Escaped prisoner resurfaces kidnapping four in Texas
Francis Aubrey Clifton, 27, an escaped Louisiana inmate on death row, abducted two men and two women near Harlingen in the Lower Rio Grande Valley after fleeing an Alexandria jail. Victims overpowered him until police arrival. Clifton sought Mexico and claimed to be changing his ways.
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Harlingen
Tex
Louisiana
Corpus Christi
Francis Aubrey Clifton
Alexandria Parish
Columbus
Manchester
Adams County
Rio Grande Valley
Ellington Honored by City of New York
Jazz composer Duke Ellington received a bronze medal from Acting Mayor Paul Screvane for his contributions to music. At 66 he was told, You survived the Charleston, you will outlast the Watusi, as he accepted the tribute.
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Duke Ellington
New York City
Paul Screvane
Ellington
Charleston
June Allyson
Dick Powell
Pamela
Richard
Pearl Bailey
San Fernando Valley
Calif
Indiana Secretary seeks penalties against Ku Klux Klan
Indiana Secretary of State John D. Bottorff asks for penalties up to 10000 dollars after the Ku Klux Klan fails to register with his office as an out of state corporation. He asserts the state should enforce registration laws to halt Klan activity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
John D. Bottorff
Ku Klux Klan
Bottorff
John J. Dillon
Greenfield
Dillon
Hancock County
Wage hike plan advances in House Labor panel
A House Labor subcommittee approved a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to 1.75 dollars per hour by 1968 and extend coverage to about 6.1 million more workers including farm workers. The measure exceeds administration recommendations which favored 1.25 dollars.
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Washington
House
Johnson names Mann to head American Aid Mission in Vietnam
President Johnson named Charles Mann on Tuesday to direct the American Aid Mission in South Vietnam replacing James H. Killen. Mann brings fourteen years in Southeast Asia including six in Saigon with the U.S. economic aid office. Killen returns to the United States for reassignment amid questions from Henry Cabot Lodge.
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Washington
Johnson
Charles Mann
South Viet Nam
James H. Killen
Mann
U.S
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Killen
Lodge
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Southeast Asia
U.S. Economic Aid Office
Moyers
Police seek transport to Municipal Court
In Trenton Magistrate Albert Cooper faced no available police cruiser this week. With no suitable vehicle, officers sent a police paddy wagon to convey the magistrate to Municipal Court chambers in the 2nd Precinct.
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Trenton
N.J
Albert Cooper
Yarborough and Connally clash over antipoverty veto power
Texas senators Ralph Yarborough and Gov. John Connally traded sharp criticism at the AFL CIO convention in El Paso. Yarborough accused Connally of blocking a Farmers Union antipoverty project and paying wage rates he deems excessive. Connally defended his veto as protecting political aims and cited uncertainty about his own political future.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ralph W. Yarborough
John B. Connally
Texas
Johnson
Texas Aflcio
Yarborough
Connally
Farmers Union
Congress
Jects
Austin
Farmers Union Project
Farm Bureau
John Tower
Pollution Talks Held In Cleveland
Federal officials described Lake Erie's pollution severity and needed cleanup steps to about 400 representatives from five states in Cleveland. Public Health Service officials finalize reports begun at the conference opening. State local government and industry leaders will decide their readiness to follow the recommendations.
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Lake Erie
The
Public Health Service
Western allies protest Soviet overflight of West Berlin
A U S spokesman said Western allies protested to the Soviet Union on Saturday, calling an East German helicopter flight over West Berlin illegal, with the dispute disclosed on Tuesday.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U.S
Ohio Motor Vehicle Registrations Surge Ahead
Ohio state officials report March to July registrations totaling 4 883 144 with license revenue of 84 779 364 up 276 398 vehicles from last year. In Cincinnati a 62 year old man faces first degree manslaughter charges after a July 16 attack with an iron pipe on a neighbor, who died later. A power outage hit Coney Island Amusement Park, traced to underground cable damage, with restoration by about 11 p.m.
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Columbus
Chester W. Goble
Goble
Cincinnati
Fate Bursey
Bursey
Arthur Merrison
Merrison
Coney Island
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Power outage silences Cincinnati work sites
Workers in eastern Cincinnati remained on the job as a Tuesday night power outage darkened parts of the area, leaving crews to resume tasks at first light.
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Cincinnati
Wets Seek Return in Butler County Village Dry Vote
In Monroe population 1500 the village that voted dry last November faces a local option vote. A group of residents filed petitions with 154 signatures Tuesday to place the issue on fall ballots.
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Monroe
Butler County
Condor Soars to Heights of 16 000 Feet
The condor is a high flying bird that tolerates air pressure changes that would kill many animals. It can ascend from sea level to an altitude of 16 000 feet with ease.
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