Guard Troops Move In As Los Angeles Riots Escalate
National Guard entered a riot torn Los Angeles Negro area after three days of turbulence marked by the killing of Deputy Sheriff Ronald E. Ludlow. Fire, looting, and arson spread across a 30 blaze area as 1,950 troops joined hundreds of police in a bid to control thousands of rioters.
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Los Angeles
St. Francis Hospital
Lynwood
Ronald E. Ludlow
National Guard
Irving Taylor
40Th Armored Division
Civic Center
116Th Street
Glenn M. Anderson
Sacramento
Mays
Samuel Yorly
Watts
Five Planes Downed During Armed Recon Flights Over North Viet Nam
Five U S Navy aircraft were downed during armed reconnaissance flights over North Viet Nam. Three pilots were rescued, one missing presumed dead, another missing. An observation plane crashed in South Viet Nam with both crew presumed dead. Marines conducted a large night helicopter assault near Da Nang, aiming to disrupt Viet Cong observation posts.
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North Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
U.S
Navy
Ameri
Can
Uss
Coral Sea
Midway
Viet Nam
Ca de
da Nang
King's Aides Consider International Peace Army Move
Southern Christian Leadership Conference leaders floated forming an international peace army to end violence and war. James Bevel urged near term action while King cautioned discussions were exploratory. Bevel proposed a peace team with the Pope and first ladies to Vietnam as a test of nonviolence.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Bevel
King
Pope
John F. Kennedy
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Viet Nam
Mahatma Ghandi
China
Alabama
Gemini Five Astronauts to be Secluded 11 Days
NASA announced that Gemini 5 astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr. will endure an 11 day postflight seclusion with no public appearances or family visits. The policy follows lessons from Gemini 4 about rest and medical testing after spaceflight.
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Washington
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Air Force
Chares Conrad Jr
Navy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Houston
Tex
White House
Capitol
Paris
NASA
Origi
Beagles Belonging To Husband Spark Divorce Suit
Mrs. William Earl Mayes sues for divorce in Knoxville Tennessee accusing her husband of prioritizing his beagles over the family. She cites his focus on preparing and showing the dogs and neglect of his wife and two children. Married since 1946.
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Knoxville, Tenn
William Earl Mayes
Mother Shoots Husband Five Children Then Suicide
In Bay View, Ohio, Mary Sartin 26 killed her sleeping husband Harold Sartin 37 and all six of their children before fatally shooting herself between 2 and 3 a.m. The bodies were found nearly 12 hours later by a sister. A .32 caliber pistol with four unfired rounds was recovered near Mary. No note or struggle reported and deputies investigate possible quarrels.
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Sandusky, Ohio
Bay View
Joseph Butler
Mary Sartin
Baden
Harold Edward Sartin
Sartin
U.S
Mary Taylor
Port Clinton
Martin
Charles Moore
Kenneth
David
Bryan
Johnson asks Congress for $1.311 million for Northeast water aid
President Johnson seeks $1.25 million to accelerate five water storage projects in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and $61,000 for a Northeast water resources survey to head off drought. He also directs Rusk to urge humane treatment of Vietnamese war prisoners with the Red Cross.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Congress
Lbj
Dean Rusk
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
United States
Rusk
Texas
White House
South Viet Nam
New York
Pennsylvania
New
Jersey
Virginia
Maine
Tiny 20 year old aid girl fights through Viet Nam mortars
In DUC CO Viet Nam a 20 year old girl named Lien Huong crawls between bunkers under mortar fire to aid wounded soldiers. Tears stain her blue smock as she delivers field dressings and guides American medics through a night of combat.
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Duc CO
South Viet Nam
Lien Huong
Kommad
Watts Riot Echoes Civil Rights Tension
The Watts district, described as a crowded, segregated ghetto with high unemployment and police mistrust, faced a week of 90 plus degree heat that culminated in riots after a drunken driving arrest attempt. Civil rights workers warned Watts resembled an occupying power as demonstrations spread. Officer Michael B. Hannon, later suspended for conduct unbecoming, spoke of precinct morale.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Mercury
77Th St
Michael B. Hannon
Hannon
Recount Certifies Reid Democratic Nominee for Virginia Assembly
A three judge court in Richmond certified Dr. W. Ferguson Reid as the Democratic nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates after a recount of the July 13 primary. Reid led by 14 votes after recounting 14,460 to 14,404, with the Skipwith precinct ballots missing and judged not countable. The court found no fraud. loss attributed to election-official carelessness and the missing ballots remained unresolved.
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Richmond
W. Ferguson Reid
Virginia
Dr. Reid
House of Delegates
Henrico County
Skipwith
Reid
del. T. Dix Sutton
W. Moscoe Huntley
Hastings Court
Richard T. Edwards
Roanoke Hastings Court
C. Raymond Cundiff
Wynchburg
Corporation Court
Richard Yobs
Behind the Scenes Battle Over Farm Bill in Washington
Washington AP report notes the administration backed omnibus farm bill faces decisive House action next Tuesday with a potential final vote by Wednesday night. Senator Clinton Anderson criticizes costly crop control programs, while former Secretary Freeman works to marshal city Democrat votes. Closed-door strategy sessions involve White House aides and top administration staff.
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Washington
House
Clinton P. Anderson
D-N.m
Anderson
Orville S. Freeman
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Congress
Johnson
White House
Freeman
Worker Survives 13-Floor Fall On Friday the 13th
Ernest J. De Laurier, 25, a construction worker in Fort Lauderdale, plunged from the 13th floor of an apartment building after stepping on a loosened form in a shaft between the building and an exterior elevator. He struck the lower floors in sequence and suffered a broken arm, two broken legs, multiple lacerations, and possible internal injuries. Doctors listed his condition as critical.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ernest J. de Laurier
de Laurier
Auto Makers Say New Car Tires Safe If Inflation Guides Followed
Washington AP report on Senate Commerce Committee hearing where major automakers defend tire safety and oppose a minimum fire safety standard bill. Spokespersons from GM Ford and Chrysler argue worn or damaged tires are the true hazard, call for mandatory inspections, and dispute that current inflation pressures raise blowout risks on heavy loads.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Harry F. Barr
Automobile Manufacturers Association
General Motors
Ray Pittman
Ford Motors
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Paul Rand Dixon
Federal Trade Commission
Pittman
Weather forecast for Virginia and North Carolina
Partly cloudy and warm Saturday with highs 88 to 94 inland and 81 to 89 along coasts and mountains. Clear Saturday night and Sunday. North Carolina sees partly cloudy, warm, humid conditions with scattered thundershowers about 20 percent coastal areas. mountains highs 78 to 86, elsewhere 87 to 94. Yesterday readings show 74 at 7 am, 88 at 1 pm, 98 at 1 am today.
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Virginia
North Carolina
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Albert Bouchie
Danny
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Riters
Chicago
Thanh Hoa
David Clement
Jacksonville
N.C
3Rd Marine Regiment
Clement
Marc Moore
Dallas
iTex
Mekong River
Co-Pleiku
West Side
Robert Wiens
Garfield Park Hospital
Wiens
ACT
Lawrence Landry
Landry
Wilcox Avenue
Pulaski
James Bevel
Nal
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Hubert H. Humphrey
Red Cross
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