Algeria Shifts Diplomats as Border Crisis Deepens
Algeria dispatches top diplomat Yazid to the UN after deadlock in the Sahara border dispute with Morocco worsens. Morocco pledges to defend its claim while cease-fire talks stall, fighting reported near Hassi Beida and Tinouchy as both sides deploy Soviet MIGs.
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Morocco
Lony International
Yazid
Algeria
United Nations
Ahmed Ben Bella
Hassan
Algiers
Marrakech
Saad Dahlab
Sahara Desert
No Rain in Sight Forest Fire Up in New England
Five days without rain threaten New England as explosive forest fire danger grows. Woodlands closed in four states, outdoor fires banned in parts of a fifth, and water reservoirs fall to low levels. Rhode Island restricts nothing while Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire tighten controls.
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Maine
York County
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Division of Resources
Francis Mahoney
Weather Bureau
U.S. Weather Bureau
Worcester
Fitchburg
Francis J. McGrath
Five Day Forecast Temperatures Hint at Warm Period
The forecast projects temperatures through Wednesday averaging seven degrees above the seasonal norm of 47. Expect warm conditions overall with a brief dip in temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, and a chance of scattered light showers on Monday.
Peronists March On Congress Rally In Buenos Aires
Police fired shots and used tear gas to disperse a Peronist crowd estimated from 60,000 to 100,000 as they marched toward the National Congress after a speech by exiled former dictator Juan Peron. The clash injured several, while nearby Caracas faced fighting against Castroite terrorists and police.
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Spain
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Latin America
Venezuela
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Caracas
Communist Party
AP Correspondent Reports Algerian View From War Front
AP correspondent Paul Davis returns from the Algerian Moroccan border war with an eyewitness account from the Algerian side. He notes wasteland fighting at Hassi Beida near Tinfouchy, traveling by Landrover at dusk to the front under fire.
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Lord Home Appointed To Succeed Macmillan
President Tito of Yugoslavia falls ill with influenza in Williamsburg. He is bedridden and delays departure from Langley Air Force Base for California while two personal physicians manage his rising fever. Angier Biddle Duke notes possible resumption of the tour later. Tito and his wife had planned a Yosemite visit, San Francisco weekend, and a United Nations appearance in New York.
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American reporter A Mosby sees border fighting in Sahara
Aline Mosby of United Press International wires the first dispatch from Hassl Beida on the Algerian Moroccan frontier. She describes Moroccan troops reoccupying a desert outpost and testimonies of the recent clashes in stark eyewitness detail.
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Tinjoub
Sahara Desert
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United Preas International
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Hassl Beida
API
Vatican Council votes to modernize Catholic rites
Vatican Seventy council voted qualified approval to changes in sacraments including baptism penance and matrimony allowing modern languages and renaming anointing of the sick. Only about 8 percent of 2214 prelates opposed the chapter. full approval required a two thirds majority which was not reached. The chapter now goes to the liturgy commission for further work and amendments.
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Cushing Praises Council Work After Second Session
Boston archbishop Cardinal Cushing credits ecumenical council as the greatest church project of our lifetime. He returned from the council this week and said the direction of its second session was evident from the first meeting.
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UPI
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Cardinal Cushing
Atrocity claims amid desert terror duel in Algeria Morocco clash
Reporters saw charred desert tents and burned belongings after fighting where Algerians claimed to kill 10 Moroccans and wound 20, with a Moroccan soldier allegedly burned alive under a rock. Four Chevrolet trucks lay ruined as a general urged photo evidence, though verification of atrocity stories remained impossible.
Harassment Continues in West Berlin
BERLIN (UPI) American military police blocked a Russian military car in West Berlin for 20 minutes in retaliation for East German harassment of US sedans in East Berlin. A convoy of 24 soldiers in 12 trucks traveled from the West through East Germany to demonstrate Western access rights with quick Russian checkpoints and no repeat of last week’s convoy holdup. Eyewitnesses said two American MI officers blocked the Russian vehicle at Askanischer Platz to prevent its departure, after which the car was allowed to proceed.
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East Germany
Army
Queen Names Home as Next British Prime Minister
London reports Prime Minister Macmillan resigns and Queen Elizabeth names Foreign Secretary Lord Home to form a new government. The move ends eight days of Conservative leadership fighting while Home must seek a Commons seat via by election and govern from the Lords.
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Macmillan
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King Edward VII Hospital
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Hume
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Lord Salisbury
Two Escape From Jail In Boston
Two inmates, including a dangerous bank robber, escaped Charles Street jail in Boston at gunpoint with 45 caliber pistols. FBI agents, police, and state troopers hunted Gleason and Hurd across the city and nearby suburbs after an attempted shooting during the escape.
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Brockton
Daniel Hurd
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