Betsy Hits Southeast Florida Strengthens Across Gold Coast
Hurricane Betsy slammed into southeast Florida from Fort Lauderdale to Miami area with winds over 100 mph. Gusts reached 81 mph at Miami Beach while the storm's peak winds were estimated at 140 mph. The Weather Bureau forecast ongoing fury with heavy rains and towering tides through today.
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Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Gold Coast
Miami Beach
Weather Bureau
Betsy Brings Severe Floods and Evacuations to Florida Coast
Betsy battered the Florida coast with 20 foot waves and 10 foot tides. Power lines failed and streets flooded from Fort Pierce to the Keys. Evacuations were advised for Key Biscayne and parts of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale as shelters filled and roads closed.
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Betsy
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Fort Pierce
Keys
Fort Lauderdale
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Miami Beach
Upper Keys
Pompano Beach
Cleo
Andre
Gordon Dunn
U.S
Key Biscayne
Dunn
Fort Lauderdale Beach
Key Largo
Marines and Vietnamese in sweep near Kien Thien
U S Army helicopters rushed to evacuate about 50 civilians wounded by air strikes against Viet Cong in the Kien Thien delta area as Viet Cong forces remained nearby. Ten wounded died at a hospital. Air strikes near Batangan Peninsula killed about 44 Viet Cong as 5 000 to 6 000 U S and Vietnamese troops pressed the front. In Da Nang sector Viet Cong attacked a patrol. four killed and three captured. A Marine unit used tear gas to clear tunnels near Qui Nhon.
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Kien Thien
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Can Tho
Batangan
U.S
van Tuong
da Nang
Hoi
Qui Nhon
Pearson Calls Canadian Vote
Prime Minister Lester B Pearson announced national elections for November 8 in Ottawa to seek a new Liberal mandate. He asked Governor General Georges Vanier to dissolve Parliament immediately, aiming to resolve constitutional tensions from the English French power balance.
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Canada
House of Commons
Pearson
Georges Vanier
Teenager Seized in Burglary at Ben Katz Store Warehouse
Police nabbed 16 year old James Conyers at gunpoint around 11 30 p m in the Ben Katz furniture warehouse rear of 2238 Fifth Ave. three accomplices escaped. Conyers was charged with burglary and to be arraigned in Police Court. A transistor radio was found on him.
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Troy
Ben Katz Furniture
Fifth Ave
James Conyers
Earl Street
Conyers
William Maloney
James Johnson
Louis Cochi
Arthur Quinlan
William J. Canavally
Joseph B. West
Scott J. Peddie
Thomas Kennedy
Harold Flavin
Detective Bureau
John F. Hourigan
Marvin Iler
First Lady Urges Beautification To Prevent Decline
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson visiting Grand Teton National Park warned ugliness in deprived neighborhoods fuels riots and crime. She urged beautification as a primary economic asset and predicted Congress would pass a highway beautification bill before adjournment though possibly watered down.
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Jackson Hole
Wyo
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
Grand Teton National Park
LBJ
Johnson
Upstate Woman Dies At 104 In Clinton County
Mrs. Mary L. DeCora, Clinton County’s oldest resident, died yesterday at 104 from natural causes. Born June 6, 1861, she lived most of her life in the area. Survived by three daughters, three grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Plattsburgh
UPI
Mary L. DeCora
Clinton County
House approves watered down Pentagon base notice plan
The House approved 347 to 0 a compromise requiring 30 days notice to Congress before base closings and blocked a 120 day stricter veto override. The bill moves to the Senate where quick approval is expected. Rivers led the push amid McNamara base closures last November. Arends notes support does not equal endorsement of the original veto.
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Washington
House
Pentagon
Congress
Johnson
Senate
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Rivers
Secretary of Defense
White House
Leslie
Arends
Illinois
Bus Plunge Kills 20 in Guerrero Mexico
A bus carrying 40 people veered off a rural road in Teololapan Guerrero State and plunged 100 feet, bursting into flames. Twenty died and 20 were wounded, with most victims described as local villagers.
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Teloloapan
Mexico
Guerrero
Air War Intensified as Indian Drive Stalls
India said its air force repelled Pakistani bombers over New Delhi with one aircraft shot down and no damage reported to the capital. Air raid sirens sounded at 2 45 a.m. as bombers and paratroopers hit Halwara and Karachi while fighting raged along the frontier and in Punjab. Leaders in Pakistan China and the United States reacted amid a widening crisis as U Thant prepared a cease fire mission.
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India
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Defense Ministry
Man
Halwara
Punjab
West Pakistan
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Pakistan
Soviet Union
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U.N
U Thant
New York
Thant
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Kashmir
Central Treaty Organization
CENTO
Britain
Turkey
Iran
India-East Pakistan
Karachi
Peking Radio
Red China
India-China
Peking
China backs Pakistan as Soviets urge restraint in India clash
Communist China condemned India for what it called a crude violation of international law and pledged support for Pakistan. The Soviet Union urged both sides to stop fighting and withdraw to the 1949 UN cease-fire line, offering to help mediate. Kosygin called for restraint on both sides.
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Tokyo
China
Pakistan
Peking
Soviet Union
India
Tass
U.N
Alexei N. Kosygin
Ikbal Azhar
Moscow
Four Trojans Injured in Local Crash
Four members of the Trojans were injured in a local crash reported on page 13. The incident prompted emergency response and brief updates on their condition as investigators review details of what happened.
Hikers Trapped in Virgin River Gorge Safe in Zion
Forty two wilderness hikers, including five Californians, were rescued after three days in a flooded Virgin River gorge in Zion National Park Utah. The last group of 16 arrived yesterday with one man Alan Keller of Provo limping from a hit leg. Most had escaped Monday and earlier groups totaled 17.
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Zion National Park
Utah
Les Frazin
Los Angeles
Frazin
California
Alan Keller
Provo
Walter Anderson
Bowles Says Embassy Could Evacuate If Needed
U. S. Ambassador Chester Bowles told a garden meeting of several hundred American residents in New Delhi that evacuation would not be ordered unless the India Pakistan crisis worsened. He noted the embassy has food for 4,000 people for three weeks and could arrange transport for families. About 20 refugees from Punjab stay at Roosevelt House.
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New Delhi
India
U. S
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Punjab
Roosevelt House
Peace Corps
U.S. Sees No Chinese Forces in India Pakistan War
U.S. officials said no military movements by Red China indicated involvement in the India Pakistan war. Washington watches the Sikkim area while supporting the U.N. ceasefire call and considering future aid questions.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Red China
United States
Sikkim
India
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
Peking
Pakistan
McCloskey
United Nations
State's Holiday Death Toll 38
Albany AP reports New York Labor Day weekend highway deaths reached 29, two above last year but below the 33 record set in 1956. The final AP tally shows one line accident death and two more from other types during the 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday period.
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Albany
New York State
Associated Press
Seven Killed In Explosion At Quebec Underwater Work
At least seven men died when an explosion hit an underwater construction site on the St Lawrence River in Trois-Rivieres. Thirty one workers were in an air filled cell when the blast occurred. several are missing and one body was recovered.
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Trois-Rivieres
Que
St. Larence
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