U.S. backs Israel in UN countercharges
The United States urged the UN Security Council to condemn Syria for the killings of two Israeli farmers near the Israeli Syrian border on August 19. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presented the case while Syria denied involvement. Britain argued the attackers came from the demilitarized zone or Jordan River area. The council weighs both Israeli and Syrian accusations as UN probes continue.
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United Nations, N. Y
United States
Israel
Syria
U. N. Security Council
U.S
Theil-Nation Council
Adlai E. Stevenson
Salah el Dine Tarazi
U. S
Britain
Roger Jackling
U.N
Thant
Stevenson
Algeria Adopts First Constitution Under Ben Bella Rule
In Algiers the Algerian Assembly approved the nation's first constitution establishing near total authority for Premier Ahmed Ben Bella. With referendum ratification expected, Ben Bella would answer only to the National Liberation Front, the sole legal party.
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Algiers
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Sella
National Liberation Front
Police Circulate Serial Numbers Of Bank Robbery Loot
London police circulated serial numbers of many bank notes stolen in Britain’s great tram robbery. They believe most of the $7 million haul is useless to thieves. Scotland Yard suspects the loot from the Aug. 8 mail train robbery remains in Britain, though some ringleaders may have fled overseas.
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London
Imany
Britain
Scotland Yard
Ill Feeling Deepens Between U S and South Viet Nam
In Saigon the government accuses the United States of distorting the Buddhist crackdown and protests the State Department assessment as unjust. The dispute follows martial law orders from the army chiefs of staff and the August 21 raid against Buddhist monks and pagodas.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
United States
Washington
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S. State Department
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Foreign Office
Army Chiefs of Staff
Nga Dinh Nhu
British doctors perform first heart valve transplant
In Leeds England a 38 year old housewife Mrs Violet Scott underwent a 12 hour operation using a valve from a dead man's heart. Surgeons a heart-lung machine kept her blood circulating while a second device nourished the heart. The procedure, under Britain's National Health Plan, involved observers from the United States Italy and Turkey and relied on blood donors for the operation.
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Leeds
England
UPI
Violet Scott
British Medical Association
Scott
United States
Italy
Turkey
Jamaic
Former Premier Seeks Civilian Trial in Slur Case
SEQUL Korea AP Former Premier Song Yo-Chan indicted for slandering the government demanded a civilian trial. He argued a fair hearing would not be possible in a court martial as charged by the indictment.
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SEQUL
Korea
Song Yo-Chan
South Korea
Haiti Agrees To Peace Move
The Dominican Republic is understood to have agreed in principle to a peace formula for Haiti. An OAS commission sponsoring the plan reportedly obtained Haiti's general endorsement earlier this week.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Organization of American States
OAS
24 Hour Break in Utah Mine Rescue Amid Air Pocket Setup
Five miners trapped in Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.’s potash mine near Moab faced a renewed delay as rescuers paused to establish a fresh air base at the base of a 2700 foot shaft. Eight bodies had been found the night before and one more was retrieved. fate of 10 others remained unknown as carbon monoxide blamed for deaths. Volunteers offered to descend as officials weighed risk and secrecy surrounded any downed rescuer.
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Moab
Utah
Casper Nelson
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Nelson
Ten volunteers to descend escape shaft at Bova crisis
Sheppton rescue officials may decide today if ten volunteers will descend the escape shaft at the mine. The decision comes as a group of twenty men offered to risk the dangerous descent to aid trapped miners. The situation remains tense with rescue teams coordinating equipment and safety measures.
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Louis Bova
David Fellin
John Bava
Bava
Gordon Smith
Sheppton
UPI
Zipper Dispute Ends With U S Japan Quota Pact
The United States and Japan settled a long running zipper import dispute with a 5000 pound quota for 1964. State Department spokesman Richard I. Phillips said the accord was concluded via letters between Japan's Ambassador Ryuji Takeuchi and Assistant Secretary Griffith Johnson. Japan will cap exports of zipper chains to the U S at 5000 pounds next year and will not ship more this year, with shipments already en route to be admitted.
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Washington
United States
Japan
State Department
Richard I. Phillips
Ryuji Takeuchi
Griffith Johnson
Phillips
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Viet Nam
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Capitol Furniture CO
YMCA
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