Nine mothers arrested during school protests
Racial unrest flared in Jacksonville and Pontiac as the second wave of school openings began nationwide. Protests disrupted desegregation efforts. in Jacksonville police used tear gas to disperse crowds, and nine mothers were arrested after two chained themselves to a lot gate.
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United Press International
Jacksonville
Fla
Pontiac
Mich
Pinellas County
Sla.m
Florida
Chattanooga
Ambassadors Escape: Assassination Attempt in Phnom Penh
UPI reports an attempt to kill U.S. Ambassador Emory C. Swank in Phnom Penh failed when a bicycle bomb planted near his limousine did not detonate. Swank’s chauffeur swerved to avoid the device. security at the embassy was tightened and Cambodian guards armed with Chinese AK47s patrolled the area. Police recovered the undetonated explosive bicycle. attackers fled.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Emory C. Swank
Swank
Mourners dispersed by Londonderry sniper fire in Ireland
In Londonderry, mourners near the spot where 14 year old Annette McGavigan was killed by sniper crossfire faced renewed shots as snipers fired 19 rounds near army posts in Bogside. No casualties were reported in the day’s firings or at the memorial by the city wall.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Annette McGavigan
Bogside
Annette
Republican Army
IRA
London
Jack Lynch
Edward Heath
Ulster
Lynch
Jet crash in Germany kills 21 on charter flight
A BACI111 twin engine jetliner carrying 121 West Germans to Malaga, Spain, crashed after takeoff from Hamburg. Twenty perish, including three in hospitals. 38 seriously injured and 53 with bruises. ten missing believed picked up by motorists. Pilot Reinhold Huels injured. six crew members aboard, Pan-International operated for Pan Europa Travel.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPI
Spain
Pan-International Charter Co
Pan Europa Travel Agency
Malaga
Holiday Labor Day traffic toll tops six hundred
A Labor Day weekend traffic toll neared 650 with a National Safety Council spokesman predicting final deaths around 650. An 11 am tally by United Press International listed 617 fatalities since the holiday period began, with California 71 Texas 40 North Carolina 31 Missouri 26 and Ohio 26.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
Crown
California
Texas
North Carolina
Missouri
Ohio
Weather Forecast With Warm Inland Days
Fair weather continues through Wednesday with warmer days. Highs reach the 70s along the coast and the 80s to 90s inland. Lows tonight in the 50s. Northwest wind 10 to 20 mph. Tides show highs of 4.8 feet at 12 38 a.m. and 6.1 feet at 12 44 p.m. Lows of 1.2 feet at 6 26 a.m. and 0.2 of a foot at 7 38 p.m.
Lompoc Unified School District Opens Fall Term
More than 14 000 students and 640 plus teachers start the fall term as district officials report smooth operations. About 50 new teachers join certificated staff while classified workers receive a 6.6 percent pay raise approved in July. The district runs 18 schools plus Maple Continuation and the Pregnant Girls School.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg
N. C
Supreme Court
Bulloch County
Georgia
Lompoc Unified School District
Maple Continuation School
Pregnant
Cable-TV topic looms as Lompoc council meets tonight
Lompoc City Council holds regular session at 7 30 PM in City Hall with a lengthy agenda. A citizen letter questions local cable TV quality amid prior discussions and a city report plan. The meeting includes ordinances on Water Commission dates and Gresco zoning and several resolutions plus new business items.
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Lompoc
George Hillin
West Ocean Ave
North D Street
Locust Ave
C Street
Valley Medical Center
Third Street
Walnut Ave
City Water Commission
C-M
Gresco, Inc
Minnie Pearl
H Street
Nixon to address Congress on new economic policies
President Nixon will address a joint session of Congress on his new economic policies with live radio and television coverage at 12 30 p m EDT. Apollo 15 astronauts Scott Worden and Irwin will speak after the President’s remarks at the session.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
David R. Scott
Alfred M. Worden
James B. Irwin
House
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Reinhold Huels
Huels
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Ernest Bouslaugh
Dick Anderson
Council On International Economic Policy
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