Mounties recapture escapees after high speed chase
Three dangerous prison escapees who seized a boy as hostage were recaptured by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after a fast car pursuit. Ten inmates broke from Headingly jail and fled in a stolen car that overturned at Portage la Prairie. The hostage was unharmed. Authorities said five fugitives remain at large and heavily armed. Canadian and U.S. police hunted them as a mass breakout began with two inmates arming a guard.
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Winnipeg
UPI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Headingly
Portage la Prairie
Pidgeon Lake
U.S
Langdon
N.C
Manitoba
Kenneth Leishman
Winnipeg International
Leishman
North Dakota
Labor Day traffic deaths feared up to 630
United Press International reports the National Safety Council warned as Americans enter Labor Day weekend that 530 to 630 people could die in traffic accidents. Up to 25 000 could suffer disabling injuries with 5 130 deaths in July alone, a record.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
The
Safety Council
Move begins to keep Thant in UN position
The United States launches a campaign to persuade U Thant to extend his term as secretary general after his refusal to stay beyond his November 3 expiration. Goldberg argues for a longer stay or extension while noting Thant’s belief in limited terms and Viet Nam frustrations. The drive gains momentum as General Assembly approaches.
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Thant
Ivan Zverina
United States
U.N
Viet Nam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Two U S Planes Downed In North Vietnam Raids
Two US Air Force planes were shot down over North Vietnam during raids aimed at tearing up the Hanoi to Red China railway line. The hosts reported both pilots listed as missing as U S air losses reached 466 in the war. Ground fighting near Saigon and in the Central Highlands left at least 20 Communists dead and 22 captured, while B52s bombed suspected Viet Cong sites in Phuoc Tuy Province.
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Bryce Miller
Saigon
UPI
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Red China
U.S
South
Central Highlands
Air Force
Panhandle
China
United States
South Viet Nam
Phuoc Tuy
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army 1St Infantry Division
Amarillo
Qui Nhon
Viet Nam
Red Guards vow to train for Vietnam
Chinese Red Guards pledge combat training to fight the United States and Soviet leaders, saying they will join North Vietnam in struggle until final victory. Beijing backs Hanoi with a cable signaling readiness to contest U.S. aggressors anywhere and anytime.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Viet Nam
China
Red Guard
Peking
United States
People’s Daily
Chinese Comunist Party
Red Guards
America
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Liberation
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
Mao Tse-tung
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania Delivers Warm Weekend
Today's forecast calls for highs near 80s with mostly fair skies. Tonight and Saturday remain warm with lows in the 50s to 60s and little temperature change. Rainfall is absent amid dry conditions. Shenango River at 4.5 feet and pollen count at 324 grains per cubic yard.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
St. Francis Hospital Laboratory
United Fund campaign launches Oct 3 in Lawrence County
The Lawrence County United Fund will begin its drive Oct 3 led by General Chairman Richard E Whittaker with 1 600 volunteers across 5 divisions 41 groups and 112 working teams aiming to raise 311 562 for 18 health welfare and youth services agencies including Red Cross Boy Scouts YMCA YWCA PARC and St Francis Hospital. A noon Oct 6 report meeting at the YMCA precedes weekly reports through Oct 27 and a Victory Report on Nov 3.
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Lawrence County United Fund
Richard E. Whittaker
Whittaker
YMCA
Building Trades Group
Advance
Eral
City Rescue Mission
Girl Scouts
Beaver Castle
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Lark Workshop For
Mental Health
Lawrence County
St. Francis Hospital
Pennsylvania Association For Retarded Children
PARC
Salvation Army
YWCA
the Arthritis Foundation of Western Pennsylvania
Riots Roil Dayton and Battle Creek Before Johnson Visit
Racial violence flared in Dayton Ohio where 1000 National Guardsmen patrolled the West Side as looting and stoning injured dozens and led to 140 arrests. In Battle Creek Michigan armed youths fired at buildings. two youths were arrested. Johnson planned a Labor Day weekend itinerary including Dayton and Battle Creek en route to Detroit.
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United Press International
Dayton
Ohio
Battle Creek
Mich
Johnson
West Side
Deaths from September in local area announced
Death records list Cecelia Jackson 71 of 535 Bell Ave Cornelius Cray 520 Friendship St Daniel Quear 45 of Bessemer Anna Fontanella 76 of Wampum RD 2 in Friday notices.
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Cecelia Jackson
Bell Ave
Cornelius J. Cray
Friendship St
Daniel Quear
Bessemer
Anna Fontanella
Wampum RD
De Gaulle and Sihanouk Seek Neutral Viet Nam Accord
French President Charles de Gaulle and Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk pressed for international guarantees of Viet Nam's neutrality and an end to foreign intervention. They urged withdrawal of U S forces and proposed a conference to secure neutral status across Indochina including Laos and Cambodia.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Norodom Sihanouk
Viet Nam
de Gaulle
United States
U.S
Sihanouk
Indochina
Laos
Cambodia
International
de Gaule
Queen Mother
De Gaulle speech sparks muted U.S. stance on Vietnam pullout
Washington officials demand a reciprocal North Vietnamese troop withdrawal before any U.S. deadline. The Johnson administration offered measured, noncommittal replies to Charles de Gaulle’s Cambodia address and hinted no public statement may follow.
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United States
U.S
South
Viet Nam
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
de Gaulle
Cambodia
North Viet Nam
Washington
Hanoi
France
Computers to aid municipalities in solving problems
Editorial discusses how computers can help cities manage services and solve urban issues. The piece argues for embracing data driven decisions and technology to improve efficiency and citizen outcomes.
Banks Pressure to Curb Business Expansion Loans
The Federal Reserve urged 6,200 member banks to show restraint in expansion loans and especially business loans to curb inflation. Administration sources suggest President Johnson may seek to suspend the investment tax credit, which would slow the already rapid pace of plant and equipment spending. Senator Russell Long introduced a bill to suspend the credit indefinitely.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Johnson
Congress
Russell B. Long
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
State Supreme Court Allows Milk Price Increase
Pittsburgh UPI reports the state Supreme Court lifted a stay and allowed a milk price increase of one cent per quart to take effect immediately, vacating a Wednesday supersedeas issued by Justice Musmanno that had delayed the rise.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
State Supreme Court
High Court
Michael A. Musmanno
Laos and Cambodia war widening beyond South Vietnam
A Midwest correspondent chronicles covert Laos and Cambodia operations linked to North Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail. U.S. air raids, Thai pilots, Air America support, and CIA activity shape a broader Southeast Asian conflict while Laos tries to preserve neutrality amid daily bombing and covert assistance.
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Geneva
North Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Pathet Lao
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Plain of Jars
U.S
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
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U Thant
Vietnam
Charles R. Smith
United Fund
Sihanouk Askend
By Daniel Southerland
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Joseph Zieleniewski Jr
Joseph Zieleniewski
Cincinnati
Chicago
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Richard Daley
Ellwood City United Fund
Pirates
Dodgers
Deane Beman
Bert Yancey
Business World
Weswaces
Ellwood
Reeeve Society of
TV Log
Martin Stuart-Fox
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Air America
CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
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