West German Says Soviet Gas Attack Blamed on Mustard Gas
West Germany charged that Soviet agents attacked Horst Schwirkmann, a West German Embassy technician, with mustard gas near Zagorsk during church services on Sept. 6. The incident led to a formal protest from Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder and a call for a thorough investigation ahead of Khrushchev’s planned visit.
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Hans Neuerbourg
Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Moscow
Gerhard Schroeder
Andrei Smirnov
Zagorsk
Horst Schwirkmann
US. Army
James Street
U.S
Schwirkmann
Khrushchev
Ludwig Erhard
Erhard
Foreign Ministry
Miss America 1965 Crowned Miss Arizona Queen
Vonda Kay Van Dyke, a 23 year old ASU student from Phoenix and native of Muskegon Michigan, was named Miss America 1965 after being chosen Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants. She quipped Goldwater here we go as she accepted the crown before 17,467 in Convention Hall. Runners up included Miss Arkansas Karen Carlson, Miss West Virginia Ella Kesser, Miss Texas Sharon McCauley, and Miss Minnesota Barbara Hasselberg.
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Atlantic City
Vonda Kay van Dyke
Arizona
Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Convention Hall
Pro Johnson Forces Win Louisiana Electors Pledge
ProJohnson Democrats won the Louisiana state Democratic Central Committee approval to name 10 presidential electors for Johnson Humphrey. The vote was 586 to 44 against segregationist Perez’s bid to substitute names of two Negro integration leaders. J Marshall Brown led the Johnson Humphrey campaign in Louisiana amid the party's victory.
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Baton Rouge
Democratic Central Committee
J. Marshall Brown
Johnson-Humphrey
Louisiana
Perez
Plaquemines Parish
Columbus to Enforce Juvenile Curfew Law
Police in Columbus Ohio will strictly enforce the juvenile curfew ordinance after 11 pm. Delinquency charges may be filed against youths found on streets in public places and their parents face possible fines up to 50 dollars or up to three days in jail or both.
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Columbus, Ohio
Pat Montenaro
Assassination Report To Be Sent To President Johnson
Chief Justice Earl Warren said the seven member commission will send its 700 page report on JFK's assassination to President Johnson next week. The White House may publish findings in late September. editors aim to finish editing printing and binding soon. The report details the known facts that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and Jack Ruby killed Oswald in grief. The commission prepared a thorough analysis of rumors of plots and conspiracies and will be bound in paper and hardcover for public sale.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Warren
White House
Presidential Commission
President's Commission
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Tex
Dack Ruby
Oswald
United States
Bloodless Coup Seizes Saigon Premiers Office
Four battalions led by Brig Gen Lan Vang Phat take over Saigon in a bloodless coup detaining Khanh and several officers. Buddhist dissidents back the movement as police posts are disarmed and communications centers seized. Phat vows a press conference while city remains largely calm with no gunfire reported.
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Saigon
Lan Vang Phat
Khanh
Phat
IV Corps
Communications
Air Corps
Clues Slim In Slaying Of Cincinnati Nurse
Police pressed for leads in the slaying of 39 year old nurse Marietta Jelks who was beaten with a hammer on a lonely road Friday night. Four young witnesses described a huskily built man about 35 whom the woman called Charles as she fled.
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Cincinnati
Marietta Jelks
Charles
British Jet Teams Hit Indonesian Hideouts Near Kuala Lumpur
British Hunter jets blasted Indonesia paratrooper hideouts south of Kuala Lumpur as Singapore and Malaysia bolster defenses. Riot police dispersed 200 pro draft protesters in Singapore while Gurkha and Malaysian forces hunt remaining paratroopers dropped Sept 2. eight killed or captured so far. Britain warned of possible retaliatory blows if Indonesian attacks continue under the defense pact among Malaysia Singapore and the Borneo states.
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Kuala Lumpur
Maslaysia
Indonesia
Britain
Singapore
Malaysia
Nepal
British High Commission
Sritam
Federation O
Maaya
Borneo
Sarawak
Sabah
Dora Turns Vicious as Dora Reaches Atlantic Coast
Dora weakened to a tropical storm then rebuilt to 65 mph winds as it moved from central Georgia toward the Atlantic Ocean. Live Oak floods up to 10 feet isolated the town. Brunswick saw 30 mph winds and a million-dollar hit. Waycross reports five inches of rain forcing evacuations. Ethel lashes Bermuda with 70 mph winds as Dora heads to sea then could regain 75 mph offshore near Charleston.
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Dora
Georgia
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Alabama
Live Oak
Fla
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Little Black Creek
Ethel
mid-Atlantic
Bermuda
Brunswick
Georgia Coast
South Georgia
Waycross
Cape Fear N.C
Cape May
Charleston
S.C
UN Official Protests Greek Blockade of Kokkina
U N peace commander says food conditions in the blockaded Turkish Cypriot village of Kokkina are scandalous and warns of grave consequences if Turkish aid is delayed. Makarios insists Turkish shipments enter through normal ports and vows regular relief if allowed.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
U.N
Kokkina
Turkey
Thimayva
Makarios
Thimayya
Faruk Sahin
Stalder
Red Cross
Shortage of Police Forces Middletown Officials Weigh Causes
Middletown officials face a police shortage with the personnel chief blaming youths not wanting to join the force. The police chief offers additional explanations as city officials consider upcoming winter weather and its impact.
Malaysia Ready to Act If Indonesia Attacks
London sources say the United States and allies were fully informed of a pending decision requiring Cabinet approval before any air raids on Indonesia. Washington worries arise over treaty ties with Australia and New Zealand and their readiness to aid Malaysia if Indonesia invades. Deputy Premier Tum Abdul Razak, defense minister, says the United Nations cannot halt aggression and Malaysia reserves the right to act.
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London
United States
Indonesia
Washington
Australia
New Zealand
Malaysia
Tum Abdul Razak
United Nations
Malaysia Denies Authorized British Strike on Indonesia
Razak told reporters Malaysia has not authorized Britain to retaliate against Indonesia and urged avoiding any talk of war. He said Maavela has taken Indonesia’s aggression to the United Nations as debate opens in the Security Council Monday.
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Razak
Malaysia
Britain
Indonesia
Maavela
United Nations
Security Council
Teen confesses to drowning two infants after assault
Fort Worth Texas police described Charles Roy Hefley a 16 year old as the main suspect in an attack on Carolyn Adams 20 who lay critically injured after a confrontation along a rural road. Detectives quoted Adams saying I crawled all night. Hefley later said he tossed David and Dickie Adams into the Trinity River after an alleged struggle.
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Orunette
Charles Roy Hefley
Adams
Dickie Adams
H.W. Sinclair
David
Trinity River
Dickie
Cato Hightower
Hefley
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Donna Axum
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Arizona State University
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West Virginia
Ella Kesser
Ripley
Texas
Sharon McCauley
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Minnesota
Barbara Hasselberg
Bloomington
Columbus
By Sterling F. Green
Waite House
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Manhattan
U. S. Senate
Robert Jr
Briish
Labis
Jacksonville, Fla
By Alex Efty
KS. Thimayya
India
Archbisohp Makarios
Warn
International Red Cross
Max Stalder
Switzerland
Middletown
Eens Valley News
Eee Eewannee
Fort Worth, Tex
Carolyn Adams
Leroy Sherrill
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