MIG Jets Face Rising Tension Over Viet Nam Skirmishes
U S jet fighters with air to air missiles head toward North Viet Nam to deter possible MIG incursions as the Red China base at Hainan watches. Air raid alerts occur in Sagan while both sides report radar contacts near the frontier and ships in the South China Sea hold positions. The U N Security Council debate on the crisis stalls as Hanoi rejects participation. North Viet Nam claims U S raids justify its retaliation and accuses U N of bias, while Chinese press warns the United States against escalation.
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U.S
Sagan
United States
North Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
South China Sea
da Nang Air Base
U.S. 7Th Fleet
China
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Chinese Communist Party
Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Foreign Ministry
Nhan Dan
Officials Go To High Court
Town Manager Leon F. Jones and the Old Orchard Town Council faced Superior Court in Alfred in a dispute with Old Orchard Amusement Co. over a permit for an aerial act. The case concerns the permit issued for equipment set up in the Old Orchard Street square and the act’s multiple daily performances.
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Old Orchard Beach
Leon F. Jones
Superior Court
Alfred
Old Orchard Amusement Co
Old Orchard Street
Crazy-Quilt Time System On Way Out
Washington reports a House Commerce subcommittee will likely approve a bill to overhaul the U S time system. The plan creates four main time zones plus a new Atlantic zone, standardizes daylight saving dates, and rebrands daylight time as Eastern standard time for regions during summer. Federal agencies, carriers, and communications would adopt the system to urge local adoption.
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Washington
America
House Emmerce
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Pacific
ICC
Cyprus Cease Fire Sought After Turkish Greek Talks
Cyprus reports a U N Security Council cease fire accord after Turkey and the Greek Cypriot government agreed to halt hostilities. A Turkish air strike on Polis raised fears, with Athens blaming a possible orders mix up. 10 wounded in Polis. Turkey conditions cease fire on cessation of Greek Cypriot attacks. NATO allies push for settlement as US evacuates 35 dependents from Nicosia to Beirut.
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Cyprus
Turkey
U.N. Security Council
Greece
Polis
Ankara
Kokkina
Supreme Allied Headquarters For Europe
NATO
United States
Britain
Allliance
Cyprus Cease Fire Backed by Makarios Amid Turkish Air Attacks
Bishop Makarios announced Cyprus Republic will fully honor a United Nations cease-fire resolution as Turkish air activity intensifies across Polis and Xeros. No ground fighting reported in the tense northwest coastal strip, while residents sheltered in Polis amid two strafing runs by American F104 jets. NATO said Turkey began withdrawing parts of its air force from the area.
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Cyprus
Security Council
Polis
Xeros
Soviet Union
Turkey
Alex Etty
Associated Press
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Herbert Hoover Birthday at 90 Celebrated in New York
Former President Herbert Hoover marked his 90th birthday at home in the Waldorf Towers while hosting lunch with four old friends and presiding at a family dinner. Proclamations naming Hoover Day arrived from President Johnson, Gov. Rockefeller, and 15 other states as thousands sent greetings. Hoover praised freedom of choice as essential to America's greatness and urged equal opportunity for Negro citizens.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
America
The
United States
Waldorf Towers
Hoover
Johnson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michael Lepore
Yankee Stadium
Congress Turmoil Ahead as Adjournment Nears
Congress moves to adjourn by Aug 22 as Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield credits bipartisan aid and hints at delays to reapportionment. Everett Dirksen backs delaying reapportionment via rider on foreign aid, pursuing a one person one vote approach amid Supreme Court rulings.
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Congress
Atlantic City
N.J
Senate
Mike Mansfield
NBC
Meet the Press
Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Supreme Court
Pope Paul VI Pledges Intervention For World Peace
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI in his first encyclical offers to intervene beyond a watchful interest to seek peaceful, honorable solutions to world disputes within his ministry. He calls for educating mankind toward nonviolence, tempering passions, and fostering rational international accord while ready to assist contending parties when opportunity arises. He also endorses dialogue with non Christian religions to defend common ideals. The 14,000 word Ecclesiam Suam outlines the church’s modern role and condemns communism and atheism as threats.
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Paul VI
Paul
Ecclesiam
Christ
Cyprus seeks urgent U N session over Turkish airstrike Polis
United Nations officials and Cyprus pressed for another urgent Security Council session to address a Turkish air attack on Polis and a stated limited invasion. The council, fatigued after days of sessions, awaited U Thant and Thimayya reports while urging a cease fire and condemning continued hostilities.
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N.Y
Cyprus
U.N. Security Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Council
Polis
Nicosia
Nielsen
U Thant
Mediterranean
Civil Rights Workers Eulogized at Memorial in New York
At a Manhattan memorial service civil rights leaders eulogized James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner as martyrs. The trio, missing since June 21 while aiding voter registration in Mississippi, were found killed. Rita Schwerner was named CORE field secretary to help establish a memorial center in Meridian. James Lewis and John Lewis urged the fight against apathy as thousands joined in song.
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Schwerner
Manhattan
James White
Congress of
FBI
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
James Chaney
Meridian
Miss
Philadelphia
Farmer
Rita Schwerner
Michael
CORE
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Mickey
James
Andy
Goodman
Ethical Culture Society
Ralph Engelman
Queen
Robert Goodman
Chaney
Fannie
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