Vietnamese leader imposes siege as monks are rounded up
In Saigon, President Diem declared a state of siege and ordered troops to storm Buddhist pagoda headquarters. About 100 monks were arrested as crackdowns widened, with tear gas and grenades used by government forces. New Saigon officials were named and press censorship imposed, drawing U.S. protests but not immediate aid changes.
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Xa Lai
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Frederick Nolting
Lodge
Tokyo
Viet Nam
Kennedy
State Department
Washington
Khrushchev Seeks Yugoslav Ties While Chiding U S
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev addressed about 1,000 workers at a Belgrade tractor plant. He urged focus on future ties with Yugoslavia, joked about past feuds linked to Stalin, and warned Americans not to assume the space race means inaction from the Soviets, pledging stronger bilateral cooperation with Tito.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nikita
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Josip Broz Tito
84 000 More Train Loot Recovered
London AP British police recovered 30000 pounds of the great train robbery loot found in an abandoned auto trailer. The discovery raises total recovered to 273 197 pounds as investigators seek the man and woman with a baby who fled from the trailer camp near Dorking Surrey. The 2.6 million pounds taken from the Glasgow to London mail train remains the total theft.
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London
Dorking
Surrey
Peabody presses for chief district court head in reform plan
Gov. Peabody urged reinsert of a provision creating a chief justice of the district court to have broad administrative powers as pay raise for district court judges moved toward near approval in the House. He pushed consolidation ideas and warned on overtime, while awaiting Senate action on a racing dates bill and seat belt requirements. He plans phased appointments to district line commissions and noted overtime scrutiny in Public Works.
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House
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Arabs Mobilize as Syria and Iraq Ready For War
Arabs mobilize with Syria placing armed forces under the Syrian National Revolutionary Council after clashes with Israel. Iraqs National Revolutionary Council supports Syria, with airports west of the Euphrates on standby and air and ground units prepared to move. Both sides report air battles and claimed downed aircraft, while the U.N. Security Council was to meet in New York.
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Syria
Irar
Syrian National Revolutionary Council
Israel
Baghdad
Iraq
Baghdad Radio
National Revolutionary Council
Council
Saleh Mahdi Ammash
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Euphrates
U.N. Security Council
New York
U.N
Protestant Leaders to Join March in August
In Boston AP report Rev Dr Forrest L Knapp says Massachusetts Council of Churches leaders will take part in the civil rights march on Washington on August 28. He says lip service to racial equality can no longer satisfy any sincere and thoughtful Christian.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Massachusetts Council of Churches
Forrest L. Knapp
Washington Moscow hot line planned by month end
The Defense Communications Agency aims to have the Washington Moscow hot line in operation by month end. ITT and RCA subsidiaries said they received contracts for the U.S. end of the line, ensuring continuous direct communications between the White House and the Kremlin as a safeguard against accidental war.
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New York
Defense Communications Agency
Washington- Moscow
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Radio Corp
American
United States
White House
Kremlin
Five Day Forecast: Warm Period With Showers Later
The five day outlook calls for temperatures about three degrees above the 65 degree seasonal norm, with mainly warm conditions through the period and a cooler Saturday. Showers are expected late Friday and again on Monday.
Ricciardi Accused Of Excessive Overtime Payments
Boston AP report details an audit by Peter Alecks into public works overtime costs. It cites $4,987.53 paid to Ricciardi's assistant and more than $15,000 to six supervisory staff, with total overtime and allowances scooping over $202,000. The DPW payroll audit flags 10 percent of payroll as overtime, prompting broader scrutiny.
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Boston
Peter Jordan
Joseph Alecks
Ricciardi
Public
Jack" Riciardi
P. Ricciardi
Cal
Alecks
DPW
Public Works
Joseph McInnis
School Meditation Is Legal, Brooke Says
Massachusetts Attorney General Edward W. Brooke ruled that Supreme Court decisions on school prayers and Bible readings ban a moment of silent prayer but allow a moment of meditation. He explained that meditation does not endorse religion and supports secular education by encouraging reflection during the school day.
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Boston
UPI
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Supreme Court
Brooke
Owen B. Kiernan
Supreme Court
Inmates Escape During Nottingham Cricket Match
Five prison inmates escaped Tuesday night during a cricket game in Nottingham England slipping through the outfield fence as guards watched the batter.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
Windsor 600 Acre Farm Acquired for Boys Preparatory School
The 600 acre Windsor Brookvale estate near Windsor was bought from Alan M. Limburg for Brookvale Preparatory School for boys ages 13 to 18. Dr. William V. Emmons of Andover and Gordon A. Speedie of Arlington announce a campus converting the house and farm buildings to accommodate 5 boarding and 15 day students. Former Lenox and Barrington School staffers assist as headmaster and faculty names to be announced.
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Brookvale
Alan M. Limburg
William V. Emmons
Andover
Gonion
Robert S. Potter
Lenox School
Barrington School
Potter
Boston
Andover Savings Bank
Andover Home For the Aged
Speedie
Philo
Kennedy to Shuttling Cape Cod for Weekend Visit
President Kennedy planned to fly to Cape Cod for an overnight family visit. He would return to Washington Thursday morning and back to Cape Cod Friday for the weekend, according to Press Secretary Pierre Salinger.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Pierre Salinger
Brown backs Kennedy on nuclear test ban treaty
Dr Harold Brown, defense research head, told Senate the 1961 atmospheric test ban would not materially hinder U S military capability even if the Soviet Union cheated with secret tests. He said there would be no substantial military gain from cheating, and Defense Dept support for the treaty echoed by Robert McNamara. Kennedy assured the Senate he would push the measure forward.
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UPI
Pentagon
Senate Today
Kennedy
U. S
Harold Brown
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Senate Foreign Relations, Armed ,Services and Atomic Committees
Defense
Robert 8. MecNamara
Brown
Senate
How Many Weapons Do You Need Kennedy Question
Washington report quotes President Kennedy asserting the United States already has enough bombs to kill 300 million people in an hour and asking how many weapons are truly required. The remark underscores Cold War pressure for restraint and disarmament.
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Washington
UPN
Kennedy
United States
Senate-Backed Treaty Aids US Position On Soviet Tests
President rejects physicist Teller's claim that atmospheric testing was curtailed for political reasons. Brown notes substantial costs to violate and points that the treaty would improve US leverage versus the Soviet Union if fully observed. He says the treaty would cover all but underground explosions and that US and Soviet anti missile efforts are comparable in scale. defenses would not negate the need for tests.
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U.S
Edward Teiler
Brown
Senate
U. S
Soviet Union
Teller
Tests Could Start if Treaty Broken
Washington reports President Kennedy said the United States prepared to resume atmospheric testing if Russia breaches the test ban treaty. He noted $22 million allocated to Johnston Island and outlined four safeguards including labs, underground testing, and improved clandestine test detection.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Russia
Kennedy
Johnston Island
Pacific
J. S
Soviet Explains China Too Weak To Make A Bomb
Moscow says China is economically unable to produce nuclear bombs in quantity and should rely on Soviet nuclear arsenal for defense. Pravda article responds to Beijing’s Aug 15 accusation that Russia broke a 1959 pledge to share nuclear info before Khrushchev’s U.S. visit.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Peking
Soviets Withdraw 2,000 in Cuba Quarter
Washington reports indicate about 2000 Soviet military personnel, mainly combat troops, left Cuba in the last three months. President Kennedy cited a decline in Soviet forces over 2.5 months but did not specify numbers. The U.S. intel community believes remaining troops focus on training Cuban forces, not forming frontline units.
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Washington
UPI
Cuba
U.S
Kennedy
Senate appointee backs pact and tax cut
NASHVILLE Tenn AP Herbert S Walters a wealthy east Tennessee contractor appointed to succeed the late Sen Estes Kefauver endorsed the nuclear test ban treaty and a tax reduction but avoided civil rights. Governor Frank Clement announced the appointment to fill the vacancy created by Kefauver s death Aug 10. The 71 year old Democratic national committeeman from Morristown said he has no political ambitions beyond a good job as Tennessee senator.
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Nashville, Tenn
Herbert S. Walters
East Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Frank Clement
Bo Kefauoyer
Morristown
Tennessee
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