Two Youths Charged With Murder and Rape in Fort Worth
Authorities filed murder and rape charges against two central Texas youths as the search for Edna Sullivan, 16, continued. The bodies of two companions were found in a car, prompting rapid legal action by Dist. Atty. Doug Crouch who pledged quick trials and the death penalty after a suspect’s confession. Green, 18, implicated McDuff, 20, in a sex escapade claim that investigators pursued, while McDuff denied the accusations.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Asst. Dist
Atty
Grady Hight
Edna Louise Sullivan
Everman
Robert Brand
Alvarado
Mark Dunnam
Tarzana
Calif
Ested
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Marlin
Green
Robertson County
Doug Crouch
McDuff
Sullivan
Here
Aeatten
Brand
Dunnam
U.S
Miss Sullivan
Five Traffic Deaths Noted In Virginia Report
The Associated Press notes five traffic deaths in Virginia including two Pulaski boys Claudie Duncan 12 and Richard Byrd 16 killed when their bicycle was struck on State Rt 99. James Edwards 11 of Norfolk died in a collision near Great Bridge. Wayne Yates 17 of Richmond died when his car crashed into a power pole off the Richmond Henrico Turnpike. Mrs Marion Brock 56 of Homestead Fla was killed after being struck on U S 1 north of Richmond.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Pulaski
Claudie Calvin Duncan
Richard Darnell Byrd
State Rt. 99
Chesapeake
James Earl Edwards
Norfolk
Jobs Report Shows Mixed July Labor Data
Unemployment held at 12.2 percent for teenagers in July with nearly 500,000 gains in trade and miscellaneous services and state local government adding 575,000 jobs. Factory earnings slipped slightly while the auto sector disrupted transportation equipment.
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Bureau
Labor Department
New York City
Indus
Wallace weighs future after primary shows mixed support
Wallace polled 42.8 percent in Maryland and 29.9 in Indiana and 25 percent in Wisconsin before withdrawing. Some Republicans fear he could draw GOP votes if he runs again. His wife Lurleen is the Democratic nominee for governor, replacing him when his term ends next January. He has not ruled out future appeals but cannot run again in Alabama.
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Maryland
Indiana
Wisconsin
Washington
Wallace
Alabama
Lurleen
James D. Martin
Vietnam Violation: Missing Pilots and Damaged Helicopters
U S spokesmen report six pilots missing after two helicopters supporting Operation Paul Revere crashed and burned. In Colorado action near Quang Tin Province 350 miles northeast of Saigon, a crewman was killed and seven wounded as seven helicopters were hit by ground fire. all crafts returned to base. Vietnamese marines say about 30 enemy bodies were found after U S air strikes. Da Nang reports note 100 Viet Cong dead near Que Son after a severe battle. Authorities link intensified anti guerrilla activity to three NVA regiments moving from Cambodia into the highlands, as Paul Revere enters a new phase to flush them out.
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Tonkin
U.S
Quang Tin Province
Saigon
da Nang
Que Son
Cambodia
la Drang
Duc Co
Paul Revere
Bread Prices and Prices Versus Wheat Costs Debate
Discussion on bread cost dynamics cites Whittenaid advocating restraint toward farmers as aging producers struggle. Schnittker argues wheat price shifts barely affect loaf cost, citing a 70 cent per bushel swing needed for a single cent bread rise. Johnson notes flour yield from one bushel supports 68.4 loaves for the 1965-66 July period.
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Whittenaid
Schnittker
Schnittkers
Johnson
Canary yellow plane vanishes after radar contact lost
Slattery said the rear engined plane cleared to 5000 feet for Omaha approach disappeared from radar with no radio report of trouble. It was last tracked before contact ended as Whitney Gilliland of Glenwood Town and Washington, D.C., joined the CAB investigation team.
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Slattery
Omaha
Whitney Gilliland
Glenwood
Town
Washington, D.C
Cicero Named Target For Civil Rights March
Chicago AP report notes Cicero, suburb west of the city with a history of segregation, is chosen for an open housing march led by civil rights leaders including Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. James Bevel. They pledge peaceful protest to press for fair housing treatment despite local resistance and safety concerns.
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Chicago
Cicero
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King
Jackson
Warren Avenue Congregational Church
Long
al Capone
Cook County Sheriff’s Office
Harvey E. Clark
King Aid
James Bevel
Nevel
Bevel
Senate Passes Unemployment Law With Federal Standards
The Senate approved a bill extending unemployment insurance to include federal standards for state payments, by a 53 to 31 vote after a lengthy floor battle. The measure broadens coverage by 2.3 million people and creates a 13 week extra benefit program, with federal funding. The plan would take effect July 1, 1968, and await House conference.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
AFL Cio
Senate House
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
New healing substance called Bio-Dyne provides a non surgical treatment that shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves itching and pain. Case after case shows actual shrinkage with pain relief, and users report piles no longer a problem. Preparation HO suppository or ointment is now sold nationwide at drug counters.
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New York, N. Y
Airlines union strike session ends with no outsiders present
The first session without outsiders since the strike began shut down Eastern National Northwest Trans World and United airlines. Reynolds said the firms must make and live with their own decisions. P L Siemiller testified that airlines await congressional action to bail them out and will not offer anew until Congress acts.
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Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United Airlines
Reynolds
Congressional
Congress
House Commerce Committee
P.L. Siemiller
Rights a riot amendment defeated in house vote
Cramer called the amendment gutting and it failed by a large voice vote. The House added a provision stating the proposed federal statute would not pre empt state laws on murder arson and other violent crimes during riots. Anderson urged tougher language while warnings about racial tension were raised as the civil rights bill aimed to empower federal action when states fail to prosecute crimes against Negroes.
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Cramer
House
Ku Klux Klan
American Nazi Party
John B. Anderson
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