School Rebellion in Saigon Police Drag Pupils Away
Saigon combat police dragged off about 300 rock throwing students in a citywide school rebellion. Helmeted officers entered Vo Truong Toan Boys School and adjacent Trung Vuong Girls School arresting youths many with books, as students shouted at reporters claiming U S support for Diem’s crackdown.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Vo Truong Toan
Trung Vuong Girls School
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pluck 27 From Sea as Texas Towers Becomes Dismantle Target
Twenty seven workers evacuated from two storm battered Texas towers off New England are back on land. They said the weather was not extreme and the towers will remain standing while dismantling proceeds. The men, employed by Lipsett Inc, were rescued by Navy helicopters amid 60 mph winds and 20 to 30 ft seas.
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Quonset Point, RL
Texas
New England
Francis P. Flanagan
Army Corps of Engineers
Tower 3
Flanagan
Quonset Point Naval Air Station
Navy
Lipsett Inc
Lurja Bros
New York
Tower 2
Cape Cod
Texas Tower 4
New Jersey
Sunlit spots bring blistering trouble
A lighthearted note warns that occupying sunny spots can cause blisters, humorously framing a common outdoor discomfort as a playful caution.
Mansfield Faces Opposition to Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Senate leader Mike Mansfield expects overwhelming approval for the limited nuclear test ban treaty despite opposition from Chairman Richard Russell and Armed Services members. Russell, Byrd, and Byrd lean against ratification amid debate on underground testing. leaders expect 67 votes needed with up to 20 possible opponents.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Richard D. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mansfield
Russell
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Asylum Granted to Soviet Sailor in Britain
Konstantin Sil kov, a 21 year old Soviet sailor who jumped ship last week, was granted political asylum in Britain. The 1,310 ton vessel Haap sala sailed without him on August 31.
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London
Konstantin Silkov
Britain
Haapsala
Miss America 1921 winner now Mrs CaHill on vacation
Margaret Gorman, who won the first Miss America contest in 1921 at age 16, is now Mrs. Margaret Cahill of Washington, D. C. She poses in a more mature dress at Miami Beach and will watch tonight's finals on television.
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Margaret Gorman
Margaret Cahill
Washington, D. C
Miami Beach
Fires Sweep Parana Brazil Wrecks Lives and Homes
At least 250 people died and 300000 were left homeless as wind driven fires swept tinder dry forests across Parana. Brazilian and U S teams rushed firefighters food and blood plasma to the stricken region while U S Navy ships and Peace Corps personnel prepared to deliver aid.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Parana
U.S
New Braga
CAVE-IN ENDS IT FOR BOVA IN HAZELTON PA
The search for Louis Bova and two others trapped in a Hazelton Pennsylvania mine suffered a setback Friday as a new cave-in hit the east side, about 35 feet across at the surface. State officials had already decided not to send rescuers into the weakened slope.
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Hazelton
Louis Bova
Red
Bova
First Court Fight Monday Over Wallace Desegregation Crisis
Alabama governor George Wallace faced rapid legal challenges over school desegregation. A federal judge ordered him to show cause why he should not be restrained from blocking Birmingham schools, while Negro plaintiffs urged reopening of schools closed amid violence. Huntsville residents criticized Wallace as troopers enforced closures and Huntsville council members condemned his actions. A Sunday TV appearance was planned to discuss racial issues.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Rasnarapetica
Huntsville Oae
U.S
H H. Grooms
Sonny Nereford
Huntsville
Grooms
US. Dist
Seybourn H. Lynne
Birmingham School Board
Light
Floyd Armstrong
Lynne
Huntsville Times
Armored Cavalry Unit to Leave Germany Reducing West Germany Regiments
Washington reports the armored cavalry contingent in Europe will shrink by one regiment, from four to three, cutting 4,000 men and reshaping the German force. The unit’s mission remains to screen along the Iron Curtain and delay a Soviet advance until the 7th Army and allies position. The Army plans to regimentalize 3,000 men by year’s end while McNamara notes no plan to drop combat strength below six divisions. The 270,000 European force includes rear-area personnel, with about 15,000 returning home so far this year.
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Washington
Euro
West Germany
Iron Curtain
U.S
7Th Army
Berlin
United States
Ft. Meade
Germany
Robert S McNamara
Europe
7Th
Defense Department
Miss America Tonight Two Twin Winners Crowned
In Atlantic City Alabama’s Judy Short and District of Columbia’s Rosanne Tueller won both swimsuit and talent in the Miss America preliminaries. Short played Hora Staccato on marimba to top talent and wore the best swimsuit honors Wednesday. Tueller, a Brigham Young University junior from McLean Virginia, won swimsuit honors Friday and delivered a jazzy French interpretive dance to grab talent. The double victory in prelims is historic. five finalists will be chosen for final questions and the Miss America winner receives a $10,000 scholarship and a $175,000 appearance contract.
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Atlantic City
Alabama
District of Columbia
Judy Short
Rosanne Tueller
Judy
Birmingham
Birmingham- Southern College
Miss District of Columbia
Brigham Young University
Rosanne
McLean
Nancy Fleming
Michigan
Lovely Jacqueline Mayer
Sandusky
Ohio
Ivory Leader Charges Plot Against Life
Ivory Coast President Felix Houphouet Boigny said a plot on his life was uncovered and he has neutralized six ministers and five parliament members. He did not name the accused but said evidence showed they were after his life. Houphouet Boigny, 58, is viewed as Africa’s leading postcolonial statesman.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Ivory
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Houphouet-Boigny
Fire Kills Widow in Cleveland Home Blaze
Fire in a southwest Cleveland two story frame house killed Mrs. William Scott a widow about 70 early today. Firemen battled the blaze for about two hours and found her body in the first floor living room.
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Cleveland
William Scott
Actress Margarita Sierra dies after heart operation
Actress Margarita Sierra, 26, known as Cha Cha O'Brien on Surfside 6, died yesterday in a Hollywood hospital after a heart valve repair operation. She had endured a nine hour surgery following a four month illness.
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Margarita Sierra
Cha- Cha O'Brien
Picketing Groups Stage Demonstrations at Barber Shop
In Yellow Springs Ohio two picketing groups demonstrated in front of barber Lewis Gegner who declines to cut Black customers hair. One group led by William F. Miller of Cincinnati represented the National Association for the Advancement of White People. The other group came from Action, a village civil rights group. Sheriff Bradley monitored a four-picket limit under a court order. Picketing remained peaceful as Gegner offered no comment.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Lewis Gegner
William F. Miller
Cincinnati
National Association For the Advancement of White People
Miller
Action
Gegner
Russell A. Bradley
Geener
Picket plan debated after pacifist challenged Miller in clash
Horace Champney asked what Miller hoped to accomplish. Miller retorted that non veterans could not speak for him, claiming people should serve in the armed services and face Communist bullets to understand their aims. His group planned a stopover picket en route to Indianapolis.
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Horace Champney
Miller
Champney
Indianapolis
Reverse Integration Milestone Reaches Little Rock Schools
Little Rock, once scene of violent clashes, sees peaceful reverse integration as three white students enroll in formerly all- black schools. Yvonne Fitts two children join McAlmont and Bush schools as parents cite convenient location and education, with neighbor and community support growing amid no demonstrations or phone contact reported.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ar William Darnell
Yvonne Fitts
North Little Rock
Steven
McAlmont
Fitts
Anchorage
Alaska
Darnells
Bush School
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