Decemwr 22, 1965 BIRTBDA Y Dalla TOIIIUnd (la• from carbon, onglNl •la#)lac11d) A11ot•er birthday today - at tl,e Texas Wllile Bouse. Lady Bird Jol,11s 011 - fifty- tit ree yea rs old. A•d t,erllat,s for t1,e first time s ;,,ce tl,at fateful day ;,, Dallas - first lady I• lier own r igltt. Mrs. Jolla•o• tlee movl,ag force - beltl11d t,a11age of ,,,e rece11t liigltway beautiflcallo11 6Ul. A ca••• i• tollicla • · •• tie ••Y - lier 11ala,ral ••1•••• - givbtg 111ay lo a ••• 1••6•· A frie11d 11oti11g tltal 110• •••• ••• gets ut, to st,eall - "l,er •••es do11 't llnock so nsucll a11ymore . " 111 any case, lier t,riJ1cit,al job, of course - lllat of, helt11nate to the Pres ide11t. Servlr1g as llis "eyes a11d ear•" 011 travels tllrouglloul the co""'"''- - •llile assisting in tlae couJ1tless projects th« ltave become a part of Ille G.,-eal Society. Not the least of her duties- tltat of lleet,ing tabs 011 ler llusband. Seeing that he watclles Iris laeallla - watcltes ltis alll 'tBDA Y - 2 ••l•IH•e - a11d lakes an occasioNal Nat, - a11 occasio,aal resl. No naggi11g necessary. Lady Bird sinat>ly remi11tl• tlae Pre• de11t - "if you ca,a 'I r11• ,ourself - yo11 ca• 'I ru• llae CONR try• " II •or1,s - every time, 111e 're loltl. LAOS TIie government of Laos today ba,,ned f•rtl,er distribution in ll1at cou11try - of tl,e 11e•s1Ja/ler Tairatl,. Largest 11ews daily - i11 11eigliborl11g Tltaila,ul. TIie reason - /lublicat1011 of a11 article i11 'l'alratle ~retlicU11g an imml,ee11t co•t, i11 Laoa. F•rt•er ret,orU•1 '""' Laotla• Premier So•v•••a Plao•ma - •a• ready to flee tl,e 7'1 •• /la rl of "" "•• e•y /I la•" lo create co■f•• lo• - said tlte Laolia11 gover11ffleNI. Ne••••• al '"• •ce,ee •oll•6, lao•ever, tltal tl,e ,over11,,.e,et t1alace ,,,; al Vie•II••• • ••• bee11 ""der e~t,,-emely lteavy military 6•ard i,e rece11I •••••. COMMON DeGaulle leas agreed at laat - to e,ad 1,; 1 six-,no,atl,-ol,t lloycott of Ille Ee,ropea,. Commo11 Marllet. A11d Fr1111ce 10011 ,o I II a"" o., ,. c e P la ,. • - to a tie ,. d a C o,,. ,n o" M II r I, e t For• i g,. Ml11iater• meeti,eg ,.ext fflOfltlt ,,. L•xe,,.bo11rg. 7'11• a11•0M11cem e,at today - ,,. Pari• - from • o -called "re, Po•• i bl• Fre•cll gover11•e11t source,." TIie same so•rce• lli•ll•g at tit• po,aibility - of a f•ture •••mit •••li,eg of Ill• •Ix ••,,.6er-•atio11• of Ill• co,,.,..o,. Market. To settl• o•c• artd for all-tit• cri•I• tlu,t ••• paralyaed tl,e trade allla11ce si,ece .111• f'ltirtiellt. OIJIBLEBY Tlae world-famo"s "Voice of Brltah1f/ for II,• t,a•I ta,o decades - stilled fore v er, accordir,g to a ,iat,atcl, today fro• Lor,dor,. Ricllard Dhnbleby - Brilair,'• tot, radio ar,d televisior, comme,etalor - critically HI wtlle ca•cer. Dim.bleby's sor, ret,ortir,g tl,at lae is ever, r,o• "•i11ttreg ir,lo a TIie fifty-two-year-old Di,nbleby - a fist;,re al T•o. Ut, lo """ lr,cl.,dlr,g - Ille •lat e f••eral of Sir Wl••lo11 c•.,rclaill last Ja,,.,ary. Al a It•• wl, c • l,e ,,,,,,self - ••• e■t•rl•lf Ille terml■al stot•f f Ills ••• affllctlo■ . - DAHOMEY A no tit er m ii Ila ry c out> today 111 tire tlrty 110 ,; 0 ,. of Dallomey - formerly Fre11cll West Africa. Army stro11gma,e Gerteral Cllristot>lte Soglo - seiaheg co11trol of gover•,,.e•I • for tlae second time in less tlta,e a mo,etla. Di••olvi11g Pnrlia•e•I, all political /Jarties a•d all local gover11111••I - ,e•tli11g ertactme11t of a ne111 co•slilMtiort. Tl,e coMfl - a•11ou•ced officially by Ratll.1 Coto110•. Matle rtecessary - said Soglo - by co•li•M•tl blcteri•g ••d fe•di•g amo"g c iv ilia" autl,orilles. Wl,o l,ave bee• •••ble as y•I to establlslt a stable gover••••I - ,,. tl,e five Y••r• si,ece Dal,omey acleieved ii• l11det,e11dence. ror From St,ri11gfi eZd . Florida. 11ear Pe11alcola - tl,e story today of a would-be robber . Wl,o t,icl,ed 0 11 a "'l'ol" - a,ul eraded u t, .,itlr a big ,.,. ol o,a Id • laead. r•e res,.,,. ii e gu,ama,a - oree Jol,11 Fra11l,li11 Mc Bride. •o••Y h1 ••r casl, register. w•ere•,o• Mallie Lo• - ••"• "'"' "•l,al /er. " Sel• l•g Ille rifle a,ad cl•bbl•6 Iii• over '"• 1,ead •ilia 'II - """' slae bro/re i•e alocll. Wl,e,e police arrived - llaey loolt McBride 1101 to Jail b11t lo a l,ost,ital. Wl,ere al last ret,orl - l,e • • • still l• serious condition. Mattie Lou described by t,olice - aa "a t,retty ltefly ga I. ,, BAIR A stiff s e,. le Nee was le ,nt,er•d will, ,,. ere y today - ,,. T•riN, Italy. WI, ere a,e llalia,a J11tlge s •• t,e,atled a te,e-,,. orttla Jail term - levied agai,as t Glova,a,ef Ge,etile - fo'r l,avl,ag sl,avetl .,, •ife'• ••• ,. Tte J•dge s11dde•ly l•11le,el - •••• G•,elll• •st,lal11ed t•• •ollve for l,is crfffle. Be sla•v•d ••• •If•'• laeall, ••Id••• •••• •• diacover•tl ••• 1,ad •,,e,., Ill• .,,..,,.,101••"' cl,eclt - at Ille ••irdresser'•· VIET \Al T II II i l • d • I a l · a ,ul S o u l h V i e t 11 a m - c, p p a r e 1i / l r ad to ac .,,,,1 a Chri ·twas ceas -fire i,i the Vietnamese u a1•. Thi ' o ·01,rJ i11 to a report today from Washin~m- with f ormal confi1·n1tllio11 xpect d hortly i11 Saigon. In th meantime - the war goes on. American bombers equippe d with flickering, green electronic eyes - knifing thro11glt darkness and fog today. To blast a vital rail bridge - near Haiphong. The pre-datun raid - fourth American bombing attack in si .,: days - within the indttstrial heartland of Com m : oli s t Nor th Vie tn a m . TRO A T pa,: , · hamp · Fra,ik Borma11 and Jim Lo, ell of the Gemini-S I n loda_\ ompleled a e1 ' ie of medical tests al cape Kenned:,. Do /ors certifying that the t, o men came throitgh their pace endurance test - in the best of physical condition. The a tronauts promptly flying back to Houston for. Christmas r union with their families. To be followed by more - - briefing. EXPERIME T Plan or a no I xperimenl aimed al ol ing an a e-old /)robl 111 - ucre an11ou11ced Loda in Rome. The Exter,zal Cit to ban all traffic from its central shopping district - for a week beginning Monday. The twenty-block "golde,z triangle" of Rome - lo serve solely as a "Pedestrian island." Roma,i traffic• officials insisting, what's more, that if lhc temporary ban eases traffic-and doesn't ruin b11 . siness-it may become a permanent one. Local obser ers - doubtful, however, for all the attempts through histor to solve the Roma,i traffic mess - only one was ever successful. That by the barbarous Gauls - in three-ninety B.C. When they settled the problem - by burning the city. · · - - - - - - - - - HOME FOLLO\I l JET AM In a "ar-r la/ d incident h • re al hom e - a u. Armv offi Y lfll 011 i t d b) a court martial today at Fort Bliss, Texa . econd Lieutenant Hewry Howe of Bou . Ider, _yado Colo;;; 5P - found guilty of disrespect and conduct unbecoming an officer. For hat i11g take, part in a demonstration - against the i ar in Vietnam. Preliminary sentence - subject to re iez - set at ttvo years of hard labor, a dishonorable - discharge, and for•feiture of all pay and allowance. ' - - GOLDBERG FOLLOW HOME Al a1111 hi/ , a />r s co f n r nc at lh United Nations - f or • Am u ador Arthur Goldb rg. Pre umabl y to ummarizc th lw uli lit e ion of the Gene, • al A sembly , hich ended ea,•l) toda l . But also concerned largely - with the war in Vietnam. At on e Point - a . ,z A ia,z corre /)ondent exf)ressi,ig the fears of "no11-t hite" obser ers - as he put ii. Fears - said he - t(t if th ere we r · e any fur titer escalation of the war - "the United States would not hesitate to ttse the atomic bomb." Goldberg reply: The use of atomic weapons in Vietnam - "has not been contemplated and is not conceivable." Indeed, he went on,the United States "wants to use NO weapons of war in Vietnam. " Our goal, he asserted, is simply that aggression shall cease. TRANSPORT FOLLOW RO\IE I> "kin g of Ira /fie - British Prime Min i. t , , Harold Wilson /oda fir d hi l · ransportation ,nini ·ter. man named Tom Fra er - 1 ho ha been in ol ed in a 11,imber of highway contro er ies in recent month. The latest over an order that 1 011ld ha e permittfld British police to lake 1-oad ide breath t es ts - in th e i r 10 a r on drunk en d Yi v er s . A t1'rn for the better? We'll have to wait and see. His successor, you see, a iooman - toho does,it drive. LTP.1965.12.22i.pdf LTP.1965.12.22ii.pdf