Nine die in head on crash on Golden Gate Bridge
SAN FRANCISCO UPI Nine young rock fans in a red Mustang collided with a 1970 Porsche driven by Robert A Symons in a fatal head on crash near the Golden Gate Bridge. Symons 26 and the Mustang occupants died. The crash left three other survivors in serious condition. The tragedy marked San Francisco’s worst traffic accident.
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Ra II Completes Atlantic Crossing to Barbados
Explorer Thor Heyerdahl and seven crew members arrived in Barbados after a 57 day voyage to prove Egyptians could reach the New World 3,500 years before Columbus. Prime Minister Errol Barrow welcomed the crew as a calypso band played and a Knights of Malta delegation draped Heyerdahl in scarlet robes.
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Antiwar Leaders Hit U S Imperialism in Korea Move
Eldridge Cleaver and California Senate candidate Robert Scheer led an 11 member antiwar delegation to North Korea to spotlight U S imperialism in Korea and broaden U S opposition to foreign military presence. They planned a month long stay invited by the Committee for Reunification of Korea. Scheer said the trip aims to widen a movement against U S war policy from Vietnam to Korea and link U S aggression worldwide.
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Huntley Critiques Nixon and Agnew in Life Interview
Chet Huntley calls Nixon shallow and says Agnew appeals to base elements. He recalls travels with Nixon and criticizes networks for TV coverage. Huntley, retiring Aug. 1 after 14 years, plans return to Montana and pursues quieter life. He says he dislikes the Eastern establishment, fondly recalls LBJ, and explains retirement as seeking clarity of thought.
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Curfew Forces Truce In Tense New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts a dusk to dawn curfew followed four nights of racial disturbances leaving a black youth dead. Mayor George Rogers asked Senator Edward Brooke to visit the city to reassure the black community. Police reported 25 arrests for curfew offenses. Firebombing of the South Onboard Center occurred as 240 officers patrolled the streets. Royal rosters noted three white men were arrested for murder and related charges after a shooting that wounded three others prior to the curfew.
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Fairhaven
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Ralph Brown
Acushnet
US firepower tears into North Vietnamese near Khe Sanh
In five days of fighting since a guerrilla regiment was spotted, government reports credit U S forces with heavy Vietnamese casualties. Initial strikes began with helicopter gunships from the 101st Airborne, followed by B 52 and AC47 support. Cambodia and South Vietnamese defenses fray near Kompong Som and Phu Lac, with several skirmishes and civilian casualties reported.
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