Rhodesia Declares State of Emergency Amid Sabotage Threats
Rhodesia proclaims a three month state of emergency amid claims of trained African saboteurs tied to ZAPU and ZANU. Prime Minister Smith contemplates independence under a royal commission, while Britain conditions any move on agreed decision rules and future African majorities. In Pueblo, Colorado, Leif Ericson Day is officially recognized under state statute.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Tan Smith
Britain
Desmond Lardner-Burke
Lardner-Burke
Zimbabwe African Peoples Union
Zimbabwe African National Union
Smith
Harald Wilson
Wilson
Pueblo, Colo
Winds Dampen Large New England Brush Fires
Firefighters across New England battled brush and woods fires as high winds subsided. In Rus sell and Montgomery more than 200 firemen fought blazes that blackened over 600 acres, with a spread toward the Westfield watershed. A Dedham blaze, since Saturday, burned 50 acres and damaged 11 structures. Maine reported an out of control fire near Yopsham. New Hampshire logged 37 fires, Portsmouth worst with 400 acres burned and two homes lost. Rhode Island saw 50 acres at Smithfield and 20 at Narragansett under control. Other blazes included North Attleboro over 200 acres and a Canton fire smoldering after 150 acres burned.
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Boston
New England
Russell
Montgomery
Westfield
Dedham
Maine
Yopsham
New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Rhode Island
Smithfield
Narragansett
North Vietnamese regiments in South Viet Nam rise to five
U S military authorities report five North Vietnamese army regiments now operating in South Viet Nam, with two new regiments confirmed and others previously sighted. A lull in ground fighting accompanies growing U.S. patrols, while helicopter losses near An Khe raise questions about enemy movements.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
An Khe
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Central Highlands
Plei Me
Final Drive Set To Kill Tax Bill In Boston Rally
In Boston Senate fight over Gov. Volpe's 701.7 million sales tax bill shifts to the Senate floor as Democrats rally to block the measure. Senate President Donahue led a 27 to 13 Democratic force pledging to oppose the tax, while backers pressed for passage amid party pressures and House approval.
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Senate
Ways and Means
James F. Burke
Brockton
Maurice Donahue
Holyoke
Rights
George Kenneally
Statehouse
Boston
Boston Democrats
UPI
Maurice A. Donahue
John A. Volpe
Volpe
House
Donahue
John F. Collins
Thomas J. White
New England
John F. Kennedy
White
Massachusetts
Mrs. Sanborn Dies in St. Paul Berkshire benefactor dies after illness
Mrs Bruce Walter Sanborn Lenox summer resident and Berkshire benefactor died in St Paul Minnesota after a long illness. She was over 80 and shaped Berkshire culture by funding the 1793 Shaker meetinghouse move to Hancock Shaker Village and aiding Lenox Library music room. She established a Lenox summer home in 1941 after years in Stockbridge and Salzburg Austria.
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Bruce Walter Sanborn
Lenox
Berkshire
St. Paul
Minn
Alcoa Boosts Prices Amid Aluminum Row
Alcoa raised ingot prices by a half cent to 25 cents per pound and fabricated metal by a cent, amid administration opposition. The move aims to fund plant expansion and R&D, with stockpile policy and labor costs also in play. In Colorado, Francis Hansen, 53, pled no contest to operating an amphibious car on Cherry Creek Reservoir, fined $56 with $400 suspended.
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New York
Aluminim Co. of America
Johnson
Alcoa
Olin Mathieson Corp
Washington
Olin Mathieson
Littleton
Colo
American tourist Mott to face trial in Soviet border case
Newcomb Mott a 27 year old publisher's representative from Sheffield Massachusetts is set to be tried in roughly three weeks on charges of illegally entering the Soviet Union. He was arrested September 3 after crossing the border without a visa and contends he acted in good faith. The American Embassy hired a Soviet lawyer Boris A Zolotukhin to represent him and plans to have an embassy official attend the trial.
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Moscow
UPS
Newcomb Mott
Soviet Union
Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Far North
Boris A. Zolotukhin
Zololukhin
Murmansk
William T. Shinn
Five Day Forecast At Seasonal Normal Temp Near 42
The forecast predicts temperatures averaging near 42 through Wednesday with colder conditions on Sunday and Monday and warmer conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday. Winds will range from 20 to 30 miles per hour with a chance of showers on Wednesday.
New North Vietnamese Units Cited In Viet Nam War
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said two more regiments of the 325th North Vietnamese Division entered action, the 230th and 32nd, signaling a continued buildup but not a decisive escalation. He warned of severe fighting ahead, defended right to dissent, and pressed NATO integration and a nuclear weapons treaty with Russia.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Viet Nam
G Ding
Rusk
Hanoi
U.S
North Viet Nam
Ile
United States
Soviet Union
NATO
Europe
Russia
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Leif
Blaze
North Attleboro
Canton
U S
1St Cavalry
Abington
Kenneth Ramsdell
Weather Bureau
N.H
Pease Air Force Base
Litfie Harbor Road
Timothy Connors
Manchester
American Legion
Bruce W. Sanborn
Tom
Democrats
London
Upson
Pat Hinwood
Reds
Princess Margaret
San Francisco
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
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