Toll Rises As Camille Ravages Gulf Coast
Mississippi coast lethal toll mounts with 162 dead in Mississippi and 8 in Louisiana, total at least 170. Gov. Williams imposes martial law as Agnew and Romney plan aerial tour, disaster funds pledged, and hundreds of thousands displaced. Federal aid begins as rescue and relief push proceeds amid damaged roads and scarce water.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
Camille
Highway Patrol
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
John Bell Williams
Mobile
Ala
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jackson
New Orleans
Williams
National Guard
Nixon
Legal Move Again Delays Ted's Probe
Wilkes Barre Pa AP a court hearing on autopsy results for Mary Jo Kopechne is delayed as Kopechne family lawyers push motions. A conference with the district attorney was ordered to address legal points before proceeding with the Edgartown Sept 3 inquest. Kennedy faced a suspended sentence and probation over the automobile death.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Luzerne County
Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Dinis
Kopechne
Joseph Flanagan
John O'Connor
Wilkes-Barre
Edgartown
Kennedy
Widow Demands Return of Donor’s Heart for Burial
CAPE TOWN AP The widow of Dr Philip Blaiberg plans months of quiet ahead as the donor’s heart remains a point of contention. The heart that kept Blaiberg alive for 19 months was supplied by Clive Haupt whose wife Dorothy Haupt requests the heart’s return for burial with her husband. Doctors indicated portions of the heart and other organs were sent overseas for study.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Groote Schurz Hospital
Christiaan N. Barnard
Clive Haupt
Dorothy Haupt
Prague braces for anniversary as riot police patrol streets
On the eve of the one year anniversary of the invasion riot police and troops patrolled Prague to deter demonstrations. About 500 officers used tear gas in Wenceslas Square on Tuesday night, with 20 arrests and three injuries reported. A new underground leaflet warns of provocateurs and urges passive protests, alleging plans to install a pro Moscow regime.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Wenceslas Square
Communist Party
Gestapo Gestapo
Alois Indra
Vasil Bilak
Indra-Bilak
Soviet Union
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Choppers Downed Amid Da Nang Area Clashes
North Vietnamese forces pressed attacks south of Da Nang as U S troops moved to reach a helicopter wreck with eight Americans aboard. In four days near Hiep Duc 198 enemy fighters were killed while six U S soldiers died and 66 were wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Hiep Duc
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Norwell
Mass
Government Shakeup Looms Concessions Stir Irish War
In Northern Ireland Protestants condemn concessions to Catholics amid calls for Chichester Clark’s resignation. Wilson and Clark broker a five point peace plan with British army control of security forces, end of religious discrimination, two civil service advisers, arms amnesty, and an impartial riot inquiry. Reactions split along sectarian lines.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester- Clark
Chichester- Clark
Ireland
Harold Wilson
Chichester Clark
London
Tan Freeland
Ulster
Chichester-Clark
Unionist Party
Ian Paisley
Wilson
Four Indicted In Car Theft By Erie County Grand Jury
Four young men, George E. Coons 18 John J. Willis 19 Frederick Carter 21 and William Johnson 24, were indicted on larceny of an auto stemming from a June 6 theft. They found a car with keys left on the sun visor and used it to push a stalled vehicle. The car owned by Robert C. May of Bear Lake was found abandoned next morning on Fairview Street after a nightlong joyride causing about 100 dollars in damage.
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Erie County Grand Jury
George E. Coons
East Main Street
John J. Willis
South Center Street
Frederick Carter
West Bend Stress
William Johnson
Sixth Avenue
Maple Avenue
Robert C. May
Bear Lake
Fairview School
Fairview Street
Charge 3 Youths For Having Beer
Three Corry youths were charged with possession of alcohol by minors after YMCA reported a dance chaperone detained them. Officers searched a car and found two cans of beer under the hood. Jeffrey Heacox 18 and two 17 year olds were charged with liquor law violations. London considers Fleet Line underground project for Fleet Street.
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Corry
YMCA
Jeffrey Heacox
East Smith Street
Other Way Around Surely Shirley Isn't Courting Press
The news media was said to have intimated that County Voter Registrar Shirley Colvin courted the press, provoking ire from Republicans Fred Lamberton and Leo Weir. Colvin, noted as a comely redhead, allegedly stirred jealousy during the 1967 campaign when she finished fourth in a five candidate field for commissioner. Continues on Page Six.
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Shirley Colvin
GOF
Fred Lamberton
Leo Weir
Colvin
Weir and Lamberton
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