UN Ends Paralyzed Session With Peacekeeping Truce
The U N General Assembly wrapped up its 19th session in New York after agreeing to shelve the U S Soviet dispute over peacekeeping assessments and resume normal voting at the next meeting. The only dissent came from Albania's Halim Budo who claimed the move was a U S defeat and a Johnson administration retreat.
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De Gaulle Rejects Viet Nam Mediation
President Charles de Gaulle said no mediation in the Viet Nam war is imaginable now. The remark followed a cabinet meeting after talks with U S Undersecretary Ball and was relayed by Information Minister Alain Peyrefitte.
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N.Y. Housing Figure Held on Graft Count
New York City Housing Authority suspended official Nathan Wheatman is charged with accepting about 400000 dollars to rig bids on city painting contracts over eight years. District Attorney Hogan says the grand jury returned perjury and conspiracy counts. Wheatman allegedly conspired with fifteen painting contractors and others to win contracts from 1957 to 1965.
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Betsy Hurls High Surf At Bahamas And Haiti
Hurricane Betsy pushed westward with 125 mph winds, threatening the Bahamas and northern Haiti as it neared the Caicos Islands. Forecasters predicted a rise to 10 mph gain and a path toward Cuba, with swells and dangerous surf affecting the region and small craft urged to shelter in port.
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French Envoy To US Named To Key Post
Hervé Alphand, ambassador to the United States, was named secretary general of France’s Foreign Ministry. He will rank under Foreign Minister Couve de Murville, and his cool relations with U S officials have concerned Western diplomats. Charles Lucet may succeed him in Washington.
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House Group To Probe Admitted Singapore Plot
A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee will hold hearings after Lee Kuan Yew said a U S bribery offer was made to keep quiet about the arrest of a CIA official in Singapore in 1960 The State Department apologized for improper activities and acknowledged to Lee that the denial of the bribery was in error.
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Soviets Press Japan Over U.S. Base Use in Vietnam
The Soviet Union said the United States uses Japanese bases to launch aggressive actions in Vietnam. In an aide memoire to the Japanese Embassy, Tass quoted Moscow calling Japan an accomplice in U.S. military ventures in Southeast Asia and urging Tokyo to stop hosting U.S. bases.
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Mansfield Sets Peace Formula for Vietnam Talks
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield outlined a peace package for Vietnam, including a cease-fire and amnesty, as essential blocks to negotiations. He urged clarity of U S terms, aligning with Johnson administration aims, and stressed Vietnamese self determination and withdrawal of foreign troops once peace is achieved.
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Assassination of Aden Speaker Stuns City
Sir Arthur Charles 65 speaker of the Aden State Legislative Assembly was shot outside a tennis club and died after surgery. He was the second Briton fatally wounded in Aden that week following the killing of Harry Barrie, police superintendent. Aden, part of the British backed federation of South Arabia, hosts a major British military base amid post London talks on South Arabia independence and detainee liberation disputes.
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Nkrumah Takes Command Of All Troops
President Kwame Nkrumah assumed direct control of Ghana's 10,000 man army after rumors of a coup by two ousted generals. The move follows his direct oversight of the personal security unit while Ghana's Special Police remain Russian-advised and other police have been disarmed since a 1964 shooting attempt.
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Camel Trade-In Sparks Aussie Auto Deal Row
PERTH Australia A man arrived at a local car dealer with a baby camel and left in a new car after the dealer allowed a 173 dollar trade-in. The camel was a gift from his brother who obtained it from western Australian tribes. Camels were once common in the Australian desert during the gold rush era.
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Harry Outram
Volpe Pushes Compromise Tax Measure
Gov Volpe signals talks with House Speaker Davoren to end tax deadlock over a 3 percent sales tax plan aimed at $150 million yearly, with possible 8 percent levy in a compromised bill. He warns each delay drains state revenue and supports keeping federal tax deduction constrained to fund a graduated income tax.
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AEC fires 18th underground blast at Nevada test grounds
The U S Atomic Energy Commission announced its 18th underground nuclear test blast of the year at its Nevada testing grounds. The explosion was described as low in yield, with force equivalent to less than 20,000 tons of TNT.
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