Planes and Ships Join In Coast Strike Near Vinh
U S navy planes and ships delivered a coordinated knockout blow to a major North Vietnamese power plant near Vinh as a carrier strike followed a daytime bombardment. Terror attacks across the south included road blockades and a gun raid that left five villagers and a woman dead, with death warrants hung on the bodies. In Quang Ngai province Task Force Oregon reported 49 enemy killed in a day of skirmishes while suffering no losses.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
Vinh
U.S
Mekong Delta
St. Paul
Constellation
Hinapien
Mekong
Oregon
Quang Ngai
Four Drowned and Two Missing Off Lake Michigan
Four youths aged 16 and 17 drowned five miles off Sheboygan Lake Michigan when four foot waves swamped their canoes. Two others, ages 24 and 22, swam to shore while two more remain missing. The group was believed to be from the Norris Foundation of Nokwonko, Wis.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Lake Michigan
Norris
Nukwonko
Pope Paul VI meets Athenagoras at Istanbul airport
The pope arrived in Istanbul on a peace pilgrimage and was greeted by Patriarch Athenagoras. The handshake marked a historic thaw between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches after years of separation. Turks and officials attended the ceremony as the pope spoke of friendship and offered condolences for the recent earthquake.
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Istanbul
Turkey
UPI
Paul VI
Athenagoras
Mount of Olives
Holy Land
Sunny
Paul
Israel
Republicans seek joint senate house riot probe
Republican leaders moved to form a 10 member bipartisan inquiry panel in both chambers to study rioting causes and remedies. Senator Dirksen and Rep. Cramer pledged identical legislation while Senator Mansfield backed a senate house investigation and floated a national commission possibility. President Johnson urged law and order and federal aid as riots continued.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
Dirksen
R-Ill
Rep
Cramer
R-Fla
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate-House
Johnson
Main Street To Be Marion Blvd
Marion city council gave first reading to an ordinance to rename the combined Seventh avenue and Tenth avenue stretch to Marion boulevard from the railroad underpass to the east city limits. The change would standardize the street name along the section from west city limits to the Milwaukee railroad underpass through the S curve area beyond Thirty first street.
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Marion
Seventh Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Marion Boulevard
Milwaukee Railroad
Thirty-first Street
De Gaulle Provokes Quebec Separatist Storm in Montreal
The French president's Montreal speech, climaxing with Vive le Quebec libre, sparks protests across Canada and heavy protests to radio stations. Prime Minister Pearson seeks a transcript amid opposition labeling the remarks an intrusion into Canadian affairs.
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de Gaulle
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
Pearson
Gaulle
Ottawa
John
Tax Refunds in Cedar Rapids Face Allocation Scrutiny
Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank said Cedar Rapids received less state road use and liquor tax funds than expected. City officials plan to meet Des Moines officials to review allocation formulas and understand delays in street construction funds. In 1965 a census boosted population to help funds, with about 970000 in road funds and 150000 in liquor taxes received last year.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
William R. Heins
R. E. Norman
Des Moines
Shank
Many Cities Rocked By Racial Violence
Rioting spread from Spanish Harlem to the South Bronx as over 1,000 police battled about 2,000 youths in Manhattan. Two deaths reported with looting, arson, and gunfire across Toledo Rochester Grand Rapids Pontiac and Cambridge as federal and state officials tied the unrest to a broader wave of racial violence after a riot-linked arrest and a Black Power rally.
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Rochester
N. Y
Seventh Ward
New York City
Spanish Harlem
South Bronx
New York
Manhattan
Toledo
Ohio
N.Y
Grand Rapids
Flint
Pontiac
Mich
Cambridge
Stephen Sachs
U.S
Maryland
FBI
Francis Burch
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Brown
Black Power
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Pontiiac
Detroit
Pontiac General Hospital
Automotive Center
Tucson
Ariz
Houston
Texas
Texas Southern University
King Supports Federal Troops in Detroit Riots
Martin Luther King said he backs President Johnson's use of federal troops to quell Detroit rioting and urged a rapid jobs program through Congress. He warned that unemployment could fuel broader unrest while criticizing congressional delays and stressing need for national job creation.
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Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King
Johnson
Detroit
King
Iit
Congress
Linn County Budget Seeks 1968 Funding Boost
Linn county supervisors approve a proposed 1968 budget of 7 150 514 with a hearing set for Aug 15. If adopted as is, residential taxes would rise about 1968 mills from 1967, yielding 519 126 in net tax revenue and 531 556 in gross asks. The poor fund rises to 1 192 566, partly due to health department funding shifted to county use.
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Linn
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Health Department
Calm After Wild Riots Endure in Detroit
Detroit faced two days of destruction as army paratroopers secured the city after presidential orders. Cyrus Vance reported an apparent lull and noted 23 lives lost amid widespread rioting and fires.
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Vance
Detroit
Cyrus Vance
Defense Department
President Johnson
Romney moves police and guards from Detroit to other Michigan areas
Governor Romney announced that state police and National Guardsmen are being withdrawn from Detroit to be deployed in other parts of Michigan. The shift aims to bolster security and support across the state amid ongoing concerns.
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Detroit
Romney
Michigan
Housewife Drops Maid Hires Mechanic for Home Machine Help
In a witty remark, a housewife explains that her fully automatic kitchen and laundry let her dismiss her maid and hire a mechanic. The joke highlights reliance on modern appliances and a humorous twist on domestic labor.
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