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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1964
Page
3
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev seeks a summit with the U.S. president as soon as possible after the November election. Diplo sources say he aims to mend East West relations and resume talks on peaceful coexistence amid tension with Communist China. The Kremlin reportedly fears a possible China deal.
Valentina Tereshkova said the Soviet Union is preparing very complex new space flights toward the moon and planets. Tass gave no date for the next manned flight. The remarks came at a Communist youth forum as tensions rise with the United States over diplomacy and potential talks with Beijing.
King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie departed Athens by private plane on their honeymoon. A court official said the couple fled Athens quickly and that even the pilot did not know the destination until the king gave directions after takeoff.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev again rejected claims of a Russian doomsday weapon blaming misquotation by the bourgeois press. He said his remarks referred to non nuclear infantry rockets and tanks and insisted he supports peace despite noting the military’s grim potential.
A Danish dredging ship capsized near Brisbane as divers rescued 12 sailors trapped in air pockets after more than 12 hours submerged. Electrician Knud Petersen praised the rescuers, while nine crew members perished and two survived clinging to the keel. The cook Ange Hansen recalled a Civil War bombing for perspective on the ordeal. Marine officials suspect shifted seabed silt contributed to the accident.
President Johnson will speak to two union conventions and have his remarks shown via closed circuit to six other unions. He plans talks before the United Steelworkers in Atlantic City and the IUE in Washington, with broadcasts to Rubber, Tobacco, Textile, and AFL-CIO groups and 20 radio cities. Endorsement expected by unions for November election.
The highest temperature reported to the L. S. Weather Bureau, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, reached 100 at Presidio, Texas. The lowest reading was 22 at Butte, Montana.
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