Storm Inez Pounds Cuba Threatens Haiti Valley of Death
Hurricane Inez lashed eastern Cuba with 138 mph winds as it weakened near Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Floods swept into the Valley of Death near Port au Prince while the number of dead climbed in Guadeloupe and the Dominican Republic. The Miami Weather Bureau reported Cuba’s Guan tanamo Bay battered by 127 mph winds and warned Bahama area vessels to stay clear as the storm tracked away from the U.S. mainland.
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Miami
Fla
Inez
Cuba
Haiti
Miami Weather Bureau
Guantanamo City
Gordon Dunn
Tle
Dominican Republic
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Oriente
Fidel Castro
Barahona
Tiburon Peninsula
Portau-Prince
Dunn
Guadeloupe
U.S
Bahamas
Florida
U Thant Weighs Second Term as UN Secretary General
U Thant said he would consider a second term as UN secretary general after the Security Council urged him to stay. Diplomatic reaction varied with Thant noting the request and stating he would give the matter serious consideration. His five year term ends November 3. Indonesia signaled a policy speech at the General Assembly offering help to improve the UN structure.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
Security Council
United Nations
Council
Thant
Hat
General Assembly
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
East Germany
Nicaragua
Cuba
Indonesia
Martin Essex Named NEA Screening Chairman
The National Education Association selects Martin Essex, Ohio superintendent of public instruction, as chairman of a five member committee to choose a new top executive. The panel will seek a successor to retiring executive secretary William G. Carr, who has served since 1952.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Education Association
Martin Essex
NEA
William G. Carr
Battle over federal desegregation guidelines heats up
Washington AP reports a growing political battle over HEW desegregation guidelines targeting schools and hospitals. Commissioner Harold Howe II faces House Rules Committee testimony as lawmakers probe standards used for federal funds eligibility. Gardner defends powers, Mansfield walks back speed critique, and accusations of busing, quotas, and forced integration surface amid Southern opposition.
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Washington
Commissioner of Education
Harold Howe II
House Rules Committee
Congressional
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
John W. Gardner
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Public Health Service
Senate Appropriations Committee
Gardner
Rules Committee
Judiciary Committee
Officers weigh defoliating the DMZ in Vietnam war
Senior U S military leaders consider using chemicals to strip leaves along the DMZ between North and South Vietnam to deny enemy cover. Pentagon permission is uncertain. Recon teams monitor traffic but mobility and concealment hinder operations. Some favor a buffer strip south of the zone with thousands of airplane loads of chemicals.
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Dong HA
South
Via Nam
North
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Demilitarized Zone
No-Man’s Land
United States
Guam
U.S
Viet Nams
B52 Bombers Strike North Vietnamese Bases Near Dong Ha
U S forces widened their Vietnam offensive with two B52 raids on infiltration routes and supply areas within 20 miles southwest and 18 miles northwest of Dong Ha. Marines reported 51 enemy dead at a post captured below the DMZ. The 4th Infantry Division arrived, bringing total U S personnel to about 317,500.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dong Ha
North Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U S Pays $34 Per Death In Vietnam Civilian Toll
The Defense Department reports about $5 650 in compensation to relatives of 166 Vietnamese civilians killed by 11 misdirected U S attacks since July 1 at a rate of $34 per death. Wounded civilians numbered 252 with compensation varying by injury.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Defense Department
Chuckle One Girl’s Witty Complaint on Men Types
A quoted remark from a girl mocks three kinds of men the rich the handsome and the majority. The line reflects social humor and gendered observations typical of the period.
Marine’s Last Letter From Viet Nam Reads Like Goodbye
Mrs. Jack Parsons sorted through Thursday mail and kept one letter from her son Marine Pfc Gary Parsons. Dated September 23 the note spoke of a delayed relief and one more patrol. It ends with I’ve run out of words and goodbye for now. Gary was 18 and killed on patrol near Da Nang.
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Topeka
Kan
Jack Parsons
Marine
Gary Parsons
Viet Nam
Gary
Mrs. Pasons
da Nang
Weather forecast notes showery, cool spell ahead
The forecast calls for showery conditions tonight with a low near 50. Saturday stays cloudy and cool with rain ending before noon and a high around 60. Sunday should be cooler and somewhat clearer with more cool, rainy spells possible Tuesday. Yesterday reached 73 with a 49 overnight low. Middle town logged .05 inch of rain before 8 this morning. A.M. temperature at 11 was 53.
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Middletown
Pike Heretic Again Fellow Bishop Says
Auxiliary Bishop James A. Pike of California faces charges of heresy by Bishop Henry I. Louttit of South Florida. Louttit demanded Pike renounce the Episcopal ministry or stand trial before a church court. Pike resigned as bishop of California last year to join the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara but keeps the auxiliary title.
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Tampa
Fla
James A. Pike
California
Henry I. Louttit
South Florida
Pike
Louttit
Center For Study of Democratic Institutions
Santa Barbara
Calif
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Ann Landers
Crane Settee
Ee Eeweente
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Sens
Battlelines
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John E. Hines
New York City
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