Assassination attempt targets Greek Premier Papadopoulos
In Greece an assassination attempt on Premier George Papadopoulos occurred on a road near Athens as his car passed. A suspect, George Panagoulis, 30, was seized while a second bomb exploded in Athens. Panagoulis fled toward a motor boat but was captured. Police hunted for accomplices. The premier, unhurt, later attended a cabinet meeting.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Paris
Byron Stamatopoulos
Lagonisi
Stamatopoulos
Saronikos Gulf
Panagoulis
Murderer Asks To Be Caught In Fort Lauderdale
Police hunted a telephoned killer who claimed to have murdered three people and directed officers to the slain 11 year old girl and her mother at Fort Lauderdale site. The man begged to be caught and warned of possible further violence as investigators searched waterways and studied tape transcripts.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Les
Dorothy A. Clark
Clarkston
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Marilyn
Hollywood
James Rice
Rice
Monitor search continues off Cape Hatteras
The Norfolk Virginian Pilot reports a North Carolina state partnership and Tidewater Services probe the Atlantic seabed for the USS Monitor. Using a differential proton magnometer, they map 160 to 180 feet by 45 to 50 feet outlines, with the 172 foot Monitor noted.
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Bob Martin
Norfolk, Va
New Jersey
Pacific
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Merrimac
Hampton Roads
John Ericson
Greenpoint
Robert F. Marx
Union Ironclad
Hatteras
North Carolina
North Carolina Tidewater Services, Inc
Samuel P. Townsend
State Department of Archives and History
Hatteras Point
Robert L. Simmons
Nixon Nixon Agnew and Civil Disorder Top Campaign Issue
A top Nixon adviser says crime and civil disorders will dominate the campaign. Agnew argues violence is not the answer to civil rights, while a Baltimore group accuses Agnew of antipathy. McCarthy warns the convention could trigger unrest as campaigns seek votes.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Monnday
Charles S. Kyne
United Citizens For Nixon
Mary
Spiro T. Agnew
Saidjed
San Francisco
Agnew
Baltimore
Rhyne
Eugene J. McCarthy
Vietnam
Chicago
McCarthy
Norval Reece
Minnesota
International meeting yields limited East Bloc cooperation
Walter Ulbricht and Alexander Dubcek wrap talks on economic cooperation with little else clear. Food aid to famine hit Biafra looks unlikely as Nigeria continues clashes with Red Cross planes. Addis talks stall. Riots feared in Uruguay as public opposition grows. President Johnson combines work and rest awaiting medical test results. Watts quiet after recent racial violence flare up. Negro leaders seek the witch.
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Associated Press International
Walter Ulbricht
Alexander Dubeck
Red Cross
Addis
Johnson
Watts
Goldfish Saved From Drowning in London
In London, a man named Humphrey saved his goldfish George from drowning after finding a pebble jammed in its mouth. An RSPCA inspector noted fish can drown from swallowing too much water, and George recovered after the pebble was removed.
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London
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Mp Maker
George
Surbutan Jxbridge
Humphrey
Peter Hume
Royal Society
Seldom Seen Slim Earned His Nickname
Ballarat California resident Seldom Seen Slim Charles Ferge born 1881 in Springfield Illinois earned his nickname by living as a recluse in Death Valley’s Ballarat ghost town. The town’s last mine closed in 1917 and Slim remained, saying he feels at home with loneliness. He was found ill and died five days after being taken to Trona. A simple funeral is planned in Boot Hill, marking Ballarat’s first burial in decades.
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Ballarat
Calif
Slim
Death Valey
Charles Ferge
Springfield
Trona
Boot Hill
Hughes Offers To Buy Air West Inc
LAS VEGAS AP aide says Howard Hughes offered a 90 million dollar deal to buy Air West Inc because he was dissatisfied with Las Vegas service. Hughes agreed Monday to pay 22 a share for Air West. Board chairman Nick Bez and major stockholders pushed the deal while executives doubted. Air West closed at 19 1 2 on the American Stock Exchange with 3.7 million shares outstanding.
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Las Vegas
Howard Hughes
Air West Inc
Hughes
American Broadcasting Co
Air West
Nick Bez
Seattle
Wash
G. Robert Henry
San Francisco
Henry
Civil Aeronautics Board
American Stock Exchange
U S and Saigon troops sweep delta fronts in heavy battles
U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed the southern Saigon perimeter with major clashes across the Mekong Delta. In one engagement the 9th Division overran a Viet Cong battalion, killing about a third and taking 13 prisoners and 36 weapons as 15 Americans fell and 30 were wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong
9Th Division
Americal
Long An
Watts command post abandoned after 24 hours
Police ended saturation patrols in Watts at dawn after 24 hours of action. The disturbance produced three deaths and 48 injuries, with one fatality possibly police, and 36 gunshot wounds among civilians. A quilting plant suffered 35000 dollars in damage. Police reported 35 arrests and 28 felonies as 2000 officers patrolled from Alain Locke High School.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Southcentral
Alain Locke
Nigeria Spurns Appeals To Stop Shooting In Civil War
Addis Ababa reports say Nigeria rejected appeals to halt shooting at Red Cross mercy flights into Biafra and peace talks stalled. Red Cross flights were suspended after a DC6 was fired on while delivering aid. U.S. and Roman Catholic relief efforts continue by sea and night flights. Authorities warn mass starvation looms with millions affected. Talks under OAU in Addis Ababa show bleak prospects as chief negotiator may not return.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Thiopian
Lagos
Biafra
Fernando Po
Caritas
Nigeria
U.S. State Department
Dean Rusk
Geneva
C. Robert Moore
Africa
U.S
Washington
Calabar
Minna Sc
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