Air Strikes Take War To Big Cities
Indian and Pakistani bombers hit major urban centers as the conflict spreads across the subcontinent. India claimed air superiority, destroying nine Pakistani aircraft while acknowledging losses. Pakistan said ground forces halted India’s advances and paratroopers targeted rear roads and communications to prep for a wider assault.
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New Delhi
India
Subcontinent
East Pakistan
Chaklala
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Karachi
West Pakistan
Dacca
Chittagong
Amritsar
Punjab
Kelaikunda
Calcutta
Lahore
Tore
U.S. Shies Away From Aid Appeal
Washington reports the United States will not rush to aid Pakistan in its clash with India and will maintain a peacemaker stance. Officials privately note possible review of aid to both nations if conflict widens. No information on Red China’s plans. Beijing accuses India of a sudden attack.
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Washington
United States
Pakistan
CENTO
India
Johnson
U.S
U. S
Red China
Kashmir
Peking
Miss Iowa Faces Death Six Years Ago
Miss Iowa Miss Mushro, 19, Morningside College, Iowa, overcame two heart holes and a collapsed valve after a six hour operation at City University Hospital. She aims to win Miss America 1968 to fund heart research and has pledged half earnings to the American Heart Association. She stands 5 51 2 and 118 pounds with Syrian-Lebanese heritage.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Maria Elizabeth Mushro
Iowa
Morningside College
Mushro
Miss Mushro
City University Hospital
Town
American Heart Association
Vonda Kay van Dyke
Phoenix
Aziz
Mushra
Marie Elizabeth Mushro
Sioux City
N. J
Ariz
Marines Far To Find Reds
U S Marines opened a major assault on a Batangan Penins ula area near Chu Lai 20 miles south of Da Nang but reported no direct contact with Viet Cong forces. Earlier a Vietnamese unit clashed with the enemy south of the Marines. Tear gas was used on civilians and suspects in tunnels near Qui Nhon, causing crying but no serious injuries. A Marine battalion commander reportedly authorized the tear gas use amid ongoing questions about policy and prior experiments with nonlethal gases.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
South China Sea
Qui Nhon
Chu Lai
Batangan P Peninsula
da Nang
Fire destroys Highfalls Elementary in Moore County
Early morning blaze gutted the Highfalls Elementary main building in eight miles north of Carthage near the Moore Randolph line. Damage estimated at 400000 with 12 classrooms lost. gym and another building saved. About 300 pupils affected. mobil units used pending arrangements. Fire under investigation. wiring suspected.
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Highfalls
N.C
Moore County
Jack Upchurch
Highfall Fire Department
Sc Oath
Upchurch
Roscoe
Robbins
Carthage
Moore
Randolph County
Robert KE. Lee
Pinckney School
Betsy Lashes Bahamas As Florida Braces For Storm
A broad tropical storm Betsy battered Nassau and Bahama islands with hurricane winds and 60 mph gusts near Miami. Forecasters warned of a prolonged threat with warnings likely to extend 36 hours or more as Nassau vanished on radar and Florida counties prepared for continued gale and hurricane conditions.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Betsy
Florida
Miami
Gordon Dunn
Weather Bureau
Miami Weather Bureau
Abaca
Bahamas Islands
Eleuthera
Cross
Inday
South Florida
Stand-In At Barnwell Courthouse Amid Voter Registration Rise
About 100 Negro demonstrators stood outside the Barnwell County Courthouse protesting the closing of voter registration books as other South Carolina counties reopened registration under the Voting Rights Act. NAACP official I. D. Newman planned further picketing to urge enforcement while federal registrars were expected in Barnwell. Barnwell registered 72 people, and overall four counties logged 614 new voters, including 534 Negroes, on Monday.
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Associated Press
Barnwell County
South Carolina
Barnwell
I. D. Newman
NAACP
Sata
Anderson
Sumter
Orangeburg
Mediation offer from Kenya to settle India Pakistan row
In New Delhi the Indian government said it has no information about a Kenyan mediation offer. Pakistani high commissioner K Pani said Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta had proposed talks to resolve the Kashmir dispute. The press noted the offer eight days after it was made.
Congress Faces Long Wrangles After Labor Day
Congress enters a busy week with wrangles over a farm bill presidential veto and large spending measures. The House will consider a milder Pentagon base-closing compromise in a 1.78 billion military construction authorization, amid protests from several members.
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Harry Kelly Washington
iLabor
Congress
House
Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Pentagon
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