Egyptian Candor Wins Hambletonian In Muddy Du Quoin Day
Egyptian Candor wins the Hambletonian heat at dusk after a rain washout at Du Quoin State Fair. About 17 500 in attendance amid 35 629 total, with Noble Victory failing on a heavy track and a slate of other races led by Short Stop Armbro Flight. Notables including Gov. Otto Kerner attended as Brenda Lee and Phyllis Diller provided entertainment.
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du Quoin
Candor
Union County
Rhoderick Key
Key
Johnny Matson
Lou Breese
Brenda Lee
Parently
Noble
Armbro Flight
Overcall
Kerry Way
Castleton Farm
Bret Hanover
Geers
Harlan Dean
Hambletonian
du Quoin Fairgrounds
Ed Greer
National Guard in Natchez Amid Civil Rights Tensions
Mississippi Guardsmen rolled into Natchez after white and Negro leaders met to address desegregation demands following a civil rights leader’s car bombing. Governor Johnson ordered about 600 guardsmen and highway patrols to patrol streets and entrances while helicopters surveyed the city. Charles Evers urged restraint as a bi racial meeting was postponed. Public calls included denouncing the Ku Klux Klan and desegregating facilities.
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Mississippi National
National Guard
Paul Johnson
Natchez
Jackson
McComb
Hattiesburg
Charles Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brother
John Nosser
Board of Aldermen
E. L. McDaniel
Hurricane Betsy Eases Off Southeast Florida Threat
Betsy weakened its projected path toward the Florida coast as it turned northwestward. At 11 a.m. the Miami Weather Bureau said winds reached 115 mph but no further intensification was expected, with the storm forecast to move west-northwest near 10 mph and pass north of San Salvador in the Bahamas.
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Miami
Fla
Bahamas Islands
Florida
Miami Weather Bureau
Storm Center
San Salvador
Weekend Warmth Near 80 with Light Winds
Fair conditions continue tonight with cooler air not quite as strong. Overnight lows mid 50s to low 60s. Friday turns increasingly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 80s. Weather map on page 17.
Dreams of banishment spark seventh graders in Boston class
In Operation Second Chance Boston a seventh grader pens fantasies of exile to places like Australia and New York, revealing how a special English class helps dropouts from poor families express dreams despite grammar gaps.
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Boston
Wood
Operation Second Chance
Gail Donovan
Harvard Graduate School of Education Bulletin
Johnson presses steel talks as Labor Day aim looms
President Johnson met with industry and union negotiators to push a settlement before Labor Day. Officials said the industry raised its offer slightly while the AFL-CIO United Steelworkers held firm on its demand, with a strike deadline looming. Johnson returned upbeat, hoping for a major breakthrough despite ongoing gaps.
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Johnson
Texas
W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers Union
White House
India And Pakistan Clash In Skies Over Kashmir
Indian and Pakistani aircraft clashed over southwest Kashmir as Pakistan's army advanced about five miles into Indian positions, according to the Defense Ministry. Indian planes conducted reconnaissance and were attacked by Pakistani fighters. Indian escorts repelled the intruders, with no confirmed Pakistani aircraft losses reported.
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Kashmir
Pakistan
India
Defense Ministry
Miners Given Pension Hike by Welfare Fund
The United Mine Workers welfare and retirement fund increases pensions for more than 69 000 soft coal miners from eight to one hundred dollars monthly effective Oct 1. The retirement age for soft coal miners was lowered from 60 to 55 last February. About 2 500 retired miners live in Jackson Williamson Perry and Franklin counties.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Jackson
Williamson
Perry
Franklin
Schweitzer Gravely Ill in Gabon Jungle Hospital
Dr Albert Schweitzer a 90 year old Nobel laureate lies gravely ill in his jungle hospital at Lambarene Gabon after fatigue struck him Sunday. Staff refuse to estimate recovery prospects. associates say he is very ill and prayers are offered as the hospital remains remote and telephone unavailable.
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Libreville
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Dr. Schweitzer
Lambarene
Ogooue
No Rights Party In Area Towns Officials Say
City officials in Southern Illinois deny Allen Kern claim that the National States Rights Party is organizing in Murphysboro Du Quoin Pinckneyville and Herrin Mayors say they know of no such activity and will seek more information The article notes Kern also mentioned Ku Klux Klan meetings in the St Louis area with an estimated 2000 members
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St. Louis
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
National States Rights Party
Joe Williams
Jack Struck
Jake Bender
States Rights Party
Herrin
Fred A. Henderson
Vessels Return to Sea After 78 Day Strike Ends
A new wave of American ships left Atlantic and Gulf ports as deck officers and radio operators voted to approve four year contracts ending a costly 78 day strike that had halted about 100 freighters.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
U.S
Hospital leaders urge unity amid rift with doctors
Dr. Philip D. Bonnet, new AHA president, warns against a major break between hospitals and physicians over financing and Medicare. He compares hospitals to a symphony with doctors as conductors, urging collaborative discussion to resolve divergent views on policy and roles. The House advances two health programs to boost training in dentistry, nursing, osteopathy, and medicine.
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Lawrence E. Davies
New York Times
San Francisco
American Hospital Association
Philip D. Bonnet
University Hospital
Boston
Association
House of Delegates
Bonnet
James Z
American Medical Association
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Otto Kerner
Paul Powell
Ray Page
Phyllis Diller
George Kirby
Illinois
Natchez, Miss
42Nd Streets
New Delhi
No Rights Party
House
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