Just a sampling of news and commentary from the week of March 30, 1965 as presented by NBC Radio News and correspondents Ned Brooks, Fred Morrison , Ned Carden and Ray Henley.
A huge explosion wrecked the U.S. Embassy in Saigon today, killing an American woman secretary at the embassy and four Vietnamese. An unidentified man, believed to have been an American military policeman, also was killed. Forty-three injured Americans were in the U.S. Navy hospital.
One of them was in critical condition. The woman secretary who was killed was working in an office on the second floor above the street level. She was hit by flying glass and debris.
In an extraordinary statement with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover standing at his side President Johnson announced the arrest of four Klansmen in connection with the slaying of a white civil rights worker in Alabama, and then said this: “I am asking the attorney general to develop legislation that will bring the activities of the Klan under effective control of law. “In connection with new legislation, congressional committees may wish to investigate the activities of such organizations and the part they play in instigating violence.”
And Assistant Atty. General Norbert A. Schlei testified before the House Government Information subcommittee. headed by Rep. John E. Moss, D-Calif. that the administration fully appreciated the public’s right to know. Chairman John E. Moss said today a 10-year study by his House Government Information Subcommittee proved that government secrecy tends to grow as the Government grows. The California Democrat made the statement as his subcommittee began hearings on a “Freedom of Information” Bill. The legislation would allow anyone who asks to see most records of the Federal Government.
A week with a lot of historic implications as reported on and commented by the Correspondents at NBC Radio for the week of March 30, 1965.
