Heath Maudling Contenders Home Resigns As Party Head
London AP reports Conservative Party members craft plan to elect new leader after Sir Alec Douglas-Home resigns. Edward Heath and Reginald Maudling, both 40s, are front runners to secure a majority of the 303 MPs. Possible compromise option Christopher Soames ill.
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London
Edward Heath
Reginald Maudling
Britain
Conservative Party
Alec Douglas-Home
Labor Party
Harold MacMillan
Heath
Maudling
House of Commons
Christopher Soames
Winston Church
Harold Wilson
Commons
Douglas- Home
Douglas-Home
Jury Clears Grid Star Jim Brown in Akron Legal Case
In Cleveland a jury acquitted NFL star Jim Brown of assault and battery against an 18 year old woman in a motel room. Brown testified he did not lay a finger on Brenda Ayres and claimed her charges were an attempt to extort money.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Brown
Brenda Ayres
Miss Ayres
Brenda
Norman S. Minor
Browns
National Football League
Gemini 5 rehearsal beset by Titan 2 launch glitches at Cape Kennedy
Technical problems slowed a spaceflight rehearsal as L. Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr faced a stuck gantry and a 76 minute countdown delay. A cherry picker finally lowered them from the spacecraft atop a Titan 2 rocket. Officials cite faulty switch and radio interference in Houston and Cape Kennedy testing linked to Gemini 6 maneuvers and Agena target satellite readiness.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Elks
Fish
Air Force
Col
Navy
Cmdr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Schirral
Stafford
Unusual Nursery Near Emory Studies Ape Behavior
At the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center near Emory University a nursery houses nine gorillas and four chimpanzees. Researchers led by Dr. R K Davenport and Dr C M Rogers say the setup aids behavioral studies linking environment and heredity, with aims to illuminate human infant problems.
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Atlanta, Ga
Emory University
Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center
Dell
R. K. Davenport
Davenport
C. M. Rogers
Yerkes
Weather outlook with heat and scattered storms
Variable cloudiness turns hot and humid with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers today and Saturday. Tonight remains fair and warm. Highs reach 84 to 92 today and 88 to 96 on Saturday with low teens to mid 70s overnight.
Soviets Step Up Air Pressure Against Viet Cong Fronts in Thailand
U S sees Southeast Asia widening conflict as Peking supports Thai fronts similar to Viet Cong. Red China funds propaganda via Voice of Thailand, targeting Thanom Kittikachorn's government while Laos trembles in the northeast amid a dust bowl region near the Pathet Lao. Mon Kon Nanakon and Phayone Chulanont lead Thai groups in exile.
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Thailand
Thailand Patriotic Front
Quinim Pholsena
Laos
Mon
Thanom_ Kittikachorn
U.S
Viet Nam
Peking
Voice of
I Communist Pathet Lao
Deaths Obituaries Page Two Hinderliter Rushton Lula Sandstrom
Obituaries list Lester Hinderliter 67 of 60 Franklin Street rear Clymer. Mrs Sarah Knox Rushton 70 of Burnley England. Lula Sandstrom aged unknown from Salisbury Rural Route 1.
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Hinderliter
Lester
Dewey
Franklin St
Rear
Clymer
Rushton
Sarah Knox
Burnley
Lancashire
England
Pair linked to Murph the Surf nabbed with jewels
In Miami a man tied to the Star of India sapphire theft and a former Playboy Club bunny were arrested with about 150000 dollars in stolen jewels after a police tip. The arrests followed a confidential informant statement leading investigators to the suspects and the cache.
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Charles W. Price
H. E. Netsch
Miami Criminal Investigation Department
Jordan Marsh
Miami
Greyhound Bus Terminal
Star of India
Fla
Jack
Murph the Surf
Murphy
Irish Freighter Hit By Blaze Four Said Dead
At least four Irish seamen died after a predawn explosion and fire ripped through the crew quarters of the freighter Irish Sycamore tied up at the Mississippi River public commodities wharf in New Orleans. A fifth crewman was reported missing as fire crews fought the blaze aboard the 449 foot vessel.
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Dublin
Mississippi River
Mass Greek Protest as Funeral March Weathers Riot Fear
In Athens more than 100 000 demonstrators paraded through the city in a large funeral cortege for a left wing youth amid political riots. Riot police kept watch while authorities warned against violence under threat of military intervention. Papandreou blamed for political strife and denied a secret group accusation as crowds cheered him entering the scene.
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Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Constantine
Athanasiadis Novas
Andreas
Aspida
Trooper Resigns After Gettysburg Crash
State Police report a trooper named Charles A. Christine resigned after a one car crash heavily damaged his cruiser. The 26 year old was assigned to the Gettysburg Substation on June 30 when the accident occurred off duty near Route 15 south of Gettysburg. An investigation had begun before his resignation. Police said the off duty use of the cruiser was not authorized.
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Harrisburg
State Police Department
Charles A. Christine
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Christine
Route 15
Canadian Postal Strike Spreads Across Canada
Mail piles up in post offices as strikes spread to at least 43 communities in Ontario Quebec and British Columbia. About 1200 Toronto letter carriers joined the walkout despite pleas for patience. The government ordered restrictions on lower class mail and asked the U S to withhold third class mail from Canada.
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Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Toronto Letter Carriers
Postal Workers’ Brotherhood
United States
Herbert Owens Recovering After Suspected Heart Attack
Herbert H. Owens, 64, of 8 North Ninth St., admitted to Indiana Hospital after falling ill at home. Owens Market owner at 901 Philadelphia St. reportedly being treated for a heart attack.
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Herbert H. Owens
North Ninth St
Indiana Hospital
Owens
Owens Market
Philadelphia St
United States Expands Air Strikes in Vietnam
U S forces stepped up air strikes in South Vietnam and conducted six bombing missions against North Vietnam. Navy offshore bombardments continued. two Americans died in separate incidents and multiple aircraft were lost or crashed during operations near Da Nang and in Binh Dinh Province.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Air Force
da Nang
U.S
Pentagon Looks Over Old Mobilization Order
Pentagon officials discuss wartime mobilization as they review Haile Selassie’s Ethiopian mobilization decree from 30 years ago. The document orders universal mobilization, including men with wives, women with children, and exemptions for the blind or disabled, with harsh penalties for noncompliance.
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Pentagon
Washington
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
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Houston
Tex
Houston Center
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Cape Send
Legion
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Red China
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Pearson
New York Museum of Natural History
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Dadeland
Howard M. James
Pennsylvana State Police
Pittsburgh
Abe Zeid
Zeid
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Candace Mossler
Texas
Jacques Mossler
Key Biscayne
Messler
Ruth Sutton
Herbert Owens
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