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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1969

Page

4

Belfast rioting shifts to prayers and rage

In Belfast churches Catholics and Protestants seek calm after days of clashes. Primate George Sims urged forgiveness as St Anne's Cathedral sheltered 1000 Catholics. A 9-year-old altar boy's funeral drew 500 through rubble streets amid graffiti and barricades. Protestant cleric Ian Paisley accused Catholics of leading rioters.

George Sims All Ireland Belfast St. Anne’s Cathedral St. Mary’s Patrick Rooney Falls Road Cullybackey Ian Paisley Crumlin Road Ardoyne Paisley Bone

Camille Rips Gulf Coastline

The hurricane Camille devastates the Louisiana coast driving mass evacuations from Mississippi and Alabama. In Plaquemines Parish Buras floods under 12 to 14 feet of water as levee breaches and high tides flood communities while New Orleans endures hurricane force winds. The Mississippi River bridge and Lake Pontchartrain causeway close as Camille spawns tornado threats across southeast Louisiana and into Florida.

Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Mobile Camille New Orleans Mississippi River Buras Plaquemines Parish Lake Pontchartrain Weather Bureau Fort Walton Fla

Nixon Pickets At San Clemente Parade Demand End To War

Pickets march along a road to Nixon estate while police manage traffic. Nixon stays indoors then flies to Palm Springs for golf, returning to San Clemente. Community leaders and PAC officials criticize permits while supporters call for law and order and an end to Vietnam.

C. C. Gates Nixon Camp Pendleton San Clemente State Beach Father Bonpane Green Beret Donald Duncan Supreme Court Abe Fortas Palm Springs San Clemente Ards Man Mars America Vietnam San Clemente Inn Robert Bland Orange County Peace Action Council PAC Los Angeles

Navy Plans Hurricane Seeding Flight Against Debbie

U S Navy base launches major test to seed Hurricane Debbie with silver iodide particles. Planes take off at 10 a m to saturate the storm’s eye and monitor movement for 17 hours. Project Stromfurg, a joint ES SEA Navy and Air Force effort, aims to weaken the hurricane and alter its track.

Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico Debbie Project Stromfurg Environmental Science Services Administration Navy Air Force

Experts Cite Possible Ritual Motive in Tate Slayings

USC psychologists and psychiatrists say the Sharon Tate murders may have been planned to mislead police. The killers left specific ritual clues, tied Tate and Sebring, and could be young men seeking power expression. Vancouver police were asked to watch for four LA suspects believed headed to Edmonton.

Sharon Tate Vancouver Los Angeles Royal Canadian Mounted Police Edmonton Alta Miss Tate Sebring

GOP group charges FAA misleads on air safety stats

A report by Republican lawmakers faults FAA statistics as misleading and calls for drastic changes. It questions NTSB effectiveness, urges abolition of the Civil Aeronautics Board, and seeks federal funding, research, and leadership to fix air traffic control and airport safety gaps. The group plans legislation to enact the recommendations.

Washington Federal Aviation Administration FFA National Transportation Safety Board Civil Aeronautics Board FAA James Harvey Michigan Frank Horton New York Robert T. Stafford Vermont J. William Stanton Ohio

Camille Celebrated as Camille Drenches Pensacola Shelters

In Pensacola Florida on Sunday twenty five Hurricane Camille shelters operated by Civil Defense and one by a local gang at Dirty Joe's tavern faced evacuation orders as 4000 residents fled Santa Rosa Island. The party continued with toasts and beer as police dispersed revelers and warned crowd cooling measures.

Pensacola Fla Civil Defense Dirty Joe's Pensacola Beach Santa Rosa Island University of West Florida Cervantes Street Camille Mobile Dirty Joe’s

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