U N Marks 20th Birthday in San Francisco
The United Nations marked its 20th year with a three day event in San Francisco, gathering leaders of seven faiths and about 7000 attendees at Cow Palace. Tense exchanges over Vietnam between the USSR and the United States highlighted a call by U Thant to halt the cold war from spreading, while a funding shortfall remained unstated in Johnson’s speech.
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Harold V. Streeter
San Francisco
United Nations
U.N. Quest For Peace
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
United States
U.N
U Thant
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Johnson
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cow Palace
Congo
Great Britain
Main Opponents to Christianity Told
Islam, communism and nationalism are Christianity's strongest rivals in Africa said J. T. Ayorinde, general secretary of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, during the 11th Baptist World Congress in Miami. He named Islam as the most powerful of the three.
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Miami
Fla
Africa
J. T. Ayorinde
Nigerian Baptist Convention
Ibadan
Nigeria
11Th Baptist World Congress
Bliss to Discourage Splinter GOP Groups in 1960s
Republican Chairman Ray Bliss said he would discourage creation of separate fund seeking groups that compete with the National Committee. A cross section of leaders, including Ford and Javits, warned such splinter efforts could split party unity and dilute resources.
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Washington
Ray C. Bliss
Republican National Committee
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Free Society Association
Bliss
Dean Burch
Goldwater
William Cody Kelly
Finance
Frank J. Kovac
Kelly
Kovac
Associated Press
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Republican Party
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Robert Taft Jr
C. Montgomery Johnson
Washington State
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Ray Bliss
Jacob K. Javits
New York
National Committee
Peter O'Donnell Jr
Texas
Saarland vote shifts as Social Democrats gain
In Saarland the Christian Democrats win the state election with 42.7 percent of 594,893 votes, gaining 19 to 23 seats in the 50 member legislature while the national race sees Social Democrats nipping at Chancellor Erhard's CDU. In Rome Renato Castellani and eight theater managers receive suspended two month jail terms for obscenity. In London the South African defense secretary J. P. de Villiers is reported fairly satisfactory after a mild heart attack on a plane. In North Carolina Grandfather Mountain hosts the 41st annual singing event with 15,000 attendees despite misty rain.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Social Democrats
Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
Saarland
Rome
Renato Castellani
London
J. P. de Villiers
Grandfather Mountain
N.C
South Appalachians
MacRae Meadows
Joe Hartley
Rebellion at Western State Penitentiary Crushed by Tear Gas
Three prisoners armed with home made pistols and a bomb seized two guards at Western State Penitentiary in Pittsburgh. A tear gas assault by guards freed the hostages after about 90 minutes. Warden James Maroney praised the restraint and noted no guards were harmed. Inmates involved were Dominick Codispodi, Herbert F. Langes, and Richard Mayberry, with Mayberry injured by the explosion.
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J. L. Schwartz
Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Richard Mayberry
Philadelphia
James Maroney
Ohio River
Maroney
John R. Waltz
Joseph Ferrara
Dominick Codispodi
Herbert F. Langes
Lancaster County
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