Diary 1967

this is marman Smith reporting on the year 1967 with a filmed record of the major events of the year [Music] [Applause] in June this year Arabs and Israel again went to war Egypt's President Nasser demanded that the United Nations withdraw from the Sinai desert Arab crowds responded with cries for a holy [Applause] war NASA refused to plea by Secretary General utat he ordered his army to the Israeli Frontier the UN pulled [Applause] out Nasser settled his Feud with Jordan's King Hussein in Tel Aviv General Moshi Diane took over the ministry of Defense June 5th war broke out Israel hit Arab aircraft and Airfield [Music] Jordan seized Mount scopus and shell the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem in New York the security Council met but the Soviet Union stalled action pending word of an Arab Victory it never [Music] [Applause] came with ER superiority secured the Israeli Army slashed forward [Music] within 3 days the Egyptian Army was neutralized and Israel had driven to the Suez [Music] Canal on June 8th the Secretary General read a telegram from Cairo then has decided to accept the ceasefire [Music] call Israel's victory was commanded by General itac Raven his strategy based on the most efficient Army of Citizen Soldiers the world has ever seen at the whaling Wall in Jerusalem the was an emotional reunion with the holiest of Jewish [Music] relics Israel said she would never withdraw from Jerusalem thousands of Arabs fled compounding the refugee problem at the UN Soviet Premier kosan demanded a vote of condemnation against Israel but soul searching by some Arab leaders had produced the beginnings of change New World War started king husin of Jordan dropped the pose of beligerant and recognize defeat Jordan will still survive ground down by Soro for the moment we will rise again Soviet illusion bombers visited Cairo however as the Russians extended the coal War to the mid East a Soviet Fleet tied up at Port SED and Nasser met Soviet president Nikolai pod gorney to discuss expanded military aid in October the Israeli Destroyer elat was sunk by a Soviet sticks missile fired from Port SED 47 crewman died as Israel buried the dead she sought a way to even the score the refinery at Suz was within easy reach of Israeli guns most Egyptian oil capacity was destroyed at year end the UN observers again watched the Middle East in New York for the UN session Soviet Premier coosan took time to go sightseeing with his daughter son-in-law and a horde of guards newsmen and [Music] police he also took time for a hastily arranged Summit meeting at glassborough New Jersey with President Johnson it was described as a useful exchange of views but promised no changes in [Music] policy in Aiden the British announced that after 148 years they were pulling [Music] out rival Arab groups fought one another and the British for future control [Applause] one I will go go to my in Athens where democracy was born left of center George po andreo Drew huge crowds during campaigns for a general election but a cudar by the military for stalled him as the Army seized the government at year in King Constantine was ousted for defying the jent in November angered by the buildup of Greek troops on Cyprus turkey threatened War Turks and nikosia on Cyprus were virtually Under Siege cypriot president marcario agreed to a withdrawal of Greek troops and tensions eased President Johnson and the chiefs of state of 18 other members of the OAS met in Puna Desta Uruguay in April ugu and communist demonstrated against the meeting in this three-day meeting the American Chiefs laid the groundwork for a Latin American Common Market but there was no promise of increased American Aid meanwhile in Bolivia the Army was hard pressed to root out communist guillas [Music] US Special Forces teams were sent to train the bolivians in counter Insurgency rumor was that Cuban leader Chay gavo here seen with Premier Fidel Castro was leading the gorillas the bolivians captured a French leftist register Bray who admitted seeing gar who was reported killed his papers reveal de BR as a highlevel communist Courier de BR received a long jail term the year saw a number of harrowing disasters in Brussels fireing a crowded department store took 300 [Music] lives a murderous flash flood swept through the suburbs of Lisbon Portugal drowning 200 dami DRS a [Music] milon in Colombia flow accidentally contaminated with insecticide killed 70 remorse overwhelmed the baker whose breakfast loaves carried the poison 60 of the Dead were children disaster at Sea aboard the US carrier forest all on station near vetnam a rocket accidentally fired turned the flight deck into a holocaust that took 134 [Music] lives on seven stones Reef near the English Coast the giant tanker Tor Canyon went a ground and leaked 30 ,000 tons of crude oil the drifting slime glutted Harbors killed fish and trapped thousands of seabirds fashion news is really news these days youth creates a whole new style Twiggy a skinny cotney girl models are revealing styles on a body that has little to reveal [Music] the hippie say they have dropped out of Western Civilization they gyate to Indian ragar Rock chant viic hems and practice their version of Buddhism [Music] [Applause] [Music] Frontiers the hippie say are in the soul and they seek to enter puffing the current Fad in psychedelic weeds sometimes they call themselves the protest generation they say Make Love Not War [Applause] they spend a lot of time on [Applause] barricades president Lyndon Johnson added the title grandfather to his other honors when daughter Lucy nent bore a son the baby was baptized with the president himself as Godfather the first first White House wedding in half a century took place in December Linda Johnson married Marine Captain Charles Rob the happy couple departed for a Caribbean honeymoon the United States Space Program Advanced as the Saturn 5 rocket was rolled out to launch an unmanned Apollo spacecraft ignition all engines are running the giant rocket shoved a record payload into orbit Standard Time all parameters look good at a height of 38 miles the first stage burned out direct says go all the way engine a camera on board recorded the scene [Music] two robot surveyor spacecraft were soft landed on the moon and sent back pictures of a lunar sunset pictures of a robot shovel testing the lunar soil and in January tragedy the Apollo crew Roger chaffy and Ed white and space veteran gust Grom were killed during a training Mission their Apollo craft caught fire on the pad at Cape Kennedy they were buried with full military Hors [Music] Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir kamarov became the first known casualty of space flight his ashes were placed in an honored spot in the cremin [Music] wall 1967 Mar marked the 50th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution in Moscow they celebrated the Soviet anniversary and its leader Vladimir [Applause] lenine a Defector from the Soviet regime Stalin's daughter spet Lana fled to the West she published Memoirs of her life with father in China chairman Mau stirred his red guards against Soviet revisionism and with Len P announced the detonation of a hydrogen bomb his rampaging guards destroyed the British Chancery in ping incited months of ride in Hong [Applause] [Music] Kong Britain retaliated by restricting Chinese officials in London the Chinese Embassy people battle police in the streets millions of visitors traveled to Montreal Canada for Expo 67 the celebration of Canada's 100th anniversary on dominion day Queen Elizabeth and Prince philli visited the fair president Charles go of France arrived bringing controversy his speech supporting the French separatist provoked official [Music] wrath in England Prime Minister Wilson abruptly devalued the pound sterling 14% to Halt speculative attacks and stimulate exports his call for belt tightening at home was largely ignored other currencies quickly followed the pound but the Frank and the dollar held firm the US negative balance of payments figured in the president fight for a tax increase now there are pressures on our economy which demand that we ask for a portion of that 24 billion B in the form of a c charge it would be a penny out of every dollar the rising cost of living aggravated Farm problems milk producers dump milk to force higher prices they got the increase the United Auto Workers began a Siege of auto companies striking the Ford plans [Music] by Union president Walter Ruther they wanton a guaranteed annual [Music] [Applause] wage Chrysler also agreed General Motors is negotiating in July race riots broke out a demonstration against police in Newark erupted into 4 days of violence arson was widespread snipers shot at firemen and [Music] police the Springfield Avenue shopping district was sacked hundreds were arrested 30 [Music] killed Governor Hughes called The National guard to restore order bad weather as much as Firepower ended the riot a week later in Detroit rioting 40 more dead damage ran over a billion President Johnson ordered federal troops to bring peace to the city looting murder and arson have nothing to do with civil rights they are criminal conduct [Applause] as elections approached there was talk of white backlash but in Cleveland Carl Stokes a negro was elected mayor and in Gary Indiana Richard Hatcher we have won a great Victory let's make it an even greater Victory by conducting ourselves in order way never before have I I ever know to the extent that I know tonight the full meaning of the words God Bless America in Vietnam air attacks against the north grew in intensity areas of Hanoi and high fond steel plants and airfields were added to the list of targets us plane losses pass the 500 Mark by midyear at home protest against the war focused on the bombing let us Save Our National Honor stop the bombing and stop the war as I have said before in evaluating the enemy strategy it is evident to me that he leaves our Achilles Hill is our resolve General West Morland spoke for the administration the tempo of ground war also increased Marines along the demilitarized zone fought a series of actions against North Vietnamese [Music] regulars in May the ninth Marines were pinned down in a church at at [Music] ano air strikes held the Communist at Bay [Music] at dawn the Marines pulled out with their [Music] wounded at conen Marines received heavy fire from rockets and artillery in the [Music] DMZ but they still hellot position at Year's End Thanksgiving Day climaxed the biggest action of the war near doc toe in the central [Music] Highland infantry drove the North Vietnamese from The High Ground losses were heavy but the Communists were smashed in October thousands of Peace demonstrators marched on the [Music] Pentagon militants stormed the building hundreds were arrested Redevelopment programs experts say offer the only sure road to Victory there was a step toward DeMar Y in general elections One Peace candidate received a surprising 30% of the vote 80% of the electorate voted watched by us observers General 2 was elected president General key vice president their margin of victory was small at Home Secretary mcnamar resigned I've greatly valued the opportunity to serve my country as Secretary of Defense and I'm profoundly grateful to the president for his unfailing support and for his friendship a Minnesota Democrat Senator McCarthy began a campaign against lbj's Vietnam policy prospects brighten for Republicans Ronald Reagan and Nelson Rockefeller Governor Romney of Michigan announced he would campaign for the Republican nomination at Dartmouth College he summoned his party Richard Nixon voiced party hopes but I believe that the Republican candidate whoever is nominated by the Republican convention uh will win the election but the president had already launched his own campaign with the same zest he has always devoted to the greatest American game the warmup for 68