Thant backs Hanoi demand to stop bombing North Vietnam
UN Secretary General Thant endorsed Hanoi's call for an immediate unconditional halt to U S bombing of North Vietnam as the essential step to move talks from the battlefield to the conference table. Vietnamese envoy Nguyen Thanh Le urged Thant to press Washington to halt air strikes and recognize the Viet Cong FLN, while U S negotiators prepared for the next Paris talks led by Cyrus Vance as Harriman attends his mother in law's funeral.
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Paris
UPI
U.N
Thant
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Nguyen Thanh le
Vietnam
Namese
Johnson
Gallup
United
Washington
National Liberation Front
FLN
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Cyrus Vance
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
New York
Webb Ends Long Career As Space Director
Deputy Dr Thomas Paine to act as chief while Webb serves as consultant until January 20. Webb reflects on NASA expansion through Mercury Gemini programs and contends the U S will remain second as Apollo 7 delays and Soviet lead loom. He plans rest then future tech applications to urban problems. He notes 214 years of U S space parity goal and conservative funding.
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Webb
Johnson
Paine
Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Robert Gilruth
NASA
Gilruth
Soviet Union
United States
Cape Kennedy
Russia
Budget Bureau
Four Hostages Slain After Tavern Robbery in Cleveland
In Rockefeller Park two joggers found four bodies, victims of a tavern holdup linked to Tom's Place operator Joseph Zoldan. Victims include Zoldan 40, Raymond Homer 26, Ronald Mahoney 25, and Margaret Lancaster 21. Police suspect the group was killed at the park after a robbery and note shell casings and tire tracks at the scene.
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Cleveland
UPI
Rockefeller Park
Joseph Zoldan
Tom’s Place
Raymond Homer
Zoldan
Ronald Mahoney
Cleveland Clinic
Margaret Lancaster
Homer
Mahoney
Jim West
Oscar Bailey
G. X K. Smith
Alfred Campana
Nevada Crime Prevention Committee Proposes Local Programs
The Nevada Crime Prevention Committee urges Las Vegas and state action to fight crime. Proposals include crime prevention education, taxi watchers, public brochures, a Crime Fighter merit badge for Boy Scouts, school outreach, extended courtroom visitation, better law enforcement pay, an Insurance Crime Rating Bureau, and planning commissions under federal crime acts led by Governor Laxalt.
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Salazar in Coma After Head Blood Clot Surgery
The bulletin reports Antonio Salazar underwent September 7 surgery to remove a blood clot in his head after a fall at home. He is in an oxygen tent and has lapsed into a coma. Prime Minister Thomaz and other officials discussed a successor as Portugal faces a crisis.
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Salazar
America Thomaz
Portugal
Lisbon
National Medics Convene in Las Vegas on Family Medicine Push
About 3 000 medics gather in Las Vegas for the 20th National Academy convention where the focus shifts toward family practice. The congress approves residency guidelines allowing broader skill development across pediatrics geriatrics obstetrics gynecology and internal medicine. California contributes over 3 000 members to the 31 000 plus attendees. Sessions run through Thursday as experts discuss building ongoing patient panels and 24 hour in-town coverage to grow family medicine communities.
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Academy
California
Congress of Delegates
Shapiro
Burker
Colorado doctors perform state's first heart transplant
A Denver medical team led by Dr. Thomas E. Starzl conducted Colorado’s first heart transplant at Colorado Medical Center. The adult patient, unnamed, remained in satisfactory condition as hospital officials refused to provide details or disclose the donor or patient identities, citing the family’s request.
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Denver
UPI
Colorado
Colorado Medical Center
Medical Center
Thomas E. Starzl
Airman Injured In Rough Landing At Nevada Glider Flight
James McFarlane of 2031 Ellis was recovering at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital from minor injuries after a glider mishap at Pahrum. He suffered a cracked vertebra and bruises when the craft landed roughly Sunday afternoon.
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James McFarlane
Ellis
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Pahrum
McFarlane
Fike to join Agnew for Las Vegas trip
Lt. Gov. Ed Fike the Republican senatorial candidate will fly to Billings Mont tomorrow to confer with GOP vice presidential nominee Spiro Agnew They will travel from Montana to Las Vegas where Agnew will address a public rally tomorrow night Gov. Paul Laxalt will join them at the Las Vegas rally Fike will discuss the national political situation and issues of major concern in the West
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Fike
Agnew
Montana
Las Vegas
Paul Laxalt
West
Humphrey
Washington
Nixon
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Wallace
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Des Moines
Iowa
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Fort Worth
Tex
Edmund
Muskie
New York
Teacher Strike Continues Amid Hard Bargaining and Protests
About 15,000 teachers marched near city hall showing solidarity as talks faltered. The union seeks guarantees and neutral observers while the Ocean Hill Brownsville dispute over firing and rehiring of 10 white teachers sparks a renewed walkout amid a stalled compromise.
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Allen
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Board of Education
1 500-man Communist regiment uncovers war materiel
Patrols uncover 1 500 man Communist unit amassing weapons including nearly 2.5 million rounds of automatic ammo 759 cases of short range rockets 151 cases of mortar shells 42 cases of mines 19 cases of rocket grenades and 300 pounds of TNT. Heaviest fighting near the Cambodian border 40 miles NW of Saigon as tanks armored personnel carriers counterattack with helicopter gunships killing 42 attackers. In Da Nang area 100 mortar rounds hit two villages killing seven civilians and wounding 25 as B52 raids seek to crush the threat.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
da Nang
Quang Nam
Laxalt Denounces Air Guard Call Up as Mistake
Gov. Paul Laxalt criticized the Air National Guard call up tied to the Pueblo crisis saying the release of 14 000 guardsmen may be timed to the November elections It included Nevada's 700 man unit sent to Korea and Missouri and he called the call up unjustified and mishandled.
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Carson City
Nev
UPI
Paul Laxalt
Air National Guard
Wallace Says He Will Be On All Ballots In All States
Wallace predicts his name on the ballot in all 50 states and says his American Independent Party could absorb Democrats or Republicans. Humphrey touts order and justice plan to curb riots while Nixon pledges a drug crackdown. Agnew and Muskie campaign continues with stops and strategy discussions.
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United Press International
George C. Wallace
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
Anaheim
Calif
United States
Dallas
Texas
American Independent Party
Increasing Arab-Israeli Incidents Reported by UPI
United Press International reports a surge in border clashes as Arabs armed with Soviet submachine guns raid deep into the Negev and kill Israeli guards near Mishar. Jordanian fire and an Israeli officer casualty are noted, with Egypt hinting at negotiated settlement options but threatening no territorial concessions.
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United Press International
Israel
Negev Desert
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Jerusalem
Jordan
Mishar
Red Sea
Eilat
Vietnam
Um-Suss
Jordan Valley
Maazhayim
Beisan
Port Said
Amman
Kureiyima
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Gaffney Strangler Pleads Guilty to Two Murders
Lee Roy Martin known as the Gaffney strangler pleaded guilty to the strangulation deaths of Dianne Buckson and Mrs. Roger Dedmond. He received two life terms and faces trial for two additional murders next term in November. Police bodyguards surrounded him during the plea.
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Martin
Miss Buckson
Senate moves to outlaw mail order ammunition sales
The Senate advanced a gun control bill banning interstate sales of rifles and shotguns after defeating an amendment that would have exempted shotgun shells and rifle bullets. Supporters cited the Kennedy assassinations and other cases to argue against exemptions. Sen. Dodd pressed for broader prohibitions.
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Washington
UPI
John
Robert Kennedy
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Thomas Dodd
D-Conn
Floods in England Threaten Four. Military Lets Rescue Efforts Expand
Rain drenched southeast England for a third day as floods swelled rivers, damaged roads, and stranded homes. Authorities warned that many waterways were at danger level while helicopters, boats, and divers searched for missing people. A woman swept from a car roof near Billingshart was feared dead, and a 13-year-old girl survived by clinging to a tree.
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London
UPI
England
British Automobile Association
Billingshart
Mead
Kaiser Foundation
Arum
Surrey
Newdigate
Mole
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James E. Allen Jr
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