Hong Kong Repudiates Duress Note
Hong Kong rejects an agreement signed by British district officer Trevor Bedford under threat from a Red Chinese mob at the Man Kam To border post. The mob demanded removal of barricades and compensation for damages. Bedford signed under duress, while officials reported no injuries in the attack, the gravest border incident since July 8.
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Forrest Edwards
Hong Kong
Man Kam
Red China
Trevor Bedford
Bedford
China
Polar Air Dims Temperatures Across Eastern U S
A massive high pressure system from Wisconsin pushed cold air across the eastern half of the nation. Morning readings dropped into the 40s from North Dakota to New York with rain in parts including Columba South Carolina 3.64 inches in six hours and Raleigh North Carolina one inch.
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North Dakota
New York
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Carolinas
Columba
S.C
Raleigh
N.C
Pacific Northwest
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
Snyder temperatures reach 88 by Thursday with a 68 overnight reading. North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast, Southwest, West of Pecos, and Coast districts show partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a mix of showers and warmer highs on Saturday ranging from the upper 80s to near 100.
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Snyder
Texas
Northeast
Northwest
Pecos
King Urges Referendum On War Across Nation
Dr Martin Luther King Jr announced a nationwide campaign for a referendum on the Vietnam War. Backed by Vietnam Summer the effort seeks antiwar referendums on local and state ballots this fall and next spring. Campaigns already under way in more than a dozen localities including Seattle Portland San Francisco Berkeley Cleveland New York Cambridge Marin County and Wisconsin.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Vietnam
King
Congress
Dearborn
Mich
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Berkeley
Cleveland
New York
Cambridge
Marin County
Calif
Wisconsin
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Newton
Mass
Evanston, Ill
Indicted in Death of Police Officer in Port Arthur
A murder indictment was returned Thursday against Walter Lee Tyler of Galena Park in the shooting death of Port Arthur police officer Paul Emerson. Emerson was killed while pursuing Tyler near the scene of a burglary.
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Port Arthur
Walter Lee Tyler
Galena Park
Paul Emerson
Emerson
Tyler
Nonproliferation talks advance toward draft treaty
Ambassador William Foster announced he would return to Geneva to push a draft nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Russia amid an 18 nation disarmament conference. A key gap remains on inspection and safeguards as the two powers near presentation to the United Nations General Assembly. Foster planned to meet with Alexei Roschin to finalize details.
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Washington
William Foster
Geneva
Russia
Foster
Johnson
Congress
Soviet Union
Disarmament Commission
United Naions General Assembly
Mixed reactions to plan to recruit more Negro National Guard members
A presidential advisory panel urged increasing Negro enlistment in the National Guard. Senate critics warned of racial recruitment, while others doubted feasibility. Pentagon and Guard officials noted recruitment challenges as Johnson presses for immediate attention.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Pentagon
Guard
Fred R. Harris
President
Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
National Guard
National Guard Association
James F. Cantwell
Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Secretary of Defense
North Dakota
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Cantwell
New Jersey
Mrs. Martha Leech 81 Dies in Hermleigh
Martha Elizabeth Leech of Hermleigh dies at Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Central Baptist Church Hermleigh with Bell-Seale directing burial at Hillside Memorial Gardens. Survived by two daughters Lona Mae Karraker and Winona Schulze, two sons Thurrman and J M Leech, sister Ella Porter, nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Martha Elizabeth Leech
Hermleigh
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Central Baptist Church
Leech
Hillside Memorial Gardens
Bell-Seale Funeral Home
Lona Mae Karraker
Galena Park
Winona Schulze
Cleveland
Ohio
Thurrman Leech
J. M. Leech
San Diego
Calif
Ella Porter
Stephenville
First Lady Returns To Texas Ranch
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson travels to the LBJ Ranch near Stonewall and Johnson City Texas for two to three days to discuss additions to the ranch house. She is accompanied by a spokesman and will stay for several days.
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Texas
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
Stonewall
Johnson City
US Raiders batter Doumer Bridge near Hanoi
U S Air Force jets hit the Doumer highway and railroad bridge linking Hanoi with suburbs across the Red River. Four direct hits reportedly toppled the center span. A power plant near Hanoi was bombed previously. The raid comes as Senate officials question bombing policy and as air combat continues over North Vietnam with multiple targets hit including rail yards near Hanoi and Hai Phong.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Doumer
Red River
U.S
Red China
Co Xa
Gia Lam
Doumer Bridge
U.S. Navy
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington
North Viet
Nam
River
Haiphong
Air Force
da Nang
Navy
Constellation
U.S. Command
Air
Sun Shines For London Traffic Cop
In Kidderminster a traffic warden Warren Webster tickets a car over parked by six minutes. The owner, his mother-in-law Phyllis Glover, complains the officer did not warn her. The magistrate orders a two pound fine.
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London
Britain
Warren Webster
Webster
Market Street
Kidderminstere
Phyllis Glover
Rodgers Service Set Here Sunday
Funeral rites for Jerry Paul Rodgers a U S Navy aviation structural mechanic who died in the Forestal fire will be held at Thirty seventh Street Church of Christ at 3 p m Sunday with M R Batton officiating. Burial follows at Snyder Cemetery under Bell Seale Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Charlotte Batton four sisters and a brother. Rodgers born April 23 1944 in Snyder graduated Snyder High in 1963 and enlisted in 1964.
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U. S. Navy
Carrier Forestal
Jerry Paul Rodgers
Thirty - Seventh Street Church of Christ
M. R. Batton
Mexia
John Duke
Shreveport
Northside Baptist Church
Snyder Cemetery
Bell Seale Funeral Home
Charlotte Batton
Snyder High School
Snyder
Mideast Belligerent Notes Signal Likely New War
Jordanian King Hussein warned Jerusalem must remain undivided and Israel must withdraw from Arab lands or risk renewed conflict as Tito engages Nasser in Cairo seeking a peace framework. Heikal urged restoring Arab military readiness and demanding U N guarantees for Israel’s prewar borders.
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Abdel Nasser
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
Old Jerusalem
Tito
Cairo
Nasser
Middle East
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
al Ahram
Heikal
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Amman
Jerusalem
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