Dixie Rain Tops Foot Sets Flood
Flooding from up to six days of heavy rain swept three southern states causing road and bridge washouts. At least two killed and about 60 families evacuated. rivers rose above flood stage in north Georgia, South Carolina, and southern North Carolina as more rain was forecast. In South Carolina a railroad bridge was washed out near Lockhart and a locomotive plunged down an embankment killing one crewman. A 15-year-old in Charlotte died trying to swim a flood culvert. North Georgia mountains saw bridges out, highway blocks, landslides and school closings.
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North Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Lockhart
Southern Railways
Colville Griffith
Charlotte
N.C
Helen
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Chestatee
Chattahoochee
Columbia
Wateree
Congaree Congress
French Broad
White House Disavows Memo on Poverty Bill Clash
Washington AP report: the White House publicly disavowed a secret memo sharply attacking a $5.2 billion anti poverty bill drafted by a senate labor subcommittee. Joseph Califano said the memo circulated among subcommittee members was not seen by the White House in advance and contained inaccurate points.
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Joe Hall Washington
White House
Senate Labor
Joseph Califano
Johnson
Office of Economic Opportunity
Califano
S. Senate
Subcommittee
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Clark
OKO
Budget Bureau
Javits
Congress
Soviets Report North Viet Nam Towns Destroyed
Moscow reports almost all major North Vietnamese towns bombed by American raids except Hanoi and Haiphong. Warsaw coverage notes Polish air force praising Soviet equipment while criticizing the US for policy and actions.
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North Viet
Moscow
Pravdal
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Warsaw
Brush Regularly Don’t Let Hurts Put You In The Dentist Seat
A drugstore chuckle sign warns readers to brush regularly to avoid dental pain and a trip to the dentist. The quip pivots on humor about dental woes, framing preventive care as practical advice for shoppers.
Four Nabbed in $407,000 Theft at Kennedy Airport
The FBI arrested four New Yorkers including a Cosa Nostra figure tied to the 12 month old theft of 407000 dollars in American Express travelers checks at Kennedy airport. Vincent Potenza was named by Joseph Valachi in 1964 testimony before the senate crime committee as a Lucchese family member.
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New York
FBI
Cosa Nostra
American Express
Kennedy Airport
Vincent Potenza
Joseph Valachi
Senate Crime Committee
Thomas
Three Fingers Brown
Johnson plans American observers for South Vietnamese vote
President Johnson announced that the United States will send a delegation of prominent Americans to observe the South Vietnamese presidential elections at the request of the Saigon government.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
United States
Saigon
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen.Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
White House
George Christian
U. S
South Vietnam
Christian
Fulbright Declines Vietnam Election Observer Post
Washington says Senator Fulbright declined an invitation to join a U S observer team for the September 3 South Vietnam elections due to Labor Day recess plans with family. The delegation would include 120 representatives from government, labor, business, press, and religion and would travel to Saigon to observe the process without supervision.
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Washington
White House
Sen
Fulbright
Congress
Organized
Business
Columbia President Hails Strickman Filter Prototypes
Washington AP Grayson Kirk president of Columbia University told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that no cigarette maker will be licensed to use the Strickman filter until extensive testing proves results fully satisfactory. He noted tests already show reduced tar and nicotine and that Columbia may earn up to 100 million dollars annually if companies buy the filter. He stressed public health motives, ongoing taste and pressure studies, and cooperation with the U S Surgeon General as the university proceeds toward a practical, health benefiting product.
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Washington
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Cigaret
Robert Strickman
Kirk
Senate Commerce
Columbia
Strickman
U. S
American Pilot Fells Two Migs
UPI reports a U S pilot shot down two MiG fighters in one air combat near Hanoi Haiphong. Lt David Waldrop 25 Nashville Tennessee downed the jets amid heavy anti air defenses as U S air losses rose to 12 aircraft this week and 108 killed 883 wounded overall last week.
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Air Force
David Waldrop
Nashville
Tenn
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Saigon
U. S
Waldrop
Billy Givens
Dunmer
Bull
Navy
Newark Police Sued for Receiver Over Department
The NAACP and ACLU filed suit in Newark seeking a receiver to operate the city police department. Mayor Hugh Addonizio, public safety director Dominick Spina, and Police Chief Oliver Kelly are named as defendants. Plaintiffs accuse police, state troopers, and guards of violence and humiliation of Newark’s Black community.
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NEW York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
the American Civil Liberties Union
Newark Police Department
Newark
Henry di Suvero
ACLU
New Jersey
Robert Carter
NAACP
Carter
Cincinnati
di Suvero
Detroit
Tough Shepherd Dog Delays Jetliner Trip
An Ozark Airlines jet was grounded at Chicago O’Hare when a German Shepherd in the baggage compartment broke free from a wooden cage delaying the flight. The dog, owned by John Mitchell of Mt Vernon Illinois, was recaptured after workers attempted tranquilization and a member of Animal Kingdom secured the animal before the plane resumed the trip.
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Chicago
UPI
Ozark Airlines
Ozark
O’hare
John Bilski
United Air Lines
New York
St. Louis
John Mitchell
Mt. Vernon
Bilski
Animal Kingdom
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United Press International
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Full Labor Committee
Drouth
Portland
Ore
Oregon
California
Montana
Idaho
OEO
U.S
Vietnam
Hick
Sens. Kennedy
Kennedy
Muskie
Maine
Diem
Rusk
Senate
The
American Observer Group
Murphy
Rcalif
Willian Guy
North Dakota
Governor's Conference
Thomas McCall
Richard Hughes
Joseph Barr
Pittsburgh
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Theodore McKeldin
Baltimore
Whitney Young
Urban League
Joseph Scerra
Gardner
Mass
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Eldon James
Hampton
American Legion
Dave Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Building Services Employes Union
Afl-Cio
Jaycee Head
James Antell
Burlington Va
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Warner Gallander
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Robert Lucey
San Antonio
Rudin
Great Neck
Long Island
N Y
Synagogue Council of America
John Knight
Akron
Ohio
Knight Newspapers
Stanford Smith
American
Assn
Eugene Patterson
Atlanta Constitution
Donald McGannon
New
By Eugene Risher
Dong Hoi
Fred Otte
St. James, Minn
Oite
Glenn Northern
Riverside
Calif
Police Dept
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