Military junta seizes control of Brazil after Costa e Silva stroke
Brazil’s three military chiefs formed a junta to govern after President Costa e Silva suffered a stroke. Banks and the stock market were ordered closed as the army navy and air force ministers waived constitutional rules. Vice President Pedro Aleixo remained sidelined amid the crisis.
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Nelson Aidurritil
Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Arturo Costa E Silva
Brazil
Latin America
Army
Navy
Air Force
Costa E Silva
U.S
United States
Charles Burke Elbrick
War Ministry
Pedro Alezio
Aurelio Lira Tavares
Marcio de Souza E Mello
Adm
Augusto Rademaker Grunewalkd
Paraguay
Congress
Lompoc Unified opens 18 schools for fall term record pupil count
The Lompoc Unified School District starts the fall term with 14 elementary and four secondary schools staffed for about 8,258 elementary, 2,222 junior high, and 3,610 high school students, totaling roughly 14,090 pupils. Parochial students begin Thursday. El Camino Elementary faces bus disruptions due to construction worker strikes delaying new classrooms and Miguelito School’s incomplete status.
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Lompoc Unified School
el Camino
el Camino School
el] Camino
H Street
Miguelito School
Olive Avenue
V Street
Valley Reports No Injury Traffic Mishaps During Holiday Weekend
California Highway Patrol reported no injury accidents in Lompoc Valley as Labor Day weekend began. National totals from the period showed 475 traffic deaths across the nation by 11 a.m. CDT, with California leading at 50 fatalities and other states recording lower counts, while past holidays saw higher totals.
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California
Lompoc Valley
National Safety Council
United Press International
Texas
New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Wisconsin
Montana
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Dakota
District of Columbia
Hoover warns of further campus violence this fall
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover foresees more senseless plunder on college campuses as classes resume, unless authorities take strong action. He notes summer calm should not mislead and cites over 3 million dollars in damage last year, contrasting with others who expect a calmer year.
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Washington
UPI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Nixon Administration
James E. Allen, Jr
U.S. Commissioner of Education
Libyan King Idris Deposed in Dawn Military Coup
Libya’s armed forces toppled King Idris and announced the Arab Republic of Libya amid gunfire in Tripoli. Authorities closed harbors and airports and imposed a curfew while the army set up road blocks. A U.S. spokesman reported no trouble at Wheelus Air Base near Tripoli.
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London
UPI
Libya
Idris
Tripoli
Weisbaden
Germany
U.S. Air Force European Headquarters
Wheelus Air Base
Governors press for federal funds with limited strings
Governors meeting at Colorado Springs urged more federal money for welfare and job training with few restrictions. The Evans committee backed Nixon’s revenue sharing plan with population based grants, while California’s Reagan and Colorado’s Love voiced hesitations. Democrats pressed questions on inflation and Vietnam and invited Sen. Harris to a luncheon as debates over city and county allocations and bond tax treatment continued.
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Raymond Lahr
Colorado Springs
Colo
UPI
National Governors’ Conference
Nixon
Rocky Mountains
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
John A. Love
Colorado
Love
Sen
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
Evans
House
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Committee On Community Development and Urban Relations
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Congress
Police probe deaths of two young women
In Long Beach and Carpinteria police investigate the deaths of two young women. Kathleen Butts, 21, Glendale, identified by fingerprints after being found bound with cords in bushes behind a furniture store. The second body found in a brush-covered ravine near California 150 is unnamed, with autopsy ordered to determine cause. No suspects yet.
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Long Beach
UPI
Kathleen Butts
Glendale
Carpinteria
California
Marciano Dies in Plane Crash in Iowa
Former world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano died in a single engine Cessna crash near Newton Iowa along with two Des Moines men Frank Farrell and Glen Beltz. The crash followed engine failure as fog lifted later in the day.
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Newton
Iowa
UPI
Rocky Marciano
Marciano
Frank Farrell
Glen Beltz
Des Moines
Jasper County
Darrell Hurley
Farrell
Beltz
Chicago
Hurley
Colleen Swarts
Tax protest hearing schedule set for county board
A proposed schedule runs from September 10 to November 26 for tax assessment protest hearings before the County Board of Equalization. County Clerk Howard Menzel notes 158 total appeal cases, with hearings spread across First to Fifth Districts and multiple dates through November.
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County Board of Equalization
Howard Menzel
Board of Supervisors
Board of Equalization
First District
Fifth District
Second District
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Rio
Jao Goulart
Marshall Humberto Castelo Branco
Castelo Branco
Costa E Siliva
Lompoc High School
Lompoc
Pioneer Society
William Perozzi
Wilma Thomas
Valley
FBI
Brockton, Mass
Boston
Jack Dempsey
Joe Walcott
Philadelphia
Archie Moore
Rocco Marchegiano
Piccino
Pete
Pasqualina Marchegiano
Coley Wallace
Dick Jacoby
Ryon Park
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