Governor Morigan Returns to Omaha Amid Race Turmoil
Nebraska Governor Frank Morigan heads back to Omaha to discuss steps to calm the North Side after three days of racial violence. Gasoline bombs strike at least six stores with no injuries or major damage reported. Merchants guard properties at night as looting and arson persist. 24 adults and seven youths are jailed. Mayor Sorensen says no tolerance for further unrest as National Guard previously deployed.
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Nebraska
Frank Morrigan
Omaha
North Side
A. V. Sorenster
Morrison
National Guard
Sorensen
Relcue
Providence
Sniper's Father Speaks After University Tower Slayings
LAKE WORTH Florida AP The father of Charles Joseph Whitman expresses horror at the Texas University tower killings. C A Whitman a plumbing contractor says his son committed a crime that shocks the world. He notes his son had warned of violence and had behaved strangely in recent months.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Charles Joseph Whitman
C.A. Whitman
University of Texas
Austin
Whitman
Fae
Aaron de Ee
County Cancer Crusade Totals Nearly Seven Million
The Douglas County Cancer Crusade raised 964,964.87 dollars this year. General chairman Charles Zook reported the drives’ outcome, naming Alan Endacott as crusade chairman and listing co chairs Edith Hunzicker Libuse Fiorito and Bob George son.
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Douglas County
Charles Zook
Alan Endacott
Crusade
Edith Hunzicker
Libuse Fiorito
Bob Georgeson
Ee County
Jack Starkey
Harry Mitchell
Aaron Rabinowitz
Neal Hart
William Smell
Dean
Dale Maxwell
Keith Bray
Harold Allen
Everett Hickam
T. D. PE Ant George Holder
Harold Ice
Harold Willits
John Vervynck
Don Schulz
J. J. Lonsinger
Harvey Booth
Clarence Gordon
Valentin Romero
Chicago records 72 murders in July 1966
Police report 72 people murdered in July 1966, the most violent month in Chicago history, with 268 total homicides in the first 212 days of the year. Eight student nurses were among the victims. arrests were made in all but ten cases. Hot weather was blamed by Capt. Francis Flanagan.
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Chicago
Francis Flanagan
Rita
Numr
US Reds Clash Near Cambodian Border in Viet Nam Fight
U S infantrymen and North Vietnamese clashed near the Cambodian border in a series of running fire fights. Four actions in the central plateau 10 miles east of the border were reported by U S headquarters as continuing at dusk. The 3rd Brigade task force of the 2nd Infantry Division fought company size battles with unknown enemy numbers while reports said several regiments of regulars operated nearby. Marine and air actions supported by 17 surface to air missiles targeted nine depots trucks barges and bridges in North Vietnam. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky pledged an elected government by November 1967 and said he would devote himself to air force commander duties after that. He announced plans to hold elections for a constitutional assembly on September 11 with six months to draft a civilian constitution. He suggested he might remain in power until mid next year but did not set a precise date.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Viet Nam
Banker Attends Graduate School of Banking at Wisconsin
Russ Watkins, vice president of the Douglas County State Bank, will leave August 14 for two weeks at the University of Wisconsin Madison to continue the Graduate School of Banking. The program spans three years with two weeks annually, and 1,300 bankers from 40 states, DC, Puerto Rico, Central America, and Sweden are enrolled.
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Russ Watkins
Douglas County State Bank
Graduate School of Banking
University of Wisconsin
Madison
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Central America
Sweden
Kosygin Reappointed Premier by Soviet Parliament
In Moscow the Supreme Soviet unanimously reappointed Alexei N. Kosygin as premier on Brezhnev's recommendation after the newly elected parliament convened for the session.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Texas Tower sniper terror ends in brave capture
The University of Texas tower massacre ends as Ramiro Martinez and George McCoy shoot the sniper on the 27th floor observation deck. Whitman killed his wife and mother before a two hour police stand off and two hours of siege ends with a fatal shot to the sniper.
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Whitman
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Vera Palmer
Brackenridge Hospital
Robert Miles
Ramiro Martinez
George McCoy
Allen Crum
Martinez
McCoy
Needville
Tex
Kathy
Raymond W. Leissner
H. F. Ley
Iime Leissner
Non-White Population Share to Rise by 1985
The Census Bureau forecasts the non white share of the U S population will reach about 13 or 14 percent by 1985. In 1965 non whites numbered 23.1 million, 11.9 percent, with 1985 totals projected between 32 million and 38 million out of 239 to 273 million.
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Washington
Census Bureau
U.S
Bureau
Three Persons Treated After Hospital ER Visit
Three patients were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on Monday. Joe Coleman, 17, of Toyang Oxie, had a piece of steel imbedded in a finger. Tommy Grinter, 15, of Route 3, injured his left foot with a pitchfork. Orville Randel, 45, of Baldwin, suffered caustic acid contact on the right foot.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joe Coleman
Tonganoxie
Tommy Grinter
Route 3
Orville Randel
Baldwin
Athletics Fall to Senators and Drop to Eighth in AL
The Athletics lost 6-4 to Washington after an error helped the Senators seize the win and swap positions with Kansas City for eighth in the American League. Washington led 4-0 before the Athletics tied it in the seventh, but Cincinnati beat St. Louis 3-2 as Jim O'Toole earned the win.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
Cardinals
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Los Angeles
Reds
Jim O’toole
O’toole
Pete Rose
Gordy Coleman
Deron Johnson
Leo Cardenas
Curt Flood
Julian Javier
Jack Baldschun
O'Toole
Baldschun
Ted Davidson
Billy McCool
A’s
Campo Campaneris
Jim Gosger
Wes Stock
Barry Moore
Casey Cox
Ron Kline
Lew Krausse
Kansas City Tonight
Frank Kreutzer
Bob Gibson
Joe Nuxhall
Newsman Targets Sniper On UT Campus
AP reporter Robert Heard, 36, ex Marine officer, was shot in the left shoulder while covering the University of Texas sniper attack. He dictated his story from a hospital bed describing the hit at about 150 yards and the danger faced by journalists and officers.
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Associated Press
Robert Heard
University of Texas
Austin
Tex
Heard
Jack Keever
University
Ernest Stromberger
Dallas Times Herald
Dow Heard
Houston
Dow
Tony
Argentine Pilot Survives Skyhawk Crash Near Olathe
Captain Jose Luis Rodrigues parachuted to safety just before the A4B Skyhawk crashed in an open field a mile north of the Olathe Naval Air Station. Rodrigues, in training in the United States, was unhurt and was performing touch and go landings when the crash occurred. cause not yet known.
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Olathe
Kan
Olathe Naval Air Station
Jose Luis Rodrigues
Rodrigues
Navy
A's make three player deal add Blasingame to lineup
Kansas City AP reports the Athletics announced a three player trade sending Jim Duckworth to Honolulu and acquiring Diego Segui from Vancouver in exchange for veteran infielder Don Blasingame who will report to the A's tonight. Blasingame a 10 year major leaguer with a .263 lifetime average batted .215 in 68 games with Washington this season.
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Kansas City
Athletics
Don Blasingame
Washington Senators
A’s
Jim Duckworth
Honolulu
Diego Segui
Vancouver
Washington
Blasingame
Senators
Kansas and Missouri bowlers reach All America finals in DC area
Three Kansas finalists Connie Unruh Marvin Tarpy and Stanley Heffley join three Missouri competitors Elizabeth Ridings Michael Thompson and Ronald Kucera among 109 finalists from 37 states for 10500 in scholarships at the All America Youth Bowling championships August 5 to 8 in Washington. Scholarships total fourteen $500 in two boys divisions and seven in girls division. A college entrance exam will be given by a counselling firm. The tourney will be in Silver Hill Maryland with contestants staying in Washington and touring historic sites.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
Connie Unruh
Newton
Marvin Tarpy
Lawrence
Stanley Heffley
Bonner Springs
Elizabeth Ridings
Cape Girardeau
Michael Thompson
Kansas City
Ronald Kucera
Columbia
Silver Hill
Danenhauer Reverses Retirement Signs Two Year Pact
Denver Broncos veteran tackle Eldon Danenhauer changed his mind about retiring and signed a two year contract. He played at Pittsburg State and is one of three Broncos left from the 1960 AFL squad.
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Denver
Colo
Eldon Danenhauer
Denver Broncos
Danenhauer
Pittsburg
Kan
State
Broncos
Morgan Works Out in Houston After Knee Injury
Houston Astros second baseman Joe Morgan, hitting .320 before his June 25 knee injury, returned to the Astrodome for his first workout in over a month. He said he expects to be ready to play by Saturday when the Astros host the Dodgers.
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Houston
Joe Morgan
Houston Astros
Astrodome
Morgan
Astros
Dodgers
Griffith Loses Dual Title Bid in New York ruling
Supreme Court Justice Samuel M. Gold upheld the New York Athletic Commission rule that Emile Griffith could not hold both the world welterweight and middleweight titles simultaneously. The ruling came after Griffith challenged the commission.
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NEW York
Supreme Court
Samuel M. Gold
New York Athletic Commission
Emile Griffith
Judge Gold
Griffith
Topekans Hide Under Shelter As Tornado Alert Issued
Topeka residents rushed to shelters Monday as sirens warned of a funnel cloud sighting near the city. Heavy rain fell in parts of Topeka while officials noted the June twister killed 17 people and caused about $100 million in damage.
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Topeka
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