British airliner crashes near Ljubljana killing 95
A four engine Britannia turboprop carrying 117 vacationers crashed on approach to Brnik Airport near Ljubljana in cloudy conditions. Ninety five people died with 22 survivors, most seated in the rear of the plane. The disaster is the worst in Yugoslav history and prompted blood donations and an official crash inquiry.
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Boris Boskovic
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Luton Airport
London
Julian Alps
Slovenia
Trieste
Britannia Airways
Brnik
Modernda
Luton
Stronger federal control urged for small business funds
The Senate Banking Committee recommended stronger federal supervision and controls over small business investment corporations. An earth tremor described as very strong shook Varto, Turkey, on Wednesday night, damaging the quake-devastated town. President Johnson urged Britain’s Wilson to join studies with the United States and West Germany on allied defense planning in middle Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Banking
Istanbul
Turkey
State Meteorological Bureau
Varto
Mus
London
Johnson
Britain
Harold Wilson
Middle Europe
New Mexico Girl Found Strangled in El Paso Home
Ruby L. Stephens, 16, recently married and pregnant, was found strangled with a telephone cord in her El Paso area home. Her husband discovered the body as police noted a broken front window and no sexual assault. Guardians and family ties are listed with prior tragedies in Alamogordo and Cloudcroft.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Mexico
Ruby L. Stephens
Alamogordo
Cloudcroft
Army Apes
James Stephens
Fr. Bliss
Soviet Luna 11 Orbits Moon OK, Signals Steady
The un manned Soviet satellite Luna 11 was orbiting the moon with all systems functioning normally Tass said Luna 11 had completed 37 orbits by 4 p.m. Moscow time. Early speculation of a possible earth return was ruled out by the report.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Thant declines second term as UN secretary general
Thant, 57, Burma born diplomat, announced he will not seek a second term as United Nations secretary general. He said the Security Council should proceed without him and that his term ends November 3, amid East–West tensions and debates over a successor and a possible troika.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
Thant
Security Council
General Assembly
U.N
Red China
United States
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
Africa
Burma
Nun dies after expulsion from China border
Hong Kong reports Sister Eamon 60 formerly Mary O Sullivan of Cork Ireland died within a day after crossing the border from Red China. Fatigue and heart failure cited. Sister Eamon buried in Hong Kong Friday as others rest at a convent school.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Eamon
Mary O’sullivan
Cork
Ireland
Mother Mary of the Cross
Mother Mary
Peking
Sister Eamon
Sacred Heart Academy
Franciscan Missionary of Mary
Twister Damages Roswell Chicken Farm No Chickens Lost
A Wednesday afternoon tornado struck Ezell Redmon’s chicken farm nine miles southeast of Roswell near Midway. No chickens died, but a large barn roof and part of another foundation were damaged while debris scattered. Redmon contracts 5,700 pullets for Highline Farms of Iowa and Denver with 10,000 more to be brooded every ten weeks. In October 5,700 pullets will be moved to Denver and 10,000 baby chicks delivered to Redman. Chicken farming is a growing local industry in Chaves County.
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Redmon
Stubbs
Roswell
Ezell Redmon
Highline
Iowa
Denver
Redman Place
Midway
Old
U.S. 289
Redman
Chaves County
Johnson to Fly On Labor Day to Michigan Ohio
President Johnson will observe Labor Day with four speeches in Detroit Battle Creek Michigan and Dayton Lancaster Ohio. He also plans a Saturday trip to West Virginia and Pennsylvania dedicating a dam and reservoir and touring Dallastown for its 100th birthday. The White House said the Democratic party will defray Labor Day travel costs.
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Washington
Johnson
Michigan
Ohio
White House
Detroit
Battle Creek
Mich
Dayton
Lancaster
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Charleston
W. Va
Summersville
Harrisburg-York
Dallastown
Heaviest Rainfall in New Mexico Measured at Bases
WAFB reports the heaviest rainfall in New Mexico for the 24 hours ending 7 am at Walker AFB with .92 inches. Zuni also recorded .92 inches while Roswell had .01 and several towns reported lighter amounts.
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Walker Air Force Base
New Mexico
Weather Bureau
Roswell
Socorro
Holloman Air Force Base
Clovis
Deming
Las Vegas
Silver City
Zuni
Albuquerque
Heavy Rainfall Hits Oil Center
A cloudburst dumped two inches of rain in 20 minutes on Oil Center eight miles southwest of Hobbs. The El Paso Natural Gas camp suffered fallen trees and bent antennas. Total rainfall at Oil Center since Aug 12 reached 10.07 inches with no injuries reported.
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Hobbs
Oil Center
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Enrollment in Roswell City and County Schools Down This Year
Enrollment drops are reported in Roswell city and Chaves County schools from 1964 figures. City totals show about 10 450 students in city schools and 2 366 in seven county schools, with last year higher. High school counts mirror prior year. Goddard has 886 and Roswell High 1 270. Elementary and junior high totals are 5 803 in city 13 elementary schools and 2 495 in four junior highs. County district listings show specific school enrollments for LFD East Grand Plains Berrendo Sunset Walker and related junior highs and kindergarten.
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Roswell
Goddard
Roswell High School
Chaves County Independent School District
East Grand Plains
Berrendo
Sunset
Walker
Mt. View
Ohio Guard Quells Race Violence in Dayton Area
National Guard units were deployed in Dayton to quell rock throwing and window smashing by gangs of Negro youths after a fatal shooting of Cecil Hunt by a white man in a passing car. Police guarded West Third Street and nearby areas as looting and disturbances were reported. similar unrest occurred in Benton Harbor Jackson and Milwaukee with arrests and injuries in several cities.
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Associated Press
Ohio National Guard
Dayton
West Third Street
Midwest
Benton Harbor
Mich
Willard Benfield
Cecil Hunt
Alfred Haywetter
Benfield
Jackson
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert C. Cannon
Nate Harwell
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Tokyo
Innsbruck
Austria
Arthur Rowcliff
Dunday, Berkshire
Margaret
Pania
U Thant
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China
Janss
Joseph Zieleniewski Jr
Joseph Zieleniewski
Cincinnati
State Street
Chicago
UPI
WAFB
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Christ T. Seraphim
Cannon
Order of Eagles
Cicero
Ill
Christy Berkos
Berkos
Otto Kerner
National Guardsmen
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