PEACE CALLED AIM; Stevenson Says Goal Is to Keep Southeast Asia Independent

N Vietnam says it downs S US planes, damages 3 and captures 1 pilot, communique; earlier denied US charge of 2d attack on destroyers; claims US seeks to aggravate situation and widen war

North Vietnam Says It Downed 5 Planes

announces US air attacks on N Vietnam bases, news conf

4 BASES BOMBED; Oil Depot Also Target of 5‐Hour Attack —2 Planes Lost

Police Comr Murphy orders formation of dept narcotics enforcement rev bd, strengthening of narcotics squad and extension of narcotics enforcement training to Youth Div in stepped-up drive on traffic; drive will be centered in Harlem, E Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant sec of Bklyn

POLICE INTENSIFY NARCOTICS DRIVE; Squad Is Expanded, Review Panel Established and Training Extended

McNamara announces US rushes men, planes and ships to area, news conf; Bays US is prepared for any USSR or Communist Chinese action, TV int; deployment of antisubmarine unit seen move to thwart Chinese intervention; map

MORE U.S. FORCES ARE SENT TO ASIA; Aircraft and Ships Rushed —Troops Alerted in Event Chinese Intervene

Johnson, commenting on US moves, warns Communist world against widening aggression or assuming US is divided in election yr, s, Syracuse, NY; says US poses no threat to peace but warns it will reply to aggression; was briefed earlier by McNamara; Gov Rockefeller shakes Johnson's hand as sign of support

Johnson Tells Communists Not to Expand Hostilities

Communist China charges US with 'deliberate armed aggression'; says Chinese will not 'sit idly by'; charges US goes 'over the brink of war'; holds attack amts to aggression against China

PEKING CONDEMNS U.S. ‘AGGRESSION’; Chinese Won't ‘Sit Idly By’ While Americans Extend War, Statement Warns

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Johnson asks Cong to pass joint resolution pledging full support for any action to protect US forces, special message to Cong; says US seeks no widening of war but seeks end of Communist aggression in area and effective restoration of '54 Geneva pact; supported by Cong; Sen Morse scores resolution as 'declaration of war,' charges Defense and State Depts have planned to 'escalate' war into N Vietnam

President Requests Support of Congress

Repr H W Smith notes Job Corps training camps under antipoverty bill will be integrated, HR

DEMOCRATS YIELD TO STATES'RIGHTS IN POVERTY BILL; Administration, Courting the South in House Debate, Accepts Veto Principle

Epton arrainged on criminal anarchy charge; accused of advocating overthrow of state govt and urging killing of police and judges; his July 18 s in Harlem cited; is 1st such indictment in NY County since '19; police disperse crowd in Harlem, arrest 3; Negro youths pelt police with bottles and bricks, Corona, Queens; 1 arrested; 3 Negroes held after firing shots at police car, Bedford-Stuyvesant sec; Deputy Comr Arm, announcing Murphy order for stepped-up drive against narcotics in Harlem, E Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, stresses order was not prompted by riots or by Javits suggestion to Sen subcom

Criminal Anarchy Charged to Epton In Indictment Here

EXPERTS IDENTIFY MISSISSIPPI BODIES AS RIGHTS AIDES'; Informer Reported to Have Been Paid $25,000 for Tip on the Graves; NEW EVIDENCE HUNTED; F.B.I. Declines to Say How 3 Were Slain—Coroner's Jury Visits the Site

Stanleyville reptdly taken by rebels as Congo army flees; UN hq reptd isolated; US Army plane carrying Col Mulamba turns away from airport after being hit by gunfire; whites and UN execs evacuated; map

Fall of Stanleyville To Rebels Reported

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 &#8212;United States officials expressed serious concern today over the situation in the Congo. They said that Premier Tshombe had not asked for help from the United States and that it was up to him to decide what kind of assistance to request.

Washington Disturbed

Belgian Amb de Denterghem confs with Min Spaak, Brussels, on crisis; US concerned

Belgians Confer on Crisis

Pact signed with W Ger for $2.5-million econ development loan

Bonn Gives Somalia a Loan

Indian Jews belonging to Beni Israel sect protest Jerusalem rabbinate directive requiring search of family tree when they wish to marry

INDIAN JEWISH SECT PROTESTS IN ISRAEL

Shastri Calls India Parties For Emergency Food Effort

freed on $2-million bond pending ruling on Swiss extradition request

French Free Trujillo Son On a Bond of $2 Million

Citizen Exch Corps members M Gordon, Dr I Amdur, 1 other to conf, Moscow, with Soviet Peace Com on exch plan including use of surplus US and USSR ships for housing; Exch Corps is new name of Peace Hostage Exch Foundation

VISITOR EXCHANGE URGED FOR SOVIET; U.S. Group Proposes Using Surplus Ships as Hotels

estate valued at $12.4 million; bulk goes to Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation

Lord Beaverbrook's Estate Is Valued at $12.6 Million

ATHENS, Aug. 5 (Reuters) &#8212; Gen George Grivas, Greek Cypriote leader, came here today and conferred with Preier George Papandreou, Foreign Minister Petros Garouphalis and other Greek officials on the Cyprus situation.

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fighting flares, Ledra St boundary, Nicosia; 4 Greek Cypriotes hurt; Grivas in Athens; confs with Papandreou, Min Garoufalias, others

4 Greek Cypriotes Wounded In Clash in Nicosia Street

West German Jobs Rise

Pope announces pub near of 1st encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam (His Church)

Pope Says His First Encyclical Is Completed; Entitled ‘His Church,’ It Is Due Next Week—Relations With Modern World the Theme

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August 6, 1964

Headlines from August 6, 1964

PEACE CALLED AIM; Stevenson Says Goal Is to Keep Southeast Asia Independent

North Vietnam Says It Downed 5 Planes

4 BASES BOMBED; Oil Depot Also Target of 5‐Hour Attack —2 Planes Lost

POLICE INTENSIFY NARCOTICS DRIVE; Squad Is Expanded, Review Panel Established and Training Extended

MORE U.S. FORCES ARE SENT TO ASIA; Aircraft and Ships Rushed —Troops Alerted in Event Chinese Intervene

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A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

Getz/Gilberto

Hello; Dolly

Hello; Dolly!

Funny Girl

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