Quiet crackdown seen in Viet Nam
Reports from Saigon indicate the South Vietnamese government quietly rounded up people suspected of opposing the regime as U S and Vietnamese officials debated a potential coup. Arrests included a Saigon University professor and a prominent lawyer amid tensions over Buddhist crises and the Viet Cong war.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
United States
Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon University
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Lodge
Nhu
Cuban Refugee Says Reds Giving Orders
Rafael Rodriguez, 48, leader of 89 Cuban refugees hijacking a navy tender to Cozumel, claims Soviets now dictate in Cuba while the people suffer hunger and privation. He says non Communist sentiment dominates, and describes oppressive contact limits for visitors. Mexican authorities note U S visa requests would be handled promptly if made.
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Cozumel
Mexico
Cuba
Stat
Rafael Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Castro
Nancy
Fidel Castro
Two Officials Are Granted Trial Delay
In Boston the state Board of Registration of Engineers faced a temporary restraining order to halt a hearing on charges against Public Works Commissioner Jack P. Ricciardi. The hearing was to decide if he falsely claimed Northeastern University graduation on his 1959 engineer registration application, per Sen. Philip A. Graham. Ricciardi seeks a preliminary injunction and asks for the board to drop the complaint and be barred from further actions.
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Boston
UPI
State Board of Registration of Engineers
State of Public Works
Jack P. Ricciardi
Philip A. Graham
R Hamilton
Ricciardi
Northeastern University
Graham
Superior Court
Bribery Indictments Delayed for Housing Board Officials
Boston AP. Counsel for Leo Benoit and John Letteney challenged indictments as unconstitutional and won a postponement. Judge Smith sent motions to the state Supreme Court and deferred trial of Benoit of Chicopee Talis and Letteney of Lancaster until a ruling. The officials are accused of taking bribes linked to housing projects in West Springfield and Agawam.
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Boston
State Housing Board
Superior Court
Frank E. Smith
State Supreme Court
Smith
Leo F. Benoit
Chicopee Talis
John A. Letteney
Lancaster
Supreme Court
Letteney
Benoit
Crime Commission
Housing Board
Suffolk County
West Springfield
Agawam
Jail heaters go missing at Wyoming penitentiary
Warden Leonard Meacham reported that wall heaters installed in the main cell block of the Wyoming penitentiary are missing. The incident raises concern over security and inmate safety at RAWLINS. Further investigation is underway to locate the equipment and determine responsibility.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Leonard Meacham
Wyoming Penitentiary
Five Day Forecast Sees Warmup to Seasonal Norm
The forecast through Wednesday shows temperatures averaging about three degrees above the seasonable normal of 59. Expect gradual warming across the period with light precipitation possible and variable conditions.
N Y State Cuts DDT Spraying
Albany report shows DDT concentrations in lake trout waters affecting reproduction. Conservation Commissioner Harold G Wilm says DDT use will stop in watershed pest control programs and at state campsites in lake trout areas due to buildup in fish tissue and eggs causing mortality.
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Albany
State Conservation Department
Harold G. Wilm
Traffic Official Pays Parking Fines in Denver
Orville Holben, director of the traffic violations bureau at Denver Municipal Court, hurried to pay 12 dollars for three overtime parking tickets and late penalties after receiving a city warning on Thursday. The incident highlights enforcement actions by city traffic officials.
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Denver
Colo
Orville
Holben
New Airborne Radar Keeps Missile Watch
Washington AP report says four airborne patrol planes from Otis AFB Massachusetts now use Airborne Long Range Input to monitor eastern approaches to North America. Lt Gen Thatcher notes ALRIL enhances horizon surveillance beyond shore radar and that Texas Tower stations could be retired without loss of air defense.
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Thatcher
Air Force
Texas
New England
Pace of Integration Satisfies President Pace of Integration Satisfies President
A large anti integration rally near a downtown high school in Birmingham sparked a boycott push as Phillips High students joined some demonstrators. In Mobile Murphy High saw 54 white students arrested after a protest, while other segregated schools faced walkouts and police dispersals. National Guard redeployments reduced forces in Mobile Birmingham and Tuscaloosa as Governor Wallace vowed to fight desegregation.
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Ala
Phillips High
Phillips
Mobile
Murphy High
Alabama
National Guard
Kennedy
George C. Wallace
Army
Tuskegee
Tuscaloosa
Wallace
Baltimore
Jack Cash
J. M. McDowell
Cash
Clarence Lewis
Jones Valley High
Woodlaw
Here It Comes Snow and Wind Hit Quebec
Eastern Quebec faced its first winter blast with snow and 50 mph winds. Laurentides Park reported 3 to 6 inches of snow as hazardous driving extended along the St. Lawrence River north shore.
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Quebec
Laurentides Park
St. Lawrence River
GE Union Draftsmen May Vote to Strike Next Friday
GE draftsmen at Pittsfield plants may hold a strike vote next Friday. Local 140 president Edmund Noetzel said a special Sept. 20 meeting at 7 45 p.m. at the Portuguese American Club will decide on action amid layoffs. The contract expires Sept. 30 and the dispute concerns seniority in transfers and downgrades tied to ordnance plant layoffs.
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General Electric Co
Pittsfield
Edmund W. Noetzel
American Federation of Technical Engineers
Noetzel
Afte Local 140
GE Ordnance Department
Naetzel
Arthur G. Mclkan
Gov Peabody Warns Space Center Loss Threat
Massachusetts faces a near loss of a proposed multi million dollar space center as congressional pressure is urged to secure NASA budget restoration. Gov Endicott Peabody, returning from Washington, warns that a 200 million dollar cut could jeopardize the electronics center plan while seeking subsidy support for Northeast Airlines and discussing the National Mental Retardation Case Program.
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Boston
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Peabody
Wash
Ington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Northeast Airlines
Warrenton
Kennedy Assesses Critical Book
President Kennedy, at a news conference, previews his view of Victor Lasky’s JFK The Man and the Myth. He jokes that the portion he read lacked brilliance compared with what critics say the rest contains.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Victor Lasky
Kennedy praises Southern cooperation on school desegregation
President Kennedy said the nation is moving at the right pace on racial integration and praised the desegregation in Southern cities as an impressive story. He warned against dividing the country along racial lines and defended federal court orders in Alabama Florida South Carolina and Georgia.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
United Nations
U. S
South Viet Nam
Alabama
Iveice
Viet Nam
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Gains Broad Support
Washington reports Sen Henry M. Jackson D Wash moves to back the nuclear test ban treaty after a Kennedy appeal for wide Senate approval. Sen Frank Lausche D Ohio signals support amid concerns, while Goldwater insists no changes acceptable, arguing the pact jeopardizes U S security abroad.
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Upt
Oe Jackson
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Kennedy
Jackson
Lausche
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Briz
Russia
U.S
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Cogumel
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Mexico City
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St. Petersburg
Fla
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Committee On UN- American Activities
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Bloomington
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City College
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Long Island City
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