Navy search fails to find more of Evans crew
Pearl Harbor reports collision during Sea Spirit maneuvers off Vietnam. The destroyer Evans split in two after contact with the Melbourne. One American sailor dead, 73 missing, 200 rescued including Cmdr. McLemore. Survivors aboard Melbourne then moved to Kearsarge. court of inquiry ordered.
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Hawaii
South China Sea
Vietnam
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
Saigon
Evans
A. S. McLemore
Melboure
Long Beach
Calif
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
Kearsarge
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
Solons probe impact of high defense spending
Washington AP report says Congressmen opening two weeks of hearings on military spending called for testimony from two former Democratic officials critical of the military-industrial complex. Charles Schultze and John Kenneth Galbraith were named as scheduled witnesses before the joint economic subcommittee led by Sen. William Proxmire.
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Washington
Charles Schultze
Budget Bureau
Johnson
John Kenneth Galbraith
John F. Kennedy
India
Joint Economic Subcommittee
William Proxmire
Combine falls on farmer and kills him near Gaylord
Roy Nelson aged 58, a semi-retired farmer from about seven miles northwest of Gaylord in Sibley County, died Monday when the combine he was repairing toppled onto him. He was lying on the ground working on a mechanism when it tipped, pinning him beneath. Death appears to be by suffocation.
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Gaylord, Minn
Roy Nelson
Gaylord
Sibley County
Nelson
Council votes funds for health facilities study contract
The council approves a $254,667 paying contract with Hormel company for a health facilities study. Alderman Schmitt notes the Mayor's Industrial Commission suggested hiring a per diem contact man to pursue new industry leads, with budget funds available. Annexation of 2.8 acres owned by George Larson south of the fair grounds is approved to gain development control amid flood plain questions linked to Corps of Engineers work. Police Chief Nelson is authorized to conduct civil service tests for an additional detective.
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Hormel Company
Schmitt
Industrial Commission
George Larson
Fairgrounds
Corps of Engineers
Nelson
Burger urges Senate to judge him on record
In Washington Chief Justice designate Warren E Burger told the Senate Judiciary Committee to evaluate him on his record as a federal appeals judge. He stressed the Supreme Court cannot legislate or amend the Constitution as wary lawmakers and police guarded the hearing room amid protests outside from Reies Lopez Tijerina who accused Burger of civil rights violations.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
Senate
Burger
Senate Judiciary Committee
Earl Warren
Warren Court
Capitol
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Humphrey and Staley to Speak at 1969 Plowing Events
PAYNESVILLE Minn AP former Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and Oren Lee Staley president of the National Farmers Organization were named as main speakers for the 1969 Minnesota state plowing match and national invitational plowing match in Paynesville on August 16 and 17.
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Paynesville
Pompidou Favored as Poher Loses Backing in France Runoff
AP dispatches from Paris report Georges Pomidou poised to win the French presidency after the Communist party refuses to back provisional President Alain Poher. In Ottawa Defense Minister Cadieux says NATO force cuts won’t be as severe, with Canada keeping a significant European presence. Canton in south China sees factional strife over Mao’s rehabilitative policy for purged workers. In Ann Arbor authorities seek ties between New Jersey murders and local slayings. Minnesota Morris students plan a fundraiser demonstration to aid a student’s Uganda trip. Harland Cleveland resigns as US envoy to NATO says a large European security conference now would be a circus.
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Georges Pomidou
Communist Party
Alain Poher
Poher
Charles de Gaulle
Ottawa
Leo Cadieux
Europe
Canada
Hong Kong
South China
Canton
Mao Tse-tung
Ann Arbor, Mich
Ann Arbor
New Jersey
Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti
Brussels
Belgium
Harland Cleveland
U.S
North Atlantic Council
Twelve Die In Kansas City Apartment Fire
A three story brick building on the south edge of Midtown burned early today. Twelve people including six family members died as firemen from 11 companies battled the blaze for about two hours using 25 water lines. Eight children were hospitalized for smoke inhalation or burns. The eight adults and children were among 80 to 100 residents believed to have lived there. Police began identifying victims and noted two former residents evicted recently may have been involved. The fire started near an abandoned elevator shaft, and rescuers carried residents to safety while others escaped via windows or ladders. The owner was 75 year old Mrs Mary Cohen. the structure housed 30 units, two unused. Fire officials said no immediate evidence of arson.
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Midtown
39Th Street
40Th
McGee Streets
Kansas City
Dan Breece
Harry Smith
Lawrence Smith
General Hospital
Cornelius
Charles Twenter
Twenter
Mary Cohen
James Halloran
Nixon condemns insurrection as nation seeks honest straight talk
President Nixon criticized attempts at insurrection in cities and on campuses and urged a return to honest, orderly change. He spoke at General Beadle College during the Mundt Library dedication, warning against coercion and stressing civil decency, respect for laws, and the public will. He urged intellectual, personal, and public honesty amid campus turmoil.
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Madison
M.D
Nixon
General Beadle College
Karl E. Mundt
Mayo Foundation seeks $200 million for new education drive
ROCHESTER Minn AP Mayo Foundation launches a public program the first in its 50 year history to raise about 200 million dollars over ten years to fund large scale and highly advanced medical education and research programs.
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Rochester, Minn
Mayo Foundation
Thieu opposes coalition with Viet Cong in talks
SAIGON AP reports President Nguyen Van Thieu, back from South Korea and Taiwan, reiterates he will not discuss a coalition with the Viet Cong. He said before leaving Taipei he would not consider a coalition when he meets President Nixon on Sunday.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Korea
China
Taipei
Formosa
Thieu
Nixon
Four deaths in four accidents raise Minnesota toll to 304
Four deaths from separate accidents today lifted Minnesota’s 1969 traffic toll to 304, compared with 356 a year ago. Victims included Joseph Hermanson, 20, of Houston. Mary St Clair, of St Paul. Tammy Barrett, Brooklyn Park, and Alex Kennedy, 55, of Duluth.
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Minnesota
Houston, Minn
Escaped convict surrenders after hostage night
In North Carolina, escaped convict Ricardo Resendez surrendered after holding farmer Isley Wilcox and family at a farmhouse through Monday into dawn. Fellow escapee James Lee had already given himself up to police nearby after negotiations. both men were jailed, with authorities recovering a rifle and two pistols used in the escape.
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Associated Press
Lamberton
N.C
Ricardo Resendez
Los Angeles
Isley Wilcox
Robeson County
James Lee
Wilcox
Resendez
Sam Garrison
Lee
Fayetteville
Bobby Lee
Robeson
Earl Strickland
Resender
Strickland
Ebert Locklear
Locklear
Weather Outlook for Wednesday
Fair to partly cloudy conditions with a chance of brief thundershowers. Lows tonight around 45 to 50 degrees, highs Wednesday mostly in the 70s.
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