Pope Paul VI Arrives in New York for Historic UN Visit
The pope landed at 7:37 a.m. EDT to a fervent welcome as he began a nine hour, 4280 mile journey. He urged peace before the United Nations and met President Johnson with global leaders present. Crowds hailed him along a 24 mile motorcade through New York City.
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Paul VI
Ernest
United Nations
Johnson
Pope
Church
Dean Rusk
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Appalachian Highway Study OK'd with 176 mile corridor plan
The Ohio Department of Highways outlined a 176 mile corridor from Cincinnati to Belpre via routes including US 50 and Route 124. Franklin Engineering Associates will perform preliminary work under a $238,500 study approved with federal funds, due within 12 months.
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Athens
Coolville
Belpre
Ohio River
Ohio Department of Highways
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Highway
Jackson
Wellston
Jackson County
U.S. 50
Albany
West Virginia
Bridgeport
W. Va
Franklin Engineering
Ohio
North Carolina
ARC
BPR
North Caroline
Masketer
Soviet Luna 7 Space Probe Sent Toward Moon
Moscow reports the Luna 7 automatic lunar probe launched by a multistage rocket. Tass notes the station weighs 1506 kilograms and was placed on an intermediary Earth orbit before steering toward the moon.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Moon
Goldberg Hosts Johnson and U Thant at Waldorf Dinner
U S ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg entertained President Johnson and UN Secretary General U Thant at a dinner in his Waldorf Astoria suite Sunday night. About forty officials and their wives attended the event. A group of newsmen and economic attaches from eight foreign embassies joined the tour of coal industry sites in Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Johnson
U Thant
Goldberg
Waldorf-Astoria
Toledo
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
National Coal Policy Conference, Inc
Demonstrators Halted by Police at Georgia Bus Scene
In Crawfordville Georgia Negro demonstrators tried to force their way onto a bus carrying white school children. State police intervened dragging several to the ground and arresting two after they went limp during the confrontation.
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Crawfordville
Mailers Union and publishers reach contract as NY Guild strike persists
The Mailers Union and publishers approve a new contract in New York while the AFL-CIO New York Newspaper Guild strike against The New York Times extends into its 19th day. Only two of the eight major papers have published since the shutdown began September 16.
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New York
Mailers Union and
Afl-Cio
New York Newspaper Guild
New York Times
Ohio Conservation Hall of Fame Inductees to Be Announced
Inductees into the Ohio Conservation Hall of Fame will be announced at the 1966 Ohio State Fair. The event highlights notable conservation figures to be honored during the fair proceedings.
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Starts Conservation Hall of Fame
Columbus
Ohio Conservation Hall of Fame
School Board hires second supervisor in Athens County
Athens County School Board approves the hire of a second supervisor as part of district actions. The decision follows a united board stance to strengthen administrative leadership.
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Athens County School Board
American Legion
Logan
Point Pleasant Resort
Gallia
William C. Stephens
U.N.C.L.E
Slattery
Indonesian Army Holds Jakarta as Reds Threaten Elsewhere
Jakarta reports say the Indonesian army controls Jakarta with fears of Communist activity in other areas. Sukarno claims to be firmly in charge as rebel forces and rival generals maneuver amid a coup attempt and palace guard upheaval.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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China
Associated Press
Antoine Yared
Java
Sukarno
Revolutionary Council
Radio Jakarta
Achmad Yani
Radio Medan
Sumatra
Abdul Haris Nasution
Armed Forces
Suharto
Singapore
Pramoto
Heavy Casualties Reported in Viet Fight Near Da Nang
Major combat between a Vietnamese army battalion and a Viet Cong unit in Quang Nam or 3inh Dinh province caused heavy government losses while U S advisers in Vietnamese units suffered light casualties. Marines near Da Nang repelled a Viet Cong ambush with at least 11 enemy killed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
3Inh Dinh
U.S
Phu Cu
da Nang
U. S
Lewis W. Walt
Viet Nam
Johnson signals Cuban refugee welcome at Liberty Island
President Johnson signed a sweeping immigration bill on Liberty Island while declaring that Cuban refugees seeking asylum would be admitted to the United States. Government sources estimate 30,000 to 50,000 Cubans may qualify as refugees, with 50,000 to 75,000 potentially taking the opportunity to leave Cuba.
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Johnson
America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Havana
U. S
United States
Liberty Island
State Department
Mexico City
Madrid
Florida Straits
Guevara Gone From Cuba Says Castro
Prime Minister Fidel Castro announced that Ernesto Che Guevara finished his work in Cuba six months ago and left for revolutionary activity elsewhere. Castro spoke at a Sunday rally. Guevara, Argentina born, was once Cuba’s minister of industries. His Cuban wife attended, near tears, as rumors about his whereabouts swirled.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Ernesto
Che’ Guevara
Cuba
Castro
Guevara
Argentina
Rhodes Taps Mechem For Tax Study Commission
Gov. James A. Rhodes named C. Stanley Mechem temporary chairman of the Ohio Tax Study Commission. Mechem, a Nelsonville Athens shoe merchant and former Ohio Senate Republican leader, was directed to call the commission into session by mid November.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
C. Stanley Mechem
Ohio Senate
Ohio Tax Study Commission
Mechem
Nelsonville
Athens
Natchez NAACP march ends with mass arrests again
In Natchez Mississippi Charles Evers led 500 Negroes as police blocked three marches to City Hall. 409 civil rights demonstrators were arrested over the weekend with 12 years old and older sent to Parchman prison awaiting trial. Pickets faced contempt charges under a court order barring inflammatory action by NAACP and Klan.
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Natchez
Miss
Charles Evers
NAACP
Evers
Parchman
Logan Man Mistaken For Animal Fatal Hunting Mishap
Logan Route 3 resident Ronald L. Nutt, 56, was killed when shot below the right eye during a hunting incident 10 miles south of Logan on a Marvin Tuggle farm he farmed. shooter Donald J. Young, 28, says he mistook movement for a raccoon. Young faces hunting without a license charge.
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Ronald L. Nutt
Marvin Tuggle
Nutt
Donald J. Young
Young
Richard
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