Gulf Coast Placed Under Hurricane Watch As Camille Approaches
More than 500000 Gulf coast residents from Florida to Mississippi face a hurricane watch as Camille heads toward the region with 100 mph winds. The alert spans Biloxi Mississippi to St Marks Florida and major cities Mobile Alabama and Pensacola Florida. Red and black warning flags were expected by noon EDT for a focused area. The storm, still regaining strength after Cuba, moves northwest.
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Mississippi
Camille
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St. Marks
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Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Cuba
Gulf
Grand Isle
Panama City
United States
Hurricane Center
Robert H. Simpson
Havana
Hurricane Hunter
Debbie
Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Neil Frank
Both Ships Blamed In Fatal Crash
A joint American Australian inquiry says the destroyer Frank E. Evans bore primary blame for the June 3 collision with the aircraft carrier Melbourne in the South China Sea, killing 74 American sailors. The Melbourne captain faces court martial for failing to transmit a positive direction.
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Melbourne
U.S. Navy
South China Sea
John P. Stevenson
Red Face After Car Swap Mixup Stolen Car Report
Police report a mistaken car theft in Corry where a man parked on First Avenue, left for a haircut, returned to find a different car of the same model had been driven away. The driver apologized, drove the car back near its original spot, and no charges followed.
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Russell L. Dingfelder
R.D.1
Corry
First Avenue
Dingfelder
Eyes
Thailand
Pact
Cooper seeks Senate record opposing U S troops in Thailand
Senator John Sherman Cooper plans to press a Senate vote to forbid use of U S forces to fight insurgents in Thailand, linking it to a secret 1964 military accord that could place American troops under Thai command in Laos. Administration officials stress the pact does not expand SEATO commitments or require Senate ratification.
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John Sherman Cooper
Vietnam
Senate
U.S
Thailand
Kentucky
U.s.-Thailand
Laos
Cooper
Armed Services Committee
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Builders urge credit controls to revive housing boom
National Association of Home Builders cites a 9 percent July drop in private housing starts to 1.34 million and calls for government credit controls. President Eugene Gulledge warns the slump could worsen, urging Nixon to back measures to support new housing and curb inflation.
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National Association of Home Builders
Commerce Department
Eugene A. Gulledge
Home Builders' Group
Nixon
Gulledge
Rocket and mortar attacks persist in Saigon area
Ground fighting cools slightly but rocket and mortar strikes continue across South Vietnam. Military spokesmen say 45 allied bases were hit overnight, with at least 200 American deaths feared this week and roughly 3,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed since Tuesday. Losses include six American aircraft in 48 hours, bringing total U.S. losses since January 1961 to 5,725.
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Saigon
South Nam
U.S
Binh Long
Phouc Long
USS
1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
North
South Vietnam
Laos
British Troops Quell Belfast Riots Amid Sectarian Clashes
Police report two killed and 224 wounded as British Queens and Wales regiments separate Protestant and Catholic factions in Belfast. Troops man barbed wire and machine-gun positions. dawn calm claimed though fires burn and gunfire persists in pockets.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tomn
Britain
Queens and Wales
Falls Road
Davis Street
Londonderry
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
Patrick Hillery
Foreign Office
London
U.N
United Nationgy
James Chichester- Clark
Irelands
Court Will Hear Plea On Kopechne Autopsy
A court in Wilkes Barre Pa sets August 25 for a hearing on a request for an autopsy of Mary Jo Kopechne. District Attorney Ed Mund Dinis of Dukes County Mass held a half hour conference with the judge to determine the procedure.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edmund Dinis
Dukes County
Mass
Corry Foam Grants 15 Hour Pay Hikes
About 120 Corry Foam Products plant workers on West Main Street will receive a 15 cent hourly wage increase effective next Monday. The raise follows the company pattern of annual increases, with fringe benefits boosting the package to 18.5 cents an hour including an additional paid holiday and three weeks vacation after 10 years service. Workers may choose the day for the extra holiday.
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Corry Foam Products
West Main Street
George Cote
Festival of Weeds Blooms in Julian California
Moonlit festival opens in Julian to celebrate weeds with 150 species displayed by 35 artists. Dawn Kirkwood leads the parade with a streamlined motorcycle as Myrtle Botts curates wild clematis exhibits. The event runs through Labor Day and aims to attract about 20 000 visitors.
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Julian
Calif
San Diego County
Dawn Kirkwood
Dick Sherwood
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