Astronauts Cooper And Conrad Set For Greece Trip
U S astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr depart for a goodwill mission to six nations in the Middle East and Africa. Accompanied by their wives they travel via Air Force 2 to Athens after a State Department reception. Ball describes them as symbols of peace and exploration, while Conrad presents NASA chief Webb a flag from Gemini 5.
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Washington
Wauts L
Gordon Cooper Jr
Cosmos
Charles Conrad Jr
Ball
Middle East
Africa
U.S
Cooper
International Coop- Associates
Airpeace
Force 2
Athens
Greece
Alexander A. Matsas
Azores
George W. Ball
State Department
Athena
Conrad
James F. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Turkey
Ethiopia
Malagasy Republic
Kenya
Nigeria
Fulbright Defends Stance on Dominican Crisis
Senator Fulbright sharply disagreed with Sen Russell Long and Sen George Smathers over U.S. troop involvement in the Dominican crisis calling for diplomacy and criticizing administration policy. He cited Ambassador Bennett and questioned whether U.S. diplomacy failed to guide events, while Moyers noted Johnson's stance on Bennett.
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Clerke
Russell B. Long
D-La
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
George A. Smathers
D- Fia
Long
Dwight PD
Eisenhower
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Smathers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Arkansas
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
Johnson
U.S
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Santo Domingo
Moyers
United States
Former Aide To McNamara Is Acquitted
An all male jury acquitted James Robert Loftis Jr., former administrative assistant to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, of embezzling funds. Loftis, 53, faced charges of pocketing $3,873 from 1980 to 1981 and making a false statement about use of the money. Prosecutors argued the funds came from Defense Department travel accounts. two co-defendants were convicted earlier and are appealing.
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Alexandria
James Robert Laftis Jr
Secretary of Defense
Robert §. McNamara
Loftis
Defense Department
J. A. Wylie
McNamara
William H. Godell
Advanced Research Project Agency
Wylie
Godell
Weather Warnings and Tornado Toll Across Regions
The Weather Bureau warns freezing temperatures will grip western North Dakota parts of Montana and northeastern Washington with frost expected in northern Dakotas Minnesota and other areas tonight. Severe thunderstorms are forecast for the northern Appalachians and there were scattered showers and thunder showers in several regions. An overnight rainfall record in Louisville reached 1.86 inches, surpassing the September record of 7.29 inches in 1884. Tornado outbreaks continue with early tallies surpassing 80 tornadoes nationally for the year, signaling a record year if it continues. Reports list numerous city conditions from New York to Honolulu with varied cloudiness and temperatures.
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North Dakota
Montana
Washlington
Dakotas
Minnnesota
Texas
Imperial Valley
California
mid-Mississippi Valley
Appalachians
Louisville
Indiana
Illinois
Joseph Galway
Weaither Bureau
Kansas City
United States
Galway
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington, D.C
Baltimore
Cleveland
Cinscinnati
Atlanta
St. Louis
Detroit
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Seat
Tle
Denver
Los Angeles
India Pakistan clash deepens as talks falter
Foreign Minister Swaran Singh refused to concede any point to the aggressor while defense spokesmen report Indian troops seven miles inside Pakistani territory in the Lahore sector and 10 to 14 miles in Chhamb. Pakistan accuses India of delaying a halt as air power continues to be used by both sides and a ceasefire remains elusive.
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Swaran Singh
India
Sialkot
Pasrur
Kashmir
Lahore
Chhamb
Indian Kashmir
Pakistan
Shastri
New Delhi
Ayub
Singh
Assault and rape case tied to Fayetteville incident
A woman was forced into a car and driven three miles to a rural road where she was raped before the assailant fled on foot. She returned to the city, police were alerted, and both she and Henson received hospital treatment. McKeithan was taken for a lie detector test in Raleigh and faces sentencing September 27 in a prior assault case.
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Page One
Henson
Fayetteville
Army Hospital
McKeithan
SBI
Raleigh
Lyoung
Prickly Pear Picking Time in California Ranch
LAKESIDE Calif AP prickly pear picking shows a small San Diego County ranch near Lakeside grows the cactus fruit. Leon Maniscalco runs one of only two commercial operations, with five pickers, gloves, jackets and aprons to cope with long spines. Harvested pears are defuzzed then sorted for shipping. plants yield 15 years of production. Demand remains steady but high labor costs and taxes threaten the business.
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Lakesidf
Calif
Peter Piper
Saniego County
Maniscaleo
Leon Maniscaleo
Los Angeles
Maniscalca
Maniscalco
Six Arrested in Theft of Furnishings and Antiques
A two year probe in four Virginia counties led to six men charged with statutory burglary and grand larceny after a September traffic arrest. Authorities say stolen home furnishings and antiques worth thousands were taken from Prince Edward, Amelia, Charlotte, and Mecklenburg counties. A seventh person, Pattie Pullen Anderson, 65, an antiques dealer, was arrested for possession of stolen property.
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Blackstone UK
Virginia
Prince Edward
Amelia
Charlotte
Mecklenburg Counies
Robert Edwards
Emerson Hardy
James King
Burkeville
Otis Toone
Boydton
King
John Allen King
Wnela
Paul Wilson King
Nathalie
Emanuel King
Luther Hite
Union
Edwards
Pattie Pullen Anderson
South Hill
Hite
Mecklenburg County
Kashmir frontier diplomacy tests U.S. role in peace bid
President Ayub asks U.S. intervention while U Thant pursues a United Nations mediated effort. Moyers asserts U.S. backing for U.N. role. Nehru rejects a plebiscite and warns Bhutto a cease-fire hinges on Indian lead. India favors direct talks with Pakistan as Kashmir remains a contested Moslem population stronghold.
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Ahab
U.S
United States
Ayub
Washington
America
Kashmir
U.N
U Thant
Bill D. Moyer
White House
Thanos
New York
B. K. Nehru
National Press Club
Nehru
New Delhi
Pakistan
Z. A. Bhutto
India
Nehnu
Thant
Papal synod debate on religious liberty and church state
Cardinal voices rallied for freedom of worship while opponents warn against weakening theology. Discussion centers on Apostolica Sollicitudo, defining synod composition and powers, with bishops fromItaly Spain and Germany weighing in. The document, approved under papal outline, emphasizes a central permanent assembly and advisory duties for the bishops' synod.
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Council
Cardinal Cushing
Benjamin Cardinal Arriba Y Castro
Tarragona
Spain
Italy
Giovanni Cardinal Urbani
Venice
Joseph Cardinal Frings
Cologne
Germany
Bernard Jan Cardinal Altrink
Utrecht
Holland
United States
Synnod
Porpoise to Rescuers Aims for Lost Aquanaut at Sealab
LA JOLLA Calif AP The Sea lab porpoise Tuffy the 7 foot 270 pound mammal is undergoing training to aid rescuers. He will carry a line to divers and follow buzzer sounds to distressed aquanauts while returning lines and messages to Sealab. The first team completed dives and described challenges with the helium rich atmosphere and noise.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Tuffy
Tully
Mugu
Forleh Smee
Sealab
Tiltin
Hilton
Billie J. Coffman
Willimantie
Conn
Coffman
Tom Clarke
Divorcee and Pal Arrested In Death Plot
Pittsburgh detectives charged Dolores Waldo 32 and a married man with conspiring to murder Helen Ecroyd 48. Waldo reportedly planned to stab with a hatpin and had a floor plan for Ecroyd's office. Waldo and Ecroyd had dated. an informant said Waldo vowed to act herself. Arraignment set for Thursday.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Dolores Waldo
Pittsburgh
Helen Ecroyd
Clarence
Miss Waldo
Ecroyd
John Nee
Nee
Betsy Hurricane Debate Splits New Orleans Officials
Betsy sparked a clash over Civil Defense with Deputy Teller citing lighter losses if preparedness had been better. Mayor Schiro and Erdmann defended current readiness, while Cappel and others asserted warnings were issued promptly. Pumping stations, power, and chlorine barge risks tracked as recovery continued across affected parishes. Gov McKeithen toured damaged farms and pledged measures to prevent recurrence.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Teller
Victor Schiro
Charles W. Erdmann
Erdmann
Marshall Cappel
Betsy
Alaska
Civil Defense
Barge chlorine disaster during hurricane near Baton Rouge
Divers battle eight knot currents and muddy water as a chlorine barge becomes deadly in the atmosphere turning into a yellow gas. A portable drilling rig aids divers as it is lowered to the river bottom near a crowded search area. The chlorine barge was among many ships believed sunk when the hurricane struck the Baton Rouge area last Thursday and Friday.
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Baton Rouge
Grand jury fails to indict in Alabama shooting case
Jury Flowers in Decatur said he was shocked by the grand jury’s failure to indict in the August killing of Daniels, a civil rights volunteer. Rev. Richard Morrisree, a Chicago priest, was wounded outside a Hayneville store as Coleman, a Lowndes County engineer, faced first degree murder and related charges and pleaded innocent alongside two attorneys.
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Flowers
Decatur
Ala
Daniels
Richard Morrisree
Chicago
Hayneville
Coleman
GOP Plan Proposes $5060 Teacher Salary Amid Desegregation Talks
The party notes that no compulsory attendance exists unless a local governing body enacts it and urges a plan to equalize schooling while the minimum annual teacher salary should be $5 060.
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Lacal
GOP
Vietnam War updates from Bien Hoa to Pleiku tonight
Viet Nam conflict reports describe the 24th B52 raid near Bien Hoa in Zone D and a major paratroop drop by Vietnamese troops. Other strikes hit Yen Khoai, Da Nang area, and a Navy plane crash near Saigon. In Pleiku and surrounding highlands, U S forces report casualties, captures, and troop movements as China denounces the 1st Cavalry landing. Montagnard tribesmen in Darlac hand over weapons.
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Zone D
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Ben Cat
North Viet Nam
Yen Khoai
Hanoi
U.S
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
da Nang
Highlands
101St Airborne Division
An Khe
U.S. 1St Cavalry Airmohile Division
China
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Pleiku
Kan Me Thuot
Darlac
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Pal
Mississippi
John J. McKeithen
Tunisiana
Viet Nam
Cousins Cash Market
Donville
Lee Street
Holbrook Ave
Coca-Cola
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