Aid Bill Reduced Slightly
The House Appropriations Committee approved foreign aid totaling 3.285 billion dollars for the fiscal year, only 75 million below the authorized total. The measure includes 1.17 billion for military aid to 54 nations, 102 million for the Peace Corps, and funds for technical cooperation and development, UN contributions, and Southeast Asia programs, with a total near 4.001 billion.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Congress
Johnson
Peace Corps
U.S
United Nations
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Viet Cong drive repulsed in Quang Ngai Province
In Saigon an Vietnamese government task force pressed a military sweep last night against Viet Cong forces in Quang Ngai Province. The Red effort to break toward the South China Sea was crushed earlier in June.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Quang Ngai
South China Sea
Quang Ngai City
U.S
An Khe
North Viet Nam
Hon Matt
Gulf of Tonkin
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Johnson
Viet Nam
Betsy Gains Power Poised to threaten eastern shores
Betsy strengthened into a dangerous hurricane with shifting courses born in the Caribbean. Forecasts warned it could turn toward Cat Island and Eleuthra within 50 miles, then drift or threaten U.S. shores as forecasters cautioned about a multi day potential path.
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Caribbean Sea
Bahamas
Atlantic Ocean
Cat Island
Eleuthra
Betsy
Weather Bureau
Employment Up Reported by Governor Rockefeller
Gov Rockefeller reports record employment and wages in New York State in his annual labor day proclamation. He says the state has entered the most productive era in its history and that workers are earning higher wages.
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Albany
New York State
Rockefeller
New York
House Backs $90 Million Rail Study for Faster Trains
The House approved a three year federal program costing 90 million dollars to develop high speed ground transportation. The plan aims to operate 100 mph trains on northeast corridors Boston to Washington and test attracting travelers from highways and airports. Senate action and conference committee steps follow.
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Washington
UPS
House
Boston
Woman admits she fired shot that killed 8 year old neighbor
Shaker Heights housewife pleads innocent to first degree murder in the death of John Cremer Young Jr. after originally blaming her son Dane Colby. Detectors say she admitted firing, kept gun under clothing, and moved the body to a wooded area near Gates Mills.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Shaker Heights
Robert Colby
Dane
John Cremer Young Jr
Colby
Ralph Sharr
Gates Mills
Guard Patrols in Natchez Mississippi After Rights Tensions
National Guardsmen in battle dress patrolled Natchez as 650 troops were dispatched after the aldermen rejected civil rights demands. Curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. was imposed amid reports of armed Black residents and Ku Klux Klan activity, and Negro leaders canceled a planned march.
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Natchez
Miss
Paul Johnson
Mississippi River
Board of Aldermen
Ku Klux Klan
Marches shift as Plymouth leaders call off plan
In Plymouth North Carolina civil rights leaders canceled a courthouse march yesterday amid tension. Soon after Golden Frinks of the SCLC announced a Washington County courthouse march for today at 10 a.m. He said the march would exercise constitutional rights rather than seek white permission.
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Plymouth
N. C
Golden Frinks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington County
Italy Flood Toll Rises as Storm Ravages Peninsula
Torrential rains batter Italy from Naples to Genoa leaving 32 dead with 24 missing and four unaccounted. Thousands homeless, Rome lacking drinking water, railways and highways washed out. Navy planes aboard the Shangri La counter wind as Italy deploys units for emergency relief and rescue.
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Rome
Italy
Bay of Naples
U.S
Shangri- la
Naples
Genoa
Ligurian Sea
Venice
Adriatic
Pakistanis Take 2 Towns
AP report from New Delhi describes rapid fighting along the Kashmir frontier as Pakistani forces advance into Indian territory near Chhamb and Dewa. Indian defense officials note air clashes, losses of two Indian planes, and 200 Indian soldiers and 15 tanks captured by Pakistanis on day one. Prime Minister Shastri warns of big clashes ahead as India seeks wider policy and possible U.S. pressure amid the cross border fighting and UN mediation efforts.
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New Delhi
India
Chhamb
Dewa
Kashmir
Pakistan
Idia
U.N
Rawalpindi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
United States
U.S
Jammu
Bhimbar
C“hamb
Srinagar
United Nations
Britain
Dean Rusk
U Thant
Shastri
Thant
Rockefeller hints at state worker pay raises at exposition
Gov Rockefeller spoke at the State Exposition in Syracuse announcing forthcoming adjustments to state employees pay due to cost of living and private sector competition. He did not estimate the amount and said over 100000 workers are in line for raises while spending four hours touring exhibit halls and meeting attendees.
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Rockefeller
Exposition
Ruby Ransomed For 25000 The DeLong Star Ruby Returns
Millionaire John D. MacArthur paid 25000 to recover the 100 carat DeLong star ruby after 10 months in the underworld. Accompanied by two deputy sheriffs and state senator Jerry Thomas, he retrieved the jewel from a Riviera Beach bank and planned to place it on public view. The heist stemmed from the 24 jewels stolen from the American Museum of Natural History on October 29.
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Underworld
John D. MacArthur
Helen Hayes
Florida State
Jerry Thomas
MacArthur
First Marine Bank
Riviera Beach
Sunshine State Parkway
Palm Beach
Thomas
New York
American Museum of Natural History
Miami Beach
Miami
Francis P. Antel
Johnson urges speed in steel talks as six cents separate
President Johnson said progress is being made in White House steel negotiations but sources report union and industry remain more than six cents apart. Negotiators worked late with no contract, and a resumption was planned for 8 a.m. The AFL-CIO United Steelworkers and 10 major firms seek a settlement before Labor Day while the wage gap hovers around 6 cents.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Pittsburgh
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Texas
Senate approves 4.7 billion higher education bill
The Senate passed a 4.7 billion higher education bill by 79 to 3 to expand federal scholarships for needy students and fund college improvements amid enrollment growth. It creates a national teacher corps for service in poverty areas and moves to conference with the House.
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Senate
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
James O. Eastland
John Stennis
Mississippi
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