Rioting Flares Anew In Los Angeles Area
A wave of violence in a Los Angeles district drew 80 police officers then 135 sheriffs, with 240 more called in as clashes spread. Negro youths attacked cars and police, shots were fired, and two large fires burned as gangs roamed at Imperial Avalon and 120th streets.
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Los Angeles
Imperial and
Avalon
Leon Washington
Angeles
Parker
California Highway Patrol
Lee Minikus
Marquette Frye
Minikus
Frye
Rena Frye
Fryes
103Rd
120Th Streets
Ea ‘Sily
116Th Street
Avalone Boulevard
San Pedro
Stanford
Imperial
120Th Street
Avalon ‘Boulevard
Imperial High‘way
Witesses
Pilot Study of 60th Texas Legislature Commenced
Governor Connally urged a timely Texas Research League study to assess local and state government capacity for efficient progress. Financed by private contributions, the league has operated 13 years, with Parker F. Prouty of Lubbock as the regional director coordinating the no-cost study for the state, counties, and cities.
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Lubbock
James W. McGrew
Glenn Ivy
Texas Research League
Texas
Sion
Conally
Tom Sealy
Midland
League
McGrew
Parker F. Prouty
Farm Bureau Criticizes Farm Programs and Crop Surpluses
A Farm Bureau telegram to President Johnson condemns the U.S. agriculture emergency programs. It cites August crop reports showing high production and costs, including over 5 billion dollars in feed grains and record wheat and cotton yields. The message urges Congress to replace the House farm bill with one that lets market forces guide production and reduces government aid. The note also mentions approval of a 42 mile canal between Seville and the sea in Madrid.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Shuman
Congress
Believed on Mobile Launcher
A four plane flight reportedly damaged a truck before a Skyhawk crashed, with authorities indicating the incident involved a North Viet Nam missile. No explicit missile was mentioned in early reports.
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U.S
Vietnamese siege ends as large ground forces lift Duc Co
In central South Vietnam after a 70 day siege Duc Co falls to advancing U S and Vietnamese ground forces. Reports say a new missile attack occurred 130 miles south of Hanoi with pilots noting no anti air fire in the area. Casualties and damage were light at Dak To Phu Cat and in the Mekong Delta as government and Viet Cong units clash.
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Hanoi
U.S
Duc Co
Viet Nam
Dak To
Phu Cat
Pleiku-Duc Co
Mekong River Delta
Saigon
Can Tho
Air Force
North
Johnson outlines U S aims in Viet Nam and Lodge return
President Johnson defends U S role in Viet Nam as supplemental aid, not takeover, praising Ambassador Lodge for rejoining Saigon mission. He cites support from Gen. Maxwell Taylor and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, notes South Viet Nam leader Nguyen Cao Ky’s pushback, and stresses the goal of peace for Vietnamese people. Taylor testifies to a complete program before a House subcommittee.
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Lodge
Ambassador Lodge
Tin Viet Nam
United States
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Sec
Dean Rusk
White House
Herbert Hoover
Massachusetts
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Viet Nam
Rusk
Sec. of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Peace Johnson
House Foreign Affairs
Far East
The
Pacific
Clement J. Zablocki
Dwis
Fat Man at Ca ons Ponders Next Steps
A man named Lyons expresses uncertainty about moving and longing for a walk around the block while musing how to manage his situation. He suggests possibly knocking out part of a wall as a possible solution.
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Ons
Lyons
Jeering Crowd Gathers After Woman Killed by Fire Truck
A Chicago near south crowd threw bottles and bricks near a fire station after a Negro woman, about 27, was killed by a hook and ladder truck during a false alarm. Police faced no arrests as over 50 officers were dispatched to maintain order.
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Chicago
UPI
Scranton Urges GOP To Drop Radical Fringe
Governor William W. Scranton urged Republicans to shrink radicals and racists from the party by cold-shouldering fringe elements. He warned the GOP cannot recover from 1964 defeat while tolerating extremists and rejected a witch hunt to purge them.
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Scranton
GOP
Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
American Bar Association
Points To 64 And The Need For A Broad American View
A fragment argues that pointing to 64 does not absolve society of requiring shared ideals and a common broad viewpoint on America’s problems. It emphasizes collective responsibility and a widening perspective beyond numeric signals.
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America
Coeds vanish suspect chilled on date witness says
Judy Elam, 20, describes James Cross Jr. as calm and unshaken after he was accused of strangling Shirley Ann Stark and Susan Rigsby. She says they met July 18, dated, and returned to his apartment before their bodies were found hours later on a North Austin lot.
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Ted Powers Austin
James C. Cross Jr
University of Texas
Miss Elam
Jim
Cross
Shirley Ann Stark
Susan Rigsby
Dallas
Austin
University
Perry Jones
Miss’ S Elam
Texas’ Department of Public Safety
Defense weighs insanity plea for Cross amid mental health claims
A0 says he was asked to wait a few days while Minton notes the defense uses its own psychiatrists. At least one psychiatrist has interviewed Cross for the defense. Jones signals uncertainty on strategy but hints Cross may be mentally disturbed though not legally insane with fantasies dreams and visions cited.
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David Wade
Minton
Cross
Jones
Pears
Snake charmers face decline as tourists tire of cobra mongoose act
In New Delhi about 2000 snake charmers see earnings shrink as visitors walk away from the cobra mongoose street routine. Charmer voices say tourists now seek elephants and Taj Mahal, while some turn to breeding snakes for labs or selling skins. Police increasing pressure pushes the ancient performance toward extinction.
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New Delhi
India
UPI
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