India Withdraws Troops Under Pakistani Shellfire
The Defense Ministry reported India's army withdrew on the Lahore front amid Pakistani shelling of Ferozepore. Pakistan claimed a three pronged advance threatened Amritsar as Thant pursued a cease-fire in Rawalpindi without progress. Both sides reported battles, tank losses, and disputed gains in Kashmir and along the border.
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New Delhi
India
Defense Ministry
Ferozepore
Pakistan
Amritsar
Lahore
Y.B. Chavan
Rawalpindi
Wagah
Radio Pakistan
Baghdogra
Darjeeling
U.N
U Thant
Z. A. Bhutto
Thant
la Bahadur Shastri
Kashmir
Chawan
Jammusialkot
Karachi
Sialkot
U.N. Security Council
U S Holds Neutral Stance as India Pakistan Tensions Rise
Reports from Saigon note U S Air Force B52s bombed a Viet Cong stronghold in central South Viet Nam, with 21 raids reported by today. In Washington, officials reaffirmed neutrality in the India Pakistan conflict while cautioning against major Red Chinese involvement and urging restraint amid Kashmir cease-fire efforts led by Thant.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Viet Nam
Guam
Batangan
China
Hanoi
John Scali
American Broadcasting Co
Washington
India
United States
Pakistan
Chou En-lai
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Kashmir
Britain
Soviet Union
U.N
U Thant
McCloskey
Bell bottom pants blamed for auto crash in Milford
Milford Connecticut AP report notes dangers of wide trouser cuffs for women drivers. Dianne Barrows 18 of Stratford said her bell-bottoms snagged the accelerator Thursday causing her car to lurch forward and crash into two other vehicles. Minor injuries were sustained by involved drivers.
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Milford
Conn
Dianne Barrows
Stratford
Questions support for Graham's return
The Church of England newspaper opened an inquiry into Billy Graham's planned return to Britain. An Anglian weekly front page asks if there is strong support among Church of England members for the upcoming London crusade scheduled for June.
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Graham
London
Church of England
Britain
Billy Graham
Anglican Weekly
Johnson to NATO envoy urge stronger alliance and expansion
President Johnson sent a new ambassador to the NATO Council in Paris with orders to strengthen and expand the alliance's political and nuclear roles. He urged that a strong NATO is essential to reach a solid peace with the Soviet Union, amid France's move to end NATO subordination by 1969.
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Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Harland Cleveland
Soviet Union
Cleveland
White House
de Gaulle
France
Mrs Johnson and Lynda Johnson Westward Visit Ends
Mrs Lyndon B. Johnson and daughter Lynda wrap three days in Grand Teton National Park. They stayed as guests at the Laurance Rockefeller ranch and called the trip relaxing and a sheer joy. Lynda met a local medical student, Brent Eastman, during the outing, but both declined to discuss romance.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Teton Mountains
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lynda
Washington
Grand Teton National Park
Brent Eastman
Evanston
Snake River
Park
Eastman
Tetons
University of Californs Medical School
San Francisco
University of Texas In
Austin
Johnson
America
Transfer of 200 Boston Negro Students Opens School Year
In Boston, about 200 Black students were peacefully moved to predominantly white schools on opening day. Buses and private cars carried the children as officials planned to enroll unescorted pupils without transfer slips to ease overcrowding. At Grew Elementary a dispute over 50 transfer seats led to a forced outside entry. the action, called Operation Exodus, aimed to protest crowding and bus-relief refusals.
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Boston
Grew
Princeipal Martin Feeney
Weekend Upstate Weather Forecast From Albany NY
Extended forecast by the U S Weather Bureau for Upstate New York calls for a warm humid weekend with temperatures in the 70s to low 80s. Cooler conditions arrive Monday with 60s to mid 70s and nights in 50s to upper 40s. Scattered showers Saturday and rain Saturday night through Sunday, with another rain period midweek. Rain totals expected from a fraction to one inch.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
U.S. Weather Bureau
Graham in excellent condition after prostate surgery
Rochester Minnesota AP reports evangelist Billy Graham, 46, is in excellent condition after corrective surgery for a prostate gland condition. He underwent the procedure Thursday and is expected to stay hospitalized about five days.
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Rochester, Minn
Billy Graham
Graham
Hurricane Betsy Leaves New Orleans in Ruin
Betsy battered New Orleans with 115 mph winds and 6 foot tides causing widespread damage. At least eight deaths reported in Louisiana and Florida, 350,000 phone outages, power failures, and extensive looting precautions as evacuees return home. Gulfport and Baton Rouge also suffered heavy losses with oil and sugar crops at risk.
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New Orleans
Betsy
Baton Rouge
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Victor Schiro
Louisiana
New Orleans Public Service Corp
Lake Pontchartrain
Land
Florida
Miss
Wade Guice
Civil Defense
Harrison County
Carnival City
Red Cross
Mississippi
Miami
Mardi Gras
Gulf Coast
Pass Christian Island
Lake Ponchartrain
Bahamas
Will Push Bill Despite Threat Of Filibuster
Washington AP Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said he will push a bill to bar state laws against union shop contracts despite a threatened filibuster. Republican and Democratic senators met to map strategy for blocking repeal of Taft-Hartley Act section 14B. Dirksen warned the session could end with a whimper if Johnson pushes ahead. Mansfield said Johnson had been advised of the filibuster but commented little.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Senate House
Johnson
Congress
Mansfield
House
Teachers Accept Contract Terms in New York
The United Federation of Teachers executive committee voted 42 to 3 to accept a contract offered by the Board of Education. Alfred Shanker called the package the best teacher agreement negotiated in the United States, noting major breakthroughs including smaller class sizes. The move averts a strike by 48,000 teachers on opening day, barring a later union vote.
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New York
United Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Alfred Shanker
United States
Shanker
Two Sadly Suffocate In Old Refrigerator Tragedy
In Rochester New York two 3 year old cousins were found suffocated inside a secondhand refrigerator at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert O'Donald. They died at St Marys Hospital. an aunt said the fridge was not plugged in.
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Rochester
N.Y
Robert O'Donald
O’donald
David
Robert Landit
St. Mary’s Hospital
Elaine O’donald
Father Divine Dies at About 100 In Philadelphia Retreat
Austin Norris, longtime attorney, announced Father Divine death at The Mount of the House of the Lord in suburban Philadelphia. The revered leader, known for opposing segregation and grand banquets, had been disabled for a year. Mother Divine keeps the organization functioning in his absence. His precise age remains unconfirmed.
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Philadelphia
Father Divine
God
Divine
Kingdom of Peace
Mount of the House of the Lord
Austin Norris
Norris
George Baker
Georgia
Edna Rose Ritchings
Sweet Angel
Washington
Ex-Convict and Girl Sought in Four Slayings Nabbed
Donald Boggs 23, an ex convict, and Dixie Radcliff 16 were captured in Flagstaff after a stolen car sighting. Boggs admitted killing four men Halvor Johnson Robert Willis Warren Lenker and H B Flory. Boggs faced arraignment and was held without bond while Radcliff was turned over to juvenile authorities.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Cecil Richardson
Conconiono County
Donald Boggs
Texas
Utah
Boggs
Londonderry
Ohio
Dixie Radcliff
Amesville
Halvor Johnson
Newport
N.H
Robert Willis
Warren Lenker
Brigham Young University
Provo
Elizabeth
H.B. Flory
San Antonio
Tex
Sheriff's Office
Justice Court
Wessin Ousted From Homeland
General Elias Wessin y Wessin, Dominican army figure in the 1963 Bosch coup, was ousted and sent into exile after a 50 minute meeting with provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy. Accompanied by armed colleagues, he left his bungalow near Santo Domingo and boarded a U.S. Air Force transport reportedly bound for the Canal Zone or Puerto Rico.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Juan Bosch
Garcia-Godoy
Wessin
Miami
Fla
U.S
Inter-American Peace Force
U. S. Air Force
Panama Canal Zone
Puerto Rico
Space Officials Say Man Can Survive Moon Trip
Space officials pressed that a round trip to the moon is survivable after L. Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr complete eight days aboard Gemini 5. Dr. Robert Gilruth called the flight a functional match to lunar travel time and noted no major safety issues for Gemini 6 and 7 missions ahead.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Moon
Space Agency
Agena
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Bil D. Moyers
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NATO Alliance
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Tennessee
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