Pakistanis Drive Over Truce Line in Kashmir Clash
Pakistan and India faced escalating border violence as Azad Kashmir troops backed by the Pakistani army reportedly crossed the United Nations cease-fire line and moved six miles into Indian held Kashmir. President Ayub Khan warned of war threat and condemned India’s violations as “blatant acts of aggression.”
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Ayub Khan
Karachi
Pakistan
UPD
Azad
India
United Nations
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Kashmir
U.N
Ayub
Jammu
Betsy Gains New Vigor Threatens Bahamas
Betsy rapidly strengthened toward the Bahamas forcing weather scientists to cancel plans to bombard the storm with silver iodide. More than a dozen planes had been set to attack from Puerto Rico but were grounded as Betsy intensified from a tropical storm to a stronger system. The Miami Weather Bureau warned winds could affect the southeastern Bahamas by Thursday morning. The storm was roughly 250 miles east of Turks Island.
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Miami
UPI
Bahama Islands
Puerto Rico
Miami Weather Bureau
Betsy
Bahamas
Turks Island
Desegregation Gains Pace in Southern Districts
President Johnson announced 4,463 or 88 percent of more than 5,090 school districts in 17 Southern and border states are preparing to comply with the 1984 Civil Rights Act desegregation provisions. He cited a net weekly increase of 291 districts, with Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Virginia and the Carolinas showing 538 districts in compliance and 345 not acting. The Education Office said non-reporting districts would be presumed to not seek federal aid if no word by midnight Tuesday.
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Washington
Johnson
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
Office of Education
Schweitzer in Serious Illness at Gabon Hospital
Nobel laureate Albert Schweitzer, 90, lies seriously ill in a Gabon hospital spokesman said. He has been confined to bed for about a week and declined to reveal the illness, with a longstanding pattern of declining health noted. The famed humanitarian, born 1875 in Alsace, founded a hospital in French Equatorial Africa with his wife Helene, who died in 1957.
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Lambarene
Gabon
UPI
Albert Schweitzer
Jill
Schweitzer
Kayserberg
Alsage
Germany
French Equatorial Africa
Helene
Steel Union Balks At White House Wage Guideline
Emergency steel talks enter third day with AFL CIO United Steelworkers pressing for 53 cent hourly rise over three years while industry offers 40.6 cents. White House wage guideline of 3.2 percent faces union push to 3.4 percent, strike deadline pushed to Sept 9 at Johnson request. 450,000 workers could be idled if a strike occurs.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
House
Senate
Wirtz, O'Connor
W. Willard Wirtz
John T. Connor
Aflcio
United Steelworkers
Pittsburgh
Commerce Department
Union, Industry and
Hong Kong
UPI
U.S
South Viet Nam
Formosa
Nha Trang
Caesar To Lead Vote Drive In Plymouth N C
Dal ton Law rence Caesar a Massachusetts SCLC representative plans to head a Massachusetts delegation in a October 9 voter registration drive in Plymouth North Carolina amid violence and demonstrations. The effort comes after clashes between white and Black residents, with Klansmen involved and injuries reported among both sides. Caesar and two UMass students, Walsh and Pellister, coordinate with SCOPE. another Massachusetts drive is led by Mrs David Lilienthal.
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Dalton
Lawrence A. Caesar
Massachusetts
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Plymouth
N.C
Mr. Caesar
Ku Klux Klan
Paul
Caesar
Freedore
Associated Press
United Press International
North Carolina
Mississippi
Mt. Holyoke College
Amherst College
Umass
Walsh
Pellister
Student Committee For Political Action
SCOPE
Martin Luther King
Berkshires
New Lebanon
N.Y
Fans flood Cow Palace as Beatle stage rush injures teens
At a Tuesday show in San Francisco the crowd of teenage girls surged toward the stage at the Cow Palace. A frantic teen leaped on stage and touched Ringo Starr before diving back into the front rows. Police reported no serious injuries and all fans later recovered. A pregnant woman fainted and was helped to a first aid station. About 70 fans were removed from the stage as the Beatles concluded their American tour.
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San Francisco
Britain
Beatles
Premmer
Ringo Starr
Cow Palace
The
U.S. Uhib
Ben Catm
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
William Bollinger
Maquoketa
Iowa
Highway 13
Harti
Missin
Bollinger
U S Dead Mount 68 in Two Weeks Flood Dams May Store Water
Relief for drought stricken communities could come from impounding 8.5 billion gallons behind eight of Massachusetts federal flood control dams. Army Engineers say the water would total 10 percent of storage capacity, with remaining space kept for heavy rains. Projects in New England include Littleville Dam and Reservoir in Huntington, with planned future water supply facilities.
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Waltham, Mass
Nicholas Lally
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Bibbs
Littleville
Huntington
New England
Springfield
Army Engineers
Barre Falls
Barre
Falls
Buffumville
Charlton
East Brimfield
Sturbridge
Knightville
Tully
Athol
West Hill
Mendon
Westville
Southbridge
Birch Hill
Royalston
Hogges Village
Oxford
OAS Wins Dominican Settlement
The OAS brokered a provisional government in the Dominican crisis, with Hector Garcia Godoy named provisional president to lead pacification and elections within a month. The move follows a three month peacekeeping period by the inter‑American force as U.S. troops prepare withdrawal.
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el Salvador
Omar Penna Marinho
Brazil
Garcia
Santo Domingo
United States
Washington
Vietnam War Casualties Rise in Two Week Toll
Saigon reports 68 Americans killed in the two week period ending last Saturday the highest loss to date for U.S. forces. Viet Cong losses listed at 580 killed and 120 captured for the week ending Aug 28. The report notes 326 Americans wounded and 12 missing in action.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Sweeps Ticket Sales Half of Expectation
Concord New Hampshire The Sweepstakes Commission sold about four million dollars in three dollar tickets for the Saturday race far below last year by roughly eighteen million dollars. Director Edward Powers blamed the weak sales on limited outlets and a Senate bill that would have broadened selling points. the House approved a bill but the Senate rejected the broadened outlets.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Edward Powers
Hampettire Senate
Senate
House
Statewide School Enrollment to Rise by 25 000
Massachusetts Education Commissioner Owen B Kiernan says enrollments will rise by 25 000 to 30 000 students this year. About 1.3 million pupils will start Sept 8 with 300 000 in parochial schools. More than 1 100 new teachers hired, bringing staff to nearly 50 000. Estimated annual school spending on new buildings around 100 million dollars, with over 1 billion spent since 1948 under the building program.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Owen B. Kiernan
Kiernan
Five Day Forecast Shows Seasonal Temps Near 62
The temperatures through Monday will average near the seasonal normal of 62 with little day to day change. Precipitation will total about percent inch in showers early Thursday morning and again weekend days.
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Congress
Luis
Getafe
Spain
Iwiis
Rios
Tovera
Guam
Hector Garcia Godoy
OAS
Garcia Godoy
Juan D. Bosch
Sweden
Stockholm
Edmund Michalski
Foreign Ministry
Michalski
North Viet Nam
Pham van Dong
Hanoi Radio
Hanoi
Pham
Thanh Hoa
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