Fight PCA Holds Meeting Here
In Rome AP reports a government landslide probe in Agrigent o faulted city officials for monstrous construction on unstable terrain that may have breached codes, contributing to the July 19 disaster that left 8,000 homeless. Nashville Production Credit Association held its 33rd annual meeting at Hope High School with officers T. O. Porter Bar ney Smith Deward Sharp and N. B. Coleman named.
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Rome
Agriegento
Nashville Production Credit Association
Hope High School
PCA
T. O. Porter
Hempstead
Barney Smith
Deward Sharp
N. B. Coleman
Nevada
West Berlin Mayor Brandt Visits East Berlin
The Associated Press reports West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt visited East Berlin Wednesday night, the first such trip since the Berlin Wall went up five years ago. The event occurred amid tensions as the East German news agency ADN said the visit featured a free exchange between leaders. Brandt, a longtime advocate of closer ties between the two German states, has urged personal, business, and political contact despite lack of official recognition from the United States or West Germany.
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Associated Press Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
East Berlin
Aeuney Adn
Wile Pyotr Atrs LW
Amkissade Tm
East Germany
United States
West Germany
Mantegillic, Brandt
Senate backs federal funding for presidential campaigns
The Senate approved a plan by Senator Russell Long to finance future presidential campaigns via voluntary taxpayer contributions of 1 per year, allocating about 70 million to major party campaigns in 1968. The measure rider was attached to a foreign investment tax bill amid Republican opposition and uncertain House support. The rest of the text contains garbled unrelated fragments.
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Jack Bell Washington
Senate
House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
John J. Williams
R-Del
United States seeks clarified path after Viet Nam proposal rejection
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Washington hopes for a more considered reply to American peace proposals after North Vietnam and others denounced them. He urged discussion to clear up uncertainties and noted North Vietnamese buildup near the DMZ. Commerce Secretary Connor warned wage and price controls could be used if needed to support the war effort. Senator Russell said Pentagon cost estimates remain elusive amid combat and aircraft losses.
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Gaylord Shaw
Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Viet Nam
Rusk
Association of the United States Army
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Red China
Soviet Union
Viet Cong
Goldberg
Moscow
Southeast Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Demilitarized Zone
North
South
Manila
Johnson
State Department
John T. Connor
Connor
American Ordnance Association
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Russell
Yerger High fundraiser and church notices in town
A wiener roast hosted by Yerger High School 11A class at Mrs. Etta Mae Reed’s 221 North Greenwood tonight at 7 30 to support the Homecoming Queen effort. Rev C 3 Stearns will preach at Mt Sinai CME Church Waters Crossing Sunday October 16 at 11 am. Bee Bee Memorial CME Church Alter Guild meets at Mrs Walter Joe’s Sunday October 16 at 4 pm. members urged to attend.
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Yerger High School
Etta Mae Reed
North Greenwood
Virgina Stueart
C. 3. Stearns
Tinister
Mt. Sinai C, M. E
Waters Crossing
Alter Guild of Bee Bee Memorial C. M. E
Walter Joe
World population grows as food production falls, hunger fears rise
Rome AP reports FAO finds 70 million more people in the last year with 2 percent less food per person. The 1965 66 output drop widens malnutrition in developing regions. reliance on North American harvests and trade reduced grain surpluses to a low not seen since postwar. General Sen warns of increasing precarity and awaits 66 67 harvest results.
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James M. Long
Rome
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
FAO
Food and Agriculture
B.R. Sen
North America
Near East
Soviet Union
China
Sen
Would Drop Pledge of Allegiance at Menlo-Atherton High
An Atherton California AP item reports a Menlo-Atherton High School newspaper editorial urging dropping the daily pledge recitation. The piece argues it has become routine and meaningless as a loudspeaker chant read each morning threats of subconscious blankness.
Weather Key to Sahara Invitational Showdown in Las Vegas
In Las Vegas, professionals chase the $100,000 Sahara Invitational as weather dictates third round play. California pro Bob McCallister leads with 145 after two rounds, with forecasts predicting moderate winds for the par 36 35 71 layout.
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Las Vegas
Nev
California
Bob McCallister
Paradise Valley Clu Friday Golf Amid Havoc and Storms
Friday action at Paradise Valley Club opened amid a sandstorm that reached 62 mph with little setup all day. Jerry Dugi of Omaha posted 74 in a rough day while leaders Mertlaus, Palmer, and Casper struggled. Nicklaus shot 77 and tied 148, Palmer 80, Casper 78, Rodgers 75 for 146, leaving a crowded leaderboard near 151.
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Paradise Valley Country Clu
Jerry Dugian
Omaha
Neb
Mcalister
Jack Mertlaus
Arnold Palmer
Bill Casper
Nicklaus
Palmer
Casper
Phil Rodgers
Wirliner
North Korea Communist Party Recruits New Leadership
In Pyongyang the Workers party reorganized leadership naming Premier Kir M1 Sung as head of a new secretariat while abolishing the post of chairman. Two vice premiers were downgraded amid a wide revamp with no clear public explanation from officials.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Communist Party
Kir
Sung
Peking
Workers Party
Capi’tal
Pyongyang
Kim
Central Committee
India Students Defy Law and Order Amid Protests
India faces widespread student unrest with riots marches and strikes across 16 states. Indira Gandhi, returning from Nepal, urges a violence free forum to address grievances and growth driven issues such as overcrowded schools and lack of extracurriculars. Authorities blame opposition agitators while students gain power from mass protests.
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Joe McGowan JR
New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Nepal
Congress Party
Bishop Pike Resigns His Post
James A. Pike resigned today as auxiliary bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of California to avoid his diocese or a successor being drawn into his dispute with South Florida bishop Henry Louttit. Louttit has leveled heresy charges and challenged Pike over remarks about Luci Johnson Nugent joining the Roman Catholic Church. Pike demanded a public correction to Louttit’s claim that he was judgmental toward Nugent.
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Durham
N.C
James A. Pike
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Episcopal
Greensboro Record
Henry Louttit
South Florida
Louttit
Pike
Luci Johnson Nugent
Luci Nugent
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