Plane crash spr eads havoc in Nha Trang street
A bomb laden U S Canberra jet crewed by two Americans crashed into Nha Trang on a main street, injuring 71 people including eight Americans and destroying four buildings. Officials say heavy damage resulted from a first pass by guerrilla fire and a damaged engine. The incident occurred amid ongoing U S air and ground operations in the Viet Nam war.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Nha Trang
South China Sea
Canberra
Gilbert L. Meyers
U.S. Air Force
Meyers
2Nd Air Division
Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
Johnson signs voting rights bill in Capitol ceremony
President Johnson signed the Negro voting rights bill in the Capitol rotunda promising swift federal enforcement. The measure targets literacy tests in several Southern states and authorizes federal voter registration to guarantee Negro franchise rights, with action plans including a suit against Mississippi’s poll tax and swift publication in the Federal Register.
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Johnson
Congress
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Confederacy
Alaska
Allv
Michelas Katzenbach
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
Texas
Sippi
Justice Department
Federal Register
Viet Cong seeks North Viet Nam aid in South war
Hanoi radio reports the Viet Cong political front urged North Viet Nam to send active help and volunteers to increase forces and resist U.S. aggression. The call referenced Laos and Cambodia as possible targets for support while U.S. officials note possible manpower shortages and strategic bargaining.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Viet Nam
North
Washington
State Department
Demonstrators Press Viet Nam Policy In Front Of White House
Several hundred critics of U.S. Viet Nam policy staged a civil disobedience in front of the White House after a four hour Lafayette Park rally. Joan Baez and other folk singers performed as protesters denounced the war and urged China’s UN admission amid sweltering 90 degree heat. Police arrested a youth for tossing a water bag as security kept watch.
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U.S
Viet Nam
White House
Johnson
Lafayette Park
China
United Nations
Hiroshima
Joan Baez
Miss Baez
Hotel Crumbles Case Closed Protest
A visiting sheik at the crumbling Club Hotel accused another guest of stealing his turban during the night. An argument drew about a dozen guests to the police station to settle the affair. Just after they left, the three story hotel collapsed, killing one employee inside. The turban remains missing, likely buried in rubble.
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Catro
Sheik
Three Nationalist ships sunk in Quemoy battle
Peking radio reports three Communist warships sunk south of Quemoy at dawn Friday while two Nationalist vessels patrol to the south in Formosa Strait and go missing after the clash. Nationalists claim victory but missing vessels are not listed in Jane’s Fighting Ships. the Chang Kiang is a different 280 ton vessel formerly PC1232.
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Taiper
Formosa
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Peking
Peking Radio
Tokyo
Chang
Chiang
Jane's Fighting Ships
U.S
Prediction Of Death 38 Years Ago Comes True
London AP report of a fortune teller foretelling death at age 43 to a girl who died a week after her 43rd birthday. Doctors from Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission in Ottawa question emotional stress and fear as contributing factors. See DEATH, Page Two.
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London
British Medical Journal
A. R. Elkington
D. D. Yun
P. R. Steele
Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission
Ottawa
Gains in Negro voting rolls near half million in a year
Southern voters say almost 500000 Negroes joined the rolls in the past year, nearly matching gains in 11 states over five years. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expects 900000 more by August as the federal voting bill approaches. About 44 percent of eligible Negroes in the Deep South are now registered.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Deep South
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Steel Talks Near Crisis in U S Steel Negotiations
Washington reports steel talks between AFL-CIO United Steelworkers and 10 major firms stall with a strike possible at midnight Aug 31 unless a deal is reached. Union chief Abel and industry negotiator Cooper had shown optimism earlier but wage policy committee calls industry negotiators inflexible. Federal mediators helped secure a four month postponement as administration officials warned of a broader economic setback.
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Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad
Cooper
Administration i
Texas Student Charged in Two Dallas Coeds Slayings
James C. Cross Jr., 23, University of Texas student from Fort Worth, was charged with murder in the slayings of Dallas coeds Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby. Col. Homer Garrison announced the charges after a week-long investigation. Cross allegedly strangled the two women and gave a voluntary police statement before being jailed in Travis County without bond.
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Austin
Tex
James C. Cross Jr
University of Texas
Forth Worth
Dallas
North
Garrison
Cross
Travis County
Justice of the Peace
Frank McBee
Virginia poll tax fight seen unchanged by court suit
Gov. Harrison says federal civil rights action against Virginia poll tax will not alter state policy. Civil rights leaders regard Johnson plan as pressure, while courts already hear multiple challenges to the tax. Reed and J. A. Jordan press ongoing repeal efforts. Howell appeals court dismissal. SCLC reps expect the suit to affect momentum.
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Harrison
Associated Press
Virginia
President Johnson
Gov
Johnson
Congress
Reid
SCLC
General Assembly
Justice Department
Norfolk
J. A. Jordan
U.S. Supreme Court
Richmond
U.S. District Court
del. Henry E. Howell
Virginia Supreme Court
Milton A. Reid
Petersburg
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Thurmond Says Johnson Should Have King Co Sign Voting Bill
President Johnson spoke on voting rights as 500 chairs filled the rotunda and diplomats moved forward to seats. Sen. Thurmond urged King Jr cosign or sign as his agent while Ellender led Dixie opposition and Kennedy and Carlson offered praise for the address.
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Washington
Capitol Dome
Johnson
House
Senate
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Dixie
Ellender
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Robert F. Kennedy
Youngster Dies In Long Fall From Window Sill
In the Bronx a 4 year old boy, Jose Rodriguez, fell five stories to his death from his mother Margarita Rodriguez's apartment. Within minutes his 2 year old cousin Roxanne Rivera was rescued from the same window by officers John Horan and Murray Riffsin after she appeared at the sill.
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NEW York
Jose Rodriguez
Bronx
Margarita Rodriguez
Roxanne Rivera
John Horan
Murray Riffsin
Roxanne
Hiroshima Quietly Marks 20th Anniversary of Atom Bomb
A crowd of about 300000 gathers at Peace Park in Hiroshima to observe the 20th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing. The ceremony pauses as a typhoon dampens rallies while 469 new names are added to the cenotaph list, bringing deaths to 61447. Survivors number 93000. estimates of total dead and maimed vary.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Peace Park
U.S
Weekend Weather Outlook for Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia will see Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy warm and humid with highs 88 to 93 and possible scattered thundershowers mainly in the west in the afternoon or evening. North Carolina stays partly cloudy warm with afternoon and evening thundershowers affecting about 20 percent Saturday and 46 percent Sunday. mountain highs in the low 60s, elsewhere around 90.
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North Carolina
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