India Faces Setback as Pakistani Forces Counterattack
Indian defense reports said Pakistani tanks and infantry pushed Indian troops on a northern plains counteroffensive while paratroopers dropped near a supply route in Assam. Thant arrived in Rawalpindi for a peace mission as fighting spread across the subcontinent. Pakistan claimed cross-border incursions near Amritsar and air attacks targeted bases in eastern India amid stalled West Pakistan operations. Turkey and Iran offered to send a UN peace force.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
China
Subcontinent
U.N
A . Thant
Rawalpindi
Thant
B. Chavan
Ferozepore
Punjab
Chavan
Amritsar
Darjeeling
Assam
Gauhali
Baghdogra
East Pakistan
Red China
Tibet
Z. A. Bhutto
Bhutto
Turkey
Iran
Central Treaty Organization
Typhoon Shirley Slams Japan Across Islands
Typhoon Shirley battered central Japan killing at least 29 people and damaging thousands as it swept from Shikoku and southern Honshu toward Hokkaido. Initial tallies: 39 dead, 21 missing, 227 injured, 883 homes destroyed and 3,798 damaged as winds eased from 80 to 67 mph. The storm moved at about 45 mph over the Sea of Japan with fringe damage in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Shirley
Japan
Hokkaido
Shikoku Island
Honshu
Sea of Japan
Central Meteorological Agency
API
Weekend Weather Clears After Rain
The weekend weather will be clearing and cooler with a high near 73. Rain is expected tonight and early Sunday, then clearing with little temperature change.
Baseball Scores Roundup From AL NL Matches
In AL games Minnesota beat Boston 8 to 5 while Baltimore defeated Kansas City 5 to 2. Washington topped Los Angeles 4 to 1. Detroit routed Cleveland 2 to 0 and New York defeated Chicago 3 to 1. In NL action Milwaukee 3 New York 1 and Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 4. Pittsburgh crushed Cincinnati 7 to 0 and Toronto downed Columbus 4 to 0 in final leads 1-4.
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Minnesota
Boston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington
Los Angeles
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Medical Phenomenon Behind Dorothy Dandridge Death Revealed
Hollywood AP reports coroner's findings show Dorothy Dandridge died after a tiny foot bone fracture caused bone marrow particles to enter the bloodstream and reach brain and lungs. Pathologist Dr. Harold Kade notes no drug overdose. Dandridge died six days after slipping on September 2 with a metatarsal fracture. Private funeral services set for Saturday.
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Hollywood
Dorothy Dandridge
Harold Kade
Singer
Carmen Jones
Porgy and Bess
Sunset Strip
Kaden
al Sholand
Miss Dandridge
Kade
Mise- Dandridge
Ruby Refusal to Halt Ruby Murder Trial Writ Denied
Dallas AP Judge Louis T. Holland refused a writ of habeas corpus to overturn Jack Ruby's murder conviction. Defense sought disqualification of jurist Joe B. Brown over a book. Brown had allowed TV cameras in court. he later withdrew from the case as Ruby appeals to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. A sanity trial is set for Oct. 18.
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Dallas
Tex
Louis’ T. Holland
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Holland
Phil Burle- Son
Jhe
Burleson
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
UMass selects Worcester land for medical school and hospital
Trustees vote to establish a medical school and a 400 bed teaching hospital at Worcester State Hospital grounds. Land offered by the state mental health department covers about 150 of 267 acres near Route 9. Architects Collaborative and Ellerbe Associates named for a $39 million complex. a $2.784 million medical school budget for the new fiscal year is approved for submission to the state legislature.
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Boston
University of Massachusetts
Worcester State Hospital
State Department of Mental Health
Watertown
Laski, Dawson and DeMay
Umass
State Hospital
Route 9
Lake Quinsigamond
Statler Hilton Hotel
Architects Collaborative of
Cambridge
Ellerbe Associates
St. Paul, Minn
Betsy Death Toll Climbs as New Orleans Reels from Storm
President Johnson pledged full federal aid to Louisiana after Hurricane Betsy, which killed at least 23 people, left New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruin. Rescue crews battled flooding, power outages, and water shortages as evacuees crowded shelters and city officials urged water for thirsty refugees.
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Johnson
Betsy
Louisiana
Florida
Mississippi
Victor Schiro
Air Force One
International Airport
Wind and Water
Washington
Baton Rouge
Johson
Russell Long
Allen Ellender
D-La
Long
Canal Street
Mississippi River
St. Claude Street
Washington School
Schiro
Gulf Coast
St. Louis Basilica
Jackson Square
New Orleans Public Service Corp
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Harrison County
Gulfport
Red Cross
Port Barre
Biloxi
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Umass School of Medicine
U.S
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Hale Boggs
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