ A Nata do to bloc/I Cl,i•ese blacimall'' -- a•d, mea•111J,tle, ~f:. \ Preve•t the spread of Chi,eese Comm111tism? ~ 011e 11•estlor, ••14 "e - tllat Nato •••t decide 11oao -- before II'• too ,., .. Tl,e goverame,als of G•l•e11 a11d Taazaala •••o•ueced today .. llaal llaey ttJill break relallo•• will, ~ Brital• as of •ldalglal lonlglal. ~ liae 111111a ll,al recer,I of ,,.e o A u - ••ve •ll/l•r••ll1 tl•cltl•tl lo ••It ••ti ••• 11,e 111eelt. Preside,., DeGa•lle •I l's uau1 toolt tlae off•••'"• lal• leftist oJ,J,o•e•t of •eelti,ag tlae nt.i•• rebirtla of •la•t ..$ lte call.., - tl,e "ffle••'' of a,ealt J., i,acll gover•,,.••I• of Ille rece•I J,asl. If lie'• ••cce••l•l - said DeGa•ll• - ll,e re••lt •Ill be • "•atlo,aal calastro1>l,e." Tlai• t•e first ""'• DeGa•ll• laa• ffle,allo••II off. Late•t />OllB - said lo •Ito• llaat DeGa•lle IB fa•t l IDLER h a i , ~ man Jo Ph S1 idl · o th e F cl e ral Pot e r o 111 111 i · s i o II i r I I o I , l " f Io cl a t t 1 p · J 1 .. - a ,1 ~ o II t 11 g o l ,1 a t 011 r ' ional i111 Ii al i on i12lo th r c nl northeast pow r Jailur Th e tiln urg i ng pronipt e,iactment of f deral lau - lo s t mi11im111n standards for the design and op 1~atio,z of regional electrical systems. St idler adding, howe er, that inter-connected poi er networks - are still the cottntry's best bet for reliable, ineipensi e electrical service. The lesson we ha e learned - said lie - is simply this: That "we must strengthen our poi er grids - so that tl,ey can hold together and continue service - in any foreseeable emergency." QUEEN ueen Salote of Tonga -- d ea d today in a hospital at Auckland, New ~ eal nd -- at the a g e o f sixty- f ive. The ruler o f a hundre -.<iromantic exotic islands in the South Pacific -- victim o f a variety o f ailments, the seriousness o f which she concealed f rom her subjects -- right up to the very end. Queen Salote -- a friendly woman with a warm smile perhaps best remembered for her regal appearance -- at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Britain in Nineteen Fifty Three. At the time~- she stood six feet three -- and weighed nearly three hundred pounds. Her successor -- a son -- Crown Prince Tung!. Who now becomes -- King Tupou of Tonga. IVORCE A celebra e May an Dec ember marria e of just t wo an d a hal years a o -- c m e to an abrupt end t o d ay at Yakima, Washington. Mr s . Joan Douglas -- twenty- f ive year old wi f e o f Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas -- filing suit tr divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty . Ju st ice Dougias -- age sixty -s eve n -- married twice before . WE DL OCK A n o v el a ppro h t o e d l ock was a tte m pte t o a y b i a s outhern e nt l eman . I n ear ch of ~'bonni e highlan d la s " to share his bed and boar d . "s d II r Jame s any M cL eo d o Augusta, Geor g ia -- recently divorce d -- d t s pat ~ h ing a letter to the Aber de en Pre s s -- and -- Journal in gray an d rather dour city of Aberdeen, Scotland · a letter in wh c h he sai d he was seeking a new bri d e -- from the Highlands of S c otland. Why so, Warren" Because says the Georgia "San d y" McLeo d -- "the people in those Scottish Highlands are st ill unspoiled -- by~he lunacy that passes for sophisticat i on in p a rts of America and England." CHRIS TM A Th e hr ma tory t e n all Christmas s orie -- o a c ertain k n -- come tod ay f rom Springfield, Ohio. Where a entleman name d Robert F raley -- was hauled into court or soliciting money fro m children. It seems the de fendant had put on a Santa Claus outfit -- and wandered through the streets of Springfield -- stopping children along the way. To each little child -- he said: "How about a dime f or old Santa -- so he can ha v e a good Christmas ? " Whereupon Santa soon found himself in Jail -- as a pan han d ler. LTP.1965.12.15i.pdf LTP.1965.12.15ii.pdf