Veterans Clean Up Cemetery in Colma Calif
A Labor Day effort by about 50 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their families cleaned Olivet Cemetery in Colma, mowing two acres, removing weeds, and tending graves for 90 veterans. They aimed to restore a memorial area after a workers strike had halted services, with flag ceremonies resuming ahead of Veterans Day.
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Colma
Calif
Wallace Levin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
San Francisco
Olivet Cemetery
Weather heats up as late summer lingers through midweek
The Weather Service says hot and humid conditions persist through Wednesday with highs near 90 in the Sandhills and southern coastal plain. Nighttime lows remain warm as summer’s grip extends.
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U.S. Weather Service
Sandhills
Southern
Coastal Plain
Furious bulldozer rampage ends in jail term
Terence Round drove a four ton bulldozer toward his inlaws and smashed two offices in a rage aimed at his wife. He received a two year jail sentence in a Cheshire court after being confronted by his wife who called the act the most courageous thing she had seen.
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Birkenhead
England
Terence Round
Cheshire
Two Leaders Continue Irish Talks
Britain prime minister Edward Heath and Ireland's Jack Lynch held a nine hour session at Chequers amid tensions in Northern Ireland when the death toll reached 100 after the 14 year old Annette McGavigan was shot in Londonderry Bogside.
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London
Edward Heath
Britain
Jack Lynch
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Heath
Lynch
Annette McGavigan
Londonderry
Annette
Alaska Airlines Crash Killed 111. Bodies Recovered
Rescue teams on a rain soaked mountain side recovered 56 bodies and flight recorders from the Alaska Airlines 727 crash site on Mt. Chilkat. Debris stretched across three depressions 2,500 to 3,500 feet up the slope as investigators began mapping debris to determine the crash sequence. The victims were taken to a temporary Juneau morgue for identification.
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Juneau
Alaska
Vic
Tims
Patrick Wellington
Alaska Public Safety Department
Alaska Airlines 727
Chilkat
National Guard
Coast Guard
National Transportation Safety Board
Nine Women Arrested At Pontiac Bus Protest
In Pontiac Michigan nine women were arrested as a school busing plan sparked a march of up to ten thousand people. The protesters backed by the National Action Group attended a Madison Junior High rally where Freedom Schools were announced to operate in churches homes and storefronts with volunteer teachers.
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Pontiac, Mich
Freedom
Madison Junior High School
National Action Group
Elsie Bigger
Freedom Schools Plan
Bigger
Pontiac
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