Soviet Ships Sail for Syria in Friendship Mission
Two Soviet warships the cruiser Zhdanov and the destroyer Svohadny sailed from Split toward Latakia on a friendship mission. Moscow Radio said they head to Syria at invitation of the leftist government, a move seen as countering the U S Sixth Fleet in the eastern Mediterranean amid rising Soviet naval activity in the region.
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Lebanon
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Split
Yugoslavia
Europe
Strait of Gibraltar
Aegean Sea
Acapulco Storm Kills U S Engineer
A Louisiana engineer, Albert C. Donn, 49, of Alexandria, was electrocuted in Acapulco while moving a high tension cable blown down by strong winds. He died Wednesday. no other casualties were reported and property damage was slight.
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Albert C. Donn
Alexandria
AFL-CIO warns Teamsters to oust Hoffa or face expulsion
AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee reports Teamsters are corruptly dominated by Hoffa, Beck, Brewster and others. It urges a thorough clean-up and warns that expulsion could follow Hoffa’s election or even his retention. The conflict pits Hoffa’s bid for Teamsters presidency against a federation threat and risks nationwide labor warfare.
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Frank Brewster
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Miami Beach
Fla
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Ignove
Ation Vive
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State AFL debates civil rights and CIO merger in Arkansas
Oakland reports the State Federation of Labor’s Sith annual convention with 2000 delegates. Franklin H. Williams of the NAACP outlines the Arkansas school crisis, while a strong resolution urges Congress to impeach the President if he does not enforce the Supreme Court ruling on desegregation. Negotiations to merge AFL and CIO continue with a Dec 3 deadline.
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Sith
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Arkansas
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Mantel Dias
John A. Despot
California
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AFL Cio
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C. J. Haggerty
Baptist Leader Werner Keucher Dies at 44
The Rev. Werner C. Keucher who led the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago since 1953 died Wednesday at age 44. He previously pastored Baptist churches in Illinois and Connecticut and served as an Army chaplain in the Southwest Pacific from 1943 to 1947.
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Werner C. Keucher
Baptist Missionary Training School
Illinois
Connecticut
Southwest Pacific
California delegates place signs on Boardwalk near ocean
In Atlantic City signs reading Hollywood City Limits were set up by about California delegates along the Boardwalk roughly 200 yards from the Atlantic Ocean. The display raises questions about possible Hollywood influence at the American Legion convention.
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California
American Legion
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Hollywood City Limits
Knight Orders Land Purchase to Start San Luis Water Work
Governor Goodwin Knight ordered the start of land purchases for the San Luis project in the San Joaquin Valley. He told the California County Supervisors convention he directed the water resources director to acquire dam or reservoir sites as funds permit. The move aligns with his re election bid and critiques from political opponents.
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San Luis
Santa Rosa
Director of Water Resources
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Merced
Wiliam F. Knowlands
Feather River
R-Calif
Finian's Rainbow Set for Three Evening Performances
Finian's Rainbow will be presented October 18 19 and 20 at Municipal Auditorium. Principal cast includes Jackie McFadden Jim Doherty Arthur Carah Harvey Wagner with Sandra Bedard Eddie Martinez Henry Brar ley Louis Owens DeVaughn La Bon Anthony Mack Frank Miller and Lee Kross. Dr Gordon Orme directs with Albert Ruiz choreographing and Nicolas Furjanickl and Max Coggins handling musical direction.
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Municipal Auditorium
Jackie McFadden
Jim Doherty
Arthur Carah
Harvey Wagmer
Sandra Bedard
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