U N Troops Face Massive Katanga Assault at Kamina
U N forces in Katanga endure a large attack on Kamina with a 500 man Irish Swedish garrison reported weakening Its control tower radio message warns holding out may prove difficult while clashes continue in Elisabethville Jadotville and surrounding areas U N helicopters provide aid and Ireland lists missing wounded and captured personnel as Tshombes forces strike with jets and ground assaults
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Leopoldville
U.N
Katanga
Baluba
Kamina
Congo
Elisabethville
Jadotville
Dublin
Radio Free
U. N
Sweden
Nancy Takes Big Typhoon Toll in Japan
Typhoon Nancy struck Japan causing heavy casualties and widespread damage across Honshu. Reports list 77 dead 48 missing and 1017 injured by Japan Broadcasting Co. while police cite 45 dead 53 missing and 617 injured with extensive housing and infrastructure losses.
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Nancy
Japan
Tokyo
Japan Broadcasting Co
National Police Agency
Guardianship Declared for Comedian Frank Fay
LOS ANGELES AP reports comedian Frank Fay aged 68 was found too ill to manage his affairs and was placed under guardianship on Friday.
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Los Angeles
Frank Fay
Red Flies Close To U S Airliner
Passengers aboard a Pan American jet from Berlin reported a Soviet Mig fighter flew extremely close during the flight between Berlin and Eisenach in East Germany. They estimated distances of 150 feet to 1,500 feet as the jet approached from the right rear and then drifted alongside before turning toward Berlin.
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Frankfurt
Berlin
Eisenach
East Germany
Maris hits 57th Home Run in Detroit Clash
Roger Maris belted his 57th homer off Frank Lary in the third inning as New York faced Detroit in a UPI report.
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Detroit
UPI
Roger Maris
Frank Lary
Boy Charged For Making Lethal Bombs
Dubuque police say 18 year old Thomas W Young admitted making an arsenal of bombs from a 25 cent device to a $5 launcher. He sold them to high school friends and obtained blasting powder at a local drugstore. Young was arraigned on manufacturing explosives and released on 500 bond pending a Oct 11 preliminary hearing.
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Associated Press
Darrell Kilby
Dubuque
Thomas Young
UPI
Thomas W. Young
Young
Justice Court
Thomas Teal
Teal
Las Vegas Folks Fear Sonic Boom Was Nuclear Blast
In Las Vegas residents debate a sound felt like a nuclear blast heard 28 minutes after a Friday underground test. Police received numerous reports after the boom though the explosion was muffled underground 65 miles away. Some consider suing the AEC while others accept a plane or jet craft as the source amid secrecy and leaks.
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Las Vegas
Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Air Force
AEC
Rep. Brooks Dies as Space Committee Head
Rep. Overton Brooks of Louisiana, 63, who led the House space committee, died Saturday after a heart attack. He had been hospitalized for heart ailment evaluation and had undergone major surgery last month. Brooks chaired the space panel since January 1959 after rising from the Armed Services Committee. Rep. George Miller of California will succeed him as space committee chairman.
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Washington
UPI
Overton Brooks
Dla
House Space Committee
Brooks
House
New Space Committee
House Armed Services Committee
George Miller
Calif
Space Committee
U S Rejects Soviet Claim On Embassy Fire
Washington agency reports the U S state department rejected a Soviet allegation that a fire at the Russian embassy was started by an outside intruder. Investigators found damage in Menshikov’s third floor bedroom and concluded no outside entry occurred.
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Washington
State Department
Joseph Reap
Menshikov
Rusk
Reap
Embassy Mansion
U.S
Two Brothers Die in Separate Md Crashes
Two Moore brothers died in separate crashes within about an hour of each other on U S route 301 in Upper Marlboro Maryland. Kenneth Moore 19 lost control and struck a railroad signal device while Louis 22 died in a car truck collision while en route to inform a sister of the first death.
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Upper Marlboro, Md
Kenneth Moore
Louis
Four Children Die in Akron House Fire
Four children died early Saturday in an Akron blaze while their mother Mary White attended a birthday party. A 10-year-old sitter, John Jackson, fled to safety after hearing popping noises and seeing smoke. Fire officials suspect plaster cracking and possibly faulty wiring as causes.
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Akron
Ohio
Mary White
John Jackson
John
Walter Evans
San Francisco Opera Opens Season With Lucia di Lammermoor
The San Francisco opera season began Friday with Lucia di Lammermoor featuring Joan Sutherland in the title role. Audiences paid up to 25 dollars for seats, while the company faced travel timing challenges caused by long-distance jet travel and time adjustments.
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San Francisco
UPI
Donizetti
Opera
Lucia
Joan Sutherland
Moffo Sings After Last-Minute Opera Substitution
Anna Moffo stepped in for an ailing star at San Francisco Opera. She traveled from Parma via Venice and jet to perform the opening while adjusting to major time changes. After 20 curtain calls she quipped about modern speed and vowed to seek more leisure in future travels.
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Edinburgh
Kurt Adler
San Francisco Opera
Anna Moffo
Philadelphia
Metropolitan
New York
Europe
Venice
San Francisco
Cable
Parma
Miss Moff
Italy
U S Test Reported by Moscow Radio
Moscow radio reported Friday's U S nuclear test without comment while noting no official Soviet announcement of resumed testing on September 1. The broadcast reflected Cold War tension as the United States tested amid ongoing global scrutiny.
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Moscow
Moscow Radio
U. S
Soviet Union
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