Family Quarrel Sparks Shooting in Watts Park
A Watts Los Angeles park shooting wounded at least six people early today following a family quarrel. Police say the incident broke out amid a crowd and involved multiple shots fired by unknown assailants. Investigators are canvassing the area for witnesses and attempting to locate additional gunmen.
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Streamliners Crash Head on in Florida Train Collision
A northbound Silver Meteor rammed the southbound Meteor near Winter Haven Florida. Twenty seven people were hospitalized and several seriously injured as seven diesel engines and 14 cars derailed and scattered along the track. Charles Edison, aboard to attend the Republican National Convention, described the crash and expressed his lifelong interest in trains. The incident followed a failed Centralized Traffic Control safety system.
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Japan Observes 23rd Anniversary of First A-Bomb
Hiroshima marked the 23rd anniversary of the first atomic bombing with prayers for peace and speeches against nuclear weapons. Pope Paul VI sent a message urging leaders to act with responsibility for people and God. Mayor Tetsuo Yamada highlighted ongoing world horror over atomic and hydrogen bombs amid a 40,000-strong crowd for victims of the 200,000 killed.
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Brooke warns Republicans on Nixon chance at 1964 remake
UPI report quotes Senator Edward Brooke predicting Nixon could lose again or win narrowly. Brooke argues a strong frontrunner like Rockefeller could rally delegates, while Reagan’s entry may shift momentum to a later ballot. He notes Nixon’s delegates slipping and hopes for a third or fourth ballot to energize the party.
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Reds Say GOP Delegates Arm Twisted by Communists
United Press International reports Romanian and Soviet broadcasts praise or critique the Republican convention in Miami Beach. Bucharest Radio lauds the GOP Vietnam plank as just and equitable under self-determination, while Moscow Radio calls it unclear. Izvestia labels the event a bread and circus, claims delegates are brainwashed, and mocks Rockefeller Nixon and Reagan. Warsaw Radio criticizes Reagan’s views amid tainted capitalists’ play in Hong Kong Ta Kung Piew.
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California
Ronald Reagan
Johnson
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Reagan
Hong Kong
Ta Kung Piew
Nixon will name ticket mate if he is choice of convention
Miami Beach dispatch reports that Richard M. Nixon will name his own running mate if he wins the Republican nomination, avoiding convention selection. Possible picks include Charles Percy, Mark Hatfield, and New York Mayor John Lindsay, with other names such as Baker, Tower, and Volpe also mentioned.
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Tennessee
John G. Tower
Texas
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John A. Volpe
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Administration presses rollback of steel price hikes
Washington reports the Johnson administration pressed steel producers to rescind price increases. Republic Steel and Armco rolled back some military steel prices while Bethlehem kept raises but promised competitiveness. Pentagon plans 126000 tons for 155mm shells, and DOT orders extra precautions to secure low prices amid wage-settlement debate.
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