Betsy Toll Seen Exceeding One Billion Dollars
Louisiana Governor McKeithen, mud on his shoes, tours flood areas and says Betsy damage may top one billion. Divers search for a chlorine barge sunk in the Mississippi River. Orleans flood situation eases while missing persons count rises to 50-60. Insurance losses may reach 300 million. Betsy marks Louisiana’s worst storm and a major maritime disaster.
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New Orleans
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Strick
St. Bernard Parish
Mississippi
McKeithen
Orleans
Victor Schiro
Crescent City
Betsy
Florida
Arkansas
Orleans Parish
Nicholas Chetta
Chetta
Baton Rouge
Dudley Guglielmo
Industry Pool Bill Signed by Johnson Aims Aid to Small Firms
President Johnson signed a law creating a federal state cost-sharing program for information pools to help industries swap business knowhow. The $60 million authorization allows state allotments from $150000 to $2 million yearly, seen as a milestone similar to the Agricultural Extension Service for farms.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Great Agricultural Extension Service
India No. 1 Shastri vows honorable ceasefire plan
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri told Indian leaders India will seek an honorable and just halt in the war with Pakistan. In air strikes, casualties were reported in Pakistan towns Peshawar and Kohat. Pakistan said 64 killed and 100 wounded. Indian planes attacked Barrackpore and one plane reportedly downed. Shastri briefed UN chief Thant on possible ceasefire. Parliament to hear decision. Soviet urged cease-fire. U.S. officials monitor. Red China pressed India with a protest over Bank of China assets taken in 1962.
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New Delhi
India
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Pakistan
Isources
Rawalpindi
Peshawar
Kohat
Pakistan Air Force
Ers
Barrackpore
Calcutta
Shastri
U.N
Uthani
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Washington
Red China
Bank of China
Eisenhower backs Virginia GOP in two party theme
In Richmond Ike Eisenhower stumped for Governor candidate A Linwood Holton and urged voters to support a strong two party system. He joined a Capitol Square speech and a GOP fund raiser, saying only a robust two party framework can safeguard self-government. He noted limited knowledge of Virginia specifics but spoke on national issues affecting all states.
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Ike
Richmond
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Virginia
Gettysburg
State House
Capitol Square
A. Linwood Holton
Vincent F. Callahan
D. Dortch Warriner
Medals for Gemini 5 Astronauts in White House Ceremony
The Gemini 5 crew, Lt. Col. L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charles Conrad Jr., received Exceptional Service medals from President Johnson and were nominated for promotion. Dr. Charles Berry also earned NASA’s Exceptional Scientific Service medal. The ceremony featured a family atmosphere with little speech, and the astronauts later toured Congress and NSF events before a Capitol reception.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Earth
Loff
Middle East
Africa
Air Force
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles Berry
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Berry
NASA
White House
Gemini
National Academy of Sciences
Capitol
House of Representatives
Space
el Paso
Imperial Valley
California
India
Nepal
Tibet
House Group Seeks Dismissal of Mississippi Challenge
A House Elections subcommittee voted to recommend dismissing challenges by Mississippi Negroes to unseat five white Mississippi congressmen. The panel urged broader scrutiny of elections under the Voting Rights Act and set a Friday showdown vote in the House. Civil rights leaders condemned the move, urging full hearings and discussion.
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House
Washington
Subcommittee
Robert T. Ashmore
D-S.c
House Administration
Ashmore
Mississippi
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Leadership Conference On Civil Rights
Martin Luther King Jr
John Lewis
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Draftees Called Ahead Of Reserves For Viet Nam War
SEA ISLAND Ga AP Draftees are being called for duty in Viet Nam ahead of reserve units as the conflict likely extends. Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus R. Vance said reserves are perilous assets and usually serve one year while draftees serve two. Regular Army units go first and draftees could go after four months training if needed.
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Viet Nam
Vance
Maddox to run for Georgia governor on segregation platform
Atlanta AP Maddox announces candidacy for governor vowing a platform of racial segregation constitutional government private property rights and free enterprise. He frames himself as the only true conservative while facing potential rivals Ellis Arnall Ernest Vandiver George T. Smith and Peter Zack Geer.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Ernest Vandiver
House
George T. Smith
Peter Zack Geer
Senate rejects price cap on farm price supports
The Senate approved its omnibus farm bill 72 to 22 extending major support programs through 1969 while defeating proposed caps of 25 50 and 100 thousand dollars per farmer. Sen Ellender defended large loans aiding small farms. Brewster urged limits calling the program wasteful. A final conference with the House looms amid differences in the two bills.
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Washington
Senate
Alien J. Ellender
D-lua
Senate Agriculture Committee
Daniel B. Brewster
Dmd
Virginia
Robertson Brewster
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Maryland
John J. Williams
R-Del
Tornado Hits Peoria Wreaks $1 Million In Damage
A powerful tornado struck Peoria Illinois causing over 1 million dollars in damage and injuring 28 people. The Coca Cola Bottling plant Union Stockyards and a Hiram Walker facility were heavily damaged as trees fell and power lines toppled.
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Peoria
Illinois
Coca-Cola
Union
Hiram Walker
Union Stockyards
Washington, D
Vietnamese Paratroopers Lead Major Viet Cong Sweep
About 1,160 Vietnamese paratroopers dropped in a tropical rainstorm 30 miles north of Saigon in a major operation to clear guerrillas. U.S. advisers jumped with them as ground forces moved toward Ben Cat. Skyraider aircraft pounded shrubland for 200 minutes before the drop. B52s earlier attacked a major Viet Cong concentration. The 173rd Airborne Brigade and Royal Australian Battalion led the ground push with no contact reported hours after the start. Meanwhile 5,000 Flying Horse men of the 1st Cavalry Division took positions in the central highlands. Peking denounced the landing, accusing the United States of intent to expand the war and break Geneva accords. The Airmobile troops held around An Khe, Route 19 corridor, near Pleiku and Qui Nhon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ben Cat
Guam
U.S. Army
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Royal Australian Battalion
1St Cavalry Division
Justifiable homicide verdict in Los Angeles riot shootings
A coroner s jury ruled the police shootings of two alleged looters justifiable. The proceedings paused when an ACLU attorney was ejected after accusing the inquiry of whitewashing. The panel found Homer Ellis 45 died from a police bullet to the heart as he committed burglary while intoxicated, amid riot turmoil Aug 11 15.
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Los Angeles
American Civil Liberties Union
Hugh Manes
South Side
Homer Ellis
L Ellis
St. Louis
Pope Paul Leads Penance Procession After Council Opening
Pope Paul leads a dusk procession of 2500 prelates through Rome to mark the Vatican Council reopening and to plead for peace. He unveils a plan for an episcopal senate to assist the Curia. details to follow. The procession from the Church of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem to St. John Lateran Basilica featured relics of Christ’s cross.
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Pope Paul
Vatican City
Rome
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Paul
Council Fathers
Vatican Curia
Curia
Council
Weather map for Virginia and North Carolina brief
Partly cloudy and warm in Virginia with scattered showers possible Thursday. North Carolina expect variable clouds and warm conditions with afternoon showers or thundershowers mainly in the east. Temperatures reach mid to upper 80s in most areas with 76 to 90 in the mountains and rainfall near 0.06 inches overnight.
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Virginia
North Portion
North Carolina
East
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Qui Nhon
NEA
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Khyber Pass
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Gibson City
Ilinois
Peking
China
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
1St Cavalry
Jbury
An Khe
Route 19
Pleiku
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