Curfew Extended as Watts Riots Enter Third Night
Gov. Edmund G Brown maintained the curfew in the riot wrecked Negro area of southern Los Angeles for a third night, saying the rioting and looting have ended. Negro residents disputed the claim, noting ongoing fear and “guerrilla fighting” despite the governor’s stance. 33 dead and 826 injured overall, with $175 million in fire damage and arrests nearing 2,928. National Guardsmen will remain to keep the area safe.
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Watts
Los Angeles
Iremen
Edmund G. Brown
Califor
National Guard
Brown
Associated Press
Two Crashes: Viet Nam Police HQ Raid and United Air Lines Crash
Viet Nam detectives probe a getaway car after a Viet Cong raid on the national police headquarters in Saigon left four policemen dead and up to twenty wounded, including possibly Americans. In Chicago, United Airlines Flight 389 with 30 aboard crashes into Lake Michigan near Oak Street, authorities say, after a loud blast and orange flash. search vessels and helicopters scour the lake as radio contact is lost nearO’Hare.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Chicago
United Air Lines
Lake Michigan
New York
Lake Forest
O’hare International
House Leaders Drop Bread Tax From Farm Bill
House Democrats decided at a closed meeting to remove the so called bread tax section from the administration Farm Bill. The move followed input from Speaker McCormack Secretary Freeman and key aides as debate looms.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
House Agriculture Committee
Harold D. Cooley
D-N.c
Lawrence F. O’brien
Johnson
Congress
GOP
Albert H
Chilean Government Declares National Disaster After Severe Weather
Chile declares national disaster after a week of heavy snow, high winds, and rain that damaged 40 percent of farmland and isolated towns. Missing and injured reported in Argentina while a naval disaster off Chile claims 44 sailors dead. US offers aid as Chile seeks relief supplies and communications collapse hinder full damage assessment.
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Santiago
Chile
Johnson
U.S
Argentina
Andes
Las Cuevas
Store Bandits Grab $65,000
In San Francisco two armed men robbed a Market Street Safeway money messenger, escaping with about $25,000 in cash and nearly $40,000 in checks as 40 plus customers and employees watched. Police say the holdup appeared preplanned and well executed.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Three Killed As Truck Collide Near Middleburg Fauquier
A truck car crash on U S 50 four miles west of Middleburg Fauquier County killed Richard E Harrell 24 and his wife Margaret 26 both of Leagittsburg Ohio and Richard Lee Ritter 26 of Winchester. Their five year old daughter Terry Marie Harrell survived with injuries. The Virginia road toll rose to 619 five below last year. In Virginia Beach Albert John Nagy Jr 42 of Norfolk died when his car hit a intersection near Salem Boulevard. In Washington Robert Earl Campbell 36 died from injuries from a July crash near Rocky Mount two others died in that crash.
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Associated Press
Ohio
U. S. 50
Middleburg
Fauquier County
Virginia
Richard E. Harrell
Flora Rd
Leagittsburg
Margaret
Richard Lee Ritter
Winchester
Ritter
Harrell
Middlebury
Terry Marie Harrell
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Norfolk
Albert John Nagy Jr
Salem Boulevard
Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach
Washington
Robert Earl Campbell
Rocky Mount
Soviet Pictures Show Back Side Of Moon More Packed Than Visible Face
Soviet space probe Zond 3 photographed the moon’s far side revealing a brighter, more mountainous surface with numerous crater chains. Tass distributed two high detail images and commentary by Dr. Yuri Lip sky noting fewer seas and more mountains than the near side.
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Tass
Yuri Lipsky
Shternberg Astronomical Institute
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Continents
Earth
Soviet Union
Television i
Mars
U.S
Sailboat Tinkerbelle Dead On Course Amid Gales
Mrs. Robert Maury met her husband at sea off Cornwall after his 134 foot Tinkerbelle sailed from Falmouth Massachusetts to Falmouth England. He remained on course despite several days of howling gales and was sighted 70 miles out shortly before noon Monday.
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Falmouth
England
Robert Maury
Atlantic
Mass
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cornwall
Robert
Mother
Manry
U.S. Abandons Vote Rights Push at United Nations
United States shifts from depriving debtor nations, including the Soviet Union, of U.N. voting rights to seek a normal General Assembly session. Ambassador Goldberg cites a life or death decision for the UN and vows to reserve the right to withhold payments if compelling reasons exist. Debtor nations owe about 168 million in peacekeeping assessments.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Arthur J. Golberg
U.S
Johnson
Goldberg
Dean Rusk
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
France
Cials
Johnson Urges Quick End to Maritime Strike Action
President Johnson pressed for a speedy resumption of idle ships as the Gulf East Coast maritime strike tied up nearly 100 vessels. He spoke with Secretary Wirtz and ordered a progress report by Wednesday and a fair method to resolve manpower and automation disputes.
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Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
LBJ Ranch
Washington
White House
Texas
Los Angeles
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Soldier Refuses Hunger Strike Protests Viet Nam Duty
Pfc. Winster Belton a 26 year old communications specialist from Milwaukee was court martialed after refusing a direct order to end a hunger strike protesting Viet Nam assignment. He was moved to Ft Benning stockade from Martin Army Hospital for medical and combat readiness review. Belton had not eaten since arriving at Benning and was deemed unfit for combat duty by Army doctors.
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FT. Benning, Ga
Viet Nam
Pfc
Winster Belton
Milwaukee
Wis
Ft. Benning Stockade
Martini Army Hospital
Army
Belton
Gemini 5 blastoff preparations move smoothly toward Thursday
Cape Kennedy preparations for Gemini 5 launch proceed with few issues. Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr prepare for an eight day orbital flight with final physicals Tuesday. Weather and track conditions are monitored as two typhoons Mary and Lucky drift in nearby seas, with no major problems expected for the 9 a.m. EST liftoff.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Pacific
Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Mary
Lucky
Quebec
Tokyo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cooper
Conrad
Weather outlook for Virginia and North Carolina plains
The Virginia forecast calls for mostly sunny and hot conditions with hazy skies and a high near 88 degrees on Tuesday, then persistent heat and haze with about 25 percent thunderstorm chances on Wednesday. In North Carolina, expect partly cloudy, warm Tuesday and Wednesday, with afternoon and evening thundershowers mainly in the mountains and a few elsewhere, highs around the 80s.
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North Carolina
Cleady
Cheady
Hazy
Clear
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