U S Role In Asia Waning
Washington reports a Kennedy era re survey of U S relations with South Viet Nam to push reforms for victory in Southeast Asia amid growing U S influence decline across the region. Strained ties with Ngo Dinh Nhu, Ngo Dinh Diem, and the South Korean military junta highlight challenges. Pakistan ties are tense yet not beyond repair.
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Washington
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
United States
Asia
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
South Korea
Pakistan
Donna Axum named Miss America 1964 in Atlantic City
Arkansas native Donna Axum, 21, from El Dorado, crowned Miss America 1964 in Atlantic City. She stands 5 6 and weighs 124 pounds with measurements 35 23 35. Axum will represent the United States nationwide, after a talent featuring Puccini’s Quando Me’n Vo and a Paris-in-springtime vocal. Runners up included Miss District of Columbia Rosanne Tueller and Miss Hawaii Susan Deer Pickering.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Donna Axum
Arkansas
Ari
Susan Bergstrom
District of Columbia
Rosanne Tueller
Hawaii
Sue Pickering
Tennessee
Martha Truett
Donna
el Dorado
Ark
Hurley B. Axum
McLean
Susan Dee Pickering
Honolulu
Martha Ellen Truett
Tiptonville
Arizona
Susan Jean Bergstrom
Phoenix
Mona
Mrs. Axum
Axum
United States of America
Miss Arkansas
Paris
Students Resume Protests in Saigon Schools
In Saigon, students protested President Ng Dinh Diem's government at multiple schools, reviving open opposition. Police arrested about 300 youths amid jeers and stone throwing as they were hauled away in army trucks. The crisis drew in Buddhist and student critics, with U.S. intervention seen as a major aim by opponents.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ng Dinh Diem
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
University of Saigon
Miss North Carolina wins Miss Congeniality at Miss America
Jeanne Flinn Swanner of Graham North Carolina earned Miss Congeniality twelve hours before the Miss America pageant selection. The 6 foot 2 Auburn University junior says the award reflects friendliness among contestants and she notes the competition and banter surrounding the event.
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North Carolina
Jeanne Swanner
Graham, N.C
Atlantic City
N.J
Jeanne Flinn Swanner
Graham
N.C
Krebiozen Ruled Out As Cure
The Welfare Department said the drug krebiozen is ineffective against cancer in humans and animals. Dr. T Phillip Waalkes of the National Cancer Institute stated FDA identified it as creatine, an amino acid derivative. He warned creatine’s body levels make any cancer treatment value unlikely. Dr. Andrew Ivy challenged the claim noting krebiozen and creatine differ in solubility and identity. Sponsors claim use by about 5,000 people.
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Washington
T. Phillip Waalkes
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Andrew C. Ivy
Ivy
Chicago
Schools Opening In Doubt In Alabama Desegregation Crisis
Gov. George C. Wallace refused to confirm Monday’s school openings amid a desegregation dispute. His executive orders blocked Tuskegee and Huntsville this week, and with orders expiring, four cities Birmingham Mobile Tuskegee and Huntsville faced uncertain openings risking federal court enforcement.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
United Americans For Conservative
Tuskegee
Huntsville
Wallace
Mobile
U.S
Five Miners Injured as Talc Mine Caves In
At Murphy North Carolina five miners were injured and one trapped believed alive after a talc mine cave in near the Hitchcock Corp. No. 3 drift. Rescue efforts, led by Francis Bourne, identified Carl Dockery as the trapped worker 44 with others escaping and hospital reports detailing head and chest injuries.
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Murphy
Carl Dockery
Ray Stewart
Jack Pope
Willard
Wilford Beavers
Buford Bryant
Hitchcock Corp
Stewart
Dockery
Francis Bourne
The
American defector says I made a foolish mistake in China
Scott L. Rush, a former Army sergeant from Marietta Ohio, emerged in Hong Kong as the third of a wave of U S defectors after escaping from a Chinese prison camp. He told reporters he wants to return to the United States with his Chinese wife Helen and their year old daughter and described life in Communist China as hell while noting his weight loss and seven years attempting to escape.
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Hong Kong
Scott L. Rush
Akron
Ohio
Red
China
Chinese Red Cross
U.S
United States
Helen
Rush
Marietta
Red Chin
Tucson
Ariz
Eisenhower Reservation Clarifies Test Ban View
Senate GOP leader Dirksen said Eisenhower did not seek a formal revision of the test after all. The former president favored a reservation granting sole US judgment on weapon use in war or emergencies. Kennedy plans a White House meeting with Dirksen and Mansfield amid renewed Cuba policy debate.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Eisenhower
Dirksen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Troy Chooses to Live With Grandparents After Tragedy
Ten year old Troy Odom lies injured in a Houston hospital after a fatal crash that claimed his mother and father. He chooses to live with paternal grandparents in Mount Belview to return to school and his Little League team. The family car was en route to a Labor Day visit when it collided with another vehicle.
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Houston
Tex
Troy Odom
Troy
Grandpappy
Bill Josserad
Mee
Daddy
Peggy
Keith
Matt
June
Granny
Josserand
Paw-Paw
Granny Odom
Matt Odom
Josserands
Brazoria
Odoms
Mount Belview
Mont Belview
Dayton
Matt Odom Jr
Baytown
Odom
Carl Odom
Rowena
Saratoga
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