Idea of New 4th by LBJ
President Johnson spoke at HemisFair in San Antonio on July 4 urging continued expansion of independence to fit changing times. He argued political independence must secure individual freedom and that all Americans—including poor, Black, Mexican American, and Native communities—should shape their own destiny.
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San Antonio
Tex
U.S
HemisFair
Johnson
America
Americas
Johnson City
Protests Overseas Mar Fourth Fetes Protests Overseas
A mob of 1,500 war protesters at the American consulate in an overseas city attacked windows and threatened arson before police cleared them. Six cannisters of gasoline and kerosene were seized as demonstrators, mostly students, hurled stones, a red paint bomb and firecrackers. Six officers casualties were reported as order was restored.
Satellite Explorer 38 Launches to Monitor Milky Way Radio Signals
NASA launched Explorer 38, a 417-pound satellite, from Lompoc California aboard a Delta rocket to monitor radio waves from the sun, Jupiter, the Milky Way and other galaxies. The craft entered a transfer orbit and will reach a 3,700 mile high circular orbit after final thrusts and despining.
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Washington
Milky Way
Empire State Building
Lompoc
Calif
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Rae-A
Radio Astronomy
Explorer-A
Sun
Jupiter
Galaxies
Earth
Canadian Tourist Office Blast Strikes Fifth Avenue NY
A bomb ripped through the Canadian National Tourist office on Fifth Avenue New York during the Fourth of July. The blast shattered windows in the Intra Bank building and damaged nearby stores and the Canadian Consulate, amid prior anti Castro refugee violence.
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New York
UPI
Fifth Avenue
Cuba
Intrabank
Ex convict storms honeymoon cottage in Australia siege
Wallace Mellish a 23 year old ex convict held police commissioner Noran Allan and minister hostage for 90 minutes at a Glenfield cottage in Sydney then demanded an M16 rifle and 200 cartridges to defend his wedding to Bery Muddle. He warned he would kill the bride and baby unless demands were met. The standoff drew 90 police, a minister, and the bride and infant inside the home as Mellish negotiated for arms and a radio while authorities urged calm.
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Sydney
Australia
UPI
Wallace Mellish
Glenfield
Bery Muddle
Leslie
Mellish
Glenfield Road
Miss Muddle
Noran Allan
Allan
Clive Paton
Vietnam
Burglar Sneaks Through Skylight Steals Meat at Belmont Market
A hungry burglar entered the Belmont Heights Food Market at 3500 East Broadway through the skylight and fled with about 500 dollars in meats and groceries, police reported Thursday in Long Beach.
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Belmont Heights
E. Broadway
Long Beach
Reagan Says Gun Sales Rise Over Faith in Government
Governor Reagan told about 1,000 people at a Fourth of July event in Columbia that law abiding citizens buy more guns as they mistrust government protection. He cited a gun control hearing noting handgun sales spiked eightfold in one state. Reagan rode a red stage coach with Nancy and children Patti and Ron.
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Ronald Reagan
Tuolumne County
Secret Service
Grandstand
Reagan
Columbia Park
Nancy
Patti
Ronald Ir
New Unrest in Paterson City Sparks Night of Vandalism
In Paterson New Jersey hundreds of Negro and Puerto Rican youths formed small bands, fled tear gas, broken windows, and hurled rocks at police. Rooftop attackers endangered passersby as the fourth straight night of disturbances continued. Police reported 84 arrests and about 20 injuries across the prior three nights.
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Paterson
N.J
UPI
Eight Die As Boat Capsizes on Florida Lake
On a lake near Lake Wales Florida a 12 foot outboard boat carrying nine passengers including seven children and a 35 year old man capsized in 15 feet of water. An eighth child Vernesia Clay 14 was rescued by off duty deputy sheriff Ray Greubell. The dead were Sheila Jenning 8 Carolyn Jones 11 Cynthia Jackson 7 Jimmy Clay 9 Rhonda Tucker 10 Cynthia Clay 11 Belenda Clay 12 and William Harrell the operator all from the area.
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Lake Wales
Fla
Vernesia Clay
Raymond Parks
Parks
Polk County
Ray Greubell
Clay Girl
William Harrell
Harrell
Greubell
Grenbell
Sheila Jenning
Carolyn Jones
Cynthia Jackson
Jimmy Clay
Rhonda Tucker
Cynthia Clay
Belenda Clay
Burglary Report in Canton Garage Theft
Car Brewster reported in Canton that burglars used a pry tool to force open a garage door and steal tools and a television set valued at 130 dollars. Police were notified Thursday about the break in.
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Brewster
W. Canton Sr
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