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June 8, 1963

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U.N. to Start Effort In Yemen at Once; U.N. to Start at Once in Yemen On Task of Preserving Peace Thant Assesses Outlook

By Sam Pope Brewer Special To the New York Times

Thant informs Council that advance party of observers will leave in few days under Maj Gen von horn; says Saudi Arabia and UAR will bear costs; Saudis charge UAR planes attack 2 Saudi towns near border

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EMOTIONAL ROME REMEMBERS POPE; A City Conscious of Historic Role Shows Gravest Face. EMOTIONAL ROME REMEMBERS POPE Scandal Sheets Restrained Unions Eulogize John XXIII

By Paul Hofmann Special To the New York Times

Rome mourns death

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Army Plans to Hire Additional Negroes And Puerto Ricans; Jobs Vary Widely. ARMY ACTS TO CUT HIRING PREJUDICE

By Will Lissner

Army Dept confs with minority groups, NYC, on plans to hire more Negroes and Puerto Ricans; NAACP NY labor com repr Carnegie urges active recruitment

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2 AIRLINE UNIONS AND PAN AM SET NO-STRIKE ACCORD; Engineers and Guards Agree on Arbitration--Lockout by Company Barred Significance Is Cited Arbitration Used in '62 2 AIRLINE UNIONS IN PAN AM ACCORD

By John D. Pomfret Special To the New York Times

Flight Engineers and United Plant Guard Workers sign unprecedented no-strike, no-lockout pacts with Pan Amer; disputes over new contract terms to be arbitrated; Sec Wirtz hails move; Engineers pact expires in '67, Guard Workers pact covers renegotiation of contracts expiring in '65

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BRITISH WARNING SENT TO RUSSIANS ON THREAT IN LAOS; Home Sees Signs of Another Offensive by Pro-Reds-- Urges Moscow to Act 'Grave Situation' Feared Pro-Reds Accused by Home LONDON WARNS SOVIET ON LAOS Peking Denies Troop Charge

By Seymour Topping Special To the New York Times

MOSCOW, June 7--Britain has warned the Soviet Union that there are "alarming indications" that the pro-Communist Pathet Lao forces may be planning to resume offensive action in Laos.

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Historical Context for June 8, 1963

In 1963, the world population was approximately 3,192,807,828 people^[†]