Red Chinese Ready For Their Fourth
In Tokyo AP reports fire engines hose down Peking walls for the 18th anniversary of Communist rule. Posters with Maoist slogans faded as purges were said to be washed away. Radio Peking praised economic gains while Hong Kong analyses offered contrast. Experts note Beijing’s harassment of Hong Kong has cost 49.3 million dollars in four months. Albania attended the celebration. Russians and East European communists largely boycotted.
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Peking
Mao Tse Tung
Radio Peking
Hong Kong
Red China
Aly
Europe
Albania
Cease Fire On Quemoy Matsu Observed For Anniversary
Peking radio said Communist artillery on the Fukien coast ordered to refrain from firing at offshore islands Quemoy and Matsu on Oct 1 and Oct 3 to allow Nationalist Chinese troops to observe the 18th anniversary of the Communist takeover of the mainland. The rule follows a 1958 pledge to shell only on odd days.
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Tokyo
Peking Radio
Fukien
Quemoy
Matsu
NFO Pledges Crusade Against Corporations
Washington AP report says the National Farmers Union will launch a state by state drive to rally farm groups cooperatives rural bankers and small town businesses against laws expanding corporate farming. President Tony DeChant announced the plan after a board meeting noting campaigns in Oklahoma Kansas and North Dakota.
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Washington
National Farmers Union
Tony M. DeChant
Farmers Union
DeChant
Oklahoma
Kansas
North Dakota
Wichita grain man faces false receipts charges
William Addington, a former Wichita grain man, appeared at a Sedgwick County preliminary hearing on charges of issuing false warehouse receipts. An amended complaint adds new counts alleging false entries showing collateral receipts for 420000 bushels canceled on Oct 29, 1965, knowing cancellation did not occur. Witness John Krume testified the grain transaction figures are unreliable.
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Wichita
William Addington
Sedgwick
County Court of Common’ Pleas
Addington
Nicholas Kleih
John Krume
U.S. Department
Mekong Delta Shelling as U S Forces Hit North
AP dispatch from Saigon reports the Communist shelling of U S 9th Infantry Division HQ and four South Vietnamese camps in the Mekong delta south of Saigon. Sixteen Americans wounded as air strikes intensify north of the border with Hoa Lac airfield hit and Haiphong bridge targeted.
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Mekong
Saiegon
U. S
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North
Vietnam
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Haiphong
LBJ Makes His Big Pitch Amid Vietnam Talks
President Johnson outlined a conditional offer to halt bombing in North Vietnam to spur productive discussions toward a peaceful settlement. Speaking in San Antonio to a bipartisan audience and for national TV radio, he insisted the war must end on acceptable terms and warned Hanoi not to exploit any halt to bombs. He framed the proposal as contingent on real progress in talks.
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Lancaster
Ohio
Ford
Hanoi
U.S
Harol
Ho Chi Minh
Rusk
National Legislative Conference of
Johnson Vietnam Policy Elicits Mixed Congressional Response
Washington AP reports President Johnson proposed halting U S bombing of North Vietnam for prompt talks. Hanoi signaled a cautious or negative reaction. Congress weighed the offer with varied comments as the policy response unfolded.
Emporia Closes Major Armour Plant Shocks City
Emporia, Kansas faces a sharp change as Armour & Co. closes its packing plant immediately, affecting 120 workers and linked businesses. The plant expansion with a $2 million facility and sewer upgrades leaves the city counting tax receipts and potential transfers or retraining options for staff.
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Kan
Armour & Co
Santa Fe
Harry Briscoe
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Armour
Anderson
Carl J. del Vitto
Weather details for Friday with record highs and lows
The forecast reports a high of 71 and a low of 44 for today with past comparisons of 59 highs and 47 lows on this date last year. A 95 degree record high occurred in 1938 and a 29 degree record low in 1895, with hourly temperatures ending at 8 a.m.
Cosa Nostra Grand Juries Probe Louisiana Bribe Attempt
Three grand juries are investigating Cosa Nostra activity in Louisiana. An East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury indicted New Orleans contractor D Ailon Smith for allegedly bribing a governor aide to broker a $1 million bid for a new Hoffa retrial. The case carries up to five years in prison and a fine. A federal probe also focuses on Hoffa’s potential pardon. A Orleans Parish grand jury subpoenaed Cosa Nostra boss Carlos Marcello to appear. he was reported away on a trip.
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Cosa Nostra
Louisiana
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
East Baton Rouge Parish
New Orleans
Ries
Hoffa
Orleans Parish Grand Jury
Carlos Marcello
Marcello
Metairi
Moscow Reacts to Johnson Vietnam Speech as Nothing New
The Soviet news agency dismissed President Johnsons San Antonio address on Vietnam as nothing new, saying the White House stubbornly sticks to a dangerous policy while calls in America to revise it grow louder.
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Johnson
San Antonio
Vietnam
Agen
White House
America
Quiet Returns as Steel Haulers Prepare Ground Rules Vote
Peace returned on area highways after a two week strike by steel haulers as ground rules for ending the stoppage were readied. One incident in first six hours after a tentative Friday night accord was a rock thrown from a bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Truckers in several states joined in the walkout before details of the stop gap for 10 000 to 20 000 loads were disclosed. Fire drivers will vote first on provisions. William Hart said trucks would move steel from warehouses as soon as possible.
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Teamsters Union
William Hart
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