Congo Forces Face Volunteer Attacks in Kasai Province
A column of Kalonji volunteers reportedly advanced toward Lumumba forces in Kasai while a smaller opposing column retreated. A larger group of about 500 men with rifles and ammunition was en route from Katanga toward Luputa, with support from 250 porters. U.N. had no information on progress or claims of massacres and Katanga warned of possible invasion, reinforcing main north routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville, the Congo
Albert Kalonji
Kasai
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Bellious
Katanga
Luputa
Lumumba
Kalonji
Ers
Kajonji
U.N
Joseph Ngalula
Congo Army
Bakwanga
David Odea
Castro Actions On China OK'd
Havana crowds backed Fidel Castros Declaration of Havana establishing relations with Red China. Nationalist Chinese envoy Liu Yu wan prepared to depart as Cuban authorities likely seized Bank of Nationalist China assets worth 10 million dollars for transfer to Communist China.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Red China
Liu Yu-wan
Liu
Bank of
China
Cuba
Peiping
National Restaurant Chain Head Succumbs
James K Dobbs, 66, head of a national restaurant and catering chain bearing his name, died at a Dallas hospital from a second heart attack in six weeks. He was from Memphis, Tennessee, and had been in Dallas for a visit or business when he collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas, Tex
James K Dobbs
Memphis
Gaffney
S.C
E. F. Hollings
SLED
Columbia
J. P. Strom
Robert Lee Shirley
Shirley
Veterans Administration Hospital
Long Beach
Calif
Norfolk
Campaigns Of Politicians Getting Hot
Sen John F Kennedy finished a Alaska swing and headed to Detroit for a Labor Day speech. Nixon aimed to begin campaigning after a hospital stay with a six day 9000 mile tour across 14 states. Labor Day statements stressed production and free bargaining while Kennedy blamed the Eisenhower administration for blocking welfare reform. Reuther warned of a Southern Democrat Republican alliance hampering Kennedy's agenda.
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John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Alaska
Detroit
Mich
Richard M. Nixon
Washington Hospital
Kennedy
Anchorage
Motor City
Michigan
Pacific Coast
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
GOP
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Klein
Eisenhower
America
Labor Day Echoes Rhetoric On Communism and U S Work
The President praised American workers while warning of communism as union leaders criticized U S policy. George Meany stressed world peace, AFL-CIO groups denounced unemployment, and Labor Secretary Mitchell highlighted a strong economy amid calls to reform labor practices and meet foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Commie
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Asia
Industrial Union Department
Walter P
U. S
James P. Mitchell
Traffic toll rises as Labor Day weekend draws near
Traffic casualties mounted nationwide as warm weather lured millions onto the roads for a three day weekend. The National Safety Council reported 397 deaths by Sunday night including 284 highway deaths and 47 drownings, with boating mishaps adding 18 and 48 miscellaneous fatalities.
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Associated Press
Lufton
National Safety Council
Impatient Navy man steals bomber flies cross country
Robert H. Swain, a 34 year old Navy enlisted man and unqualified pilot, piloted a four engine Neptune P2V5 bomber from California to near Shreveport Louisiana before running low on fuel and landing. Air Force officials held him at Barksdale Base. Swain, a mechanic with 1700 flight hours, boarded the bomber when the 3rd Ferry Squadron failed to report at noon Saturday. He was captured at a motel after the improvised flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
Robert H. Swain
Odssey Swain
Swain
Air Force
Barksdale Air Force Base
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Burbank
Calif
Khrushchev's Finland Visit Highlights Neutrality Stance
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev met President Urho Kekkonen in Helsinki and urged friendly ties with the USSR. He pressed Finland to stay out of NATO while signaling a soft pivot toward European trade talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Nikita Khrushchev
Urho Kekkonen
Soviet Union
Moscow
Khrushchev
Norway
Denmark
Britain
Sweden
Switzerland
Austria
NATO
Kekkonen
Germany
State Road Death Toll Reaches Eight for Labor Day Weekend
Four area fatalities occurred in West Virginia and Virginia during the holiday. In Wyoming County, Dale Stewart 2 Bobby Tabor 15 and Ken Maynor 44 died in separate crashes while Benny Joe Stewart 6 was fatally struck on Route 10. Virginia victim Wyldon Liberty Mitchell 21 died in a Saltville wreck. Other regional deaths included Jack Clark 16 Orville Wilson 34 Jackie Morgan 19 and Sherry Buzzard 16 in Kanawha Randolph Taylor counties.
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Wyoming County
Saltville
Mercer County
West Virginia
Dale Stewart
Ravencliff
Bobby Tabor
Glen Rogers
Ken Maynor
Clear Fork
Benny Joe Stewart
Matheny
Wyoming
Virginia
Wyndon Liberty Mitchell
Washington County
C. W. Andricks
Pineville
Simon
Guyan River
Mitchell
R. W. Steele
Jack Clark
Cameron Marshall County
Orville Wilson
Union
Valley Head
Randolph County
Jackie Morgan
Rosemont
Taylor County
Dsed
Sherry Ann Buzzard
Tyylor Mountain
Kanawha Coun Ty
Hurricane Donna Threatens Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
The island coast is evacuated as Hurricane Donna nears Eastern Puerto Rico and the Northern Virgin Islands. Holiday traffic casualties rise nationwide to 284, with eight deaths from West Virginia highway crashes. Labor Secretary Mitchell and TWU Chief Mike Ouill clash over the Pennsylvania Railroad strike. Vice President Nixon expected to be discharged from hospital around Sept 11 after knee treatment progress.
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Puerto Rico
Virgin Isands
Mitchell
Transport Workers Union
Mike Ouill
Nixon
Dancers Run Rampant After Singer Fails to Appear
In Portland Oregon nearly 1000 dancers vandalized a ball room and clashed with police when rock star Charles did not show up after attendees paid 2.50 each. Nineteen were jailed as officers used night sticks and hoses. one officer suffered a facial gash.
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Portland
Eugene Center
Robert Olson
Enumclaw
Wash
Courier-Herald
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Castro
Cuban Federation of Labor
United States
Organization of American States
Head
THE
Walter P. Reuther
United, Auto Workers
Esse Ee
Reuther
U.S
Congress
Miss Joy Grant
Chicago
Grant Park
Miss Grant
England
UPI
South Carolina
Council
Cambridge
Mass
Michaeal McDonald
Marion St
Patricia
Khrush
Wreck Hall
Olson
Rey
Charles
Seattle
Palais Royal Ballroom
Ore
Ray Charles
UPI Telephoto
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