Levias Named Back of Week After Late SMU TD
SMU star Jerry Levias earned Back of the Week honors after a dramatic rally win over Texas A&M. He recovered a kickoff, caught a 12 yard pass, ran for 5 more, then caught Perez's TD pass with four seconds left. Levias limped from a foot injury earlier and praised game footage for clarity.
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Ines Perez
Associated Press
Running Backs Have Good Day in Pro Play
Three NFL running backs topped 100 yards on opening day with standout Bill Asbury of the Steelers rushing 107 yards on 12 carries and two TDs. Johnny Roland ran 124 yards for a losing St. Louis, Dan Reeves added 114 for Dallas, while John Unitas threw a career high 401 yards for Baltimore. Badwater Basin is cited as the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere.
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Bill
Willie
Asbury
Pittsburg
Steelers
Johnny Roland
St. Louis
Dan Reeves
Dallas
Earl Gros
Gros
John Unitas
Baltimore
Atlanta
Riots Follow Shooting in Dayton Ohio
A street corner rally protesting a vice squad shooting led to vandalism, looting, and arrests on Dayton’s West Side. Police say about 100 arrests occurred while National Guard units stood by. the incident followed the fatal shooting of Robert Barbee by Detective Collier, who faces manslaughter charges.
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Ohio
West Side
Grover O'Connor
Ohio National Guard
Troy
West 3Rd Street
National Guard
Robert Elwood Barbee
Findlay
Robert S. Collier
Collier
Barbee
Lindsay Aims to Break New York City Teachers Strike
Negotiations on a peace proposal led by Mayor John Lindsay progressed as schools opened for an eighth day of makeshift classes in the city’s 1.1 million pupil public system. Lindsay suggests extending the contract to 26 months and adding 10.4 million dollars or more, while unions weigh a two year package. Princess Joan of Luxembourg, daughter of former ambassador C. Douglas Dillon, has given birth to a daughter in New York Hospital.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Harry Qdonnell
Board of Education
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Gracie Mansion
Association of Assistant Principals
Council of Supervisory Associations
Joan of Luxembourg
C. Douglas Dillon
New York Hospital
Middle East Refugees Big Problem
Lebanon based AP report outlines the long running Palestinian refugee crisis now worsened by renewed conflict. It notes UNRWA registration at 1,317,000, June Jordan border crossings by 100,000 registered refugees plus many unregistered, and displacement to Gaza, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and settlements near the West Bank.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine
Israel
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UNRWA
Jordan River
Kingdom of
Jordan
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Charlton Heston to Receive National Charity Award
Hollywood actor Charlton Heston is chosen for the Humanitarian Award by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He will be honored Oct. 2 for public service, film industry contributions, and belief in the dignity of human life, a spokesperson said. Separately, North Korean shore batteries sank a South Korean fishing boat off the east coast in a 20 minute shelling, South Korean sources reported.
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Charlton Heston
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Heston
Seoul
Rogers Takes Job With Indians
Washington AP Bill Rogers Jr. sworn as special assistant to the commissioner of Indian affairs. The actor, part Cherokee, son of the late humorist, has served as consultant to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the past year. He was born in Monday.
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Bill Rogers Jr
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Monday
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