L'1' JIJICI PISIER 1 VEDIISDAY 1 APR¢ 21 1965 VDf ID ' America•a answer to the late1t threat ot Cblneae intervention in Viet laa--cue todaJ, at the White RCNN. Arter a conference with Prealdent John1on--D1ten11 SecretarJ Nclaaara announced a tittJ per cent 1ncreaae--1n u.s. ■111tarJ ald to the Soutb Vietnueae. Incr•-d tundl to be 111ed prlur11J--to increase the 11ze ot South Viet 1u•1 tlgbt~ force, troa 1t1 pre1ent strength or one hundred thoU1and •n--to one hundred and 11xt1 thousand •n. Sec. lc■-ra al10 lnclicatll'II an intenaltled role-- tor U .s. ■111 tarJ torce1 in Viet la■• Thl1 lnclladlnl contlnUICI air 1trike1 to the lorth--a r•ne•d ettort 1n thl Soutb--and a crackdown on Viet Cong lntlltration rCNtea by •ter. leroa1 the Oult ot Tonkin--and tbe South China sea. Det. sec. lcla-.ra adding that the united Stat•• ha1--a1 hi put 1t--"wa,1 and •an1 to take care ot" Soviet ■urtace-tO-air ■11111,1, it and when they are 1netall•d--at the Worth v1etna••• capital or Hanoi. VIET HAM - 2 NoftR V-ie,nameee oapltal ef Hanel. Meanwhile, u.s. and Vietnamese warplanes -- today pounded communist military targets in North Viet Nam -- tor the eighth straight day. But at the same ti• -- a maJor ground battle 1a developing tonight -- along a five-mile front in the south. Thia Just twenty-seven miles -- rrom the key u.s. air base at Da Nang. The awollen N1111111pp1 raged through LaCro111, Vi1oon11n, today with a cre1t or eeventeen-polnt-1,ven te,t; hlghl1t tlood· level ever recorded -- at that river 11ty. 'l'bt tlve ■1111 ot •1te1b1tt dike■ around LaCro111 -- apparentlJ holding -- 10 tar But theJ will haft to wlthatand at leaet two daJI ot poundlftl • bltore tbl river begin■ to recede. In thl •antl■I, v11con11n 1 1 Ci•ll Detena• orpnlsatlon 11 preparing tonllbt to ■on 1t1 ba1e ot operationa -- 1oa1 abtJ ■ilea dOlffl■tre• -- to Prairie Dll Cbien, v11con■ln, •re = rinr w11n now 11 at t•ntJ•tour teet and 1tlll cllilblna. Onl C1•11 Deten1e ottic1al re•rkilll tbat llhln tbl cre1t reachla Prairie IN Chien -- probablJ on JPridaJ -- tbat cltJ "11 · reallJ going to catcb lt.• So a tu11-1ca1, tftcuatlon 11 alreadJ under•J• AOBN'I' One of those four men - · - originally implicated in ' WU. the Civil R1ghte murder of Mre. Viola L1uzzo ,c 1dentltled today as an undercover agent tor the FBI. Gary Thomae Ro• Junior or Birmingham -- said to have been on the FBI'e payroll tor more than ti ve year a. His dua : 1 role d1ecloeed when be appeared in Hayneville, Ala'8ma -- to testify before a grand Jury considering possible murder charges against the other'• Mrs. Liuzzo -- the D1tr1olt 110tber or t1ve -- slain in her car on a deserted country road -- following thl Sale■-to-Nontgoaery "Preedom March." Why didn't ROiie try to prevent the murder? A eource cloee to the caee ---:f/l!tl- today that Rowe did try -- ~ 4 "did all be MM119,a-'fVl,~foun4 billeelf uneble the crime -- "without endangering his own lite." could." ,,) to prevent smL · The nation's basic steel 1ndw,try today issued preliminary plans -- for an orderly shut-down or the natlon•1 steel mills. This in the race of a threatened Nay Pir1t 1trike- by the Untied Steel Workers ot Aller1ca. The steelworkers deaandlng a pay hike -- ot seventeen-point-nine cents an hour. line cents an hour 110re -- than the industry's 1ate1t otter. And with contract talkl at a ■taleute -- obeervere t o n 1 g ~ t r 1 k l l ~ virtual A certainty -- barring direct government intervention. SHASTRI That invitation to Indian Prime Minister Shastri -- the one that he v1s1t the United States 80118 tille late this SWDlll8r George -- wl-H"6. it still stands. White House Press Secretar1 R e e d ; ~ today - that there hae been no chaup " in the A•rican position since last week. That• e when president Johnson r1rst announced postponement or the Shastri v1s1t. Since then, or course Shastri has been reported furious over the postponement. And yesterday be wnt so tar aa to cancel the visit entirely. In view or this -- Reedy waa aaked 1t he still expected Shaatr1 to come. 'l'hat -- aald h e - - ~ ~ 1 . '- ISASIBS A new "quickie" teet to determine whither a peraon has contracted German measles -- reported today in vaahtngton by the National Institute ot Health. The test to be •de available to tbl general public by next year -- ite val111 two-told. It will help docto11 to detel'lllne quickly -- metblr to adlllnlater gaaa globulin to fight the d11ea1e. It will al10 help 1peed up the 1earch tor an effective vaccine agaln1I Qel'llllft ••alee. The dlaeaee ueually aild -- except 1n tbl oaN of expectant ■others -- where it can cause severe detor■itlee in the tr unborn ch 'l ldren. Im A R0111 court today ordered a "11MJ trial -- tor Dalian t11■ ■tar Sophia Loren and blr ■a,be-buaband -- Producer Callo Ponti. !hi trial baNd on cbarp1 tbat Ponti •rrled 11111 LONn bJ prox, ln •x1co -- 111111• 1tlll •rrled to bll tlr■t wlfe -- Glllllana. !bl tll■ coupll I I •xlcan arrlall -- llnol d11101M -- but too late, ■aid tbl court. ftl trial to be1ln Jul.J SldJ -- wllll 1111 LoNn and Pontl taclnl a pa11lil• Jall Nnt•nce of up to tlw ,eu1. U conwloted -- 11111 LONn apparentlJ would baw to oanoel our ot btr •xt 1obldlll•d tll■ roll, -- a tll■ ln llhlcb lronleallJ -- ... - · t o play tha tltl• roll 1n tbl 11.fe ot llotlllr C&irlnl -- "tbt tlr1t Alllrican Saint.• Paul Jung -- one ot the bl1t-1cno11n clOlffll tn A•r1ca -- ae tOW'ld beaten to cteatb toda1 1n bla • • York hotel tooa. Thi bodJ d110099Nd llbin bl ta11t4 to Npol't ro, a pertonaaoe -- ot tbl olll'Nnt Ringling Brolbl,1 c1ro111. POllOI aN lnwatlptW ,111 orlill. . Nill llllll t8IIOUI •• a illllll•tace clOIIII -- itlll 1llualnaN4 ---up •- tla■IWII ott and on. II•• alto CNd1tld w1tla ••1•1.as , _ baNball - wlllaout a -NJ.I • tba u1 ot a ■1dp' u a oannon liall ~- tbl - - flN•fllbUIII or•• -- and othlr •ll•knOlffl clOlft'l ,out1n11. II •• 11zt1-t1.a. P&JR Thi bllllon-dollar ... York VorW Pair reopened todaJ--bigpr and better than •"r--ln pertect Sprlftl watblr. In le11 than halt-an•bouf•-thl groundl lll&nlftl wltb YllltOl'I•• •••tblng wltb actlvitJ--and echoing to tbl 81111c or tbl openlng-cl&J ■ll••lOftl puadl. Yloe Pr•■ ldant Bulrt BullphNJ--teatured ,.,. ... , at tbl rlbbon-outtlnl oen■ont.e1, oall._ tlall ,eu1 edlllan of llf. IIONI "Pr•lNd Land" a perfect ••11pl1tl•llon --of ,111 belt 1n tba •rld. . . . 1 tbat tor ld&ll pl'&lN • Dlat, CONPISSIOH From Paris -- news today that the French catholic Church hae branded faulty driving -- as a sin tbatf-u1t be confessed by the church fa1thtul. Among the 1ntract1ona to be included in the church conte111onal -- such thing■•• 1p1edlng, double passing and drunken driving. A spokesaan for the church suggesting that thin driving taults -- are trequentlJ the result or a ahow-ott attitude -- on the part or an 1-ture driver. &ddinl, Dlck, that u such -- t ' r l t 1 ~ - c t'rlt "•1118 of pride.•