Weekend of deadly U S highway crashes claims many lives
Across Canada and several U S states eight people died in a British Columbia crash. In Kentucky and Maryland multiple fatalities occurred in weekend wrecks, including families en route to church and from a country club. Police noted two siblings and other relatives among casualties.
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Kentucky
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Billy Ramsey
Bonnieville
John Ed Thompson
Hart County
John Brewer
Wayne
Mich
Columbia
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Maryland
Glen Burnie
James Nolen
Jacqueline
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D.C
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Bowie
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Realigning Action Delayed in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg lawmakers expect it will be another week before reapportionment legislation can be introduced in the Senate and House. Drafting delays and minor issues hold up bills though leaders hoped for quicker action. The Senate signals possible amendments to a state police expansion, while House Democrats push to restore 19.3 million to the general appropriations bill.
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House
Iinor Antes
Harry R. J. Comer
Stanley G. Stroup
Bedford County
General Assembly
Gov. Scranton
Scranton
Appropriations Committee
Robert D. Fleming
R-Allegheny
Department
Administration
Retroactive 7 percent Social Security checks arrive
Washington AP reports a retroactive seven percent increase in Social Security benefits will be mailed in late September for about 20 million beneficiaries. The first increased checks cover September, with retroactive pay to January. Some groups must apply or act, including those 85 or older never applied, widows 60 or 61, and students whose benefits stopped, while others receive automatic enrollment for hospital insurance and a voluntary plan.
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Johnson
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Ball
Boy 9 Survives Three Nights In Woods
Herschel Babad, a frail nine year old from Brooklyn, survived three nights and four days lost in dense Catskill woods near Woodridge after wandering from Camp B Nai Belz. He weighs 53 pounds and was recovering at Monticello Hospital. He ate two pocket candies and leaves, says he never wants to return to the woods. Over 800 volunteers with bloodhounds and helicopters scoured the area. in the past 11 years three other boys went missing there, two found dead and one never found.
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Woodridge
Brooklyn
Racer Throws Wheel Fatal at National Championship Race
A wheel detached from a race car and struck spectators during the national championship races. A Kansas City boy Steven Paul Hasty, 4, died, and Hutchinson youth Johnny Cain, 11, was critically injured. Driver Herb Copeland, 25, of Dodge City collapsed after learning of the fatalities.
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Paschal Scott
Arkansas City
Kan
Fairgrounds
Johnny Cain
Eddie Cain
Hutchinson
Herb Copeland
Dodge City
Three Hurt In Hydetown Car Crash
Three people were injured slightly at 11 40 a m yesterday in Hydetown when a car skidded and was rear ended by another vehicle. Donald Smail 35 of R D 1 Kittanning Pa slowed to avoid a skidding auto and was struck in the rear by Keith Kurtz 24 of Pittsburgh. Injured were Lisa Smail 4 Bernice Abbott 47 and Charles Abbott 10, all in the Smail car. They were treated at Titusville Hospital and released. Damage was about 4200 to the Smail car and 400 to the Kurtz auto. Kurtz was uninjured.
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Charles Toth
Corry
Donald Smail
Kittanning
Strick
Keith Kurtz
Pittsburgh
Lisa Smail
Bernice Abbott
Charles Abbott
Smail
Titusville Hospital
Toth
Kurtz
TV star Tim Considine to wed Charlotte Stewart
TV star Tim Considine of My Three Sons plans to marry actress Charlotte Stewart, adding a high profile union to Hollywood circles this year. The couple, both prominent in television, announce the engagement as fans await details of the ceremony and venue.
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Tim Considine
Charlotte Stewart
Rain Washes Drought Across Northeast and US Areas
Rain began in drought hit Northeast as fronts moved in soaking the Middle Atlantic. Brazil’s harvest blooms with 1.9 million tons export potential amid rising crop yields. Heavy rains hit Bush Dam area in Pennsylvania with 2.85 inches in 40 minutes. Salishurz Maryland reports over 4 inches in 12 hours. Thunderstorms sweep Florida and the southern Rockies. New York Hudson Valley awaits 2 to 3 inches of rain. Cooler air chills Great Lakes with 40s and 50s. temps range 48 at Duluth to 97 at Needles California.
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Needles
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Negro Chiefs Promise Reinforcement in Georgia
In Americus Georgia a grand jury considers indictments against two young Black men Eddie Lamar and Charles Hopkins charged with murdering a white Marine enlistee Andrew Whatley during a civil rights protest. Demonstrations continue as leaders promise reinforcements while church integration efforts face resistance. Provincial and national figures comment on potential cl support and Klan reaction.
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Eddie Will Lamar
Charles Lee Hopkins
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Benjamin van Clarke
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Calvin Graig
Georgia
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Atlanta
Ku Klux ‘Klan
Bracken Field Beautified By Weekend Work Bee
Bracken Field shows marked improvement after a volunteer work bee led by Harold Casler and Bob Long. Crews painted bleachers and backstop, refurbished the concession stand, repaired railing, cleared landscaping, mowed, and cleaned restrooms and locker rooms despite only five families participating.
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Death So Near And Yet So Far
A car smashed into a living room in San Carlos, stopping three feet from 85 year old Gene Horn who was sewing. Police say brakes failed after the car was parked in a driveway across the street, leaving Mrs Horn shaken but unharmed.
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Call
Gene Horn
Clues Sought In Triple Coed Murders In Texas And North Carolina
AP reports officers pursue leads after the bodies of Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby, two sorority sisters from Dallas, were found near Austin. Investigators seek friends with information about a clothing change before the killings and search nearly 50 items stolen from the women’s car. In Chapel Hill, UNC coeds fear a killer after Suellen Evans, 21, Mooresville, was stabbed in the botanical garden while allegedly resisting an attempted rape.
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Susan Rigsby
Texas
Bill Wilson
Dallas
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N.C
University of North Carolina
UNC
Botanical Garden
Kathrine Carmichael
Laos
Suellen Evans
Mooresville
Miss Evans
Mundt Links Red China UN Entry to Mafia Risk
Sen. Karl E. Mundt argued on the GOP's Weekly radio program that admitting Red China to the United Nations would be like placing Mafia representatives on President Johnson's new anticrime commission. He said only China that seeks peace with the world should join the UN.
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Karl E. Mundt
United Nations
Johnson
South Dakota
Comment
China
Cary Grant Weds Again in Quiet Las Vegas Secret
BRISTOL ENGLAND AP Cary Grant 61 and his 27 year old bride Dyan Cannon spent a quiet Sunday in their honeymoon suite at the Royal Hotel. Staff said Grant left at 6 am for the country but the couple remained inside with a hotel guard outside their third floor room. The couple had disclosed they married secretly in Las Vegas last month with few friends present and the bride's father confirmed the July 23 date.
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England
Cary Grant
Royal Hotel
Grant
Dyan Cannon
Las Vegas
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President Johnson attacks GOP leak over Vietnam talks
President Johnson denounces a Republican leak he says violated his confidence and released untrue information about Vietnam war deliberations. He did not name a target but newspapers linked the remark to Gerald R Ford Jr. Ford dismissed the accusation as preposterous. Johnson spoke at his LBJ ranch after a week of Vietnam troop and reservist move speculation.
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Gerald R. Ford Jr
Michigan
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Johnson Aid
B52s Make Deepest Strike in South Viet Nam
U S B52 bombers conducted their seventh raid in South Viet Nam dropping 500 tons of bombs in a 45 minute operation against Viet Cong installations in Quang Tin Province about 350 miles north northwest of Saigon. The mission, flown from Guam, followed a ground sweep southeast of Saigon with limited results and involved about 2,000 American troops. Viet Cong activity surged near Saigon with 26 attacks in 48 hours. 37 guerrillas were reported killed in northern operations, and 20 in Quang Ngai Province plus 17 in Binh Thuan.
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Dong An
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Binh Thuan
Beleaguered Columbus Dam Faces Month Delay
The General State Authority in Harrisburg ruled cost data on the Columbus Dam project incomplete. It sent the proposal back to Neilan Engineers of Somerset for more detailed figures on dam construction, land acquisition, road relocation, and boat ramps. GSA plans further studies, delaying financing and decision for about a month.
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