Guardsmen Move To Put Down Bloody LA Riots
Rioting and looting spread through Los Angeles as 1,950 National Guard troops moved in to quell violence across South and West sides. Police fought mobs amid arson fires, with at least 15 major blazes and widespread property damage.
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Whitey
Oak Park Hospital
South Side
Civic Center
116Th Street
Los Angeles Metro
Anderson
Sacramento
National Guard
Samuel Yorty
William H. Parker
Los Angeles
California National Guard
Watts
Births reported in West Texas area hospitals
A list of newborns with weights and times from West Texas Hospital Reese Air Force Base Highland Hospital Methodist Clinic Lauf Clinic and other local facilities. Parents names addresses occupations include Glenn Holloway Eikenhorst Washington Williams Talley Valdez Gant Mandrell Keith Spradlin Wilkes and others.
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Iris Glenn Holloway
15Th St
West Texas Hospital
Samuel Jackson Manufacturing
Willie J. Washington
Tahoka
Reese Air Force Base Hospital
United States Army
J.C
Walter M. Willams
5Th St
Reese
Footprint Trail Key Clue In Lubbock Burglary
Police trace a burglar through bare footprints at 214 N Ave R after entry to a rear door. The thief stole nearly 500 dollars in furnishings including radio television phonograph twin beds encyclopedias and dishes. The complainant Georgia Watson seeks help tracking the footprints.
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Lubbock
N. Ave. R
Georgia Watson
Congo expels U S diplomat after incommunicado detention
The Congo expelled an unnamed American envoy after he was held incommunicado at a Brazzaville hotel overnight and transported to Paris. McCloskey said U S notes condemned arrest and forced departure in violation of international law. Other incidents affected Adkins Lefevre and Baronson, with embassy staff reduced to five.
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Mackey
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
Jack W. Adkins
Marco Lefevre
McCloskey
Brazzaville
Stanley Baronson
Henry L. T. Koren
Washington
Sec
Dean Rusk
Congo
Baronson
United States
Riots Strain Los Angeles Negro District With Looting
The violence left two thirds of a city block damaged as raiders looted storefronts while police and guards faced a hostile crowd outside the Tith Street division. Dick Gregory was wounded by a bullet in the leg as he blamed the police uniform for fueling the unrest.
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Pliance
Tith Street Police Division
Negro District
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Los Angeles
Area Wide Rain Dampens Texas Coast to Edwards Plateau
The area saw rain from the coast to the Pecos Valley and east to the Edwards Plateau. San Antonio posted a record low for August 13 at 65 degrees, four degrees below the previous mark. Temperatures at 2 p.m. ranged from 95 in Laredo to 79 in Amarillo, with cool early readings across Dalhart and Corpus Christi. Clouds covered much of West Texas and the coast as showers cooled many areas.
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Pecos Valley
Edwards Plateau
San Antonio
West Texas
Larado
Amarillo
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Ruidoso Plane Crash Kills Three from Victoria Texas
A light plane crashed into a mountainside near Ruidoso New Mexico on Friday, killing three Victoria residents identified as Harvey Furry, Robert Fridell, and Mrs. Robert Fridell and injuring another in critical condition. Witnesses said the craft appeared to attempt a landing at the local airport.
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Ruidoso
N.M
Here
Victoria
Tex
Harvey Furry
Robert Fridell
Ruidosa
Furry
Syrians and Israelis Battle Across Damascus Border
Syrian and Israeli forces fought a three hour tank and artillery duel across the border. United Nations truce supervisors halted the exchange after three failed attempts.
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Damascus
United Nations
Five Planes at Midnight in Viet Nam Actions
Lt. Col David Clement of Jacksonville North Carolina organized operations with Maj. Marc Moore of Dallas. Vietnamese reports say air and ground strikes in a canal filled rice paddy area 90 miles southwest of Saigon killed about 250 Viet Cong. In Duc Co Pleiku area U S and Vietnamese patrols pressed a search with little success. North Viet Nam air action included eight Air Force Thunderchiefs bombing a bridge near Dien Bien Phu.
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David Clement
Jacksonville
N.C
Ord ‘Marine Regiment
Clement
Marc Moore
Dallas
Tex
Serge
Mekong River
Saigon
U.S
Duc Co-Pleiku
Duc Co
Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
B 52s Carry Out Saturation Raid Near Da Nang
U S B 52 bombers of SAC conducted a Saturation raid against Viet Cong strongholds in Ba Long Valley about 90 miles northwest of Da Nang. Two Viet Cong battalions had long operated in the area as the mission targeted known positions.
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DA Nang
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Ba Long
da Nanng
Astronauts to be sequestered after Gemini 5 flight
NASA outlined a strict postflight plan for Gemini 5 crew Cooper and Conrad. They will spend 11 days aboard recovery ship Lake Champlain and at NASA sites in Cape Kennedy and Houston with no family visits or public appearances. News photographers may document key moments before and after the recovery.
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NASA
Cooper
Conrad
Lake Champlain
Cape Kennedy
Houston
Lake Cham
Cape
Ellington Air Forces Base
George E. Mueller
Senate approves draft card bill passage
The Senate approved by voice vote and sent to the president a bill imposing stiff penalties for wilful destruction of draft registration cards. The measure, championed by Sen. Strom Thurmond, followed protests against Vietnam policy and sped through both houses.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Strom Thurmond
R-Sc
Terrifying Mob Attacks in Avalon Boulevard Riots
A survivor recalls mobs beating, stoning and looting white residents and cars on Avalon Boulevard. Minsters carried injured victims to safety as police faced hostile crowds and a market fire erupted amid a second night of violence.
Sullen Youths and Night of Tension in Los Angeles Riots
United Press reporter Warren Wilson recounts a violent Los Angeles disturbance in a hot, crowded area ten miles south of downtown. He describes sullen youths, shattered streets, and the looming threat of further bloodshed as night falls.
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Warren Wilson
United Press International
Enda Negre
Los Angeles
A Mani
Riot at Chicago Fire Station Sparks Tensions
In Chicago an 18 man unit, 17 of them Negro, faced a crowd from ACT demanding integration of the Wilcox Street fire station. Speakers urged non violence but chanted white blood as a ladder truck rolled out with no tillerman to guide its rear.
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Chicago
West Side
ACT
Wilcox Street
Pulaski Road
Disruptions Flare After Civil Rights Arrests in Springfield
In Springfield Massachusetts two stores in Winchester Square were set ablaze after police arrested 23 civil rights demonstrators on the City Hall steps. Police reported a trading stamp shop and a neighborhood variety store soaked with gasoline and set on fire in the predominantly Negro district. The violence followed helmeted officers detaining demonstrators at City Hall several hours earlier.
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Springfield
Mass
UPI
City Hall
Winchester Square
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Broadway
Manchester
88Th
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Safeway
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Gen. Hill
California
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Route 2
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Methodist Hospital
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Jesus Valdez
Route 1
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Lauf Clinic
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Highland Hospital
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Keith
Nashville Ave
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Seminole
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