Labour Victory Narrows Gap as Wilson Form New Cabinet
London AP reports Labour wins a razor thin majority after 316 seats with Conservatives at 303. Harold Wilson named prime minister and Patrick Gordon Walker as foreign secretary despite losing his Commons bid. Queen Elizabeth II invited Wilson to form a government. Douglas-Home resigns.
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September Industrial Production Stationary
In September industrial production was virtually unchanged from August as the auto strike restrained the general upward trend that had continued for 12 of the last 13 months.
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Viet Cong Guerrillas Slain in Delta Clash
Saigon reports say U.S. airborne units engaged a Viet Cong force in the southern delta Friday and killed at least 44 guerrillas amid intensive fighting.
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Cole Porter Dies in California at 71
Cole Porter 71, famed composer and lyricist, died in Santa Monica California after kidney surgery. Doctors cited poor overall condition and an infection from a kidney stone as factors. Porter had been hospitalized for a routine checkup and later surgery. His long career included Night and Day Kiss Me Kate and many film scores, with Broadway hits such as The Gay Divorcee and Anything Goes.
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Abrupt Soviet Shakeup Stuns World Leaders
The fall of Nikita Khrushchev shocks leaders worldwide as Brezhnev and Kosygin assume power. Observers debate policy shifts while U Thant says foreign policy remains unchanged. Reactions from Maoist China and Western parties vary amid upheaval.
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Stabbing Aboard Burlington Train Leaves Victim Hospitalized
Edward Ailen Lee 32 of Cedar Rapids is jailed in Louisa county after a southbound Rock Island train from Minneapolis to St. Louis halted between West Liberty and Columbus Junction. Victim Robert Troff 23 of St. Paul suffered two abdominal stab wounds and is in fair condition at University Hospitals Iowa City. Lee, described as a Negro, allegedly stabbed Troff after being taunted. Passengers cooperated as authorities questioned 30 aboard.
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Humphrey Attacks Goldwater At Dubuque Airport Rally
Senator Hubert Humphrey, Democratic vice presidential nominee, labeled Barry Goldwater the "no" candidate to a throng of about 3 500 in Dubuque Iowa. He criticized Goldwater on minimum wage education Peace Corps UN and social security and urged voters to honor John F Kennedy by electing his running mate to the presidency. The event followed Kennedy supporter turnout and included local Democratic officials and scientists from Iowa.
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Goldwater Says China Won't Deliver A Bomb Soon
In Sioux City Goldwater brushed off Chinese atomic fears noting it will be many years before China can deliver a bomb. He warned that making a bomb is easier than obtaining fissionable material and commented on Khru shchev's removal. He urged honest reforms to bridge the gap between controlled and free agriculture.
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Johnson notes Chinese low yield nuke tests and global impact
President Johnson announced that Red China exploded a low yield nuclear device but warned the military significance is limited. He offered support to noncommunist Asian nations and urged careful reading of the event’s effects on global balance, while U S experts estimate a 4 to 10 year path to 30 bombs and delivery systems.
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Soviet Chiefs Sharp Business Men
Brezhnev named first secretary as Kosygin succeeds Khrushchev. Brezhnev, a long time party insider, rises from central committee work to top power with a history from Ukraine and a steelworker background. Kosygin, age 60, is an economic expert set to lead the government.
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