Gov Brown sees Johnson picking Humphrey; Gov Connolly says Johnson is still weighing choice; would accept Humphrey

DELEGATES MEET TO NAME JOHNSON;
5,260 Gather in Atlantic City—Speculation Centers on Humphrey for 2d Spot

exiles rept wave of reprisals as guerrilla attacks grow; 200-300 executions reptd; killing of army major by Duvalier's son said to increase mil tension

WAVE OF KILLINGS IN HAITI REPORTED; Duvalier Said to Carry Out Mass Executions in Wake of Growing Rebel Threat

SALISBURY, Southern Rhodesia, Aug. 23&#8212;Many young white Rhodesians are signing up as mercenaries in the Congolese Army. Recruiting centers have been set up in Southern and Northern Rhodesia.

Rhodesians Signing Up

Credentials Com to seat any Ala delegates who sign pledge to support conv nominees; delegation votes, 33-3, to refuse to sign pledge; signing would not guarantee that Ala electors would back nominees; pledge is same required of Natl Com members

RULING IS DEFIED; Seating Panel Seeks a Vow of Support—Mississippi Put Off

com adepts foreign policy and natl security planks

PLATFORM ACCORD; Planks Caution ‘One Rash Act’ Could Set Off a War

hundreds of students storm natl radio station, Saigon, and sack Information Min hq in anger over news broadcast saying their grievances had been satisfied; illus; other students threaten march on Govt depts; demand end of emergency curbs decreed Aug 7; 3,000 Buddhists gather outside Saigon; demand elimination of anti-Buddhist elements; 2,000 students and others stone US Army billet

SAIGON STUDENTS RAID RADIO STUDIO OVER GRIEVANCES; Denounce Broadcast Report That Khanh Parley Ended Misgivings on Regime; DICTATORSHIP CHARGED; U.S. Army Billet at Danang Stoned—Rioters Attack Catholic School in Hue

FBI check shows 2 employes who are now members of Communist party, 3 who belong to other leftist orgns, at least 32 others linked to party or front orgns; Carlton concedes some staff members may be affiliated with subversive groups, TV int; says they should be dismissed; declines to identify atty to be hired by orgn; with McCarthy, defends personnel policies

2 IN YOUTH AGENCY ARE COMMUNISTS, F.B.I. CHECK FINDS; 35 Other Employes Linked to Leftist Groups, Some for Signing Petitions

1st Eng-language mass, 1st major step in modernization of liturgy in US, set, St Louis; details; comment

Catholics Hear Mass in English Today for First Time in the U.S.

Cypriote House Speaker Clerides bars enosis if Greece can negotiate with Turkey; rejects reptd Acheson plan for enosis in exch for Turkish presence on Cyprus; says this would force solution within Western alliance; demands complete independence

Cypriote Bars Greek Tie If Treaty Curbs Continue; House Speaker's Position Rules Out Geneva Plans for Achieving Union

NYS Repub natl committeeman G L Hinman and committeewoman Mrs K S McHugh threaten to withdraw support from Goldwater if Luce continues to oppose Keating, statement sent to Burch; stand seen backed by Rockefeller and seen open declaration of war against Conservative party; threat is most serious challenge to Goldwater's unity efforts and is seen influencing other powerful NYS Repubs to refuse to campaign for Goldwater; Mahoney scores move; Luce defends decision to oppose Keating; says she would not have announced availability if Keating and other dissidents had backed Goldwater; denies trying to 'blackjack' Keating into support of ticket; Hinman-McHugh text

MRS. LUCE SCORED BY 2 G. O. P. GHIEFS; They Threaten to Withdraw Support of Goldwater if She Opposes Keating

NY Sciences Acad plans World Science Center, NYC to complement Hall of Science

Academy of Sciences Will Build A 21‐Story Center at Lincoln Sq.

mercenaries signing up at recruitment centers in S Africa and Southern and Northern Rhodesia; Puren reptdly recruits in S Africa

South Africans Recruited By Congo as Mercenaries

Stevenson backs Kennedy; Kennedy resigns as Mass delegate to Dem Natl Conv; leases home in Nassau, will temporarily rent apt in Manhattan; Keating says he has reed much mail, mostly from Dems, opposing Kennedy over residence issue; says it will be major issue; Wagner tries to put to rest any notion that his Long hesitation in backing Kennedy means he will give him only token support

STEVENSON BACKS KENNEDY FOR RACE; Attorney General Resigns as Massachusetts Delegate

PARIS, Aug. 23&#8212;Wanned by the sun, ripe with the harvest, clogged with vacationing families, France offers a picture of prosperity and political conformity.

France, Summer, 1964: A Nation Content to Let Charles Do It

unites in support of Hussein; he reptdly will form Govt soon

Somalia's Majority Party Agrees on New Government

Costa Rica Seeking U.S. Aid

SAIGON, Monday, Aug. 24 (AP)&#8212;A mob of about 2,000 students and other persons hurled rocks today through the windows of a United States Army billet in Danang, about 350 miles north of here and the second largest city of South Vietnam. The mob shouted anti&#8208;Government and antiAmerican slogans. There were no reports of American casualties.

U. S. Army Billet Stoned

17 Britons Remain Trapped In 2,500‐Foot French Cave

Govt mission in Colombo, Ceylon, charges Brit mil base aided shortlived revolt on Addu Atoll

Maldives Accuse Britain Of Aiding Island Revolt

Indian Minister in Katmandu

E Ger guards fire on W Ger youths who accidentally step on border strip, Helmstedt; none hurt

East German Guards Fire At Youths on Border Strip

Mrs P Benjamin, arrested July 4 under 90-day detention law, is on hunger strike; Mrs D Nokwe and Mrs V Nzo, wives of African Natl Cong leaders, apparently flee to Bechuanaland; Mrs Nokwe had been banned under Suppression of Communism Act

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SAIGON, Monday, Aug. 24 (Reuters) &#8212; Students sacked part of the Information Ministry headquarters here this morning while reports reaching Saigon indicated violence was breaking out in other main cities.

Ministry Offices Sacked

4 more invaders killed, 4 captured; 23 Indonesians, 11 Malays and Malaysian Chinese held for carrying arms in security area

4 INDONESIANS SLAIN, 4 SEIZED IN MALAYSIA

India seen acceding to USSR demand for control of engineering and design and for supervision of projected mill in order to get construction started this yr

SOVIET TO DESIGN INDIAN STEEL MILL; Controls Are Tied to Help for Bokaro Project

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August 24, 1964

Headlines from August 24, 1964

DELEGATES MEET TO NAME JOHNSON; 5,260 Gather in Atlantic City—Speculation Centers on Humphrey for 2d Spot

WAVE OF KILLINGS IN HAITI REPORTED; Duvalier Said to Carry Out Mass Executions in Wake of Growing Rebel Threat

Rhodesians Signing Up

RULING IS DEFIED; Seating Panel Seeks a Vow of Support—Mississippi Put Off

PLATFORM ACCORD; Planks Caution ‘One Rash Act’ Could Set Off a War

Billboard 200

A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack)

Something New

Getz/Gilberto

All Summer Long

Hello; Dolly

Notable Births

Historical Context for August 24, 1964