Baton Rouge Braces After Gun Battle Kills Two. Curfew Imposed
Violence erupted in Baton Rouge as a black demonstration turned into street fighting and a fatal gunbattle. Police reported eight black suspects charged with murder of two sheriff's deputies. National Guardsmen patrolled streets. a curfew and assembly ban were imposed amid fears of outside agitators and planned attacks on other cities.
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Marijuana Worth Five Thousand Seized In Knoxville Raid
Narcotics officers arrested three people including two UT students Stuart Garson Smith 22 and Michael Lee Jones 25 and John Jeffry Jacobson 20 after seizing 37 pounds of marijuana valued about 9000. Hashish pipes and paraphernalia were also found. A second raid charged Charles Atwood 35 and Joyce Joann Cupp with marijuana and amphetamines for resale and Cupp with felonious assault on a police officer.
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Gas well shut down for excess air-gas ratio in Tennessee
Tennessee reports the James Jeffers Well No. 2 in West Onedia was ordered shut after burning natural gas beyond the permitted air-gas ratio. Conservation Commissioner Bill Jenkins said state oil supervisor Robert Hershey enforced the order. In Selmer, ex-sheriff Buford Pusset is free on 1000 bond after charges including assault and larceny. In Jackson, Denton Fly and Marseila Williams acquitted of social security fraud conspiracy. In Knoxville, Duane Ausetts named safety director to take office February 1. U.S. Marshals recaptured James Baruff after bond revocation amid a stock swindle case.
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UPI
Tennessee
West Onedia
Bill Jenkins
Robert Hershey
James Jeffers
Selmer
UPS
McNalty County
Buford Pusset
Pusser
Thomas Edmond Pickens
Counce
Pickens
Jackson
Gibson County
Denton Fly
Green Acres
Milan
Marseila Williams
Knoxville
U.S
James D. Baruff
Baruff
the .S
Boruff
Switzerland
Memphis
New Twist In Amendment Suit Over Tax Classification
Nashville officials seek dismissal and intervention in a case challenging a proposed constitutional amendment that would tax property differently. Metro Tax Assessor Clifford Allen objects to the suit's timing and argues changes possible before voter ratification. The L&N Railroad contends the measure could raise about 1 million dollars yearly. The amendment targets public utility, commercial, and residential property assessments. The Aug. 3 vote date is set, with no hearing date yet.
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Metro
Clifford Allen
Chouse
Allen
Viet Cong Attacks Saigon Area Ammunition Dump
Viet Cong commandos strike a U S air base ammunition dump near Saigon causing two hours of explosions but no American injuries. Four Americans die in a separate Huey helicopter crash as fighting across Saigon, Mekong Delta, and central coast intensifies with raids, ambushes, and the use of mobile antiaircraft missiles in Laos.
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Tuy Hoa
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Dinh Tuong
Camboxlian
Frozen Corpse Found in Freezer Shocks Toronto Youths
In Toronto a freezer discovery inspired by a Dean Martin film reveals Grace Evelyn Todd 34 shot dead. Her husband David Wilfred Todd 38 is charged with noncapital murder after authorities say the body was in a moved freezer for about six months.
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Matt Helm
Grace Evelyn Todd
David Wilfred Todd
Toronto
Todd
United States
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Cassidys
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