retires as NY Mets mgr, news conf; to become vp in charge of scouting in Calif; illus with wife

Stengel Steps Down As Manager of Mets; Stengel Steps Down as Manager of Mets at the Urging of His Physician

US, in policy reversal, plans full-scale program to aid refugees; move stems from Sen (E Kennedy) subcom hearings; some measures listed; Johnson repts he will send Dr H A Rusk to Vietnam to study work of private agencies

U.S. REFUGEE PLAN FOR VIETNAM SET; Senate Hearings Disclosed Incoherence of Private and Public Programs U.S. REFUGEE PLAN FOR VIETNAM SET

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his children enter desegregated pss, Atlanta, Ga

MASS INTEGRATION IS QUIET IN SOUTH; Thousands of Negro Pupils, Including King Children, Enter All-White Schools

Nasser reptdly finds Soviet leaders receptive to his peace efforts

Russians Receptive To Vietnam Effort, Nasser Aide Says; NASSER AIDE SEES GAINS ON VIETNAM

B-52s raid Quangtin Prov and Zone D; Saigon sources say US plans daily B-52 raids for indefinite period, has apparently decided that saturation bombing is worthwhile; US mil sources discuss effectiveness of raids and difficulty of appraising results; believe they are inflicting heavy damage; gets repts that Vietcong has been forced to consider moving bases from wilderness to populated areas

U.S. SAID TO PLAN DAILY B-52 RAIDS IN SOUTH VIETNAM; Big Jets Strike at Havens Over Weekend -- Extension to North Called Unlikely U.S. SAID TO PLAN DAILY B-52 RAIDS

Johnson orders agencies to cut nondefense spending for fiscal '67 by $6 billion and existing programs by $3 billion; Schultze says '67 budget will certainly top $100 billion and fiscal '66 'probably' exceed that

JOHNSON ORDERS SPENDING SLASH; $9 Billion Nondefense Cut Is Set for '67, but Budget Will Exceed $100 Billion

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India claims troops captured at least 9 important Pakistani posts; says chief victory was capture of Haji Pir pass, 'main route' for guerrillas; says troops sealed off vital 'Uri-Punch bulge'; repts heavy fighting 40 mi W of Srinagar; map

INDIA SAYS ARMY TAKES KEY POINTS; Kashmir Battle Is Termed Largest in 18 Years

city engineers bitter at D'Angelo and pol leaders; charge he blames them for old City Hall policies; hearing on Crowley and Melnichuk continues; engineers charge minor repairs were skimped on for yrs, would now require shutdown; failure of Calif rain mission cited as part of waste; reservoirs down to 40.3% of capacity

Water Engineers Charge City Skimped for Years on Repairs; Water Engineers Charge City Skimped for Years on Repairs

Pres Johnson offers Goldwater CIA data on world events and Govt policies, and open inv to visit White House, phone call

PRESIDENT OFFERS GOLDWATER DATA; C.I.A. Would Brief Senator -- Eisenhower a Visitor

DOMINICAN JUNTA RESIGNS TO ALLOW PROVISIONAL RULE; Imbert Declares He Seeks to Avoid Protracted Agony -- Action Is a Surprise PRESSURE BY U.S. SEEN O.A.S. Plan for an Interim Regime Was Supported Strongly by Johnson DOMINICAN JUNTA YIELDS ITS POWER

Gemini VI rocket erected on pad, Cape Kennedy; Gemini VII launching vehicle and spacecraft undergoing final tests

ASTRONAUTS BEGIN 11 DAYS OF TESTS; Gemini 5 Flight Is Studied as Plans Move Ahead for Project's Next 2 Trips Gemini Astronauts on 11 Days of Tests

TV statement announcing 8-day extension of steel strike deadline

STEEL DEADLINE EXTENDED 8 DAYS AS JOHNSON ACTS; President Calls Leaders of Both Sides to White House and Demands an Accord CITES INTERESTS OF U.S. Talks on New Contract to Continue in Washington -- Strike Tonight Averted STEEL DEADLINE EXTENDED 8 DAYS

N Vietnam Army pub derides US policy of intensifying raids against N Vietnam to force Hanoi to enter peace talks

Hanoi Derides Bombing Policy

Ghana Pledges U.N. $20,000

Cambodia Honors Mao

FAO Dir Gen Sen sees famine in many areas in 5-10 yrs unless food output is increased and population rise curbed, s, UN World Population Conf

World Population Parley Opened With a Warning

Navy plane carrying ex-Asst Sec Fubini, 2 sr mil officers and J Reston crashlands near Danang; no one seriously injured

PLANE CRASH-LANDS AT DANANG SAFELY

UN World Population Conf opens, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; FAO exec sees dire future unless food output is increased along with population curbs; Pres Johnson message calls population problems 2d only to search for peace

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Nixon Confers With Chiang

US pilot killed after collision with observation plane, Khanhhoa Prov; ground war stepped up, Vietcong attacks throughout Mekong delta; map

3 More U.S. Planes Are Lost In Raids Against North Vietnam; Two of the Pilots Parachute but Are Not Rescued -- Total Downed Is 83

Teachers Strike in Colombia

15 killed, 12 hurt when bus plunges off cliff near Seoul

15 Die in Korean Bus Crash

US signs status-of-forces accord after 10 yrs of negotiations

U.S. and Taiwan Sign Status of Forces Accord

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August 31, 1965

Headlines from August 31, 1965

Stengel Steps Down As Manager of Mets; Stengel Steps Down as Manager of Mets at the Urging of His Physician

U.S. REFUGEE PLAN FOR VIETNAM SET; Senate Hearings Disclosed Incoherence of Private and Public Programs U.S. REFUGEE PLAN FOR VIETNAM SET

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MASS INTEGRATION IS QUIET IN SOUTH; Thousands of Negro Pupils, Including King Children, Enter All-White Schools

Russians Receptive To Vietnam Effort, Nasser Aide Says; NASSER AIDE SEES GAINS ON VIETNAM

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Beatles VI

Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

Herman's Hermits On Tour

The Sound Of Music

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