Khanh assumes Vietnam presidency kept in hands of council
Major General Nguyen Khanh becomes president of South Vietnam while real power lies with a 62 member Revolutionary Council. A new constitution curbs his solo authority, requiring council approval for key presidential decisions. Khanh vows to crush opposition and plans a war cabinet.
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Cap ST. Jacques
Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Revolutionary Council
Khanh
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Assembly
Viet
Khiem
Junta
Provisional National Assembly
Military Revolutionary Council
Negroes Poised to Win Tuskegee City Council Runoff
In Tuskegee Alabama two Negro candidates Rev K L Buford and Dr Stanley Hugh Smith lead in a runoff for the five member city council on Sept 15. With about 700 white and 900 Negro voters participating the two Negro nominees are expected to win though white incumbents lead two of the other races.
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Rex Thomas
Tuskegee
Ala
K. L. Buford
Stanley Hugh Smith
Buford
Smith
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Civil Association
TCA
Democratic Club
Nonpartisan Voters League
Mr. Buford
Pulaski, Va
Butler Chapel
U.S. Supreme Court
Eight year old boy dies after bicycle accident
Randy Thomas eight son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Thomas Boswell R D 1 died in Johnstown Hospital Saturday morning He had fallen from his brother English bicycle in his backyard striking his head and later died from a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage The county coroner ruled the death accidental and there were no witnesses to the incident
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Johnstown
Randy Thomas
Harvey Thomas
Boswell
R.D
Somerset
Robert H. Halverson
Halverson
Randy
Laurel Highlands Announces 1964 Annual Meet Plans
Laurel Highlands Inc announces the seventh annual meeting to be held October 13 at Mountain View Inn beginning 6 30 p m Van Dyke W Humbert Jr president of the tourism group announces Founders Day tribute to early organizers John K Tabor Pennsylvania Secretary of Commerce will speak Eight directors will be elected for three year terms C C Mason Clair R Shaffer and Robert A Stoughton named committee co chairs with details to follow
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Laurel Highlands, Inc
van Dyke W. Humbert, Jr
Westmoreland
Fayette
Somerset
Mountain View Inn
John K. Tabor
Pennsylvania
Laurel Highlands
C. C. Mason
Layolhanna
West Penn Power Company
Westmoreland County
Clair R. Shaffer
Melcroft
Fayette County
Robert A. Stoughton
Jennerstown
Somerset County
Prince Philip to Visit Galapagos Aboard Britannia
Prince Philip plans a November voyage to the Galapagos Islands aboard the royal yacht Britannia to study the archipelago fauna and flora. The islands lie about 650 miles west of Ecuador's mainland.
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Quito
Ecuador
Philip
Galapagos Islands
Britannia
Record Low Temps Hit Pittsburgh and Erie
Mercury sank to 46 degrees in Pittsburgh setting a record for the date and marking a third consecutive daily record low. In Erie the thermometer reached 50 degrees tying the city’s date record first set in 1885.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsmercury
Erie
Lake Port
One Die in New Racial Violence Across South
Racial violence flared over the weekend with one dead and several wounded in Jackson Mississippi Greenwood Mississippi and Albany Georgia. A cross burnings reported across Louisiana and Mississippi with police arresting two white men for shooting Willie Earl Guynes in Jackson and a civil rights worker Philip Hocker beaten in Corning New York.
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Associated Press
South
Jackson
Miss
Greenwood
Albany
Louisiana
Mississippi
Willie Earl Guynes
Markus Perkins
D.J. Hawkins
Gaynes
Philip Hocker
Princeton University
Hocker
Corning
N.Y
Council of Federated Organizations
COFO
Jackson — Street
Silas McGhee
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Delta
McGhee
Harlem
Laurie Pritchett
Willman Jones
Pritchett
Soviet offer cheers Greeks on Cyprus as Makarios faces pressure
In Nicosia Greek Cypriots welcomed Moscow's offer to help if Cyprus is invaded. Makarios faced calls to fly to Moscow for talks while Tuomioja of Finland suffered a mild stroke delaying U N mediation. Khrushchev warned Turkey over attacks and linked strikes to Western powers.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Moscow
U. N
Geneva
U.N
Sakari S. Tuomioja
Finland
Breakthrough Hoped as Senators Eye Apportionment Vote
Liberal lawmakers from both parties push to speed action on the 3.3 billion foreign aid bill by attaching a plan to delay court ordered state legislative apportionments. Dirksen and Mansfield clash over constitutional bounds while Javits and McCarthy offer a nonbinding alternative urging a sense of Congress and time for action on a constitutional amendment.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Jacob K. Javits
R-N-Y
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Dirksen. Mansfield
Congress
Dirksen
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Crowd Loots New York Shops After Dance Near Times Square
A predominantly Black crowd of about 500 teens left a dance and roamed Broadway near Times Square. Police arrested five. 1,000 to 1,500 attended the Palm Gardens event. During dispersal, youths hurled baskets through windows and took items, later returning most as officers arrived.
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New York
Broadway
Times Square
Palm Gardens
West 52Nd Street
Soviet Musicians Defect Seek U S Asylum
In Tokyo two Bolshoi troupe musicians Boris Midney and Igor Berecshtis defected and sought asylum after boarding a plane bound for West Germany via Anchorage. They said life in the Soviet Union stifles artistic freedom and declared they want to continue music freely in the United States or another country.
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Tokyo
Russia
U.S
Anchorage
Alaska
Copenhagen
West Germany
Soviet Union
United States
Boris Midney
Igor Berecshtis
Japan
Large Bird Draws Spectators in Glade City Visit
A large crane wandered through Glade City near Meyersdale on Sunday drawing crowds. Belief it was a whooping crane sparked excitement though experts doubted the identification. The tame bird foraged near Flaugherty Creek before departing.
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Glade City
Meyersdale
Flaugherty Creek
United States
Abandoned Baby Found In Auto In Pittsburgh
A baby boy about five days old was found in a parked car in Pittsburgh's Homewood section. Police seek the infant's identity as hospital attendants list him in good condition. The car owner, Charles R. Merriweather of New Kensington, had left the vehicle unattended while he shopped.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Hospital
Charles R. Merriweather
New Kensington
Homewood
Six Die In Crash Near Corbin Kentucky Head-On Collision
Six people, including a Birmingham Michigan doctor and his wife, and four members of a Stanton Kentucky family, died in a head-on crash near Corbin on Sunday. Local authorities reported the fatalities and said the collision occurred on a rural road during daylight hours.
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Corbin, Ky
Birmingham, Mich
Stanton, Ky
Musmanno Presses Supreme Court Bid for Democratic Senate Nomination
Pittsburgh AP reports Justice Michael A. Musmanno says he will appeal the state Supreme Court ruling on Philadelphia wrong line votes to the U S Supreme Court. If rejected, Genevieve Blatt would win by about 400 votes. if successful, Musmanno leads by about 800 votes. He accuses Michael Byrne of misleading voters and asserts the appeal aims to uphold majority will and constitutional principles.
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Pittsburgh
Michael A. Musmanno
U.S. Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Philadelphia
U. S. Supreme Court
Philadelphia Election Board
State Election Bureau
Genevieve Blatt
Musmanno
Michael Byrne
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Bryne
Negroes Riot Near Chicago in Dixmoor Suburb
In Dixmoor Illinois south of Chicago a riot erupted as gangs of Negroes clashed with white residents injuring at least 53 people. Cars were stoned bricks flew and shots were fired prompting police and fire units to cordon the area and deploy reinforcements.
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Dixmoor
Ill
Chicago
C.W. Oliver
Richard Ogilvie
Cook County
Weather Outlook for Pennsylvania Regions
Northwestern and southwestern Pennsylvania see mostly sunny mild conditions. Highs span from 63 to 75 degrees in the north and 70 to 77 degrees in the south on Monday.
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Pennsylvania
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Republic of Cyprus
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Palmiro Togliatti
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Tion
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Irvington
N.J
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New Jersey
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