Wilson demands reforms to end Northern Ireland crisis
Prime Minister Harold Wilson pressed for swift reforms to resolve the Irish civil war threat. He met James Chichester-Clark after emergency cabinet sessions as 500000 Irish residents in London faced security concerns. IRA statements and Dublin actions heightened tensions while Northern Ireland patrols tried to keep the peace amid protests.
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London
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Northern Ireland
James Chichester-Clark
Dublin
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IRA
North Ireland
Premao Jack Lynch
Death toll from Camille soars in Mississippi Gulf Coast
Hurricane Camille killed at least 123 people with officials warning the toll could rise as rescue workers bulldozed through wreckage along Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Hundreds were left homeless and aid rushed in by air and road to hard hit towns including Gulfport Biloxi and Pass Christian.
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UPI
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Gulf Coast
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Bill Harvey
Mississippi Civil Defense Council
Space Agency
Mississippi Test
Bay St. Louis
Pass Christian
Baton Rouge
Harrison County
Biloxi
Camille
Wade Guice
Civil Defense
Gulf
Guice
Lilley building to receive fresh paint coat
Capt. John Allison wins Jaycee membership drawing at the last meeting before discharge from the Air Force. Merchants on South H Street near completion of a basketweave fence to beautify vacant lots.
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John Allison
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Air Force
South H Street
Rookie LAPD officer killed during Boyle Heights disturbance
Los Angeles rookie policeman Jerry Maddox, 24, was shot and killed while answering a disturbance call at the Pico Gardens project in Boyle Heights. He was killed in an ambush after pursuing a suspect down a dark sidewalk as a crowd gathered. two bullets struck him in the back.
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UPI
Boyle Heights
Jerry Maddox
Pico Gardens
Alfred Bryan
Central Receiving Hospital
Frank Benavidez
Maddox
Robert J. Cote
Hollywood
Cote
Truck driver hurt in VAFB accident
A civilian truck driver at Vandenberg Air Force Base suffered multiple fractures after leaping from a malfunctioning rig near space launch complex 4. Vernon G. Hayse, 45, of Lompoc, was treated at the base hospital and in Santa Barbara, listed in fair condition.
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First St
Lompoc
Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
Hayse
Space Launch Complex 4
Hause
Phoenix
Aziz
Green Berets moved from solitary to officer billet
Seven of eight accused Green Beret officers appeared for the first time since their arrest. They were moved from 29 days in solitary confinement to an air conditioned officers billet near Saigon. The group faces charges in the June 20 killing of a Vietnamese civilian in Nha Trang. Col. Robert Rheault, former commander of U S Special Forces in Vietnam, is among the defendants.
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API
U.S
Long Binh
Nha Trang
Animals provide therapy at Buellton visit
A cattle truck arrives at Animal Kingdom in Buellton releasing about 20 children to tour a fenced compound of 50 trained animals. Pat and Ted Derby, owners and trainers, organize an unscheduled program for handicapped and underprivileged youths from Wesley Social Service Center in Los Angeles.
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Pat Derby
Animal Kingdom
Buellton
Wesley Social Service Center
Los Angeles
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Enco Tigers
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Pat
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Montecito
Einstein
Lompoc Police Seek Forger of Local Checks
Lompoc police issued a broad alert for a man who defrauded merchants of over 400 dollars using stolen and forged payroll checks. Checks bearing Jack's Contracting Co Fontana and payable to R A Coover with a North L Street address were cashed in Lompoc Arroyo Grande Solvang and Santa Maria in the past two weeks. The contracting firm is no longer in business. Authorities in other counties reported the forger used different names and amounts including one made out to cash and cashed at Watts.
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Arroyo Grande
Solvang
Santa Maria
Jack’s Contracting Co
Fontana
R. A. Coover
L Street
Recreation commission tests new meeting nights
The Parks and Recreation Commission will shift meetings to the second and fourth Wednesday nights in September and the fourth Wednesday in October for a two month trial. The change aims to speed referrals to the city council and may lead to a joint work study with the council. Focus centered on Ryon Park tennis courts and improvements, with N Street courts cited as lacking surfacing and facilities.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Ryon Park
N Street
Powell House dispute widens over back pay and fines
The House and Harlem Democrat Adam Clayton Powell Jr. remain about $80,000 apart over his exclusion from the 90th Congress. The House offers court costs of 1363.42 while Powell seeks 55,000 in back pay plus allowances and suspension of a 25,000 fine. Oral arguments set for Aug 27 as tensions rise between branches.
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UPI
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
House of Representatives
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Harlem
Supreme Court
Powell
Congress
U.S. District Court
George L. Hart Jr
Bruce Bromley
Hart
Bromley
Herbert O. Reid
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