China Detonates First Atom Bomb and Seeks Global Peace
Communist China confirmed its first nuclear test conducted on October 16 1964 and urged a world summit to ban nuclear arms while pledging to build a stockpile. The U S and Soviet leadership cautioned against overestimating its impact as Beijing floated disarmament talks.
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Tokyo
China
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Mao Tze-tung
Africa
New China News Agency
Peking
Labour Victory Sets Britain on Thin Margin
Britain swore in Harold Wilson as prime minister after a razor thin Labor victory that ends 13 years of Conservative rule. Wilson, 48, faces a delicate start as he builds a cabinet with Patrick Gordon Walker as foreign secretary and George Brown as first secretary of state and minister for economic affairs. Callaghan becomes chancellor, Healey defense minister, amid questions over stability in a turbulent era.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Alec Douglas-Home
Patrick Gordon Walker
Commons
Walker
Oxford
George Brown
James Callaghan
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Treasury
Denis Healey
Europe
Sophomore Parents Weekend at Randolph Macon Woman’s College
Miss Elizabeth Cudd Loftin serves as Ramblin Chairman for the annual Saturday Night program at Randolph Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg Virginia. The event runs Friday through Sunday with a campus hootenanny lantern parade open house at the president’s home and meals for sophomores and their parents.
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Randolph Macon Woman's College
Lynchburg
Carlson Pageant of Grandparents Birth Note
Grandparents Mr and Mrs Ivan F Carlson of Monroe are paternal grandparents. Mark David Carlson was born recently in a Jackson Mississippi hospital to Dr and Mrs David I Carlson of Jackson. The mother is Carrie Lynn Land of Pocahontas Mississippi. (Morc Jes Ramblin page 2A)
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Ivan F. Carlson
Monroe
Mark David Carlson
a _ Jackson
Miss
David I. Carlson
Jackson
Carrie Lynn Land
Pocahontas
AMC Union Hope Tie Up Ends Shortly
Detroit AP reports AMC and UAW officials express joint hope the walkout at American Motors could end soon. The national auto strike, now in its third week, idles about 300,000 GM workers and affects Ford and others as local issues and wage scales remain under discussion. Fraser and Cushman voiced optimism for a quick settlement.
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Detroit
American Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
AMC
General Motors Corp
United States
Canada
Ford
Douglas Fraser
American Motors
Grand Rapids
Mich
Edward L. Cushman
Chrysler
Fraser
Cushman
Nuclear Test Set For Today In Mississippi Dome
The Atomic Energy Commission plans an underground nuclear detonation at the Tatum Salt Dome in Baxterville Mississippi to test underground listening devices nationwide. The blast, set for 10 a.m. CST, may be postponed by weather. The AEC said it could not detect a Communist China atomic detonation.
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Baxterville
Miss
Atomic Energy Commission
Tatum Salt Dome
AEC
China
Stepped Up Warfare in Vietnam Brings Heavy Casualties
In South Viet Nam four major engagements produced both gains and reversals with at least 84 Viet Cong and 37 government dead by nightfall. Airborne Vietnamese forces repelled a large Viet Cong force near Bac Lieu, while clashes continued in Hau Nghia and Phuoc Thanh Provinces. Premier Khanh met Montagnard tribal leaders in Pleiku amid fears of renewed unrest tied to autonomy demands. About 9,000 mountain fighters trained by the U.S. were noted for potential action against the Viet Cong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Bac Lieu
Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Hau Nghia
Phuoc Vinh
Phuoc Thanh
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Pleiku
U.S
U S Hears Warm Terms To Continue Soviet Ties
In Washington, the new Soviet leadership sought friendly U S relations as Dobrynin met with President Johnson to discuss peaceful coexistence and potential East West talks. Johnson welcomed the gesture and pledged U S readiness to pursue world peace while noting no commitments. News of China’s nuclear test blast added tension to the briefing.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Johnson
Moscow
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
White House
Khrushchev
Dobrynin
Area Weather Outlook For Twin Cities Dry October Continues
Residents in the Twin Cities area can expect little temperature change. Selman Field reported no rainfall and October remains dry with only .01 inch recorded. Winds will be 5 to 15 mph. Friday's high reached 81 and the low was 44.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Selman Field
Group Named To Consider Hoffa Charge
A House Judiciary subcommittee was named to investigate the Justice Department under Chairman Emanuel Celler. The inquiry aims to be objective and may study Warren Commission recommendations and FBI and U S marshals in civil rights cases. The panel includes McCulloch Brooks Ashmore Gilbert Corman Senner Moore Shriver Bromwell.
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Washington
House
Justice Department J
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Justice Department
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Celler
Hoffa
Sidney Zagri
Union
Judiciary Committee
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Warren Commission
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Marshals
McCulloch
Jack B Brooks
D-Tex
Robert T. Ashmore
D-S.c
Jacob H. Gilbert
James C. Corman
D Calif
George F. Senner
Dariz
Arch A. Moore
R-W.va
Garner E. Shriver
R-Kan
James E. Bromwell
R-lowa
Johnson Signs Veterans' Bill
President Johnson signed a veterans bill providing higher pensions for totally disabled unemployable veterans and their widows with small incomes. The signing occurred Tuesday but was not listed among the day’s signings. White House disclosed the action Friday.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Monroe official cites good odds for DeSiard Street overpass
James W. Moore of the Fifth District highway board says Monroe has a promising chance to win a DeSiard Street overpass linking 7th and N 6th Streets with a projected $342 million price. He notes revenue constraints, Gov McKeithen backing, and a two year timeline. Moore also discusses a north south federal highway potential, U S 165 by pass impact, and the I 20 vs I 10 construction pace.
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Monroe
Department of Highways
DeSiard Street
James W. Moore
Fifth District Highway Board
McKeithen
Jimmy
Howard
Moore
Highway Department
DeSiard
7Th
N. 6Th Street
Monroe Optimist Club
Twin Cities
John J. McKeithen
Otto Passman
Passman
Joe Waggonner
Waggonner
Shreveport
U.S. 165
Louisiana
Indian Leader Decries Bomb
New Delhi India Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri condemned Red China's atom bomb program calling it a danger to peace. He spoke Friday emphasizing regional security concerns and the need for restraint by major powers.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
China
Kurile Islands quake coincides with Chinese explosion report
Seismologists traced the 1:59:30 a.m. EST Kurile Island earthquake to a natural event, despite initial thoughts it might mirror the Red Chinese nuclear test. Data from stations in Blacksburg, Georgetown, Fairbanks, Upsala and Fordham University supported a natural quake location far from China.
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Washington
Kurile Islands
Japan
U.S
Blacksburg
Georgetown University
Asia
United States
Red China
Fairbanks
Alaska
Upsala
Sweden
China
Khrushchev Ousted Amid Party Critique and Power Shifts
Pravda accuses Khrushchev era of harebrained schemes and personalistic rule while praising collective leadership. The Central Committee meeting reportedly ousted Khrushchev amid nepotism rumors as Brezhnev and Kosygin assume key posts and NATO allies watch.
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Communist Party
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Georgi M. Malenkov
Nikolai N. Bulganin
Red China
Kremlin
Pravda
Canada
United States
Africa
Asia
Alexei Adzhubei
Izvestia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
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Robert §. McNamara
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