Coup attempts across Saigon fail to topple Khanh regime
In a bloodless uprising, 2000 rebel troops demanded Premier Nguyen Khanh’s arrest but violence never erupted. Brig. Gen. Nguyen Cao Ky remained loyal, declaring unity intact as rebels seized key sites before retreating. U.S. officials welcomed Khanh’s survival but warned on political stability in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Washington
U.S
Lam van Phat
Duong van Duc
IV Corps
Joint General Staff
Cap St. Jacques
Dora on Journey to Sea Rains End of Hurricane Dora
NORFOLK Va AP Dora, once a hurricane, sped northeast as a tropical storm toward the Atlantic ending land threats. Over nearly a week Dora tracked Florida Georgia and up the Carolina Virginia coasts leaving seven dead and millions in damage with flooding and high tides.
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Norfolk
Dora
Atlantic
United States
Weather Bureau
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Tidewater
Be r One Workers Agree To Renew Contract With Saco-Lowell Pact
Workers at Saco-Lowell, New England Division in Saco, vote to renew the present contract for one year at Biddeford Union Hall. The renewal follows an eight hour negotiation that introduced a new seniority clause replacing the 1949 provision and sets the contract to expire September 15. Union officials and company reps praised the agreement as cooperative to stabilize labor costs and attract future work at the Edwards plant, aiding recall and reemployment.
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New England
Maremont
Saco-Lowell) Corp
Saco
Union Hall
Biddeford
U. A
Michael Schoonans
Leonhard
Adrien A. Petit
Robert LaBelle
John Maddox
Albert Cantara
Thomas Fleurant Jr
Joseph Ellis
Raymond Drouin
Fred Greenwood
Josephat Tardif
Blanche Miniani
William Taylor
Edwards
Navy denies shipyard closing survey reports
The Navy Department dismissed a Boston newspaper report that a survey urged closing Philadelphia and Brooklyn yards and possibly cutting San Francisco and Portsmouth shipyards. The piece said Me Namara would approve the plan and it could cut work at Boston Mare Island and Long Beach yards amid a broader study of 11 active naval shipyards.
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Boston
Navy Department
Washington
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Portsmouth
N.H
Defense
Robert S. Me‘Namara
Mare Island
Calif
Long Beach
Ees
Pentagon
Pope Paul Opens Third Vatican Council Session
Pope Paul VI opened the third Vatican Council session in St. Peter's Basilica and urged bishops to clarify their authority within the church. He stressed shared power but affirmed papal primacy as essential to unity. Voting will start on the nature of the church and bishops duties, with topics on ecumenism and the modern world.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Peter
St. Peter's Basilica
Paul
Vatican
Council
Warren Report Nears Completion For Kennedy Assassination
Chief Justice Earl Warren says the 700 page Warren Commission report will be ready in days with a White House release possible over the Sept 27 weekend. The panel plans a concise summary, then hundreds of pages of narrative and transcripts from testimony, exhibits, and appendices.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
White House
Commission
Warren
Hale Boggs
D-La
Gerald R. Lord
R-Mich
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
John K. McCloy
Allen W. Dulles
Pombriants Mark 50th Anniversary
A 50th wedding anniversary celebration was held for Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pombriant of Biddeford at the home of their son Wilfred. They were married Sept. 8, 1914 at St. Andre's Church. They have three children and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Nearby relatives and friends attended the event including Wilfred Pombriant and Ralph Larochelle family members.
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Peter Pombriant
Pool St
Biddeford
Wilfred P. Pombriant
St. Andre's Church
Pombriant
Wilfred
Edward
Ralph Larochelle
Pauline
James Pombriant
Philip Hatch
Refugee aided by U S Army in Berlin wall escape
Spec 4 Hans Puhl, 22, a U S Army infantryman, helped a wounded East German refugee over the Berlin wall during a 40 minute dawn battle between West Berlin police and East German guards. The defender shielded the man as shots erupted. Meyer, 21, was shot trying to climb the wall.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
Hans Puhl
West Berlin
Wall
Michael Meyer
Fredersdorf
Puhl
Kreuzberg
West
Goldwater Campaigns Into Democratic South as News at a Glance
The Associated Press rounds up political and international notes: Goldwater pushes into the Democratic South while Humphrey cautions Democrats not to overconfidently stump the Midwest. A coup against Premier Khanh collapses after 24 hours and a Vatican session under Pope Paul VI may decide its course. Hans Pohl risks his life helping a wounded refugee near the Berlin Wall. Congress debates social security health care and reapportionment as Warren flags a pending report on Kennedy’s assassination. A Minnesota farm fire kills ten children. a fireman notes they had no chance.
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Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
Hubert H. Humphrey
Midwest
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Berlin Wall
Washington
Congress
Earl Warren
Johnson
Kennedy
National
Minnesota
Will of Chuckle Texan Dictates Generous Bequest
A light hearted newspaper quip notes Chuckle Texan dictating his will. He leaves his son Herschel three million dollars and jokes about not cutting him off entirely, reflecting tongue in cheek humor about family and fortune.
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Herschel
Gen. Tea, Corp
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Most
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Liston
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Philip Masse
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