Castro promises open doors for Cubans desiring to leave
In a Havana address Castro pledges to ease exit for Cubans, says departures will be supported with boats and relatives in the United States should prepare to receive them. He cites U.S. pressure after the 1962 missile crisis and notes upcoming Communist Directorate meetings to form a Central Committee and plan a socialist constitution. Che Guevara remains absent from public view amid speculation.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Castro
Communist Party
United States
Cuba
Ministry of the Interior
Revolutionary ‘Plaza
Committee For the Defense of the Revolution
Communist
Guevara
Europe
Africa
Storm Betsy Debris Hurts Gulf and Inland Areas
Debbie storms batter Gulf shipping sinking tug boat and prompting evacuations along the coast. Heavy rain up to 10 inches threatens floods in northwest Florida southeast Alabama and southern Georgia while offshore oil and gas operations shut down amid hurricane activity.
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Betsy
Louisiana
Debbie
Gulf
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
St. Bernard Parish
New Orleans
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Meridian
Miss
Pensacola
Caribbean
Carla
Galveston
Tex
Weather Bureau
Florida Panhandle
New Hope
Coast Guard
Carol
Atlantic
Azores
New England
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Mercury
Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountains
Great Lakes
Rockies
Helena
Mont
Jury clears O'Neal of lesser charge after trial
Jurors found O'Neal not guilty of a lesser assault with a deadly weapon charge though the top count could have carried up to 14 years. Foreman Robert Benson, an electronics engineer, said prosecutors did not prove beyond reasonable doubt and rejected defense psychiatrists' claims of irrationality and unawareness at the time of the shooting.
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O’neal
Robert Benson
O'Neal
Roosevelt Bids Farewell to Congress for UN Role
Rep James Roosevelt announced his resignation from Congress to become United Nations Economic and Social Council representative. He cited the India Pakistan crisis and possible wage bill action as reasons to leave, while keeping California residency and declining future office plans. Gov Brown may set a special election later, with Thomas M Rees and Gil Seaton as leading contenders.
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Washington
James Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
California
Democrat
Johnson
U.S
U.n.’S
Economic and Social Council
India
Pakistan
Arthur J.) Goldberg
House
Roosevelt
Edmund G. Brown
Thomas M. Rees
Gil Seaton
Satellite navigation and secrecy tied to Sputnik findings
Scientists at Johns Hopkins described plotting Sputnik positions via radio signals, leading to a method to locate Earth positions relative to orbiting satellites. The Navy kept navigation accuracy secret, though hints suggest benefits for underwater research and surface navigation.
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Johns Hopkins
Navy
Taal eruption slows as officials note few reports of life
A Manila official described widespread ash on the western side of the island and said light planes could not approach due to mud. He warned the casualty toll could rise amid a village fiesta that drew outsiders. Geologists and officials were missing near the crater edge.
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Taal
Antonio Villegas
Manila
Villegas
Lake Taal
Tagaybay
South China Sea
Manila Bay
Manila Times
Lake
George Rockwell Nazi Booth Evicted From Virginia State Fair
George Lincoln Rockwell and his American Nazi party were evicted from the Virginia State Fair after a lease termination by the Atlantic Rural Exposition and an injunction from Henrico County Circuit Court. The move followed accusations of creating a disturbance and inflammatory material aimed at inciting violence.
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George Rockwell
Virginia State Fair
Richmond
George Lincoln Rockwell
Virginia
Rockwell
Henrico County
Atlantic Rural Exposition
ARE
E. W. Hening Jr
Booth
White Constitutional Party
James C. Roberts
Lester W. Banks
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Raymond S. Mitchell
J. A. Mitchell
No Progress In New York Newspaper Guild Talks
In New York the AFL-CIO Newspaper Guild and the New York Times ended another negotiating day with no progress toward settling the 13 day partial blackout. Mailers union remains in deadlock with the Publishers Association over automation and vows no return without a contract.
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NEW York
Afl-Cio
New York Newspaper Guild
New York Times
Mailers Union
Newspaper Publishers’ Association of New York
Times
Guild
Publishers Association
Morning Daily News
World-Telegram and Sun
Journal-American
Long Island Star-Journal
Longs Island Press
Herland Tribune
Publishers ‘Association
Trial news on juvenile release and weapon charges in Craven County
A juvenile was released after being charged with bearing dangerous weapons and resisting lawful authority in Craven County. Witnesses testified pistols had been stolen from Washington DC police, with four other weapons showing fresh powder odors. Defense motion for dismissal was denied. Prosecution witnesses described a morning shooting from a passing car. one attorney claimed lack of warrants for arrests or searches. Judge Reed noted the incident that night could have been worse. Defendants listed include Jasper Wallace and many others.
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Craven County
G. T. Davis
Metropolitan Police Department
Washington, D.C
Reginald Frazier
New Bern
Highway Patrol
George Anderson
Reed
Jasper Wallace
Alton Staton
Carrol Coward
Clinton Peterson
Robert Lee Adams
Kelly William Edwards
Willie Ray Green
Ray Gaskins
William Thomas Greer
Albert Joyner
Thomas Whitehead
Hilton McCoy Lancaster
Eddie Webster Nobles
George Strickland
Earl James Green
James David Staton
William Hardy
Gerry Campbell
James Walter Rhein
Earlie Dawson
Capital continues as Oct. 15 date could fail
Rep Wright Patman accused lawyers for five or six banks of blatantly lobbying to defeat a bill voiding DOJ legal actions. He said the lawyers tried to intimidate a bar association committee that drafted the report. Authors of the report denied intimidation.
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Wright Patman
D-Tex
Justice Department
Patman
House
Bar Association
Capital notes set broad ground rules for money talks
Ten major nations agreed on ground rules for negotiations to widen the international money supply and possibly create a new currency for cross border dealings. The Army awarded a 21 million contract to Western Electric Co to build an advanced Zeus missile to intercept enemy warheads up to 400 miles out in space. Senate and House conferees on the farm aid bill agreed on a multibillion dollar payment plan to farmers withdrawing cropland. Rep James Roosevelt will resign Thursday to take a UN ESC role. The OAS council postponed the inter American conference to November 17 in Rio de Janeiro due to the Dominican crisis.
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Western Electric Co
Senate
House
James Roosevelt
Dcalif
Congress
Johnson
U.S
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Council of the Organization of American States
Rio de Janeiro
Viet Nam combat toll and actions near Da Nang
Viet Nam forces reported heavy fighting and multiple Viet Cong casualties across central highlands and near Saigon. Reports cite 260 VC bodies counted by U S officers, with estimates over 700, plus attacks on outposts, raids near Can Tho and Da Nang, and Marine engagements with several VC killed. Offshore, two 7th Fleet destroyers fired on coastal encampments.
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Phu Cu
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Can Tho
da Nang
1da Nang
7Th Fleet
Wilson
Pickering
Khanh Hoa Province
Young Negro Arrested In Connection With Fire At Winston-Salem School
AP reports police arrested 14-year-old Robert Baldwin Jr. in Winston-Salem for a pre-dawn fire that destroyed Kimberly Park Elementary, leaving 800+ students without classrooms. He admits participation and hints at two earlier fires. fire crews saved the auditorium and wing ends. Damages around 325,000 to replace, with total costs near 900,000. The 1925-built school may be rebuilt on the same site. classes to be moved to other schools.
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Winston-Salem
Winston
Hastings
Baldwin
Trial recounts in Alabama civil rights case involving priest
A Montgomery court heard testimony about a fatal Aug 20 incident outside a Hayneville store that injured Rev Richard Morrisroe of Chicago and killed Alabama activist Daniels. Buckshot counts, witness accounts, and gun violence debates dominated the session as prosecutors sought delays for key testimony and considered indictments.
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Daniels
Montgomery
Charles Cox
Richard Morrisrae
Chicago
Joe Jackson
Jackson
Virginia Warner
Coleman
Adele Hardy
Circuit
Arthur E. Gamble Jr
Gantt
Gamble
Flowers
Richard Morrisree
Hayneville
Lowndes County
Fort Deposit
American Civil Liberties Union
Collie Leroy Wilkins
Viola Greeg Liuzzo
Detroit
Morrisroe
Thagard
Antimissile race focus on Nike X and McNamara choice
The article outlines Nike X as the core antimissile system with a radar set to detect and discriminate warheads and decoys. It notes McNamara weighing production amid cost estimates, with a shift toward favoring deployment due to Chinese tests and tech gains, while Army preps for potential pre production under a $12 million contract. It mentions a delayed trial in Hayneville and local prejudice claims in Lowndes County.
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Earth
United States
Soviet Union
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
Army
Fireball Seen Fragments Recovered in Maryland
A Frederick, Maryland boy found three rock fragments believed to be meteorite shards from a fireball sighted across four states on Monday night. Dr C S Yu of Hood College identified the fragments as meteorite material and planned to inspect the site further.
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Frederick, Md
Frederick
Douglas Smith
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New York
Smith
C. S. Yu
Hodd College
India and Pakistan clash as cease-fire frays in Rajasthan
Indian and Pakistani troops clash in Rajasthan despite UN pleas to honor a five day cease-fire. Reports say an Indian unit liquidated an enemy column 28 miles southeast of Barmer and captured Sachu village. Pakistan claims Indian air support. India denies using planes. Tensions rise along Kashmir and the China border amid warnings from Morarji Desai and Shastri’s government.
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New Delhi
India
United Nations
U.N. J
Indian Defense Ministry
Barmer
Rajasthan
Gadra
Sachu
Bikaner
Pakistan
Rawalpindi
Karan-Husseini Wala
Kashmir
Sikkim
Tibet
China
Morarji Desai
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Congress Party
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