Nasser resigns Egypt presidency amid Middle East crisis
President Gamal Abdel Nasser announced his resignation in a Cairo radio address saying Egypt faced a grave setback and will turn over power to Vice President Zakaria Mohieddin. Israel carried the invasion of Syria with shelling near Damascus and air raids as U Thant reported to the UN Security Council.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Zakaria Moheiddin
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Mark
Cairo
Beirut
Sea of Galilee
Motherland
Messageries Maritimes
Great Bitter Lake
Damascus
Storm pummels La Crosse area with hail and wind
Severe weather lashed La Crescent and La Crosse late Thursday with 52 mph winds gusting to 81 and hail up to three quarters of an inch. The storm damaged apple orchards, disrupted power and phone service, and felled trees across streets.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crescent
Minn
la Crosse
Fruit Acres
North
South Ridge
la Crescent Valley
Nadine
la Crosse Telephone Corp
Donald H. Hansen
Telephone Company
North la Crosse
Robert Hess
Hess Hardware
Death Toll On Torpedoed U S Ship
The Navy unofficially lists 31 dead and 75 wounded aboard the torpedoed Liberty as missing sailors are presumed dead after an Israeli torpedo strike. Officials say the forward compartments flooded trapping sailors after the Thursday attack 15 miles north of the Sinai coast.
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Washington
Liberty
Sinai
United States
Israel
Christian
Johnson
Levi Eshkol
Mediterranean
Phil G. Goulding
Suda Bay
Greece
Goulding
America
Storm Damage Reported In Nadine Dakota Region
Wind hail and rain caused widespread damage in the Nadine Dakota area. Barns on multiple farms were destroyed by lightning and wind, crops were damaged, roads washed out, and debris blocked highways. No injuries were reported.
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Dakota
Minn
Nadine-Dakota
Ben Frickson
Campbell Valley
Houston
Arnold Radtke
Foster Ridge
Nadine
New Hartford
Willow Valley
la Farge
Rockton
Johnson Kosygin use hot line to ease Middle East crisis
President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin exchanged messages via the hot line as Israeli and Arab forces clashed. Kosygin urged joint action for peace while Johnson responded, marking the first major Middle East crisis with active U S and Soviet roles through direct communications.
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Washington
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Middle East
U.S
Moscow
Kosygin
White House
George Christian
United States
Soviet Union
U N Security Council orders immediate cease fire in Middle East
The United Nations Security Council unanimously demanded an immediate halt to hostilities between Israel and Syria and asked Secretary General U Thant to contact both sides and report back within two hours on steps to implement the cease-fire. The meeting followed renewed fighting on the Israel Syria front and delays in convening.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y. AP
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Syria
U Thant
Damascus
Council
Middle East
United States
U.N
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