Indians Hold Six Day Pow Wow at Cherokee
The 19th annual National Congress of American Indians convention opens in Cherokee North Carolina east of the Mississippi for six days. Delegates from about 75 tribes attend with regalia and a parade led by ceremonial chiefs. John W Carver Jr will deliver the keynote address as candidates contest leadership.
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N. C
Oconaluftee
Smoky Mountains
National Congress of American Indians
NCAI
Nelson Jose
Sacaton
Ariz
John Shaw
Burbank
Okla
Osley Bird Saunooke
Walter Wetzel
Denver
John W. Carver Jr
Wayne N. Aspinall
Dcolo
Soviets to Send Arms and Technicians to Cuba
Washington reports confirm long standing Soviet aid to Cuba with arms and technical experts. State Department says this aligns with ongoing support for Castro, while Moscow's note hints at continued shipments and training. No White House comment yet.
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Cuba
Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
State Department
Fidel Castro
Moscow
White House
Ernesto Guevara
Emilio Aragones Navarro
Havana
United States
Castro
Algiers Clash Reported By Guerrilla Command
Guerrilla Wilaya No 4 claims repelled dawn attacks by regular army at Ain Boucif and Charon near Algiers. In Algiers a two hour battle left more than 100 killed or wounded among guerrilla and Ben Bella supporters. Casualties at Boghari were light with six injured on each side.
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Algiers
Alers
Ali Allouache
Wilaya
Wilaya 4
Algeria
Ben Bella
Allouache
Ain Boucif
Sahara
Boghari
Charon
Oran-Algiers
Orleansville
Algiers Casbah
No. 4
Yacef Saadi
Casbah
Wanda Typhoon Kills 134 in Hong Kong and Destroys Town
Rescue teams persisted as Wanda, the worst storm here in 25 years, claimed at least 134 lives with 41 missing and 515 injured. More than 46 550 people were left homeless as tidal waves and landslides devastated squatter villages and refugee camps near the border.
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Hong Kong
Wanda
Royal Air Force
China
Giant Iran quake buries villages killing thousands
Thousands die as a major earthquake devastates northwest Iran centering near Takistan. Reports vary with government figures listing over 3,316 dead and 100,000 homeless, while unofficial tallies reach 9,500. Rescue efforts and international aid gather as water shortages and devastation spread.
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Lages
U.S
Takistan
Tehran
Kazvin
Iranian Red Cross
Dan-Isfahan
Mariners 2 completes first maneuver en route to Venus
NASA scientists report Mariner 2 successfully completed an earth acquisition maneuver, swinging a yard-wide antenna to beam a signal home. Mission planners await data to schedule the midcourse engine firing to narrow the path to Venus within about 10 thousand miles.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Mariner 2
Venus
Mariner
Earth
Mariiner
Space
Solar System
Iimer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion, Laboratory
Editor challenges race dogma in integration debate
Oklahoma editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones of the Tulsa Tribune argues that most Negroes want integration and rebuts the idea of a universal anti integration sentiment. He says sacred cows hinder discussion including birth control and Israel, urging new standards for racial and social issues.
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Jones
Israel
United States
Personal Pledge On Tests Suggested At 17 Nation Talks
Burma proposed that Kennedy Khrushchev and Macmillan pledge personal responsibility to suspend nuclear tests. James Barrington urged declarations of no testing during treaty talks, continued negotiations, and quick formation of an international scientific commission to administer a test ban. Western sources called it an uncontrolled moratorium.
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Geneva
Burma
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Harold Macmillan
James Barrington
Barrington
United States
Britain
Arthur Lall
India
Glue Fatality Stuns Family in Fall River
Wayne McKowen, 16, died after inhaling model airplane glue vapors in Fall River Massachusetts. Police say his mother found him with a plastic bag over his face and towels soaked with glue inside. Medical examiner cites trichloroethylene poisoning as the cause amid autopsy orders.
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Fall River, Mass
Wayne McKowen
Arthur Ea Salle
Traffic Deaths Hit Record Pace During Holiday Weekend
National Safety Council reports 344 traffic deaths by Friday 6 p.m. and a total 439 from all incidents as millions travel during the Labor Day holiday. An estimated 410 to 490 fatalities were expected, with a possible 500 if trends continued, including a three-car head-on near Roosevelt Utah and four killed in a three-car crash.
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National Safety Council
Roosevelt
Utah
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Formosa
Okinawa
Iran
Parvis Rabin
Lon
Assadullah Alam
Saveh
Karaj
Assadullah
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Red Cross
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