Israel and Syria clash at UN over border killings
At the United Nations Israel and Syria traded charges of aggression and demanded condemnation. UN Secretary General U Thant announced a cease fire and observers will probe defences along the border. Israel pressed Syria over the farmers' deaths, while Syria denied knowledge and accused Israel of armistice violations. A four point Syrian demand was outlined, and Lt. Gen. Odd Bull will report soon.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
Syria
U.N. Security Council
U.N
U Thant
11-Nation Council
Thant
Michael S. Comay
Salah el Dine Tarazi
Comay
Council
Adolf Hitler
Security Council
Hitler
Tarazi
Mixed Armistice Commission
Rights Marchers Rally Support for Washington Protest
Organizers of the Vermont March for Civil Rights push local backing for the national demonstration in Washington. Volunteers sell buttons at Putnam Square, with proceeds aiding the cause as a rain-soaked update notes strong interest and a planned two-bus turnout from Vermont including clergy and community leaders.
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Irving Adler
North Bennington
Center
John Schumaker
Shaftsbury
Washington
Vermont
Putnam Square
Francis B. Flanagan
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Bennington
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Vermont March
Donald A. Webster
St. Peter’s Epis
New Escape Hole Cut for Trapped Miners in Hazleton
A 12 inch hole was drilled into the chamber holding miners Henry Throne and David Fellin 331 feet underground after 10 days trapped. The plan calls for a 24 inch start hole easing to a possible 17 inch or 24 inch final width. Louis Bova remains trapped elsewhere. meals continue via a six inch hole while debris is protected with steel casing.
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Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fellin
H. B. Charmbury
State Secretary of Mines
Charmbury
Louis Bova
Bova
Fellin
Throne
Hazelton
Ann Schlauch
Fullerton
Calif
King Saud Plans Return From Vienna Medical Visit
King Saud of Saudi Arabia plans to return next month from a medical visit in Vienna. The 60 year old monarch traveled to Europe last October after Yemen's revolution toppled its monarchy.
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Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Vienna
Radio
Mecca
Europe
Yemen
Movie stars defend rights fight in segregated Alabama
Marlon Brando Paul Newman Anthony Franciosa and Virgil Frye visited Gadsden to press for racial equality and seek talks with Mayor Lesley Gilliland. Gilliland refused to meet, warning that legal action could follow if laws were broken, as the actors prepared to depart for their next assignments.
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Gadsden
Ala
Marlon Brando
South
Hollywood
Lesley Gilliland
Alabama
Gilliland
Brando
Paul Newman
Anthony Franciosa
Virgil Frye
Newman
New York
California
Vietnamese Leader Consolidates Military Control Amid Buddhist Crisis
In Saigon the Diem regime places all ministries under military orders during martial law as Buddhist protests intensify. U.S. officials note possible junta led by Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu while Henry Lodge assumes new U.S. ambassador role. An air force officer grows influence at the Foreign Ministry after Vu Van Mau resigns.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Diem
U.S
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Southeast Asia
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vu van Mau
Mau
Hoff's Father Named to Franklin County Redistricting Board
Olaf Hoff of Montague the father of Vermont Governor Phillip Hoff and a former representative is one of six members named to a Massachusetts board to reapportion Franklin County House districts. The panel includes Frank Kersavage Daniel Kelley Paul Barrett and James McCarthy from Greenfield.
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Boston
Vermont
House of Representative
Franklin County
Olaf Hoff
Montague
Massachusetts
Phillip Hoff
Hoff
Frank Kersavage
Erving
Daniel J. Kelleher
Senate Committee Approves Antistrike Arbitration Plan
The Senate Commerce Committee moved to block a nationwide railroad strike by proposing binding arbitration. A seven member board from unions, management, and the public would settle firemen jobs and train crew makeup plus seven lesser issues if needed. The plan aims for a swift hearings start within 30 days and rulings on main issues within 60 days, with final awards valid up to two years and a target of March 1, 1964 for main issue resolution.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Kennedy
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Long Track Ahead On RR Negotiations In Vermont
Public Service Commissioner Earnest Gibson said negotiations with Jay Wulfson and Allen Katz over leasing and operating the Rutland Railway 140 mile segment from Burlington Vermont to White Creek New York will extend into next week. The state is purchasing the line for 1.9 million dollars.
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Montpelier
Public Service
Earnest Gibson
New Jersey
Rutland Railway
Gibson
Jay Wulfson
Alelan Katz
Wulfson
Katz
Burlington
White Creek
N. Y
Dapper Racer Eludes Police In Great Train Robbery Case
A stylish driver nicknamed The Weasel evaded police seeking Roy John James linked to a seven million dollar Glasgow to London Express robbery. James was later reported entered at Goodwood Race Track for a Saturday event while detectives searched the crowd. Police had five men and three women in custody with $761,367 recovered from the Aug 8 heist.
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London
Scotland Yard
Roy John James
Goodwood
England
James
Leicester
House votes cut 585 million from foreign aid bill
Washington AP reports the House divided on the administration foreign aid bill with a roll call split among Republicans and Democrats. Republicans for Bates Cleveland McIntire Sibal Stafford Tupper Wyman while Democrats against Boland Burke Daddario Donohue Giaimo Grabowski MacDonald Monagan St German St Onge and Republicans Conte Martin Morse were against. Keith of Mass was recorded but did not vote.
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House
Bates
Mass
Cleveland
N.H
McIntire
Maine
Sibal
Conn
Stafford
Tupper
Wyman
Boland
Burke
Daddario
Donohue
Giaimo
Grabowski
MacDonald
Monagan
St. German
R.I
St. Onge
Conte
Martin
Morse
Keith
House Bipartisan Rift Shrinks Foreign Aid Bill
The House voted 222 to 186 to slash foreign aid from 4.5 billion requested by Kennedy to 3.5 billion after hours of debate. GOP leader Halleck and most Republican leadership backed the cuts as Democrats largely supported the reduction.
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Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Senate
Congress
Kennedy
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Norway ousts Socialist government after 28 years in power
Premier Einar Gerhardsen’s government falls on a no confidence vote in Oslo by 76 to 74 after four days of debate over a Spitzbergen coal mine disaster that killed 21 men. John Lyng, Conservative leader, expected to form a new coalition and continue NATO support. Gerhardsen to resign to King Olav V.
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Oslo
Norway
Einar Gerhardsen
Socialist Party
Spitzbergen
John Lyng
Gerhardsen
People’s Socialists
Socialist People’s Party
Olav V
Olav
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