GOP Leaders Call for Collective Party Oversight
Washington reports show Rep. Melvin Laird and Gov. Smylie pushing a temporary party agency to guide GOP while Sen. Hugh Scott urges an independent audit of the national committee treasury. Smylie proposes a body between convention and council with inclusion of past leaders and current officeholders. Nixon adds call for middle ground and inclusive views.
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Washington
Republican Party
Melvin R. Lairg
Wisconsin
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Laird
House
Congress
Republican National Committee
Smylie
Republican Governors Association
Scott
Senate
Ray Goldwater
William FE. Milner
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Sudan Premier vows to end mob violence and strikes
Cairo AP report says Sudan's civilian premier El Khatim El Kahlifa urged demonstrators to return home and end the general strike. He blamed foreign-backed mobs for attacks on the American British and Egyptian embassies and called for stability as the south Sudan revolt looms.
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Cairo
Sudan
Sir el Khatim el Kahlifa
Khartoum
Philadelphia man found guilty in North Philadelphia riot case
Shaykh Muhammad Hassan, 33, of Philadelphia, was found guilty of aiding incitement in the North Philadelphia riots the weekend of August 28. He faces up to five years in prison and fines up to $1,500.
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Shaykh Muhammad Hassan
Philadelphia
Hassen
Six Killed In B52 Crash Near Wolf Point Montana
A B52 bomber from Larson Air Force Base Moses Lake Washington crashed in northeastern Montana. Six crew members were found dead in the wreckage, with one additional crewman missing. The crash site was several miles from the impact, and rescue units from Glasgow Air Force Base and local authorities responded.
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Wolf Point
Mont
Montana
Ksing
Air Force
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash
Glasgow Air
Cold front brings showers and cooler temperatures tomorrow
A cold front from the west will bring cloudiness and showers to the area tomorrow with slightly cooler temperatures. Tonight remains fair and warm with a low in the 50s. yesterday’s high was 72 and today’s low was 49.
Labor government unveils budget with pension hikes in Britain
In London the new Labour government presents a budget raising pensions and unemployment benefits and boosting income taxes to fund them. The plan aims to curb imports with a 15 percent surcharge and long term capital gains levy, amid Britain’s $2 billion trade gap and European/GATT criticisms. The Conservative motion of no confidence failed 315 to 294 with Liberal support.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
House of Commons
Harold Wilson
Centenarian recalls long Utah life and Johnson era
Grantsville Utah resident Hilda Erickson now 105 recalls traveling west in 1866 at age 6, voting for Johnson, and serving as midwife healer and teacher to Indians near the Utah Nevada border. She notes witnessing Sitting Bull's death and reflects on Roosevelt and old times.
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Grantsville
Utah
Hilda Erickson
Johnson
White House
Geronimo
Southwest
Utah-Nevada
Sitting Bull
South Dakota
Erickson
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Plains
Andrew Johnson
Hilda
Pehr
Marie Larson
Ledga
Sweden
John A. Erickson
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Unknown Soldier graves cited as victims of hate at Kennedy ceremony
VA Administrator says the Unknown Soldiers and President Kennedy were victims of hate with graves bearing mute evidence of man’s basest instincts. Gleason spoke at Veterans Day ceremonies placing a wreath at Arlington Cemetery and recalled Kennedy’s 1963 assassination.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
John S. Gleason Jr
Gleason
Arlington National Cemetery
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Soviet Space Probe Reported In Germany
Bochum Germany The Bochum Space Observatory monitored radio signals today that appeared to come from a new Soviet space probe The signals did not match those of any previously launched Cosmos satellites according to Observatory director Heinz Kaminski
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Germany
Bochum Space Observatory
Observatory
Heinz Kaminski
Milford man dies in Batavia traffic collision
Harold Diekmayer, 60, of Milford was killed Tuesday night in a traffic accident at the Loveland and Miamiville Roads intersection northwest of Batavia, Ohio.
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Batavia, Ohio
Harold Diekmayer
Milford
Loveland
Miamiville Roads
Here
Silent Sentinels Mark Louisville Teachers Strike Tactics
Louisville teachers continued a partial strike with 150 to 200 workers absent while a court order barred picketing. Some teachers walked nearby in silence as schools stayed open, and others held study halls as attendance dropped in several junior and senior high schools.
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Louisville
Floods in Viet Nam Cause Massive Civilian Losses
A U S military spokesman reported that 1,100 Vietnamese civilians may have drowned in floods sweeping central Viet Nam. The figure is uncertain but indicates a major disaster as refugees flood coastal cities. Da Nang hosts 36,000 to 45,000, with thousands more in other locations.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Todays Chuckle Artist Model
A girl who works only when her boss is looking is the subject of a lighthearted caption. The gag hinges on a cheeky observation about work ethic and supervision in a playful, unnamed context.
Johnson to discuss 1965 excise tax cut at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson summoned Secretary of the Treasury Dillon to his hill country ranch to map a 1965 excise tax cut and invited Luther Hodges to discuss voluntary compliance with the Civil Rights Act. Rusk and McNamara met Tuesday as planning continued for budget and defense with a target budget under 100 billion dollars.
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Johnson City. Tex
Johnson
Rusk
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Lbj
Diklon
Congress
McNamara
Johnson Dillon Conference Addresses Gold Outflow and Global Economics
Beyond taxes the agenda covered curbing gold outflow and a wide set of domestic and international economic concerns. The talks focused on stabilizing currencies and coordinating policy actions to ease financial pressures.
Families claim record for most in military service
Veterans Administration details show multiple families with seven or more members serving across World War II and subsequent conflicts. Notable clusters include the Thompsons of Minnesota, the Vaughts of Indiana, the Coynes and Zygmunts of Pennsylvania, plus the Waddell and Subkowiak clans with long service histories.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Thompsons
Minnesota
Coynes
Zygmunts
Pennsylvania
Veterans Administration
Kiera
Crear Ott
Shyennet Wald
Armed Services
Rea
National Guard
St. Louis
Mae Young
Collins Brothers
Boonville
Ind
Othe
Walter D. Waddell
Omaha St
Middletown
Walter B
John
Gene
Cincinnati
Ronald
Air Force
Korea
Edward
Daniel
Timothy
Navy
Marine Corps
Maries
Goodman
Cumberland
Air Corps
Marines
Seabees
William Henry Bleak
Shelley
Idaho
Ray C. Herdman
Valley Forge
Springfield
Mass
Scranton
Anthony Potitols
Longmeadow
Steven Schmurns
Ludlow
Michael Soplops
East Longmeadow
Jona Coynes
Martin Zygmunts
Givens
Panama City
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