McNamara Sees Buddhist Crisis Not Hinder Viet War Effort
In Saigon Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor report that the Buddhist campaign against President Diem has not affected northern war operations or troop morale. Arthur Sylvester says countryside impact differs from cities and optimism grows. South Vietnam votes for a 123 member National Assembly with Nhu and his wife running as independents, both unopposed.
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Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Arthur Sylvester
Sylvester
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Nhu
Talks with Gromyko Seen Yield No Wide Accord
Western diplomats expect limited progress from the arms control talks with Andrei Gromyko. Rusk and Home push for a nonaggression pact with guarantees for West Berlin while West Germany may join discussions. U.S. Polaris missile ship proposal dominates the NATO agenda.
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United Nations
N. Y
West Germany
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Bri
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Gerhard Schroeder
Rusk
Home
Berlin
NATO
West Berlin
U.S
Somoza outlines anti Castro plan in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan leader Luis Somoza says he and Cuban exile leaders will launch a new infiltration and harassment campaign against Fidel Castro. He expects a first phase by November and a final strike within 18 months to seek a rebel government on Cuba, with guerrilla training said to be under way in the United States and in the Cuban exile community in Miami.
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Luis Somoza
Fidel Castro
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Somoza
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Macmillan to mull term as Britain faces Denning report
Prime Minister Macmillan retired to Chequers to ponder whether to seek another term. He said the decision will serve the country and the Conservative party and ignore the Profumo scandal. Parliament’s Denning report debates his responsibility remain unresolved.
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Mob Protests as Negro Family Moves into Dayton Home
About 300 white demonstrators protested a Negro family moving into a $12,000 home in Townview near Dayton. Sheriff Keller read the riot act as riot-trained officers cleared crowds with nightsticks. The family James and wife Fuller, with four children ages six months to seven years, moved in Tuesday amid tense conditions. In Columbus, about 12,000 attended the opening farm science review day, roughly double the prior day.
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Montgomery County
Townview
James Fuller
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Turncoat Valachi Says Genovese Commands 450 to 500 Mob Soldiers
Senate investigators hear Joseph Valachi, a convicted criminal, testify that Vito Genovese leads an underworld army of about 450 to 500 soldiers in New York. Valachi describes La Cosa Nostra as structured with bosses and a commission acting as a kangaroo court.
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Vito Genovese
New York
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Karl E. Mundt
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Pay Raise Likely For Armed Services Members
The House is expected to approve a pay raise starting next month for almost all service members with over two years of service. The Senate approved the measure 79 to 0, the first raise since 1958, costing about 1.2 billion dollars annually. The Civil Rights Commission life extension is delayed to Monday as it nears its end of business. Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to Newport to unveil a stone marker in a park named for him.
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Newport
Byrd slows tax cut bill as Senate hovers
Senate Finance Committee moves to delay action on the $11 billion Kennedy tax cut. Chairman Harry Byrd appears to hold firm, seeking a slow pace with at least nine votes to block rushing the measure. Administration allies push hearings while Dillon urges immediate committee action.
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Albert Gore
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Byrd
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
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Kennedy Challenges Goldwater Policies in Salt Lake City
President Kennedy attacked certain foreign policy ideas associated with Barry Goldwater and ultraconservatives. He warned these proposals would invite a dangerous world of retreat and Communist expansion. He spoke to 8000 at the Mormon Tabernacle, saying current gains against the Communist offensive must be safeguarded.
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Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
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Weakened Edith Still Threatens Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic
Edith weakened to 75 mph core as it moved between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Gusts reached 100 mph earlier with eight foot tides lowering to four to six feet, prompting warnings east of San Pedro de Macoris and gale alerts for western Puerto Rico. Residents near rivers urged to evacuate and seek higher ground.
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U. S
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Cordillera Mountain
Africa Group Pushes to Strip South Africa Vote
The 32 nation African bloc united to seek invalidation of South Africa's U.N. General Assembly credentials and end voting rights for the apartheid government in the current session. Portugal policy protests linger as bloc seeks consensus on strategy and action.
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Portuguese Guinea
Miller predicts GOP victory as Rhodes praised in Ohio dinner
In Steubenville a Republican National Chairman William Miller urged unity and projected a 1964 GOP sweep citing Ohio strength led by Gov. Rhodes and State Chair Ray Bliss. He challenged the Democratic administration over a stalled retraining program before noting a Columbus bus strike resolution.
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Ohio Republican State Finance Committee
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Rhodes
Ray Bliss
Columbus
Ohio
Midwest
Heatwave Pushes Los Angeles To 109 Degrees Gloom
In Los Angeles temperatures topped 109 for a second day as officials warned of more heat. The forecast called for a 108 degree high after Thursday's 109. Smog broke through the warm layer, beachgoers sweltered, and Hollywood High students protested the heat. Schools varied in operations with sports and PE largely canceled.
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Hollywood High School
Jack T. Crowther
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