Guardsmen Open Fire as Los Angeles Riots Spread
National Guardsmen fought looters and snipers in a devastated Watts area. One sniper was killed, another wounded. a sheriff's deputy and eight Negro civilians were reported dead. Firemen and civilians suffered major casualties as fires destroyed blocks, with 2,000 guardsmen moving in and 3,000 in reserve to quell the unrest.
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Los Angeles
Irving Taylor
Watts
Taylor
West
Pasadena
Wilshire
Civic Center
National Guard
Congo and Congo Republic sever diplomatic ties
The United States and Congo Republic Brazzaville announce closing of their embassies in Washington and Brazzaville, signaling a near break in relations after multiple incidents of mistreatment of American diplomats. Five U.S. officials return home. many missionaries and businessmen remain in Congo.
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Washington
United States
Congo Republic-Brazzaville
U.S
Andre Loufoua
the Congo
Loufoua
State Department
New York
Congo-Brazzaville
United Nations
French Congo
Congo Republic
Leopoldville
The
Department
U.S. Information Agency
Jack W. Adkins
Marco Lefevre
Stanley Baronson
Brazzaville
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Positions Near North Viet Nam
U S strategic air command B52s struck Viet Cong near the border as government troops launched a major offensive by the 1st Army Corps. About 2,800 Marines landed at Chu Lai to reinforce Leathernecks, bringing totals to roughly 7,000 in Chu Lai area and 29,000 northward near Da Nang and Hue-Phu Bai.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
North Viet Nam
1St Army Corps
Chu Lai
Viet Nam
Frederick Karch
Big
da Nang Air Base
Hue-Phu Bai
7Th Regiment
1St Marine Division
China
First Benefit Paid 30 Years Ago mark in unemployment program
The 1935 unemployment insurance program began with a $15 check to Neills B. Rudd of Madison Wisconsin and has since paid out more than 47 billion to jobless Americans. Officials and experts note the program's role in stabilizing the economy and supporting families during hard times while Wisconsin's Raushenbush warns against expanding federal control.
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Washington
Neills B. Rudd
Madison
Wis
Rudd
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Paul A. Raushenbush
Raushenbush
House
Ways and Means Committee
When Girls Call You Sir Joke Reappears in Chuckle
A light hearted line from Chuckle notes that when women address a man as sir there is little left to look forward to besides Social Security, attributed to TM WRR General Feature Corp.
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Fea, Corp
Navy and Marines Extend Enlistments Across Services
Washington AP Navy Secretary Paul Nitze orders a four month involuntary extension of regular Navy and Marine Corps enlisted personnel after all enlistment options and directives, with Marine Corps extension starting August 20 and Navy extension September 15. Army and Air Force lack automatic authority.
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Washington
Tary
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Regular Navy
Marines Corps
Nitze
Marine Corps
Army
Air Force
Primitive Montagnard Village Encounter Ends In Handshakes
U S paratroopers of the 1st Battalion 173rd Airborne Brigade approached a Montagnard village south of Route 19 in South Viet Nam. After cautious advance and a brief exchange of greetings, 11 figures emerged from a bunker and a handshaking finale followed amid lingering tension and a gesture of peace.
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Plei HO Drong
South Viet Nam
U.S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Highlands
Pleiku
Due Co
Ia Drang
James L. Walters
Muskegon, Mich
Los Angeles Faces First Major Race Riots In Watts Area
AP report chronicles decades of housing and job discrimination fueling tension in Los Angeles. Rioting erupts Wednesday and Thursday after a routine drunken driving arrest in Watts, a predominantly black neighborhood at the city’s core.
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Los Angeles
Urban League
Watts l
Watts
San Fernando Vley
Pasadena
Long Beac
Beeson
National Guardsmen march into riot torn Los Angeles
National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets move into a Los Angeles Negro neighborhood turned to a no man’s land by arson looting and gunmen. Riots likely to spread per psychiatrists from both communities. Civil rights rally on Chicago’s west side erupts into a riot after a white policeman is slashed. Demonstrators march on Springfield police HQ protesting brutality. Navy extends enlistments for four months. B52 bombers strike Viet Cong sites near the North Vietnam border. American paratroopers seek...
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National National Guardsmen
Los Angeles
No-Man’s Land
Chicago
West Side
Springfield
Mass
International
U.S. Navy
Navy
Marine iCorps
Viet Nam
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Maine
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Statler Hotel
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