Gulfport Biloxi Hit Hard as Camille Heads Inland
Hurricane Camille blasted the Mississippi coast with 150 mph winds and 20 foot tides. Gulfport and Biloxi faced fires, downed communications, and widespread damage as classifications counted multiple deaths and dozens injured. The Red Cross reported over 44 500 shelter occupants across the warning area from Grand Isle Louisiana to Apalachicola Florida.
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Miss
Camille
Mississippi
Piney Hills
Julia Guice
Biloxi
Nat Cassidry
Civil Defense
Naval Seabee Center
Seabee
Ray Decelle
U.S. Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Jackson
Ocean Springs
Keesler Air Force Base
Gulf of Mexico
Chandleur Sound
Mobile
Ala
Red Cross
Grand Isle
Apalachicola
Fla
Flest
Fort Walton
Florida
Panhandle
Hattiesburg
Gulfport-Biloxi
University of Southern Mississippi
Ohio Education Tax Bill Heads To Governor Rhodes
Ohio lawmakers sent to Gov. Rhodes a $2.7 billion education tax package funded by new levies on cigarettes corporate franchises utilities and liquor with 191.7 million in new revenue and 1.86 billion from the general fund. Counties may levy taxes without a vote on four areas subject to petitioned public referenda.
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108Th
Ohio General Assembly
Skelton
Rhodes
Nixon nominates Clement F. Haynsworth Jr to Supreme Court
President Nixon named Clement F. Haynsworth Jr a candidate for associate justice of the Supreme Court. The Greenville S C judge, 56, heads the Fourth U S Circuit Court of Appeals, with a history of desegregation rulings criticized by NAACP leaders. The nomination follows Warren Burger’s appointment and Abe Fortas’s resignation amid a Wolfson foundation controversy.
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San Clemente, Calif
Nixon
Clemente F. Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
S.C
U.S. Supreme Court
San Clemente
Calif
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Haynsworth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
Richmond
Eisenhower
High Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Earl Warren
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Family Foundation
Louis J. Wolfson
John V. Lindsay
New York
Clarence Mitchell
Elite North Vietnamese regiments readied near Saigon
A top U.S. general said more enemy regiments are in position between Saigon and the Cambodian border than since May 1968. Lt. Gen. Julian J. Ewell reported parts of at least five regiments north of Saigon and seven fresh regiments hidden for future attacks. He estimated 65,000 enemy troops in 11 Saigon-area provinces.
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Saigon
Julian J. Ewell
U.S
2Nd Field Force
Ewell
Copter Downed In Korea
An OH23 helicopter was shot down by North Korean ground fire near the DMZ while on a training flight. The pilot reported disorientation and being fired upon. three U S crew members were aboard, names listed. Temperatures near normal with scattered showers expected through the week.
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North Korea
Panmujom
Seoul
U.N. Command
U.S. Army
Korean Armis
Panmunjom
Longest heart transplant survivor Dr Blaiberg dies at 60
Dr Philip Blaiberg, once the world’s longest surviving heart graft patient, died at 60 from heart failure linked to rejection. Autopsy results awaited. his condition had kept rejection at bay for 563 days. Survived by wife Eileen and daughter Jill, he died after a period of discomfort, with his death announced in Cape Town.
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Philip Blaiberg
Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan N. Banard
Barnard
Cape Town University School of Medicine
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Eileen
Jill
Proposal to cut graduate student fee waivers in Ohio
In Columbus the plan to drop state university fee waivers faces strong pushback from graduate students. Richard L. Armitage of Ohio State University says the move would affect about eight million dollars annually and could be offset by stipends to cover fees.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard L. Armitage
Ohio State University
Armitage
Ohio Board of Regents
Ohio traffic deaths rise. 20 dead in weekend crashes
Twenty people died in Ohio traffic accidents this weekend, including 13-year-old Dennis Volmer of Edgerton. The youth was killed when the go kart he rode was struck by a car on a Defiance County road near the Williams County line. Volmer reportedly failed to yield the right of way.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Dennis Volmer
Edgerton
Defiance
Williams County
Ohio Highway Patrol
Volmer
Pen Project Behind Schedule
State Architect Carl Bentz plans to visit Lucasville in Scioto County this week to push the $28 million Ohio Penitentiary project back on track. The construction is reported six to eight weeks behind schedule.
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Columbus
Ohio
Carl Bentz
Lucasville
Scioto County
Goodyear Raises Renewal Shoe Soles Heels Prices in Trade
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co announced today price hikes for renewal shoe products sold to the shoe repair trade. Soles and half soles up 3.5 percent while heels rise 5 percent.
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Akron
Ohio
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Investigation shifts to Canada in Tate killings case
Police widened the search for suspects in the Sharon Tate killings to Canada. Vancouver police said four young men sought by Los Angeles investigators were possibly heading toward Edmonton, Alberta. Authorities gave no further detail.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Canada
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Edmonton
Alta
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Malcolm W. Loepke
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Herman H. Hofstatter
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