Pro-Government Vietnamese Stage Demonstration in Saigon
Tens of thousands of workers and students gathered at Saigon's main mall in a pro government demonstration in front of the U S Information Agency. Marines reinforced the building while government troops guarded City Hall and four nearby boulevards. The event supported President Ngo Dinh Diem amid martial law as Buddhist protests intensified and two American advisors were killed.
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Saigon
Ngo
Roy Essoyan
South Viet Nam
U.S. Information Agency
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Marine Guard
Diem
Xa Loi
Drills Ream New Shaft in Search for Missing Miner
In Hazleton Pennsylvania volunteers extend shafts near Sheppton after a cave in on August 13. A rescue crew tested an 18 inch bore toward the chamber of missing Louis Bova while a camera study suggested a potential human form but later identified as a plug remains.
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Louis Bova
Bova
Sheppton
Andy Drebitko
Pottsville
David Fellin
Henry Throne
H.B. Charmbury
Pennsylvania
Fellin
Throne
Drebitko
Charmbury
Byrd Questions JFK Need for All White House Equipment
Sen. Harry F. Byrd questioned if President Kennedy truly requires the White House fleet including 10 helicopters, Boeing 707s, DC-6B, a 21 foot Lincoln, Coast Guard yachts, and a special railroad car. He noted a subcommittee approved two new twin jet helicopters at 1.125 million each and urged restraint.
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Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Kennedy
Virginia Democrat
White House
Air Force
Navy
Coast Guard
Byrd
Apple Orchard
House
Man Charged With Beating Death Dies
Rochester Minnesota AP reports Lester Hardie a 24 year old itinerant worker charged with third degree murder in 1957 died before being certified fit for trial He had been in St Peter and Rochester State Hospitals after the slaying of Carl A Giere on a rural road authorities said he died of a heart attack on August 17 while awaiting examination for mental capacity.
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Rochester, Minn
Lester Hardie
St. Peter and Rochester
Carl A. Giere
Hardie
Parole Returns Man to Society
A Corrections Commissioner and top officers discuss parole outcomes after reviewing a 17 year old offender who killed his father amid a brutal home life. The youth, later 23 and married, serves as an example of parole success amid a heavy caseload and limited supervision capacity.
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Jack MacKay
Associated Press
ST. Paul (Ap
Will Turnbladh
Johnny G
Big Week End Opens on Theme of Safety
Fringed by Labor Day weekend, Minnesota and Iowa families begin a safety centered holiday. Clock changes set back in Minnesota Tuesday morning while cross state time alignment occurs, urging cautious driving amid high injury forecasts. Mayor Svejkovsky and Police Chief Nelson exhort safe travel and a prompt return to work.
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Bob Nelson
Karl Rolvaag
Safety Council
National
National Safety Council
Roger Svejkovsky
Three Die in Iowa Traffic Crashes on Labor Day Weekend
Three people die in separate Iowa collisions as Labor Day weekend opens. Vivian Conway 47 from Madison Wis died at Walker Lyle Luckey 43 of Riverside died at Lone Tree and Helen Strode 38 from Fort Dodge died nearby. A five year old Des Moines boy Jerry Diwking was killed by a gun shot when playing with an uncle's firearm.
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DES Moines
Vivian Conway
Madison
Wis
Walker
Lyle Luckey
Riverside
Lone Tree
Helen Strode
Fort Dodge
DES Moines (Ap
Jerry Diwking
John Cowling
Russell Cowling
Khrushchev and Tito Renew Ties Amid Yugoslav Vacation
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Yugoslav President Josip Tito paused at Tito's Julian Alps castle to conclude a three day working vacation. In Velenje they reaffirmed friendship and mutual criticism of Red China in televised remarks. AP reports Starzel named journalism professor at UT Austin after retiring as AP general manager.
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Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Tito
Julian Alps
Velenje
Starzel
Lemars
Iowa
Frank J. Starzel
Associated Press
University of Texas At Austin
le Mars
Rome
le Mars Globe Post
State University of Iowa
First Prohibition Party Nominee For President In 1964
A soft spoken college professor and Hillsdale College educator E Harold Munn Sr aged 59 was selected as the first ballot presidential nominee for the National Prohibition party at its 24th convention in St Louis.
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ST. Louis
United States
E. Harold Munn Sr
Department of Education
Hillsdale
Mich
National Prohibition Party
Multiple Fatalities Mark Labor Day Holiday Toll
The Associated Press reports a rising Labor Day weekend death toll with 64 traffic fatalities and 1 drowning, totaling 65. Accidents in Cadillac Michigan and Webster New York killed six, while experts predict 420 to 520 deaths may occur before Monday. The long weekend may see record travel of 8.4 billion miles.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Cadillac
Mich
Michigan
Four State Residents Die in Holiday Road Crashes
Four elderly drivers are dead in Minnesota road accidents over the Labor Day weekend, raising the year toll to 475. LeRoy L. Herrman of Hopkins died when his car left the road near Chanhassen. Charles H. Beeth of Story City Iowa perished after a two car collision on U S 71 near Windom. Nellie Knutsen of rural Minnesota was killed in Yellow Medicine County after her car hit another vehicle. John E. Danielson of Hopkins died from injuries after a crash in Golden Valley. Inger M. Bronken of Mahnomen died when his car veered into a farm embankment near Grand Forks North Dakota.
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LeRoy L. Herrman
Hopkins
Chanhassen
Hennepin County
U.S
Windom
Yellow Medicine County
St. Leo
Nellie Knutson
Minnesota
John E. Danielson
Golden Valtle
Inger M. Bronken
Mahnomen
Minn
Grand Forks
N.D
Poor Administration Dooms U. N. Peace Efforts In Yemen
A United Nations informant in Beirut accuses New York headquarters of mismanagement that has doomed UN peace efforts in Yemen. He says teams are under manned and short of rations with insufficient aircraft while both U A R and Saudi Arabia fail to fully honor the accord. Soviet involvement and dispatches to royalist areas are alleged, with Egyptian troops replaced by new forces as the mission struggles.
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Lebanon
United Nations
U.N
New York
Yemen
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
U.A
Cairo
San‘a
San
Good Weather for Holiday Weekend Across Regions
The forecast highlights pleasant conditions in Minnesota with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and 70s temperatures. Nationwide, the final summer holiday weekend brings 60s and 70s in the north, 80s in isolated Texas and southwestern deserts, with showers and cooler air in the northern Appalachians and along the Gulf Coast where Mobile area reported rainfall and Abilene, Texas saw a heavy downpour.
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America
Texas
Desert
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Ala
Abilene
Tex
Labor Day Irony Finds Quiet Office Escape
A humorous column treats Labor Day as paradox and advises the ideal celebration by spending the day at the office. The narrator laughs at unfinished work, then returns home rested and unafraid of labor, declaring a perfect Labor Day.
Jump From Crippled Navy Bomber Near Vance OK
A damaged Navy two engine B26 crashed in an open field near Vance Air Force Base after the pilot and three passengers bailed out safely. The four bailouts occurred during four passes from 10,000 feet with one man exiting each time. The pilot steered toward an uninhabited area to land and the crew was in good condition. The flight originated at North Island near San Diego bound for Joplin, with a landing attempt at Olathe canceled. The right wheel and nose gear were unretractable after the left wheel was lost. The base was chosen for rescue and helicopter support.
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Okla
Vance Air Force Base
James Stewart
North Island
San Diego
Calif
Joplin
Stewart
Olathe
Kan
Vance
Child Jody Lyn Cole Plays Piano At One Year Six
Jody Lyn Cole, 16 months, belts a lively solo on the family piano while giving her tonsils a workout, watched by her father Dick Cole a photo for the Waterloo Courier. AP Wirephoto.
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Jody Lyn Cole
Jody
Dick Cole
Waterloo Courier
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