Toll rises from Camille devastation across Mississippi coast
Hurricane Camille death toll climbs to at least 132 with officials warning it could rise as rescue crews clear wreckage across Gulfport Biloxi Pass Christian and neighboring towns. Aid arrives by air and road as hundreds of thousands are left homeless and utilities struggle to resume service amid widespread destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast
Mississippi
Biloxi
Buena Vista Hotel
Gulfport
Miss
UPI
Bill Harvey
Mississippi Civil Defense Council
Space Agency
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Baton Rouge
Lakefront
New Orleans
Harrison County
Camille
Wade Guice
Civil Defense
Moss Point
Waveland
Ocean Springs
Triumph
Bay St Louis
Guice
South-Central Bell Company
mid-Mississippi
Two Dead in Center Point Triple Shooting
In Center Point a 45 year old man Roman T Tanner shot and killed his estranged wife Lois Tanner before turning the gun on himself. The incident left their 16 year old daughter Sharon wounded and four other children present, as Linn County Sheriff Walter Grant investigated.
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Center Point
Roman T. Tanner
Lois E. Tanner
Linn County
Walter Grant
Tanner
Shields
Outmanned U S Infantry Ties Hold After Da Nang Clash
Hundreds of U S infantrymen rushed south of Da Nang to relieve two American companies under attack by a much larger North Vietnamese force. The 196th Light Infantry Brigade units suffered about 40 percent casualties while counters killed 148 NVA. U S losses totaled 16 dead and over 70 wounded.
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Saigon
U. S
da Nang
Associated Press
Richard Pyle
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
South Vietnam
U.S
Pyle
Cecil Henry
Rome
Beret Officers Face Murder Charges In Vietnam Case
U S Army allowed newsmen to view seven Green Beret officers and a sergeant under murder charges amid secrecy. Rheault Brumley Marasco Crew Middleton Williams and Boyle and Sgt Smith were shown briefly at Long Binh stockade before transfer to regular billets. Washington critics urged openness as Army Secretary Resor planned a Pacific tour.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
U.S
Green Beret
L. Mende
Bloomfield
N.Y
Rheault
David Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas Middleton
Jefferson
D.C
Budge Williams
Athens
CWO
Edward Boyle
New York City
Alvin Smith
Naples
Fla
Army
Washington
Stanley Resor
Pacific
Saigon
Protesters Driven Back in Prague by Armored Units
Armored personnel carriers and police water cannons moved into Wenceslas Square to disperse thousands gathered near the National Museum and St. Wenceslas statue amid protests against Soviet occupation. Police used clubs and tear gas as crowds were pushed back within minutes.
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Prague
Wenceslas Square
National Museum
St. Wenceslas
Gestapo
Long Square
Fearless Storm Seeding Declared Operational Success
Rooseveld Roads Puerto Rico AP reports the first large scale attempt to tame a hurricane is labeled a huge operational success by project director Dr. Cecil Gentry after 14 hours of flight through Tropical Storm Debbie. Hawkins cautions months of data analysis and future attacks. seeding pursued by Commerce and Navy with five jet penetrations and silver iodide drops to dissipate the storm.
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Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Debbie
Cecil Gentry
Scien
Gentry
Meteorology
Harry Hawkins
Hawkins
U.S. Commerce Department
Navy
Commerce and
Defense Departments
U.S
Air Force and Commerce Department
Labor Day Musings on Work and Holiday Celebrations
A playful column asks how those avoiding work will mark Labor Day, riffing on traditions and the holiday’s origins. It blends humor about leisure with nods to workers and their contributions.
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UPI Photo
By William L. Vaughn
Richelieu
Gulf
John Bell Williams
Williams
Nixon
Dan Guice
Adj
Walter Johnson
U.S. 9
Waveland Merchants Bank
Sharon
St. Luke's Hospital
Grant
Kenneth Shields
Nineteenth Avenue
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Sheriff's Office
Leonard Costello
Route Three
Alburnett Road
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Li Society
Catas
North Viets
George Esper
Gene Kramer
Pentagon
Resor
Communist Party
Gustav Husak
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