September 13, 1963 Secretary General Thant said yesterday that the chaotic situation in South Vietnam was going from bad to worse. In Belgrade, President Diems sister-in-law, Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, charged that six persons, including a New York Times correspondent, were plotting against the Saigon Government and the Kennedy Administration. President Kennedy warned Saigon that U.S. pressure for internal measures necessary to win the war with the Vietcong would continue. The President said that the would address the United Nations General Assembly this fall and confirmed that he will meet with President Tito of Yugoslavia on Oct. 17 in Washington. The President said that he doubted the formation of any military alliance between Pakistan and Communist China because it might endanger Pakistans ties to the West. President Kennedy paid a tribute to Southern leaders who showed courage and responsibility in communities where schools were integrated this month. He said that emotion then had given way to respect for the law Mr. Kennedy said that any future amendments to the nuclear treaty would go to the Senate for ratification despite opponents fears that they might be made by executive order. The Senate approved and Administrations educational bill. The lawmakers sent to the White House a $236,400,000 program to increase teaching facilities for physicians and dentists and provide loans for students in the professions. A bill banning foreign fishing vessels from operation in this countrys territorial waters was passed by the Senate Commerce Committee without dissent. The committee also sought to extend U.S. jurisdiction to waters of the Continental Shelf, 180 miles off the Atlantic shore. The State Supreme Court was asked by Carmine G. De Sapio to order a new primary election in the First Assembly District South. Thant finds peoples back Malaysia merger. Tank units crush troop mutiny in Brazil. Nigerias leader arrives in Congo for talks. Kennedy opposes military action against Cuba. Legion supports test ban treaty.
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