Great Hurricane Inez Claims Six More Lives
Great Hurricane Inez hits Hispaniola and Barahona Peninsula with 160 mph winds and 15 foot tides. Reports from Santo Domingo and Guadeloupe tally at least 29 deaths, hundreds injured, and thousands homeless. Dominican authorities mobilize medical teams and evacuations as utilities fail and homes flood.
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UPI
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Steve Yolen
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Cuba
University of Santo Domingo
Go Go Girl Murdered After Theft in Bank
The body of Irene Brandt a 20 year old bank teller and Go Go Girl found in a Long Island pond with a slashed throat. She had vanished with 21109 of her bank funds after a Monday theft and was said to have been beaten tied Hand and feet bound and her body tossed into a sump by suspects in Blue Point New York.
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N. Y
UPI
Irene Brandt
Long Island
Suffolk County
Cray Edwards
Miss Brandt
North Merrick
Hempstead Bank
FBI
U.S
Max Schiffman
Federal Court
Brooklyn
Massapequa
Laxalt Apologizes Amid Nevada Crime War Debate
Nevada officials dispute federal actions while Governor Laxalt defends cooperation with federal authorities. He says irritation over wiretapping does not equal opposition to fighting organized crime. The exchange centers on state rights and federal invasion amid ongoing crime investigations.
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Gaming Control Board
Edward Olsen
Laxalt
Hitler
FBI
Nevada
Truck Crash Toll Rises In California Wreck Scene
Four children of Florentino Rodriguez of Wapato Washington died in the crash along with Francisco Hernandez 18 a relative. Twelve people were injured as authorities closed roads across Riverside CHP and Imperial counties. Lawrence James Welsh 23 of Phoenix was arrested for drunken hit and run. Jerome King 48 of Phoenix was jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after the first semi trailer scene. A bus carrying 41 farm workers from Mexicali overturned near Calexico. the driver’s wife Francesca de la Cruz 39 was killed and 36 passengers injured.
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Wapato
Wash
Renie
Lupe
Herminia
Celia
Francisco Hernandez
India
Lawrence James Welsh
Phoenix
Ariz
Welsh
Mutual Wholesale Liquor Co
Jerome King
Blythe
CHP
Jose de la Cruz
Francesca
Calexico
Calif
Leathernecks Take Key Stronghold
Marines of Kilo Company fought up Hill 400 in Viet Nam after determined Communist resistance. Capt. J. J. Carroll, 29, Miami Beach, Fla., labeled the hill J. J. Ridge. Four assaults failed before air and artillery support, napalm, and a three Marine rush Capt. Carroll described as the final push secured the peak.
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J. J. Carroll
Miami Beach
Fla
Hill 400
Kilo Company
J. J. Ridge
San Francisco Mayor Addresses Crisis Without Force
The San Francisco mayor declared that the illness besetting the city cannot be cured through armed force, urging calm and coordinated relief efforts. He emphasized nonmilitary solutions amid the crisis and called for public resilience.
Nevada Education Gains Highlight Campaign Stop
Governor candidate Sawyer touts progress in education amid a 14 day statewide swing with focus on certification standards. Fike accuses eight years without advances and calls for reform of school funding formulas. Rioting in San Francisco prompts curfews and federal review, with 80 injured and 200+ arrests.
Hanoi Rejects New Peace Talks Hints Amid Viet Cong Demands
In Tokyo the Viet Cong dismissed U.S. peace overtures as foolish and insisted on American withdrawal before any talks. Nguyen Huu Tho signaled a potential but limited role for the Viet Cong in a political solution, while Hanoi aimed to dampen hopes of concessions.
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Viet Cong
U.S
Viet Nam
Nguyen Huu Tho
The
National Liberation Front
LBJ Gromyko Plan White House Meeting Monday
President Johnson will meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the White House on Monday. He will also confer with French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville and British Foreign Secretary George Brown later in the week as part of ongoing discussions led by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Moyers said the talks are not limited to any one subject and may extend beyond Viet Nam issues.
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UPI
Johnson
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Maurice Couve de Murville
George Brown
Dean Rusk
Rusk
U.N. General Assembly
New York
Bill D. Moyers
Viet Nam
United Nations
United States Prefers Goods Over Dollars for Poor Nations
Washington said it is ready to give more goods to poorer countries but not more dollars that would become claims on the U.S. gold stock. Johnson urged the nation’s intellectuals to devise solutions for America’s troubled cities.
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UPI
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Johnson
America
Cuba says pirate plane bombs Camaguey coast
Havana Radio quoted a Cuban armed forces communique saying a pirate plane bombed the northern Camaguey coastal area of Nuevitas in an abortive attempt to destroy a thermal electric plant under construction. Only one of three bombs exploded and the target was missed. the plane reportedly came from the north and apparently took off from U.S. territory.
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UPI
Havana
Camaguey
Nuevitas
U.S
Maddox Wins Georgia Democratic Nomination For Governor
Lester Maddox defeated Ellis Arnall by 70,000 votes to win the Democratic nomination for Georgia governor. With 1,805 of 1,881 precincts reporting Maddox led 430,421 to 360,020 in a runoff. He plans to push legislation to repeal federal school desegregation guidelines.
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UPI
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Maddox
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Howard
Bo) Callaway
Callaway
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Albania Rejects U.S. Viet Peace Proposals at U.N.
Albania’s foreign minister Nesti Nase denounced U.S. peace plans for Vietnam at the United Nations, accusing Washington of shifting war strategy to Asia, seeking bases against China, and courting alliances, while signaling European power backing.
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UPI
Albania
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China
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
Viet Nam
Nesti Nase
United States
Soviet Union
Arthur J. Goldberg
Nase
Washington
Europe
Asia
Missing American girl found safe after Autobahn rape slayings
Jayne Randolph Bland of Kansas City was located alive after being missing on the highway where two other American girls and a German girl vanished in recent years. Cambodia said it need not justify excluding American journalists from coverage.
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Jayne Randolph Bland
Kansas City
Pope's Envoy Seeks Meeting With South Viet Premier
Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, Pope Paul VI's envoy to Viet Nam, requested a meeting with Premier Nguyen Cao Ky in Saigon. The visit focuses on religious aims and urging peace in Viet Nam, with possible talks with Hanoi if invited.
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Viet Nam
Pignedoli
Canada
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