South Vietnamese Smash Reds Trap in Major Victory
Government forces broke an ambush by the Viet Cong near a district town 30 miles south of Saigon, claiming about 80 Viet Cong killed and 100 wounded while government losses ran around 20 dead and 30 wounded. The battle began when 200 Viet Cong of the 514th Battalion struck three civilian outposts late Sunday night and sought to trap reinforcements.
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Daila
Saigon
514Th
Viet Cong
Patience urged on Vietnam policy by Kennedy
Kennedy urged patience in South Vietnam and warned a sudden aid cut could trigger a Communist takeover and collapse of Ngo Dinh Diem regime. He said the United States must stay involved, use influence, and avoid withdrawal to prevent Southeast Asia from falling to Communists. Kennedy favored changing Diem personnel to win popular support.
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Washington
Kennedy
United
South Viet Nam
Man
U.S
Ment
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
NBC
Nant
Diem
Asigment
Filal
CBS Buddhists
Ae Day
Commu
Runaway Switch Engine Guided by Handless Bay
A one boy, Larry Jones, 12, born without arms, climbed into a Santa Fe switch engine No 332 and rode it six miles toward Union Station in Kansas City Missouri using his feet to operate controls. An alarm sounded as yardmasters tracked the unruly engine and a pursuing locomotive applied the emergency brake.
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Kansas City
Kan
Santa Fe
Union Station
Larry Jones
Larry
Gene Schichle
Desegregation Starts as Guards Lose Control
In Birmingham and Mobile Alabama federal authorities assume control of the National Guard by presidential order to enforce school integration. A 7-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl entered Murphy High in Mobile as the first Black students to desegregate Alabama public schools. Guards had stood down just before their arrival amid Governor Wallace’s defiance. Obstructed Marshals.
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Alabama
Wallace
Kennedy
U.S
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama National Guard
Guy George C. Wallace
Murphy High School
Mobile
Tuskegee
Montgomery
White House
University of Alabama
MoTuro
Enki
Worcester County
Grand Jury
Biterle Kennedy
Edward W. Brooks
Ture
Adj
Alfred Harrison
Harriso
Harrison
McNamara
Alabama Guard
Pierre Salinger
Two State Officials Indicted in Worcester Case
Democratic state representative Leo Ture of Worcester and John A. Letteney of Lancaster housing board engineer were indicted on bribery charges by Worcester County Grand Jury. Letteney was previously charged in Suffolk County with bribery and conspiracy.
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Fitchburg
Mass
State Housing Board
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Edward W. Brooke
Boston
Leo J
Worcester County Brandh
Turo
Letleney
Nicola Gadaleto
Worcester
Gadaleto
Department of Public Works
Gadaieto
Letteney
Leominster
Charles W. Dingman
Princeton
Housing Board
Historic Integration in Alabama Schools Opens Smoothly
Federalized National Guard troops assisted desegregation as two Negro teenagers entered Murphy High and two girls attended West End High in Birmingham under heavy protection. Crowds observed in silence while additional Negroes enrolled across Birmingham and Tuskegee without incident, signaling a calm start to integration.
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Alabama
Kennedy
National Guard
George Wallace
Mobile City
Murphy High
Birmingham
West End High School
West End
Ramsay High
Graymont
Tuskegee High
Montgomery
Kennedy halts drafting of married men in new order
President Kennedy ordered a halt to drafting married men while enough single men in the 1925 age group are available. The order delays husbands until all single men are drafted, likely advancing single men to earlier ages. About 1.7 million men are LA eligible. Lt. Gen. Hershey and Defense Secretary McNamara joined Kennedy for the signing. the rule takes effect immediately.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Muddy Path Delays Wedding In Oldham
Margaret Lambert aged 19 wed lawyer John Bowyer in a white gown and black boots after steady rains filled the path to the chapel with mud delaying the ceremony in Oldham England.
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Oldham
England
Margaret Lambert
John Bowyer
High Point racial demonstrations rock All-America city
In High Point North Carolina about 1000 demonstrators have been arrested over three weeks as Negro residents press for desegregation of public facilities and better jobs. A major march Monday night halted before a segregated theater and cafe, with 320 marchers arrested after blocks of sidewalk were cleared. A Rev B Elton Cox of CORE warned protests would continue until demands are met.
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High Point
N.C
National League of Municipalities
B. Elton Cox
Congress of Racial Equality
Price of Impatience
A Denver couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Nichols, had a car stolen twice from in front of their home. The vehicle, recovered in Los Angeles on August 24, was returned to them after they fixed it up, only to be stolen again last weekend from the same spot. Mrs Nichols quips that if the thieves had waited one more day, the car would have been waxed too.
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Denver
Colo
Arthur
J. Nichols
Los Angeles
Nichols
Eight Vie For One Television Set
Eight replies to an Eagle Family Want Ad offer a console television with radio and record player. The advertiser reports satisfaction with the results and urges readers not to store valuables, suggesting to sell them instead. Dial 447-7311 to place an ad.
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Dial
Litte Eagle
China Eyes Holy Alliance With U S and Russia
In a Tokyo dispatch the Red Chinese journal Red Flag says Premier Khrushchev has forged a holy alliance with the United States India and Yugoslavia to strangle revolutionary movements and preserve capitalism. Peking denounces the bloc as imperialist reaction and accuses Khrushchev of stirring for years to unite the powers against socialism. The piece contrasts the alliance with historic alliances and says the new bloc aims to suppress liberation struggles and uphold imperialist order. The report also notes China and others have pursued socialism including Cuba while warning the alliance will fail per historical law.
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Tokyo
Red China
United States
India
Yugoslavia
Red Flag
Khrushchev
Radio
Peking
Nehru
Tito
the Journal
China
Cuba
Ancient Earring Stolen From Boston Museum
A two inch gold earring from the fourth century B C. on display at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts was stolen during a weekend theft at Naushki on the Soviet Mongolian border. The object, portraying Nike driving a two horse chariot, disappeared after the train was allegedly stopped. Soviet Foreign Ministry says the Chinese tried to block inspection and seized hostile literature.
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Boston
UPI
Soviet Union
B. C
Naushki
Rathbone
Moscow
Nike
Jewel
Earving’s Gold Value and Artistry Highlighted
A fragment notes the earving's gold value as negligible while its artistic value is described as beyond price. The piece also mentions Saree’s well known historic importance, though details are unclear in the text.
Tax cut approved amid Republican opposition in House
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 11 billion tax cut, the largest in U.S. history, despite strong GOP resistance. Finance Director Seymour Trammell spoke from Capitol steps, ordering federal marshals to clear the area, as Gov. Wallace backed by state police actions.
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UPN
House
Ways and Means Committee
Seymore Trammell
Capitol
Trammell
Wallace
Col
Albert J. Lingo
State Police
Birmingham
Lingo
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