Johnson presses to avert Greco Turkish Cyprus war
President Johnson urged steps to head off a Greco Turkish clash over Cyprus as Cyprus asks Soviet intervention and Britain reports arms shipments to the island. Moscow and the United Arab Republic were cited as potential backers while a temporary cease-fire appeared in effect on the island.
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Johnson
Cyprus
United States
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Cypris
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Powderkeg
Mediterranean
Moscow Radio
Khrushchev
Turkey
Greece
Atlantic Alliance
Makarios
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.N. Security Council
New York
Czechoslovakia
North Viet Nam Rejects U N Offer to Enter Debate
North Viet Nam, in a Radio Hanoi broadcast, rejected a UN Security Council invitation to join discussions on Southeast Asia tensions. The foreign ministry said the UN has no right to scrutinize the Viet Nam crisis and urged respect for the 1954 Geneva agreements and the role of the Geneva cochairmen Britain and the Soviet Union.
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North Viet Nam
U.N. Security Council
Southeast Asia
United States
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Britain
Soviet Union
The
Democratic Republic of
North
Mud and mud bury Hong Kong refugee camp under Typhoon Ida
An avalanche of earth and mud buried a Red Chinese refugee camp in Hong Kong, killing four. Typhoon Ida raised deaths to 30 with 14 in the Philippines and 7 in Korea, as 5,000 refugees were left homeless and 100 injured.
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Hong Kong
Philippines
Korea
Luzon
South Korea
U S Jets Track Chinese MiGs Near South Vietnam
U S jets scrambled to meet Chinese MIG fighters flying toward South Vietnam from Hainan Island with radar contact but no clashes. Thirty U S jets engaged the flight in the largest scramble, while Da Nang, Ticonderoga, and Constellation crews readied missiles. Saigon announced a state of emergency as air raid drills sounded and civilians sought cover amid mounting tensions.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Peking
Hainan Island
Hainan
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
South China Sea
da Nang
Nguyen Khanh
Trooper Dies In Collision Near Uniontown
In Uniontown area Pennsylvania a State Police car and another vehicle collided on Route 112 killing Trooper Richard J. Barnhart 36 of Uniontown Bar racks and wounding five others. Trooper Ralph S. Kendall 25 was listed in fair condition with a broken leg. Darwin Hennessey of Cardale and three passengers were hospitalized. The crash occurred as the Hennessey car pulled from a service station and the police vehicle was ahead.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Richard J. Barnhart
Uniontown Barracks
Ligonier
Hopwood
Ralph S. Kendall
Brownsville
Darwin Hennessey
Cardale
Fayette County
Peggy Lou Moon
Patricia Ann Turner
R.D. 1
Edison Dugan Jr
Hennessey Auto
Record low breach as Pittsburgh hits 49 degrees
In Pittsburgh the temperature fell to 49 degrees early Sunday, breaking the date old record low of 52 set in 1879.
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Pittsburgh
U N Security Council urged again over Cyprus crisis
Cyprus asked for a second urgent U N Security Council meeting to press for a cease fire as Ankara denies landings. Cyprus claims Turkish troops and weapons were being landed near Kokkina amid Turkish air and naval activity. A U S carrier task force proceeded from Naples ahead of schedule to the area.
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Cyprus
U.N. Security Council
Turkey
Ankara
Council
Sivert A. Nielsen
Norway
Greece
Dimitri S. Bitsios
Nielsen
U.N
U Thant
U.S
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Nielson
Rossides
Zenon Rossides
Kokkina
Nicosia
Kemal Satir
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boston
Foreign Aid Action Faces Senate Fight
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield said Congress has a fighting chance to complete necessary legislation and wind up the 88th session by August 22 as Democratic leaders aim to finish before the party convention opens.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Congress
Accidents Kill 14 In State Over Weekend
Pennsylvania saw 14 deaths from accidents over the weekend including a state policeman Richard Barnhart 36 of Uniontown Baracks and a newlywed Elsie Shrope 21 of Nazareth and her husband Samuel both 21 who died in a midnight honeymoon trip crash near Reading. Six non traffic deaths included a drowning victim.
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Pennsylvania
Richard Barnhart
Uniontown Barracks
Elsie A. Shrope
Nazareth
Samuel H. Shrope
Florida
Reading
Funeral for Civil Rights Worker Andrew Goodman Draws Multiracial Crowd
More than 1 200 attended the Ethical Culture Hall service in Manhattan for Andrew Goodman 20 of Queens College as his body was laid to rest after the Mississippi killings. Michael Schwerner 24 and James Chaney 22 were also victims in the three civil rights workers slain in Neshoba County.
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New York
Andrew Goodman
Mississippi
Goodman
Queens College
New York City
Neshoba County
Miss
FBI
Philadelphia
Michael Schwerner
Community Church
Manhattan
James Chaney
Meridian
Ethical Culture Society
Algernon Black
Martin Popper
Mount Judah
Brooklyn
Caroline Goodman
Andrews
Fannie
Nathan Schwerner
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Medgar Evers
Johnson
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Considerable cloudiness and warmer conditions expected in Western Pennsylvania Monday and Monday night with a chance of a few showers south Monday night. Fair and warmer Tuesday with highs 70 to 76 and Monday night lows in the 50s.
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Pennsylvania
Greek Cypriots Charge Turkish Troops Landed
The Greek Cypriot government charged that Turkey sent 64 jet fighters and four destroyers offshore with troops landing in the northwest coastal zone. The Turkish government denied troop landings, while the UN said vessels were in the area. The crisis drew global pleas for a cease fire and warned of war risk in the Mediterranean.
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Cyprus
Turkey
U.N
Khrushchev
Ismet Inonu
Republic of Cyprus
Johnson
Greece
Markarios
Mansoura
Paphos Street
Ledra Palace
Tropical Storm Brenda Heads Northeast Away From U S Coast
Tropical storm Brenda, a weak system with winds 50 to 60 mph, moved slowly toward the Northeast away from the U S coast. At 11 a.m. EST it lay about 285 miles east of Bermuda, near 32.6N 60.1W, drifting east-northeast at 8 mph with little change expected.
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Fla
Brenda
U.S
Weather Bureau
Bermuda
U.S. 6th Fleet Maintains Mediterranean Patrols
Large units of the U S 6th Fleet operate in the western Mediterranean as Greco Turkish tensions rise over Cyprus. Navy officials report no major moves, though one or two ships may be in the eastern area to evacuate about 350 Americans if ordered. The fleet's mission centers on defending Western nations against Communist attack and remaining combat ready for Greek Turkish hostilities.
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U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Navy Headquarters
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Europe
Mediterranean Basin
Greece
Turkey
United States
Harry S. Truman
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