London police hunt killers after deadly trio shooting
Hundreds of armed officers scoured London in the largest manhunt in history chasing gunmen who killed three unarmed policemen outside Wormwood Scrubs. The public urged to aid detection, while debates over harsher penalties resurfaced and Queen Elizabeth telephoned Scotland Yard.
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London
Scotland Yard
Home
Roy Jenkins
Alice
Britain
Elizabeth II
Scotland
Frank Tomney
Labor
West London
Arthur Evans
Police Federation
Ronald Howe
Criminal Investigation Division
Bobby
Wormwood Scrubs
Kenan Foundation Gifts Wright School to Aid Budget
A $10,000 donation from the Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation supports Wright School for emotionally disturbed children in its bid to stay open. The Durham institution has reduced administrative staff due to state funding cuts, and faces about a $39,000 deficit while supporters seek restoration of funds from the next General Assembly.
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Durham
Sarah Graham Kenan Foundation
Wright School
General Assembly
Johnson fills four diplomatic posts incl. first woman ambassador
President Johnson named Miss Carol C. Luise ambassador to Nepal, the fifth woman to hold such rank. She heads the State Department South Asian Affairs office and has served since 1948. Other nominees include Glen W. Ferguson to Kenya, Leo G. Cyr to Rwanda, and John Morgan McSweeney to Bulgaria.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Carol C. Luise
Nepal
Henry E. Stebbins
Uganda
Laise
Margaret Tibet
Arearetts
Katherine White
Denmark
Patricia Harris
Luxembourg
Eugenie Anderson
U.S
Vista
Peace Corps
Kenya
William Attwood
Cowles Publications
Leo G. Cyr
State Department
Office of African Affairs
Rwanda
Charles D. Withers
Bulgaria
John Morgan McSweeney
John Morgan McSweeney, A Career Foreign Service
Nathaniel Davis
National Security Council
Melbourne Salvation Army home fire kills 29 elderly men
A Melbourne blaze at a Salvation Army home for the destitute killed 29 residents and injured 12, the heaviest single building death toll in Australia. Police cited possible electrical fault or smoking in bed as causes. many died of suffocation or heart attacks.
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Melbourne
Australia
Salvation Army
John Patterson
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Fairfield Plaza
Dan River
SKY City
Edward Reid
Jamaica
Dacron
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