Prison Fire Suspects Named in Florida P
In Milton Florida AP report convicts testify that three cellmates started a deadly fire at State Prison Road Camp 12 in Jay. 22 bodies lie outside as coroner's inquest opens to determine criminal negligence or homicide. Guards freed inmates, one fire rescue left guard Lovett burned.
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Richard Oppel Milton
Fla
State Prison Road Camp 12
Jay
Santa Rosa
Old County
Mahlon McCall
Camp 2
Lovett
Richard
Cobb
Joseph Earl Wynder
Thomas E. Ard
Earl Evans
Pensacola
Wynder
Calhoun County
Ard
Evans
Sampans Sunk as US Helos Hit Viet Cong Convoys
U S forces report 122 Viet Cong sampans sunk in two helicopter strikes near the Truong Giang River with 143 Communist troops killed in South Vietnam. Five camps near Saigon faced mortar and rocket attacks, one American killed and 15 wounded. North Vietnam air war continues as naval strikes target rail lines near Kep and Haiphong. A Navy helicopter rescued Lt Cmdr D A Verich, the missing pilot.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Salem
Truong Giang
Cambodia
Phuoc Hiep
Phuo¢ Hiep
North Vietnam
Air Force
Kep
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Red China
Bac le
Oriskany
Constellation
Bon Homme Richard
Don Son
Haiphong
Thanh Hoa
Navy
Cmdr
D. A. Verich
Laona
Wis
Rail Crisis Ends as Congress Passes Compulsory Settlement
Washington AP reports that after more than three months of back and forth, Congress enacted railroad shopcraft settlement legislation ending the national dispute. Johnson faced House resistance from pro labor Democrats and Republicans seeking anti strike laws, but Senate approval and final passage capped the crisis. Labor opposes compulsory terms, fearing loss of its strike weapon.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Senate
Marsgin
House Commerce Committee
Rep
Harley O
Staggers
de W.va
Commerce Committee
Horse Jumpers Go to Olympic
NEW ORLEANS AP Bert Rose former Vikings general manager will take a similar post with the New Orleans Saints. Rose is now an assistant to Pete Rozelle NFL commissioner.
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NEW Orleans
Bert Rose
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans Saints
Bob Roesler
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Rose
Pete Rozelle
National Football League
Pentagon seeks iron rich shells to cut copper costs in Vietnam
The Pentagon plans to substitute iron for copper in artillery shells and munitions in Vietnam to lower costs. Copper dominates rotating bands on 90mm 155mm shells, with about two pounds per shot. Using iron could save about 32,000 dollars monthly at current rates, though exact iron costs are undetermined and copper stockpiles face a general decline despite no overall shortage.
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Vietnam
Bob Horton Washington
Pentagon
United States
Southeast Asia
U. S
Defense
General Services Administration
Hope Star: Twelve NC men held on race terror conspiracy
FBI says 12 North Carolina men were arrested on charges of conspiring to block school integration in Rowan and Cabarrus counties by terrorism and intimidation. Warrants from Greensboro federal court accuse them of burning churches and property, threatening calls, and inhibiting federally funded programs from 1965 to now. Indicted by a July grand jury, the suspects include Homer D. Blackwelder and others from Concord, Kannapolis, China Grove, and Rockswell.
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Washington
FBI
North Carolina
Ramsey Clark
U.S. District Court
Greensboro
Nlc
Rowan
Barrus
J. Edgar Hoover
Homer D. Blackwelder
Concord
Winfred Ed
Dallas Win Knocks L A Out of 3rd
Dallas-Fort Worth climbed from the Texas League cellar to beat Arkansas 5-1 in Arlington. Jim Barfield hit a two run homer in the sixth and drove in another in the eighth. Don Larsen preserved the win for John Hermanek who improved to 6-6. Albuquerque beat Amarillo 8-5 and El Paso shut out Austin 6-0.
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Arlington
Tex
Dallas-Fort Worth
Arkansas
Travelers
Jim Barfield
Spurs
Barfield
Danny Jaster
Don Larsen
John Hermanek
Larsen
Albuquerque
Amarillo
el Paso
Austin
Rockefeller to name referee for G and F probe
Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller announced Monday he will appoint his own referee to hear misconduct charges aimed at ousting Ark ansas Game and Fish Commission members. He seeks outside help to avoid sitting as judge and notes legal questions about Amendment 35. Evidence from the hearing would go to the Attorney General for action. Frost, offered head of the state Administration Department, has yet to decide on the role.
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Little Ruck
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
G. Thomas Eisele
Rockefeller
Arkansas Bar Association
State Judicial Council
Corredt
Attorney General’s Office
Clarence
Mike’' Frost
Detroit
State Administration Department
Frost
Lite Te Rock
Arkansas
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Kannapolis
Robert Philsmore Hil
Ray Lee Hornbesk
Ronald Lee Mullis
Charles Alexander Outen
Nolan Haredin Safrit
Cliton Wayne Shaver
Rockswell
Donald Paul Stewart Jr
Bobby Gene Wagoner
Dallas
L.A
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POLL
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