Camille Threatens Mainland From Florida to Mississippi
More than half a million Gulf coast residents from Florida to Mississippi were placed on a hurricane watch as Camille approached on a north northwest track with 100 mph winds. The storm eyed coastal Mobile to Pensacola, forecasters warned of rising tides and squalls as a hurricane hunter prepared to probe Debbie, a new Atlantic threat.
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Ben Funk
Associated Press
MIAMI
Gulf Coast
Florida
Mississippi
Camille
Biloxi
Miss
St. Marks
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Cuba
Florida West Coast
Gulf O Grand Isle
Panama City
United States
Havana
Gulf
Debbie
Atlantic
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Neil Frank
Alabama
Autopsy Hearing Set in Chappaquiddick Case
A court will hear Aug 25 on a request for an autopsy of Mary Jo Kopechne in the Chappaquiddick tragedy. The move follows inquest plans for Sept 3 in Edgartown. Kopechne’s family opposes the exhumation.
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Wilkes-Barre
Mary Jo Kpechne
Edmund Dinis
Dukes County
Mass
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
Dinis
Robert F. Kennedy
Edgardown
Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Martha's Vineyard
Kennedy
Piedmont Operations Resumed After Court Compromise
Piedmont Airlines plans full operation resume as quickly as possible after a court-ordered compromise with striking pilots. Judge John D. Butzner of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals modified the injunction to require three-man cockpit crews on Boeing 737 jets. The strike began when the airline announced crews would drop from three to two.
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Richmond, Va
Piedmont Airlines
John D. Butzner
Dth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Butzner
Airline Pilots Association
ALPA
North Carolina
Piedmont
Court of Appeals
Housing Starts Fall As Builders Seek Credit Controls
Washington AP The National Association of Home Builders urged government credit controls amid a nine percent drop in July housing starts from June. The Commerce Department put the seasonally adjusted rate at 1.34 million units. NABG president Eugene Gulledge warned the slide could worsen past 1966 lows and urged President Nixon to back measures to bolster the industry and ease credit rationing, which the group says hampers bidding for funds at short-term rates.
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Washington
National Association of Home Builders
Commerce Department
Eugene A. Gulledge
Home Builders’ Group
Nixon
Association
Gulledge
Phosgene Gas Trains Reach Near Destinations for Conversion
Two trains carrying 300 tons of phosgene travel toward plants to convert gas to peaceful uses. One train heads to Geismar Louisiana for plastics, while the other targets Vandemark Industries in Lockport North Carolina for weed killer or synthetic foam. Controversy over safety and routing persists as officials and governors voice objections.
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Colorado
Mississippi
Geismar
Illinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Vandemark Industries
Lockport
N.C
Army
Jones Chemical Co
Batavia
N.Y
Canada
Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ravenna
Ordnance Plant
B&o Lster
U.S. Department of Transportation
Ravenna Ordnance Plant
B&o
Erie-Lackawanna Railroad
Buffalo
Robert D. Ray
Iowa
White House
Alien Vandemark
Belfast unrest deepens as mobs set Catholic bars ablaze
Two killed and 224 wounded in the fourth straight night of sectarian battles in Northern Ireland. Protestant mobs attacked Catholic bars in Belfast with fire bombs, while British troops manned barriers to separate Falls Road and Davis Street districts. Police and soldiers patrolled, with Dublin mobilizing reserves and IRA activity reported in the north.
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Belfast
Falls Road
Northern Ireland
Britain
Queens and Wales
Davis Street
Londonderry
Bogside
Bernadette Devlin
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Dublin
Patrick Hillery
Foreign Office
London
U.N
United Nations
James Chichester-Clark
Irelands
United Kingdom
Ulster
Ground War Tapers Off In South Vietnam
Ground fighting across South Vietnam eased overnight while enemy rockets and mortars hit 45 allied bases and towns. U.S. and South Vietnamese losses run about 200 Americans killed and 800 to 1,000 wounded this week, with about 3,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops killed since Tuesday. Probes were few, two American base incidents causing 73 wounded and 17 enemy deaths.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Phouc Long
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
da Nang
Fears Another Vietnam Cooper Will Press Senate To Oppose Thailand Treaty
Senator John Sherman Cooper says he will seek a Senate record opposing use of U.S. troops in Thailand to fight insurgents, tying his stand to fears of another Vietnam. He would cap U.S. aid to Thailand and Laos to supplies and equipment to avoid broader involvement, while noting the 1964 secret plan possible limits and command arrangements under SEATO.
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Cooper
Senate
Thailand
Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Vietnam
U.S
Kentucky
Republican
U.s.-Thailand
Laos
Armed Services Committee
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Thanom Kittikachorn
Richard G. Stilwell
William C. Westmoreland
Aussie American Ships Blamed In Collision
A five nation board of inquiry found both the U S destroyer Frank E Evans and the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne to blame for the collision that killed 74 American sailors but assigned primary responsibility to the destroyer The Melbourne captain faces a court martial while the U S Navy has not announced charges on Evans personnel and the panel avoided naming individuals to protect rights
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Australian Naval Department
Melbourne
U.S. Navy
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Robert H. Simpson
Pended
Brominski
John Flanagan
John O'Connor
Joseph Kopechne
Berkley Heights
N.J
Kopechnes
Flanagan
New York
Maton Helpera
Mills
Seeree Ferereone
Eeaeranes
Rephoio
Phosgene Cargo
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Ireland
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