Odd Spot

Police have detained two men who were about to harvest a cannabis crop in a cemetery in Hanoi. Police took in Nguyen Manh Hung, 44, who heads the cemetery's caretaker team, and Ho A Lau, 46, after authorities found pot growing on a 25-square-metre patch.

In The Herald: 1966

* The US secretary of state, Dean Rusk, said continued infiltration of men and supplies from North Vietnam to the South, indicated by improved roads on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, justified bombing oil installations in Hanoi and Haiphong. The prime minister, Howard Holt, defied criticism Australia was in the pocket of the US, declaring it was fully justified in being "fulsome" in its support of its ally. It was the week of his "All the way with LBJ" declaration.