Belfast Violence Continues as Protestants Loot Catholic Bars
Protestant mobs in Belfast burn loot Catholic bars in scattered areas as British troops attempt to separate Catholics and Protestants. Sniper fire is heard in Falls Road while two are dead and 224 wounded across Northern Ireland in the fourth night of clashes. Troops erect barbed wire and machine gun nests to restore order.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Falls Road
Britain
Queens and Wales
Davis Street
Londonderry
Bogside
Bernadette Devlin
Miss Devlin
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
Four Injured In One Car Crash At City Junction
Four people suffered minor injuries when a car ran off the road at the junction of High Top and Black Diamond roads. Passengers include Danny Eldridge 23 Peggy Dadovich 14 and Dardra Liversedge 17 all from Flint Michigan. The driver lost control and hit an embankment. State Trooper James Powell investigated.
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High Top
Black Diamond Roads
Danny Eldridge
Peggy Dadovich
Dardra Liversedge
Flint Mich
Eldridge
James Powell
Dr Blaiberg Shows Some Improvement
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Philip Blaiberg the worlds longest surviving heart transplant patient maintained a slight improvement in his condition today He was readmitted to Groote Schuur Hospital in serious condition Thursday after a relapse Blaiberg 60 slept better during the night and was more comfortable an official hospital bulletin said He was showing some interest in food The heart implanted by Dr Christiaan Barnard Jan 2 1968 pumped at a third of normal pressure and kidneys were not functioning properly Doctors cited congested blood vessels to the heart from rejection requiring continued immunosuppressant injections.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Blaiberg
Christiaan Barnard
Cooper seeks Senate vote opposing U.S. troops in Thailand
Sen John Sherman Cooper aims to record a Senate stance against using U S troops to fight insurgents in Thailand tied to Laos and Vietnam. He notes no link to a secret 1964 U S Thailand plan that could place American forces under Thai command, and plans to renew his amendment when Congress resumes.
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Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Vietnam
Senate
U. S
Thailand
Kentucky
U.s.-Thailand
Laos
U.S
McCloskey
Thanom Kittikachorn
Corbin City Schools Schedule Open House Ahead of New Term
Corbin City Schools prepare for the 1969 opening with teachers gathering August 27 at East Elementary Cafeteria for an In Service program. Students report August 28 with first graders dismissed at 1 pm starting August 29. Tuition for out of district students set at 40.50 yearly. Lunches remain 30 cents.
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Corbin City School
East
Corbin
Corbin City
East Center Street
West Corbin
Cumberland Falls Road
East Elementary
Corbin High School
Lions Club Swim Party and Boosters Meet
The Corbin Lions Club hosts a family swimming party Monday at 6 30 P M at the municipal pool. The Corbin Athletic Boosters Club meets Monday at 8 P M in the WCTT auditorium.
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Lions Club
Corbin Lions Club
Corbin Athletic Boosters Club
WCTT
Hurricane Camille Threatens Gulf Coast With 100 MPH Winds
More than 500000 Gulf coast residents from Florida to Mississippi were placed on hurricane watch as Camille moved toward the area with 100 mph winds. Forecasters warned of dangerous conditions, with gale force winds, rising seas, and potential landfall by Sunday.
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Miami
Gulf Coast
Florida
Mississippi
Camille
Cuba
Gulf
Grand Isle
Panama City
Fla
United States
Mimi
Robert H. Simpson
Havana
Neil Frank
Gulf Shore
Alabama
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Corbin Streets Resurfaced In Frankfort Plan
Governor Louie B. Nunn announced resurfacing of 1.8 miles on three Corbin streets. Otas Barton Mill Road from Stamper to KY 312, Williams burg Corbin Road from Laurel Avenue and Main Street to near 10th Street, and Lynn Avenue to Second Street. Completion slated for this construction year per Highway Commissioner Eugene Goss.
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Frankfort
Corbin
Louie B. Nunn
Otas-Barton Mill
Stamper Street
KY 312
Williamsburg-Corbin Road
Laurel Avenue
Main Street
10Th Street
Lynn Avenue
Seventh Street
Second Street
Eugene Goss
Weather Outlook: Warm Humid with Thunder Showers Likely
Mostly cloudy and warm with periods of thunder showers likely through Sunday. Sunday highs in the low to mid 80s and overnight low around 65 to 70. Monday remains warm and humid with a chance of thundershowers.
Trains Carry Phosgene Gas Aimed at Peaceful Use
Two trains moved 300 tons of phosgene from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal toward chemical plants in Louisiana and New York for conversion to plastics and weed killer or foam. Protests caused a three hour delay. routes shifted through Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania while officials insisted the cars pose no threat. Gas experts accompanied the shipments amid public controversy and state complaints.
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Mississippi
Geismar
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Vandemark Industries
Lockport
N.Y
Army
Jones Chemical Co
Batavia
Canada
Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
B&o
Erie- Lackawana Railroad
Buffalo
N. Y
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
New York
White House
Allen Vandemark
Jerald Gerson
Sunday School Session on WCTT by Mrs C G O Neil
Mrs C G O Neil of the First Christian Church will present the Sunday School session this Sunday over WCTT at 8 45 a m.
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C. G. O'Neil
The
First Christian Church
WCTT
Hippodrome Showings August 13 to 19
True Grif. screenings run daily at 1:45 4:17 6:49 and 9:30 p.m. at the Hippodrome from Wednesday August 13 through Tuesday August 19.
Eight Green Berets face murder charges in Saigon case
An attorney for Maj. Thomas C. Middleton Jr appeals to Defense Secretary Laird to release him from Long Binh stockade citing inhumane confinement in a five by seven foot cell with little light or ventilation. The eight men including Col. Robert B. Rheault are accused of killing a Vietnamese double agent.
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Saigon
Green Berets
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
George W. Gregory
Cheraw, S.C
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Gregory
Middleton
Long Binh
Special Forces
Vietnam
Col
Robert B. Rheault
Central Intelligence Agency
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An Hoa
D. J. O’hara
Syracuse
King
Associated Press
Patrick Hillerp
Foreign Office
London
U.N
United Nations
Beirut
Lebanon
Cooper
Armed Services Committee
State Department
Robert J. Mce Closkey
Kentucky State Police Water Patrol
Henry C. Shipp
Trooper Shipp
By Ben Funk
Hurricane Hunter
Debbie
Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Trail of
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ravenna, Ohio
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ravenna
Mrs. O'Neil
Green Beret
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