India warns of crisis as Pakistan jets bomb mosque
Prime Minister Shastri declared a serious crisis in India amid reports Pakistan air raids and strikes in Kashmir. An official spokesman said Pakistani pilots bombed a mosque in southwest Kashmir, killing 35 to 40, with India tightening civil defense and calling on 480 million people to join the Home Guard and boost defense.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Kashmir
Washington
Pakistan
U.S
Shastri
Jaurian
Chhamb
Hasmir
U.N
U Thantaft
Karachi
Jammu
Srinagar
Dominican regime sworn in amid protests and violence
A provisional government took power in Santo Domingo as rebels urged U.S. withdrawal and a bomb attack killed a U.S. soldier. Provisional President Hector Garcia-Godoy pledged an impartial government while unrest and resignations shaped a tense political transition.
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Santo Domingo
Dominica
Republic
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Ozama
U. S
Col
Francisco Caamano Deno
U.S
Dominican Republic
OAS
President Johnson Says Steel Talks Near Settlement
President Johnson announced that steel negotiators have reached essential agreement to avert a nationwide strike. He urged that the settlement be fair, prevent inflation, and align with free collective bargaining. The talks moved to Washington after pressuring a strike deadline and involved key industry and union leaders.
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Washington
Johnson
Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Commerce
John T. Connor
Neneeant
Tn Thea Nadatiatans
Picothl Wimo Av Pespouach
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
United
Wto
White House
Sea America
Viet Nam
I. W. Abel
Afl-Cio Steelworkers Union
R. Conrad Cooper
U.S. Steel Corp
Abel
Cooper
Labor Day travel surge expected with record driving miles
The National Safety Council estimates 87 million vehicles on U S roads over the holiday weekend with 8.9 billion miles driven, aiming to set a Labor Day record amid scattered rain and predicted traffic fatalities between 500 and 600. In 1964, traffic deaths reached 531, with 557 in 1963.
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National Safety Council
United States
Council
Associated Press
Brunswick Tackles Water District Proposal
Brunswick Hills residents propose joining Brunswick to form a separate water district. Engineer Joseph Kestner Jr. cites total costs at 161606 including mains, pumping station, road restoration, and legal expenses. If approved, 38 households would face about 280 dollars additional yearly taxes amid drought and limited well supply. Brunswick officials review the plan as the Brunswick Hills Association plans a meeting within a week to decide on next steps.
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Brunswick Hills
Brunswick
Joseph A. Kestner Jr
Kestner
Town of
Maynard J. Dixon
Brunswick Hills Association
Water District
U S Army Helicopter Downed in Viet Nam Battle
Viet Cong gunners shot down a troop carrying helicopter 20 miles north northwest of Saigon during a scouting mission near Ho Bo woods. All aboard were killed. The area had been hit by a large B52 raid and caches of arms and uniforms were found nearby.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ho Bowoods
Guam
Strategic Air Command
U.S
Viet Nam
Marine Corps Aircraft Group 36
Chu Lai
da Nang
Quang Ngai
William Johnson
Tyler
Tex
Quang Ngai City
Kien An
Gulf of Siam
Betsy threatens Carolina coast as Italy flood toll climbs
Hurricane Betsy roared northwest and may not reach land while warnings issued for Georgia and the Carolinas. Betsy passed Bahamas and was forecast to pass 250 to 300 miles east of Jacksonville. In Italy, floods and landslides raised death toll toward 60 with 41 missing and widespread damage after a third day of rain.
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Weather Bureau
Georgia
Carolinas
Betsy
Bahamas
Jacksonville
Charleston
S.C
Rome
Italy
Europe
Austria
Spain
France
Germany
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Kennedy Leaves Hospital After Health Update
Former Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy is discharged from New England Baptist Hospital in Boston and returns home for a Labor Day family reunion with his two senator sons. He turned 77 on Labor Day and was treated for a skin allergy and throat and chest congestion. Also expected to join the family weekend are Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. Kathleen Kennedy, Robert's 14 year old daughter who suffered a head injury in a Cape Cod horse show, was to be released from Cape Cod Hospital soon.
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Hyannisport
Mass
UPI
Joseph P. Kennedy
Boston
Kennedy
New England Baptist Hospital
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Periscope LOCAL Stierer Refutes Corning Claim
Local sports desk notes Stierer challenges Corning’s assertion on page 9. Gilchrist takes a new role in sports coverage, with page 14 highlighting shifts in duties.
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Stierer
Corning
Cookie Gilchrist
Sealab divers feast on fresh fish far below sea
Ten divers living 205 feet down in a sealed sea hut received fresh bonito in raw Japanese style with sauce. The fish and other items were sent from the mother ship via a cable system. They remain 15 days into their Sealab 2 mission studying the underwater environment without disturbing it.
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LA Jolla
Calif
George Bond
Dobbin Seems A Better Deal For Middleburg Leader
E. Scott Rose, 90, head of Middleburg Telephone Co, turned in his driver’s license to the state stating safer riding horses will replace cars. He plans to commute by horse, noting aging makes some activities unsafe. The DMV commissioner praised his decision with a certificate.
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Middleburg
UPI
Middleburg Telephone Co
E. Scott Rose
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
William S. Hults
Hults
Rose
Crash Kills Six Members of Sanger Family
Six members of a Sanger California family were killed when their car ran a stop sign and collided with a second vehicle east of Fowler. The dead are Pablo Torres 26 Rosa 26 their sons Pablo Jr 7 and Guillermo 4 Torres's mother Petra 50 and Torres's nephew Perfecto Castillo Jr 2. A third son Moises 2 and Torres's brother Blas 16 were in fair condition. The other driver Charles William Chandler of Selma was in fair condition.
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Fresno
Calif
Sanger
Fowler
Pablo Torres
Rosa
Pablo Jr
Guilermo
Torres
Petra
Torre
Perfecto Castillo Jr
France population exceeds forty nine million
Paris reports the government monthly statistical bulletin shows France’s population topping 49 million at the start of the month. The estimate comes as the nation tracks demographic trends and growth.
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Paris
UPI
France
Smoke Fumes Claim Priest in Niagara Falls
Rev. Joseph Garin aged 58 assistant pastor of Prince of Peace Roman Catholic Church was found dead from smoke inhalation in the rectory. Fire officials blamed a cigarette for a chair fire and he was pronounced dead at Mt. St. Marys Hospital after being found by Very Rev Msgr Robert Murphy.
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Niagara Falls
UPI
Joseph Garin
Prince of Peace
Robert Murphy
East Side
Father Garin
Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital
Lewiston
Schweitzer Condition Remains Stationary in Gabon Hospital
Dr. Albert Schweitzer regained consciousness briefly and spoke clearly but officials warn against optimism. The 90 year old missionary doctor refused solid food since Sunday while staff observe cycles of brief improvement and possible relapse at the Ogoue River hospital in Lambarene.
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Lambarene
Gabon
Albert Schweitzer
Walter Munz
Ogogue River
Schweitzer
Jaroslaw Sedlacek
Czechoslovakia
Munz
David Miller
King City
Calif
Nothing Like Home Service at Brunswick Navy Ceremony
Theodore J. Chambers of Woolwich was sworn into the Navy and expected to return after boot camp to join his father Kenneth Sr and brothers Kenneth Jr and Michael of Patrol Squadron 23 at Brunswick Naval Air Station. Rear Adm. Alfred R. Matter presided and presented an award to the squadron. the elder Chambers has 25 years in the Navy.
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Brunswick, Me
Theodore J. Chambers
Woolich
Navy
Brunswick Naval Air Station
Kenneth Sr
Kenneth Jr
Michael
Patrol Squadron 23
Hand
Theodore
Alfred R. Matter
U. S. Atlantic Fleet Air Wings
Chambers
Dixie Schools Take Reject Negro Pupils
White schools in Alabama towns turned away Negro pupils while segregationists picketed newly integrated schools. In Selma Negro students registered at three white schools without incident. in Greensboro six transfers were admitted, about 75 were turned away. In Ak ron police prevented entry for a group of about 35, and Bessem er High School in Bessemer saw a Klan led picket as nine Negroes were admitted this week.
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Alabama
Selma
Ala
Plymouth
N.C
Natchez
Miss
Greensboro
Akron
Robert Creel
Bessemer High School
Birmingham
Bessemer
Creel
Rioting Youths Face Stockade at Rockaway Beach
Gov. Warren E. Hearnes authorized a barbed wire stockade to guard Rockaway Beach resort area after July 4 rioting by beerdrinking youths. Threats of return during Labor Day weekend prompted the installation. A 50 by 50 foot stockade was built by twelve National Guardsmen from Springfield with a central latrine.
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Jefferson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Rockaway Beach
Springfield
Ghostly Rejoinder Reaches Wisconsin Federal Jury
Federal court clerk John Adams sent 1 600 jury notices and formed a 36 member panel. One notice is under review after being returned with the message I am dead.
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Madison, Wis
John Adams
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