Ky defends draft law amid student protests in Vietnam
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky insisted the draft law will stand despite student opposition in Hue Da Nang and Saigon. He warned against opposition while reaffirming collective leadership and predicting a military offensive after the monsoon season with rising volunteer enlistment.
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South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ba Me Thout
Hue
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
National Leadership Committee
Two U S Air Force pilots captured in North Vietnam
Radio Hanoi aired photos and a report naming Capt. Richard P. Keirn of Akron Ohio and Capt. Robert Norlan Daughtrey of Eagle Pass Texas as two U S Air Force pilots captured after flights from a Thailand base into North Vietnam. Keirn was said captured July 24 in Phu Tho Province and Daughtrey on August 2.
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Radio
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
North
Viet Nam
Thailand
Richard P. Keirn
Akron
Ohio
Robert Norlan Daughtrey
Eagle Pass
Tex
Keirn
U.S. 47Th Tactical Fighter Squadron
Phu Tho
Greek King Calls Crown Council Amid Government Crisis
King Constantine, 25, plans to convene a Crown Council of former premiers and current leaders to seek solutions to a six week Greek government crisis. Premier Elias Tsirimekos urged the move, aiming to avoid a general election that could reinstall George Papandreou, 77, leader of Center Union, who resigned the crisis.
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UPI
Constantine
Crown Council
Elias Tsirimekos
George Papandreou
Center Union Party
Formosa Chiefs Replaced in Nationalist Forces
President Chiang Kai-shek named new commanders for the Chinese Nationalist army and navy in Formosa. Admiral Liu Kwang-kai resigned to become special administrative assistant to the chief of the general staff. Vice Admiral Fenb Chu sung was appointed to lead the navy. General Kao Kuei-yuan became commander in chief of the army succeeding Gen. Liu An-chi who had held the post four years.
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Chiang Kai - Shek
Adm
Liu Kwang-kai
Fenb Chusung
Navy
Liu
Kao Kuei-yuan
Defense Department
Liu An - Chi
Soviet Rejects US Plan to Halt Nuclear Spread
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva, Soviet negotiator Semyon Tsarapkin formally rejected the United States draft to curb nuclear proliferation. He accused the West of duplicity and insisted any treaty must prevent all nuclear dissemination, including via a NATO nuclear force. He claimed there is no common basis for accord and warned against non nuclear nations acquiring weapons or know how.
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Russia
Semyon Tsarapkin
United States
Kremlin
Tsarapkin
West Germany
NATO
U.S
William ©. Foster
Foster
Gronouski’s Poland Ambassadorship Welcomed in Warsaw
In Warsaw the appointment of John A. Gronouski as U.S. ambassador to Poland drew quiet approval. PAP dispatches noted. locals recalled his Polish language speeches with a Poznan tint and his visit last year, cut short by his father's death.
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UPI
John A. Gronouski
United States
Poland
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Gronowski
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Workers Support Fired Girl In Powder Room Strike
In Coventry England factory workers extended an unofficial strike to back a female coworker dismissed for spending excessive time in the powder room. Strike organizer Reginald Clark said management had bullied workers for too long.
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Coventry
England
Reginald Clark
Saturday Off For District Court Judges Approved
The Massachusetts House approved a bill 12 to 103 to grant district court judges up to 26 Saturdays off yearly with pay. Costs vary by court type, Berkshire County totals about 190 weekly, and all Berkshire legislators rejected the measure. Critics warned it could reduce weekend access to court services.
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Berkshire County
Pittsfield
Great Barrington
Lee
Adams
William Stown
North Adams
Sidney Q. Curtiss
Sheffield
Lawrence G. Smith
R Lawrence
Rep. Smith
Paul Cataldo
R-Franklin
Cornelius F. Kiernan
D-Lowell
Cataldo
Kiernan
Sweden crowd pressures jumper from viaduct
A 22 year old man clinging to a viaduct rail in Stockholm faced a crowd chanting Jump. Police tried to calm him as he refused to listen, saying they want him to jump. A fireman grabbed at him but he fell, sustaining head injuries and fractures, in critical condition at a flower shop roof.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Soviet Seeks Afro-Asian Bid at Algiers Conference
Moscow pressure for admission to the November Afro-Asian conference in Algiers is voiced by Anastas Mikoyan at a Kremlin friendship rally with Egyptian President Nasser. He argues Our country belongs in Europe out to Asia and calls for unity among anti imperialist forces while urging US to halt Vietnam bombing and troop deployment.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Algiers
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Kremlin
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Europe
Asia
Mikoyan
Peking
Viet Nam
U S Spending May Exceed 100 Billion
Budget director Charles J. Schultze says government spending will likely surpass 100 billion dollars this year due to Viet Nam aid. Johnson’s current year projection was 99.7 billion, with next year also expected to top 100 billion, while a White House aide notes efforts to curb non-defense programs. In Tennessee, SAMBURG city commissioners Lee Hayes Lloyd Hayes, and Elmer Bunch were reelected for four-year terms amid a local government with Marvin Hayes as city manager.
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UPI
Charles J. Schultze
Viet Nam
Johnson
Conress
Schultze
White House
Samburg
Reagan campaign aid disclosure shakes California GOP
Cyril Stevenson Jr of the California Republican Assembly confirmed Ronald Reagan discussed John Rousselot’s offer to help or hurt his governor bid. Jane Alexander, a director-at-large, said Reagan stated the same at a private San Francisco Republican meeting. Reagan called the remarks not worth comment, while Rousselot said he would support and campaign for Republican candidates where possible.
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Los Angeles
California Republican Assembly
Ronald Reagan
John Birch Society
Reagan
Assembly
Cyril Stevenson Jr
Jane Alexander
San Carlos
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John Rousselot
San Francisco
Alexander
Rousselot
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