India Accepts UN Cease Fire With Pakistan in View
In New Delhi prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri told the United Nations he would accept a Security Council cease-fire if Pakistan complies. Informants said Shastri asked for immediate notice of any Pakistani reply to mobilize India’s forces, with no word yet on Pakistan's response announced in Rawalpindi.
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Conrad Fine
New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United Nations
Security Council
Pakistan
Shastri
Rawalpindi
Red China
Nathu Pass
Himalayas
Sikkim
Tibet
Himalayan
Peking
Kashmir
U.N
Indian Chinese skirmish reported near Nathu Pass
Indian government said troops exchanged close range fire with Chinese troops near Nathu Pass in the Himalayas. There were no Indian casualties and Chinese losses were not confirmed. The clash followed threats over border posts and a broader India Pakistan cease fire debate.
Gemini 8 Crew Named For Space Hike And Docking
Neil Armstrong and David Scott named to the Gemini 8 flight crew. Scott will perform a spacesuit exterior walk and inspect the Agena rocket after docking at 17 500 mph 150 miles high. A second Agena search and a possible third orbit are planned for the two day mission.
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Harold R. Williams
AP Aerospace
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Armstrong
Scott
Air Force
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F Gordon Jr
Seattle
Wash
San Antonio
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Space Center
Agena
U S protests mob attacks on Karachi Lahore embassies
The State Department said it protested to Pakistan over mob violence that damaged the U S Embassy building and the U S Information Service library in Karachi and attacks on nearby offices. The library was set afire and windows were broken, but no injuries were reported. The flag was lowered and raised again with police intervention. Foreign airline offices Pan American BOAC KLM SAS were also targeted.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Pakistan
U.S
Karachi
Lahore
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
U.S. Information Service Library
Chancery
Embassy
Information Service
Pan American
BOAC
KLM
SAS
City Officials Study Plan To Draw Caprock Water
Roswell city officials review Bert Murphy and Associates proposal to source over 11 billion gallons yearly from 36 Caprock wells for Roswell Artesia Carlsbad areas. Hearing set Oct 1 injunction. council expected to decide after Oct 5 meeting.
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Bert Murphy
Lea County
Santa Fe
Murphy
Roswell
Artesia
Carlsbad
Caprock
Texas Line
Tatum
Hobbs
Passenger Train Hearing Set Here
The State Corporation Commission schedules an Oct. 5 hearing in Roswell on Santa Fe Railway's petition to discontinue two passenger trains between Clovis and Carlsbad. The session begins at 9:30 a.m. with residents of affected communities invited to testify. The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce requests a separate hearing in Carlsbad, with possible additional sessions.
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Santa FE
State Corporation Commission
Roswell
Santa Fe Railway
Clovis
Carlsbad
District Court Room
SCC
Murray E. Morgan
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce
Roswell Downtown Inc forms to push mall plan
Roswell residents and business leaders created Roswell Downtown Inc to study financing and action for a planned six block mall along Main Street from Fourth to Fifth. The organizing committee of 14 will elect a chairman and refine downtown development plans.
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Ross Malone
Paul K. Beck
Martin M. Boswell
T.H. Boswell Lil
Winston Daniel
B.F. Fields
H.L. Garton
B.B. Ginsberg
Ed Kidwell
L.C. Knadle
S.P. Johnson II
Baynard Malone
Ed Purdy
Phelps White
Hinton Wilmot
Elks Club
Don Pollard
Fresno
Calif
Roswell
Central Business District
Powell
Main Street
Fourth
Fifth Street
Malone
Pollard
Sixth Street
Virginia Avenue
Walnut Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thant Urges U.N. to Represent All Nations in Assembly
U Thant told the General Assembly that all countries including Red China should be represented at U.N. headquarters. He cited Asia conflicts and disarmament deadlock as reasons to broaden participation and encourage observers from nonmembers. The report notes financial strains and weak peacekeeping tools while predicting debates on Vietnam and India Pakistan. The session opens at 3 p.m. EDT with elections for assembly president and new members.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
U Thant
U.N. General Assembly
Asia
Red China
U.N
General Assembly
Thant
Viet Nam
India
Pakistan
Peking
North Viet Nam
North Korea
East Germany
China
Assembly
Record low Sept 21 chills Roswell and nearby towns
It was a chilly morning with Ruidoso at 24 degrees and Roswell at 41 degrees. Roswell tied for the second lowest Sept 21 reading, following the 1913 low of 40 degrees.
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Ruidoso
Roswell
Federal grant funds poverty plan in four New Mexico towns
A $20 234 federal grant to plan poverty programs was announced by New Mexico's congressional delegation for Chaves County Community Action Program Inc in Roswell Dexter Hagerman and Lake Arthur bringing the state's anti poverty grants to six. A separate item notes the House Public Works committee advancing a billboard ban near interstates and primary roads with yard screenings or removals required within 1 000 feet.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roswell
Dexter
Hagerman
Lake Arthur
New Mexico
Chaves
House Public Works Committee
Senate
House Approves Group Life Insurance Plan for Servicemen
The House passed a group life policy plan for all uniformed service members at about $2 per month for a $10,000 policy. The measure, approved 360 to 0, goes to the Senate. Commercial insurers would handle premiums deducted from pay with the federal government covering extra hazard costs.
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Washington
House
Senate
Uniformed Services
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Brunson’s
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Soviet Union
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India- Pakistan
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