Brazil May Close Down Its Congress
Riots and military pressure widen as Gen Syseno Sarmiento leads an assault on Congress. Costa e Silva weighs dissolving immunity for Deputy Marcio Moreira Alves after a vote rejecting the government move to try him. Press curbs spread. Sao Paulo editorials resist, and Brasilia University raid prompts backlash.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Syseno Sarmiento
1St Army
Congress
Costa E Silva
Chamber of Deputies
Marcio Moreira Alves
Supreme Court
Brasilia University
Moreira Alves
Sao Paulo
O Estado
Joao Goulart
Jornal da Tarde
Presidents Set Oit Blast to End Border Dispute
American President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz attended a joint ceremony at an international bridge in El Paso. They detonated a dynamite charge to convert the Rio Grande into a concrete channel ending a century long dispute over the El Chamizal area.
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EL Paso
Tex
Rio Grande Channel
Natch
Miusl Mludm
Paul
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Rio Grande
Mexico
el Chamizal
John F. Kennedy
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Johnson
Santa Fe International Bridge
Rio Grande River
Chamizal
Bluefield Tree Fund Reaches 3 235 54 From 6 000 Goal
The Bluefield community Christmas Tree fund drive has reached 3235 54 dollars of the 6000 goal. A weekend slowdown may lengthen the drive but organizers expect a strong final push next week for the 51st annual extravaganza aiding 1500 needy children reliant on the Tree for Christmas.
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Bluefield
Students form SOS to ease BSC campus frictions
Bluefield State College student leaders announce a group named Students for an Orderly Society to reduce student and racial tensions and restore the college’s educational focus. SOS seeks official recognition as a campus organization and aims for nationwide adoption, inviting white and black students to join despite recent vandalism and a damaging bomb blast.
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Bluefield State College
BSC
Students For An Orderly Society
SOS
Bill Millhorn
John Pinter
BSC Health and Physical Education
Millhorn
Pinter
The
Riots Shake East Pakistan Over Ayub Khan Rule
Rioting across Dacca and Chittagong, East Pakistan, saw police fire on crowds, at least nine wounded and nearly 300 arrested amid a general strike called by seven opposition parties. Shops closed and transport halted as demonstrations grow.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Chittagong
Ayub
Pakistan
National Assembly
Pakistan Air Force
Mohammed Asghar Khan
Laird Sees Vietnam War Ending By Late Next Year
Secretary of Defense Laird voiced hope the Vietnam War could end by late next year during a Pentagon news conference. He avoided specifics on troop withdrawal and said a blue ribbon commission on defense structure would take six months to a year to report. He also expressed optimism about arms talks with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Vietnam
Laird
Pentagon
Wisconsin
Clark M. Clifford
Herbert Klein
United States
Russia
U.S
GOP
Soviet Union
Defense
Clark Clifford
Offensive Threat Near Saigon Raises Alarms
US and South Vietnamese forces remain alert as reports warn of a possible winter offensive. B52s bombed targets north of Saigon dropping about 3,000 tons in 48 hours, while commanders assess enemy strength near Ben Cat Phu Cuong and along the Cambodian border with up to 45,000 troops reported. Saigon tightens security with road blocks and patrols to curb Viet Cong infiltration and terrorism.
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Saigon
U.S
Air Force
Ben Cat
U. S
Phu Cuong
Washington
Hue
11 Year Old Princeton Boy Found In Trash Bin
An 11 year old Princeton boy was found in a trash bin outside the A and P Market in a stupor after sniffing glue. He was taken to Princeton Memorial Hospital and examined by Dr Daniel Hale who warned of possible long term damage from vapors.
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Princeton
A&p
Guy Harmon
Harmon
Hale
Mercer County
Mercer County Juvenile Court Authority Was Present At the Princeton Hospital
Howard Jarrett
Scranton urges closer Arab policy stance
William Scranton, Nixon’s Middle East adviser, urged an easier U.S. line toward Arab nations while preserving strong ties to Israel. He called for a more even handed policy to offset Soviet influence and said Arabs could coexist with a nonexpansive Israel. Nixon to meet Dayan. holidays in Key Biscayne planned.
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New York
William W. Scranton
Nixon
Middle East
United States
Scranton
Israel
Pennsylvania
American Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Allenby Bridge
Jordan
Soviet Union
Ronald L. Ziegler
Key Biscayne
Fla
Richard Nixon
Local Men Sentenced For Violations Of Draft Law
Two Mercer County men Edward Lee Shaffer and Darrell Christopher Roberts were sentenced to three years in federal prison for violating the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1948. Both men had registered as conscientious objectors and failed to report for civilian work. Shaffer was arrested in Bramwell on May 28 after missing his March 18 report date, while Roberts was arrested in Detroit last May after failing to report on January 15.
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Mercer County
U. S
Bluefield
Edward Lee Shaffer
Bramwell
Darrell Christopher Roberts
U.S
Sidney L. Christie
Selective Service Board 12
Shaffer
FBI
Roberts
Selective Service Board
Detroit
James M. Whittigo
Mingo County
James Oliver McCray
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