National and World News Highlights From Our Town Date
In Our Town we gain a table Sunday to seek an end to a four day strike that has left New York City without seven of its eight major newspapers Officials from both sides saw little prospect of an immediate settlement. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's Christian Democratic Union in Germany won a mandate to govern for four more years. Sino-Indian crossing tensions and U.S. congressional debates over labor reform are noted as page references. Brush fires rage in northern California with a glimmer of relief possible. American defector William White arrives in Kansas City with his Chinese wife and two children denying he is a turncoat.
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New York City
Ludwig Friard
Christian Democratic Union
Germany
India
Peking
New Delhi
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
California
William
White
China
Kansas City
China extends deadline as troops tighten on Indian frontier
China moved troops toward India's northern frontier near Ladakh but did not cross. The defense ministry said it extended its three day deadline for a showdown in the Himalayas. Indian officials fear Chinese intervention amid the Kashmir war with Pakistan.
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New Delhi
India
China
Defense Ministry
Himalayas
Ladakh
Indian Kashmir
Sikkim-China
Pakistan
Houston Woman Dies After Ama rillo Hit By Truck
Peggy Jean Ramsey 35, deaf mute from Houston, arrived Ama rillo last week and died at Northwest Texas Hospital after a pickup struck her in the 706 block of north Fillmore at about 1 a.m. Witnesses say she was crossing the four lane street in the middle of the block when hit by William B. McReynolds 56.
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Houston
Amarillo
Northwest Texas Hospital
North Fillmore
Peggy Jean Ramsey
Grande Mote
N. Fillmore
William B. McReynolds
Indian Chinese deadline confusion over traffic tragedy notes
Police report Amarillo's seventh traffic death of the year amid unclear China India deadline timing. Officials cite Beijing and New Delhi talks, with India's stance unchanged and no official comment yet on China extending the deadline.
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Amarillo
New Delhi
India
China
Tremor and Tornadoes Hit Tri State Area
A series of tornadoes touched Felt Oklahoma and Clayton New Mexico causing heavy damage as a Canadian cold front brought heavy rains and a cloud cover. An Oakland tremor struck Sunday night at 615 pm CST prompting many calls to police and newspapers.
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Felt
Cimarron County
Okla
Clayton
Panhandle
TriState
South East
Bob MecDaniels MecDaniels
Oakland
Calif
Oakland Area
East Bay
Tri State Fair Opens With Largest Parade In History
The 42nd Tri State Fair kicks off with an 86 unit parade moving north on Polk at 10 am. Buses carry 12 high school bands join 54 riding units as spectators line downtown Amarillo. Senator John Tower was delayed but expected to arrive by 11 am. Rep Walter Rogers and local GOP officials will attend.
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Polk
Bises
Amarillo
12Th and
Ord and Polk
Santa Fe
Walter Rogers
Pampa
John Tower
Houston
Amarillo Air Terminal
John Kenehan
Randall County
GOP
Weatherman
S S Bassinger
Englewood
Cole
Congolese Sink Rebel Transport Ajax Intercepted on Lake Tanganyika
Congolese government forces patrolling Lake Tanganyika intercepted a rebel troop and supply boat named Ajax used to ferry troops ammunition and supplies from Tanzania to guerrillas in the Eastern Congo. No survivors were reported and few details were immediately available.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
UPI
Lake Tanganyika
Tanzania
Congo
U N Security Council orders 48 hour India Pakistan truce
The Security Council called on India and Pakistan to end fighting within 48 hours, setting a 2 am EST Wednesday cease-fire deadline. The vote was 10 to 0 with Jordan abstaining, amid US and Soviet backing, as Kosygin invited leaders to discuss a political settlement.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
India
Pakistan
Jordan
Council
United States
Soviet Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakstan
Germans back Erhard as CDU wins big in election
West Germany's Christian Democrats secure about 47.6 percent of votes in nationwide elections, defeating Social Democrats led by Willy Brandt. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard maintains the postwar economic mandate as the CDU strengthens its long held lead.
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Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
West Germany
Hitler
Third Reich
Cor Ailent
Erhard
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Social Democrats
C Cancellor
Erich Meade
Free
Reds Air Moon Film
Soviet scientist Dr. B Y Levin presented eight slides from Zond 3 images at a Pasadena conference on the Moon and Planets. The footage showed craters two to 25 miles wide with possible meteorite impacts creating flashes of light on the lunar surface.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPID
B. Y. Levin
Hussia
Sitde
California Institute of Technology
Levin
Paratroopers Repel Viet Cong Night Attack Near An Khe
Viet Cong guerrillas launched a night assault Sunday against American paratroopers in central ward near An Khe. U S Army 11th Airborne Brigade fought a 24 hour perimeter, then moved forward with Vietnamese forces. four Viet Cong were killed and one wounded, who died later. US casualties were reported as none.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Central
An Khe
US. Army
11St Airborne
U.S
Stray Mongrel Survives Leap From Cliff
A small black and white stray dog lived after leaping 100 feet from a cliff near the city work house. Firemen Civil Defense workers and city employees tried to reach the animal using a rope ladder from a helicopter but the dog leaped away. The search continued as Viet Cong battles raged nearby with American forces reporting dozens of casualties.
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Prankport
Capd
Civil Defense
State Adjutant General's Office
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