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\ The Book • . • MICHIGAN Cloudy . Is a mine of Informo an d cooler high in tion, and mining it is fun. STATE upper 30's. --Harold Walsh EWS UNIVERSITY Thursday, Dec. 9, 1965 10« Vol. 58, Number 68 East Lansing, Michigan VC W ipe O ut A ir Force To Shift E lite B a tta lio n SAIGON, South Viet Nam .P1— b a 1 1 a 1 1 o n—perhaps 500 elite The hunted turned on the hunter fighters—in a three-hour battle. and the Viet Cong knocked out a A dispatch from the scene, in From Big Bom bers Vietnamese ranger battalion the Tam Ky area 360 miles Wednesday in a wasteland be northeast of Saigon, said only tween U.S. Marine bases and about a third of the rangers es Da Nang and Chu Lai. caped to the lines of a reserve A strong Communist force, company, and six of their U.S. advisers were reported lost, two Cuts, Changes screened in canefields, encir cled and virtually destroyed the killed and four missing. In contrast, the Viet Cong Vatican broadcast an offer of a 1 2 -h o ur Christmas truce. The Red guer Draw Criticism rillas promised to halt opera tions from 7 p.m. Dec. 24 until Council WASHINGTON i.fl—Secretary of Defense 7 a.m. Dec. 25 "to allow people ■ Robert S. McNamara announced Wednesday F o rd F u n d on the other side to celebrate Christmas in peace" if they laid a two-thirds cutback in the U.S. long-range down their arms and dropped in Closes bomber force over the next few years, but J o b T a k e n telligence activity in that period. Once bitten by Viet Cong oc VATICAN CITY i.F-Pope Paul hinted that the controversial TFX will be cupation of a strategic valley VI, a windblown figure in white adapted as an advanced bomber. while government troops observ against the dark gray stone of B y B u n d y ed a comparable holiday cease St. Peter’s Basilica, brought Ro McNamara also told of plans to cut down the Continental Air fire, U.S. and Vietnamese author man Catholicism’s greatest gen- Defense system and to eliminate the Navy’s extension of the Early AUSTIN, Tex. f-McGeorge ities weighed the offer warily. era 1-council to an end Wednes Warning system. And he said military airlift capability will be Bundy, last of the late President A State Department spokesman day. with three simple words: improved by 29 per cent. John F. Kennedy’s key advisers in Washington, Robert J. Mac- "ite in pace” - go in peace. This dramatic overhaul of the nation's air might was linked to still in the White House, is leav Cluskey, called on the Commu T he Roman Catholic pontiff a "reduced Soviet bomber threat” and to "basic force levels ing to become president of the nists in Viet Nam to give a "real spoke with upraised arms as he and weapons systems changes.” Ford Foundation. Christmas present to the world” faced the 2,400 bishops, assem POPE PAUL VI The actions will be other steps in the drastically changing pat- Bundy's resignation and Pres by opening peace negotiations. bled for the last time in council. ----------------------------- --------------------------- tern of America’s armed forces. ident Johnson’s acceptance of it The truce offer was considered With this the Vatican Ecumeni The most recent major shift "with genuine regret’’ were an a propaganda exercise, but cal Council passed into history. was transformation of the 1 st nounced at the WhiteHousepress American officials said it would But it left Roman Catholicism Cavalry Division into an airmo center here Wednesday. Bundy be studied. with a blueprint for moderniza GT 6 Passes bile unit geared to rush into ac has been presidential assistant U.S. air fleets carried the war tion bound to occupy the church tion in swarms of helicopters. for national security affairs since to the Communists with bombing for decades, even centuries, to Gradually the helicopter has the beginning of the JCennedy ad strikes at targets ranging from com e. made paratroop assaults almost ministration. Red-held sectors of the Mekong SPARTY'S ALL WASHED UP--Workmen above give In his final speech at a cere Pre-Flight Tests obsolete. P re ss secretary Bill D. River delta to supply routes and Sparty a much neededbath. They cleaned up on MSU's monial closing in St. Peter’s But McNamara’s plans, which Meyers left the future status of symbol Tuesday. Photo by Lance Lagoni in part were made known l\ies- (continued on page 6) Square, the Pope said he hoped CAPE KENNEDY (JP! -- The G em ini 6 astronauts Walter M. Bundy’s office in doubt. the council’s work would renew day night, continued to bring Meyers’ words indicated the Gemini 6 spacecraft and its Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Staf sharp protests from some sena not only the church but all the Titan 2 rocket sailed smooth ford on Sunday or Monday. position might be downgraded in w orld. tors who said undue reliance is importance. He stressed that ly through an all- important Flight Director Christopher being placed on missiles. He published a papal brief offi flight rehearsal Wednesday, Kraft indicated a decision would Johnson feels that members of cially closing the 2 1 st council in Sen. John Stennis, D-Mlss., the Cabinet and their subordi keeping alive hopes that it may be made about noon today. chairman of the Senate Pre I Was Dumbfounded the 2,000 years of Roman Cathol carry its two astronauts into nates must carry the burden of icism. In it, the Pope described space one day earlier than plan paredness subcommittee, said responsibility in the security the council as the greatest ever the phaseout of the heavy bomb field. ned. er "is to me an unnecessary and held, whether in size, in sub The lengthy test, which will Under Johnson, Bundy never jects treated or in the needs it Griffin unwarranted gamble with our na filled quite the same role that tell whether or not Gemini 6 is tional security at a time we can By Romney—Ferency m et. qualified to fly, began at noon he performed for Kennedy. ill afford it." Under Kennedy, Bundy was at He declared the council's de and continued through the eve Stennis said the cutbacks are cisions binding on all Catholics ning. At FeeHall the core of policy decisions. Be attack on himself and the Mich will be glad to debate the issue ill-timed because his committee By LARRY SPARBER and invalid anything undertaken Information spewed out during cause there was some belief State News Staff Writer igan Democratic party. with the governor, but Tuesday "is in the process of making a that he was outranking Secretai^ "This is the first time the was not the time nor the place by anyone against those decisions the rehearsal will be compared- thorough analysis of our air lift of State Dean Rusk in such mat The clash between Governor governor has shown an inability for such debate." whether knowingly or in ignor with data gathered during a simi Tonight and sealift requirements and cap ters, Bundy felt called upon to George Romney and Democratic to control his feelings,” Ferency Ferency said he did not anti ance. lar October practice session, abilities." deny that he was running "a State Chairman Zolton A. Fen- said. cipate future disagreement with Progressive and conservative when Gemini 6 was on the launch Congressman Robert P. Sen. A.S. Mike Monroney, D- T it*’.«* St-.te Department’’ in the ency at a meet- "I was surprised to see such Romney on bi-partisan issues, prelates alike - those who had pad before the launch was scrub Griffin, co-author of the 1959 Okla., a member of the Senate W Pice i . ..use, in g o n civil behavior and was dumbfounded but he suggested they may be on argued for a truly up-to-date bed. Landrum-Griffin Act and the Na Defense Appropriations Subcom Myers said Johnson will have rights Tuesday when he bolted from the room, "less than friendly terms" in Catholicism and those who had T his inform ation—coupled tional Student Loan program, will mittee, called the cutback "utter increasing direct contacts with w as the first like a youngster that could not the political debate arena. urged sticking to the traditional with how far ahead they are in be on campus for a news con folly” and false economy "with Rusk, Secretary of Defense personal con pin the tail on the donkey in the "In a way," Ferency said, ways - streamed across the sun their schedule—was expected to ference at 6 tonight and a cam no replacement in view" for Robert S. McNamara and per flict between the right place.” "I guess I’m somewhat of a lit square in white vestments as give officials a good clue wheth pus -wide meeting at 7:30 p.m. the bombers. sons serving under them on se two men, Fer- Ferency accused Romney of thorn in the governor’s side.” the service started. e r they should try to 1 a u n c h Both meetings will be in 140 Another member of the de curity matters. ency said. "pulling a political issue into "Political differences are not W est F ee. fense appropriations group, Sen. "The President has until the The argument the meeting," when the governor as important as creating a strong The visit of Griffin, Republican A.

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