Kennedy crackdown on South Viet Nam targets Ngo Dinh Nhu
President Kennedy longs for Saigon reforms and hints at aid cuts if South Viet Nam's Diem regime does not remove his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. U.S. officials warn Das, review aid and possible personnel changes, while monks face crackdown and protests, as Saigon weighs its response.
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Kennedy
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Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Tion
Saigon
Nhu
Nhus
Viet Nam
Thich Tri Quang
Record Death Toll Is Set On Holiday
The Labor Day holiday period saw a record 609 overall accident deaths including 54 traffic fatalities and 20 boating deaths. Major crashes occurred in Michigan and Texas with a head on collision near Liberty Texas claiming ten lives.
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Michigan
Liberty
Texas
Today’s Chuckle Rediscovered White Lies and Red Truths
A lighthearted item notes a playful take on honesty and exaggeration in everyday banter. It contrasts small white lies with larger red ones, inviting a smile at common social fibs.
Ohio Labor Day Traffic Toll Falls Short Of Forecast
The 78 hour Labor Day weekend in Ohio saw at least 16 traffic deaths by Sunday, with officials predicting 24. A boating accident on the Ohio River killed two and five other miscellaneous deaths raised total weekend fatalities to 23, though traffic deaths on Labor Day dropped to three.
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East German Professor Defects to West Germany
East German scholar Hans Mayer, a national prize winner and leading Soviet bloc intellectual, defects to West Germany during a lecture tour. He will not return to Leipzig University after 15 years teaching literature, signaling a major blow to East German cultural diplomacy. Mayer, 56, had fallen from grace under tighter regime control yet remained a close friend of many prominent Eastern writers.
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Hans Mayer
West Germany
Mayer
Leipzig University
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Overthrow Plot Alleged in Saigon Ties
AP reports friction in U S Vietnam relations after Times of Viet Nam accuses the CIA of financing a coup to topple President Ngo Dinh Diem and exile advisers Ngo Dinh Nhu and Mrs Nhu. The embassy calls the claim nonsense.
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Diem
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CIA Coup Plot Allegations Across Nations Reach Viet Nam
The article alleges that American security experts who aided coups in Turkey, Guatemala and Korea and failed in Iran and Cuba began arriving in Viet Nam this year. It claims CIA agents sought to bribe police and civil servants and to recruit youth and student groups to create upheaval at embassy sites and other installations.
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Guatemala
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Debbie Walking Again With Artificial Legs For Young Accident Victim
Debbie Marcuccilli an eight year old from Waterloo New York uses artificial limbs to walk six months after losing both legs in a school bus collision with a tractor trailer She returned to school to start third grade and waved to reporters at home with her parents watching as she tested the devices at Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester The Rochester company gifted the limbs and rehab trained at Strong Memorial Hospital with Dr David Koch as a favorite doctor noted in the account
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Debbie
Orazio Marcuccilli
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Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
David Koch
Civil Rights Hurts JFK Return Speeded Up
Civil rights tensions surge as James Farmer accuses a lynch mob of officers in Plaquemine, while Federal agents are sent to investigate. In Charleston and Baton Rouge schools, black and white integration marks progress, and Kennedy speeds home from Cape Cod amid desegregation worries. The president, in a Cronkite interview, defends civil rights policy as politically costly and promises equal opportunity across parties.
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Cape Cod
Alabama
Ecice
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Reidsville Escape Attempt Foiled in Prison Turmoil
Three inmates armed with homemade knives staged an escape at Reidsville State Prison. A tower guard fired a shotgun blast to stop the break, sparking a major disturbance described as a full insurrection. Prison Director Fred Hallford said about 2,000 inmates were involved in the turmoil.
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Hallford
Atlanta
Toledo Airman Held in Fatal Shooting of Fiancée
22 year old airman Larry Hollstein is held by police in Toledo for the Monday shooting death of his 19 year old fiance Judy Mansion.
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Larry Hollstein
Judy Mansion
Tuskegee schools closed by state action amid desegregation standstill
Gov. George Wallace ordered the postponement of the fall term at the Tuskegee Public School. State troopers and mounted deputies barred students and teachers from entering the 12 grade school while the Macon County Board of Education claimed the building remained open. Justice Department officials observed the standoff as John Doar conferred with board members. Atty. Gen. Kennedy returned to work in response to the executive order.
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al Lingo
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Wallace
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John Doar
Doar
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
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