Conflicting reports cloud Roswell Municipal Judge probe
Officials in Roswell New Mexico give mixed statements on whether the state attorney general has opened an inquiry into Judge Jim Webb. Elsewhere in national news Gowon orders full war against Biafra. In sports the Phillies beat the Cubs 2 1 on a Briggs scoring play. Compton appoints Bob Slough as first assistant district attorney effective Aug 21. Amarillo Hospital District urges prudent use of funds for proposed Northwest Texas Hospital replacement.
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Roswell
N.M
State Attorney General's Office
Jim Webb
Compton
Bob D. Slough
Amarillo Hospital
Northwest Texas Hospital
Fights Rock China as Mao's Faction Faces Opponents
Reports say massive clashes erupted in at least nine major Chinese cities including Lanchow and Kunming as Maoist supporters confront Liu Shaoqi loyalists. Asahi cites wall posters outlining battles and attempts to spread a nationwide truce, with Tass noting activity in Manchuria and army involvement.
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Tokyo
Mao Tsetung
Red
China
Asahi
Peking
Mao
Undercover Sleuth Nets Four in Postal Money Order Theft
Pittsburgh AP report says a detective posing as a New York racketeer led to the arrest of three men and a woman in a $500,000 postal money order theft case. Allegheny detectives traced stolen orders from Ft. Lee Virginia to a downtown Pittsburgh scheme involving furs and fencing. Barone, 50, of Hill District, was arrested after wiring a $5,000 furs-for-money-orders swap.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Allegheny County
Ft. Lee
Pitts
Samuel G. Ferraro
Ferraro
Angelo Barone
Hill
Barone
Turmoil Threatens South Vietnamese Presidential Campaign
Thieu and Ky refused civilian candidates demands prompting a near collapse of the election effort as Thieu urged a week long bombing pause to test Communist goodwill. U.S. officials urged fairness and possible reassessment of commitments if the vote falters. Seven of ten civilian candidates halted campaign plans awaiting guarantees.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
Nha Trang
North Vietnam
Nuclear Pact Signing Near Say Russians
President Johnson announced the Soviet Union asked the United States to return to Geneva to finalize a skeleton draft of a nonproliferation pact. Ambassador Foster cut his trip short and will rejoin the talks, with the treaty to be discussed by a 17 nation conference and later sent to the United Nations for approval.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Foster
Alexei Roshchin
White House
Glassboro
Alexei Kosygin
Pew
Roshchin
United Nations General Assembly
Kosygin
Dirksen Loses Bid to Block Fiat Soviet Auto Plant Loan
Senate rejects Dirksen amendment 51 to 33 blocking Export-Import Bank from financing Fiat Motors US tools for a Soviet auto plant. Byrd amendment then passes 56 to 26, curbing financing to non Communist nations trading with North Vietnam, potentially blocking the Fiat deal.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
U.S
Dirksen
Italy
Fiat Motor Co
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
North Vietnam
Center Span Falls in River
U S aircraft bomb Hanoi wounding center span of the Doumer Bridge and sending it into the Red River amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Radio Hanoi reports hundreds seek air raid shelters while downplaying damage to the critical link to China. Police in Saigon dismantle a Viet Cong terror ring targeting an American hotel with plans for mass casualties.
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Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
Doumer
Red River
U.S
Radio
China
Tass
South Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
Washington
Soviet ship Svirsk held in Dairen protest over captain
Moscow charges Red Chinese authorities blocked the Soviet ship Svirsk in Dairen and captured its captain. A crowd of about 1,000 Chinese citizens stormed aboard, jeering crew with dirty slogans. The Foreign Ministry demanded the captain’s release and the ship’s unimpeded exit.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Svirsk
Dairen
Price of Love Up for Shy Girl
A Toronto billboard ten feet high proclaims I Oh Harold I love you I in red and black. An unidentified woman rented the sign for a week paying 90 dollars. She refused to name herself or leave a number and the money order bore an illegible signature. The display runs until Tuesday.
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Toronto
Harold
James Gubb
E. L. Ruddy Co
Massive international art swindle foiled by Yard
Scotland Yard and international police halted a large art forgery plot worth an estimated 70 million dollars. Nine paintings valued at 700 thousand were seized at London airport as authorities traced a gang linked to United States cities and a wider list of bogus works totalling 13 million.
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London
UPS
Scotland Yard
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Paris
Interpol International
United States
New York
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Rembrandt
da Vinci
Michel Angelo
Rubens
Goya
Turner
Constable
Khiva Shrine Circus Ends Tonight At Tri-State Coliseum
The Khiva Shrine Circus presents 30 acts with an 8 p.m. closing show at the Tri-State Coliseum and a 2:15 p.m. matinee today. Tickets sold at the fairgrounds. Admission 50 cents for children and one dollar for adults. Box seats add 50 cents each. See pictures on page 28.
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Tri-State Coliseum
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