Police Battle Watts Snipers Leaves Civilians Dead and Wounded
In Watts a two hour gun battle between snipers and police ended with three civilians killed and 37 wounded on the Watts Summer Festival anniversary. Police reported 35 arrests including 28 on felony charges. Five officers were wounded and one more injured when struck on the head. Police Chief Tom Reddin said streets were quiet by 4 am PDT after a major disturbance sparked by the arrest of a woman for drunkenness at Will Rogers Park. Lt. Lou Ritter described fighting for their lives and fearing they would lose the whole situation.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Watts
Tom Reddin
Will Rogers Park
Lou Ritter
Robinson quits Rockefeller staff to back Democrats in 1968
Jackie Robinson says Nixon sold out to southern bigots and resigns from Governor Rockefeller's staff to support the Democratic nominee in November. He vows to aid the Democratic candidate, regardless of who it is, warning of danger if Nixon becomes president. Racial tensions surface in Watts with police firing on snipers and arrests as National Guard is placed on alert.
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New York
UPI
Jackie Robinson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
South
Robinson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Black Man and Every Minority In This Country Does the Same,’’ Robinson
Richard Nixon
United States
Dubcek reassures Ulbricht on Czech liberal path
Czech Communist leader Alexander Dubcek met East German chief Walter Ulbricht at Karlovy Vary to reassure that liberal reforms will not destabilize the Soviet bloc. Talks, part of a three stop series, followed meetings with the Soviet politburo and with Poland, East Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria.
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Karlovy Vary
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Bloc
Dubcek
Walter Ulbricht
Karlsbad
Soviet Union
Cierna Nad Tisou
Bratislav
Czechslovakia
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Oldrich Cernik
Prague
United States
Ulbricht
Ace
West Germany
Tito
Yugoslavia
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Moscow
Final U S planes pound invasion bases in North Vietnam
U S B 52s and support jets conducted major strikes on invasion bases and troop concentrations in North Vietnam, dropping nearly a million pounds of bombs. The action followed surface shelling and ground fighting in Da Nang area valleys with casualties on both sides.
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Johnson
U.S
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Paris
United States
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
da Nang
A Shan
Hanoi condemns Nixon Viet policy
North Vietnam denounces Richard Nixon s Vietnam policy as impudent and rejects Humphrey s peace optimism. Hanoi cites alleged private remarks to leaders about using any weapon including atomic bombs to topple North Vietnam and to keep the South as a neocolonial base, dismissing the Miami Beach platform as unsolveable.
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Paris
UPD
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Nguyen Than le
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miami Beach
Nixon
Richard Nixon
South
United States
Ike Passes Critical Period
Washington doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital said former President Eisenhower, aged 77, has passed the immediate critical period after his heart attack. He no longer needs oxygen, has eaten solid food, and shows satisfactory progress though a prolonged convalescence is expected. He remains confined to bed with restricted visitors.
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Washington
UPID
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John
Ann
Injunction Halts Removal of Brattleboro Billboard
UPI reports Vermont Secretary of State Harry Cooley says an injunction was served to restrain state removal of a Brattleboro billboard on U.S. 5. The Theater Motel Inc. seeks a Windham County hearing in Newfane on Sept. 11 to contest the sign’s removal, arguing the 1968 permit voids the action and citing the new anti billboard law. The motel owner contends the sign cannot be removed until new business direction signs are erected, while the separability clause may allow removal of billboards violating the old law if the permit fee remains unpaid.
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Cooley
Soviet Maneuvers End Along Czech Border
Moscow announces the end of major exercises along the Czech border after weeks of pressure on Prague. Pravda says the West aims to stir anti communism while the East bloc warns reform moves in Czechoslovakia must not go too far. The Niemen drills covered 1000 miles and were the bloc’s largest since World War II.
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Moscow
UPI
Czech
Red Army
Niemen
Czech Communist Party
Pravda
Europe
East Bloc
LBJ Undergoes Further Tests
President Johnson underwent additional hospital tests at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio for diverticulosis. The White House said results would be sent to Bethesda Naval Hospital and the Mayo Clinic in Washington. He completed X-ray tests to assess the extent of the condition.
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San Antonio, Tex
Four Vacancies No Takers Town Jobs Go Begging in Landgrove
Landgrove seeks four town officials including selectman town clerk sister and auditor as residents on the checklist decline due to workload and age. The town numbered 39 eligible residents with 12 over 70 while recent officeholders cite heavy duties and long service as reasons for not seeking reappointment.
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Landgrove
W. B. LaPrade
Ogden
Jeanne Hatch
Flanders Urges Rockefeller McCarthy Presidential Ticket
Former Senator Ralph Flanders urged Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Senator Eugene McCarthy to unite as a presidential running mate pair. In a telegram he attacked Nixon Agnew ticket and called for a Rockefeller McCarthy ticket to attract millions of voters from parties. He did not name which should be president and insisted the vice presidential candidate be of presidential caliber.
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Springfield
Flanders
Rockefeller- McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Maddox May Seek Nomination To Save Democratic Party
Atlanta Governor Les Maddox indicated in a UPI interview he may run for president to save the national Democratic Party. He noted Chicago 1968 as a possible convention site and said he would gauge public reaction before pursuing the nomination. Local Democrats, including Joe Sports and James Gray, reacted with shock and questioned delegation impacts. The idea drew comments linking Maddox to George Wallace’s third party path and speculation about a regional endorsement plan among six southeastern state chairs. Maddox argued current candidates fail to offer conservative delegates a chance.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lester Maddox
National Democratic Party
Maddox
Chicago
Georgia
South Carolina
Edgar A. Brown
Columbia
S.C
George Wallace
Alabama
Democratic Party
Southeastern
Inside Columnist Finds Vermont Rocks New Use
On the Inside columnist Gerald Raftery notes Vermont rocks used creatively. Marlboro Players’ first season is called magn ificent by critics. All roads led to Rupert last weekend.
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Gerald Raftery
Vermont
Rupert
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