Students Revive Open Opposition to Diem in Saigon Schools
In Saigon, students demonstrated at eight or more schools against President Ngo Dinh Diem, with about 3500 youths arrested by police. An American witness warned of a rising generation being prepared for Viet Cong roles as combat police backed by marines and other forces suppressed the unrest.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Kennedy
United States
Viet Nam
Diem
University of Saigon
Vo Truong Oan Boys School
U S Launches Resurvey For Viet Situation
Washington reports a massive resurvey of U S relations with South Viet Nam. Officials aim to reform policy to win the Southeast Asian anti Communist war and restore U S prestige amid Asian diplomacy strains with Pakistan Korea and India.
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Washington
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
United States
Asia
U.S
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Korea
Pakistan
George Ball
Mohammad Ayub Khan
India
China
Kennedy Signs Bill For Space Program Funding
President Kennedy signed a space program bill totaling 5.35 billion dollars for the current fiscal year. The package supports the Apollo project with 1.15 billion dollars aimed at landing a man on the moon and returning him safely by 1970.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
House
Kennedy may respond to help kill Goldwater Cuba reservation
With Senate debate on the nuclear test ban starting, Kennedy may issue a statement or letter to sway votes against Goldwater’s Cuba linked reservation. aides say 20 or fewer senators could oppose ratification, while Goldwater insists he will not support the treaty and opposes its Cuba policy.
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Washington
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Senate
Goldwater
Soviet Union
Cuba
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.S
Dean Rusk
A Fool and His Money Are Soon Invited Places
A playful quip suggesting a fool quickly earns invitations through wealth, hinting at social invite dynamics and humorous caution about appearances.
Donna Axum Crowned Miss America 1964
Donna Axum, 21 from Arkansas, won the Miss America title in Atlantic City after a preliminary swim suit contest. The El Dorado native, 5 feet 6, 124 pounds, with 35 23 35 measurements, earned the crown with runners up Rosanne Tueller Miss District of Columbia Susan Diver Pickerering Miss Hawaii Martha Ellen Truett Miss Tennessee Susan Bergstrom Miss Arizona.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Donna Axum
Arkansas
Donna
el Dorado
Ark
Hurley B. Axum
District of Columbia
Rosanne Tueller
McLean
Hawaii
Susan Dee Pickering
Honolulu
Tennessee
Martha Ellen Truett
Tiptonville
Arizona
Susan Jean Bergstrom
Phoenix
Alleged cancer cure deemed ineffective by U S officials
The Welfare Department announced that the drug krebiozen is ineffective for treating cancer in humans and animals. NCI official Dr. Waalkes said creatine, not krebiozen, is the amino acid derivative involved, while Dr. Ivy disputed the distinction and noted differences such as mineral oil solubility. The drug has faced controversy for 12 years and was banned from interstate commerce last July.
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Washington
Welfare Department
T. Phillip Waalkes
National Cancer Institute
Food and Drug Administration
Andrew C. Ivy
Ivy
Chicago
Stevan Durovic
Waalkes
Ping pong tournament set for Monday in Monroe
Ramblin table tennis players in the Monroe area compete in a ladder style tournament at the Julia Wossman Recreation Center on Westminister Ave. Play starts at 9 a.m. Top Twin Cities competitors expected to join. Call John Tannehill at 325 1459 for more information.
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Monroe Area
Julia Wossman
Westminister Ave
Twin Cities
John Tannehill
Paint Job Gives Monroe Police Office Fresh Look
Assistant Chief Ralph Graves spent Saturday painting his office with overalls on and says the day left him sore yet satisfied with the face lifting. He compared the effort to a football player after spring training.
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Ralph Graves
Monroe
Graves
Fashion with Flair promotes fall styles in Downtown Monroe
The Greater Monroe Downtown Association hosts a week long Fashion with Flair event featuring new fall fashions for wear and home across downtown stores. Live modeling on Saturday September 14 and a luncheon style show on Friday September 13 atop the Hotel Francis, with tickets at $2.
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Monroe
Assa
Fred Beckett
Hines
Business
Francis
German Guards Ambush Youths at Iron Curtain Breakthrough
Reported by travelers in Berlin two East Germans attempted to cross the border in a garbage truck and were wounded by machine pistol fire. A woman trying to swim to freedom near Fast Berlin was feared dead as night surveillance heard a shot near Griebniace Lake.
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Berlin
UPT
Iron Curtain
West Berlin
Griebniasce
Conservatives Plot Delay on Tax Cut Until 1964
Conservative lawmakers mapped a strategy to stall a tax reduction vote until after Kennedy’s budget message next January. The aim is to pressure spending cuts by tying enactment to expenditure reductions, with House action tentatively set for late September and Senate scrutiny to follow after October.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Congress
House
Ways and Means
Miner Missing Five Hurt After Cave-In Near Murphy
Five miners were injured and one missing after a shaft collapsed at Hitch cock Corp mine near Murphy North Carolina. Three workers walked out, two were lifted to the surface, and crews pumped oxygen into the 340 foot shaft while investigators assess the blockage and hazards.
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North Carolina
Weekend Monroe Forecast Keeps Partly Cloudy Warm
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies for Sunday in the Monroe area with a mid 90s high and upper 60s to low 70s overnight. Winds shift, with speeds from 5 to 12 mph, and a slight chance of thundershowers in the afternoon or evening.
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Monroe
Wallace undecided on Alabama school opening Monday
Gov. George Wallace refused to state whether Alabama schools would open on Monday amid desegregation tension. He cited executive orders that blocked openings in Tuskegee and Huntsville, orders set to expire, as four cities faced a looming crisis and potential federal intervention to enforce integration.
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
United Americans For Conservative
Tuskegee
Huntsville
Wallace
Mobile
U.S
Marke
Blast Knocks Hole In Ship
A dynamite blast ripped a hole in the freighter Howard L. Shaw early today at the waterline port side. Police said six sticks of dynamite caused the damage on the idle ship tied to a union dispute. No injuries reported and the vessel was not in danger of sinking.
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Howard L. Shaw
Frank Kasky
Best Local Photos 4 Grand Winners Named In Contest
Four local photographers earned grand wins in the News-Star and Morning World Photo Contest announced Saturday. Carroll R. Rountree, Lee Estes, L. A. Henderson, and Sylvester Breard each won a category and will receive $5 with a shot at $1,000 in the national contest at Rochester on October 17.
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News-Star
Morning World
Carroll R. Rountree
North Th Street
West Monroe
Lee Estes
Blanks Street
Monroe
L. A. Henderson
Hilton Street
Sylvester Breard
Eason Piave
Rountree
Pup
Estes
Henderson
Arizona Desert
Brevard
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester
Explorers Hall
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Extel
Breard
Free elector plan passes Democratic panel in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge anti Kennedy backers push through a resolution by the Democratic State Central Committee by a 53 42 vote to hold a presidential electors primary. Judge Leander H. Perez hails the move saying it allows choice between pledged and unpledged electors and would place two slates on the July ballot. Perez vows to back a southern Democrat while arguing the measure is not a free elector plan. Continued on Page Ten A
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Leander Perez
Democratic State Central Committee
Baton Rouge
Perez
Free Elector
Leander H. Perez
Democratic Committee
Plaquemines Parish
Democratic National Party
Kennedy
Five Candidates Post Governor Qualifying Fees
Five contenders for governor paid the $210 qualification fee Saturday at the Democratic state central committee in Baton Rouge. Thirteen other candidates qualified for ten other statewide offices, with a Sept. 14 deadline to enter the December 7 primary.
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Baton Rouge
Democratic State Central Committee
Robert Kennon
Gillis W. Long
Shelby M. Jackson
Hugh P. Lasseigne
W. L. Thompson Jr
Zachary
A. P. Tugwell
Roy Theriot
Sidney McCrory
Young Machine
Douglas Fowler
Register of the State Land Office
Ellen Bryan Moore
Incume Bent
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JFK
Demo Central Committee
Ramblin
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Harry F. Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
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