Trans Atlantic liner idled by race discrimination dispute
New York reports the luxuryliner SS America is idle at dockside after a dispute over whether an engineer locked a washroom to exclude Negro and Puerto Rican crew. 964 passengers face alternative transport as the line fights the charges, with one waitress threatening a sit in until expenses are covered.
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America
Louis Neurohr
Neurol
United States Lines
Maeve Duffy
Dublin
Anti Viet Nam Move Gains Senate Support
Senate backing grows for a resolution to end U.S. aid to South Viet Nam’s Diem government unless it shifts course. Sen J W Fulbright says he supports the Church resolution, disapproving of current policy in the region.
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Senate
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Storms devastate Spain with six dead and crop loss
Storms hit Spain's northeast and northwest coasts leaving at least six dead. Reports from Gerons Province cite crop damage of 31.6 million as cleanup continues from the weekend storms.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
Gerons
Vatican to Invite Non Christian Observers to Council
Vatican plans to invite observers from non Christian faiths including Jews Buddhists and Muslims to the Ecumenical Council second session at St Peters Basilica starting September 2 Pope Paul VI said he would establish a Vatican secretariat for relations with non Christians The meeting marked a step toward religious unity with a first private audience between Pope Paul and Metropolitan Nikokim of Minsk and Byelorussia of the Russian Orthodox Church who broke from Rome 900 years ago
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Byelorussia
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Poland Raises Food Prices Amid Milk Shortage Watch
Warsaw reports government hikes in dairy and alcohol prices as milk content drops and butter exports shrink. Milk per liter jumps to 2.70 zlotys, cream 10 percent higher, cheese and ice cream up about 20 percent, vodka and wine up 13 percent, with farm payments also rising to ease shortages.
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U.S
Land Wines
Ithe
Martial Law Lifted in South Vietnam After Crises
Saigon reports martial law ended at noon after 26 days since raids on Buddhist pagodas Aug 21. Press censorship ends and authorities claim Buddhist opposition and student unrest were quelled though Saigon remains heavily guarded near schools amid antigovernment demonstrations.
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Returning Turncoat Lure of Forgiveness
Former Army sergeant Scott L Rush who defected to the Chinese Communists a decade ago in Korea arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday optimistic about forgiveness from Americans. He said the American people are democratic and will be willing to forgive someone who wants to change.
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Los Angeles
Scott L. Rush
Korea
Rush
Americans Warned To Halt Cuban Raid Activities
Miami reports the Customs Department formally warned six U S citizens tied to Cuban exile raids. Photographer Alexander Rorke Jr. and supervisor David Cardoza were summoned and cautioned under the muni tions control law with penalties up to two years imprisonment and a $25 fine per offense.
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United States
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United States Customs
Ty David [ Cardoza
Thousands of Cubans clash with NYC police in Times Square
Thousands protest against a Cuban trip by a group of American students. In a violent melee near Town Hall and along 43rd Street, rioters attacked mounted police, overturned debris, and injured several. Police used nightsticks as prods and escorted the students to a subway amid a roped-off block.
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Cuba
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Brawded 43Rd Street
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Emen
Cuban Agent Shot in Havana, El Mundo Reports
El Mundo says a U S agent trained by the Pentagon was executed by firing squad in Havana on Saturday. The paper identifies him as Benjamin Acosta Valdes, seized while relaying information to a Miami espionage center. It cites American-made communications gear and code books found at the scene. the Defense Department offered no comment.
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Fla
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Cuba
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Defense Department
Red Advisers Within Cuba A Problem
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says the Cuban issue centers on Soviet advisers and technicians, not the troops. He cites Kennedy’s remarks on withdrawals and notes no precise count public since Kennedy’s April news conference. Officials estimate remaining Soviet troops around 11,000 to 12,000 in Cuba.
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