Baltimore arrests NSRP leaders amid riot crackdown
Baltimore authorities arrested three top leaders of the National States Rights party on riot charges after racial rallies sparked violence in East Baltimore. Indicted were Connie Lynch Joseph Carroll and Richard Norton, with an injunction ordered to stop further NSRP rallies.
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Airlines Reach Settlement After 22 Day Strike
President Johnson announces a settlement ending a 22 day airline wage dispute. William J. Curtin and Sem Miller lead negotiations with IAM top mechanics seeking 53 cents an hour plus benefits. Emergency board had recommended 48 cents. Industrywide impact expected as carriers resume operations soon.
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Speck Transferred to County Jail Under Guard
Speck moved from the city jail infirmary to a 24 bed ward at the county jail under tight guard after a rapid, secret transfer. A 24 year old seaman, he faced eight murder indictments in Criminal Court and was kept away from reporters to avoid a Dallas style incident.
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Gaming Union Boss Plans Mint Appeal
Hanley said the next union election will be held at the Sahara Del Webb hotel but the union will seek to delay it until it overturns the Mint as a Lucky election. The union also faces an unfair labor practice charge over alleged employee intimidation at the Thunderbird Hotel.
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Heaviest Raids of Viet War Clobber Reds
Air Force Maj. James H. Kasler led 11 strikes near Dong Hoi with F105 Thunderchiefs damaging railed bridges barges and anti aircraft positions. B52 bombers were grounded likely due to target shortages while ground action remained light in other areas. In the Central Highlands US troops killed 12 to 15 North Vietnamese and captured one. Paul Revere operation totals reach 614 killed 73 captured 14 detained to date.
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Indianapolis
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Saigon
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Debris Spotted 400 Miles Southwest in Stilwell DC3 Search
A Coast Guard C130 sighted debris about 400 miles southwest of San Francisco linked to the missing DC3 carrying Brig. Gen. Joseph Stilwell. The object appeared wooden and 5 to 10 feet long with an orange paint, as two smoke bombs were dropped to aid surface cutters Taney and Dexter in the daylight search.
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Lost U2 Found in Bolivian Andes Crash Report
U2 pilot Capt. Robert D. Hickman 32 of Alexandria LA died when the U2 crashed in Caranga province near Langpera in the Bolivian Andes. Search efforts from Panama to Chile and Peru covered about 40 000 square miles as authorities identified the pilot’s I D card and prepared to confirm details.
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Britons Determined to Solve Britain’s Economic Crisis
Washington briefing notes recount Prime Minister Harold Wilson meeting President Johnson. Wilson pledged to pull Britain from crisis with wartime resolve, referencing wage and price controls and strong leadership. Talks touched Vietnam and world issues with no major decisions reached.
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Sniper Fire Harms Minister's Home in Mississippi
In Laurel Mississippi a sniper shot into the home of Rev Henry C Clay after he and his family ate at a white restaurant. FBI opened a federal probe to determine possible civil rights law violations.
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Britain imposes six month wage and price freeze
London announces a six month nationwide freeze on wages and prices backed by dictatorial powers to gain breathing space for a sick economy, in an unprecedented move. Rome police crack down on beatniks arresting 64 youths and ordering 10 to leave Italy while eight teenage girls are released. Nixon tours world warning US interests in Europe should not be downgraded over the Vietnam War.
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Nigeria Rebels Clash with Loyal Troops in Lagos
Fighting erupted Friday in Lagos as loyal Nigerian Army units fought dissidents around the capital. A late government radio broadcast claimed the situation was under control and the district of the revolt was placed under military control, signaling a major challenge to Gen. John Ironsi's regime.
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UPI
William H. Whelan
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DeWitt Army Hospital
Ft. Belvoir
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
Lagos
Lagos Radio
John Aguiyi-Ironsi
Nigeria
Revolt Backfires as Fighting Rages Near Lagos
A revolt near Abeokuta north of Lagos spreads to two Lagos outskirts barracks. Rebels seize the airport, flights diverted, while government troops clash in fierce fighting. Lagos radio downplays mutiny as two battalions amid reports of casualties. Nigeria, 55 million people, vast regions, Balewa era unrest.
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United Nations
Congo
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Ten Thousand Attend Palmyra LDS Pageant Night Three
About 10 000 people turned out for the third night of the 29th Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra New York. Church leaders Elder Spencer Kimball and Elder Mark E Peterson were to attend the final performance.
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Palmyra
N.Y
Mark E. Peterson
Still No Real Progress To Avert Walkout
Hospital representatives met with nurses' spokesmen in San Francisco to probe flexibility on a pay increase amid a strike threat that could remove about half of Bay Area registered nurses next week. Administrators prepared to run emergency care with reduced staffing as resignations surged, with some hospitals reporting up to 90 percent of nurses resigning.
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UPI
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California Nurses’ Association
Laurence Corbett
CNA
Thant presses peace plea with Brezhnev in Moscow
U N Secretary General Thant urged the Soviet leaders to soften the Viet Nam stance in a two hour Moscow meeting with Leonid I Brezhnev. Brezhnev reportedly reaffirmed Soviet support for Thant s second term as secretary general despite earlier refusals.
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