Camille Looms Over Florida Panhandle As Storm Warnings Escalate
Forecasters warn Camille could deliver the season’s worst tides with 10 foot surge and winds surpassing 160 mph. Evacuations mobilized across the Panhandle and Mobile area as Pensacola aircraft were moved inland and Red Cross disaster units prepared. Coastal towns from St Marks to Fort Walton brace for potential isolation and damage while residents rush to stockpile supplies.
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Red Cross
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Mobile
Ala
Simpson
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Gulf Coast
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Apalachee Bay
Tallahassee
Fort Walton
Organized Boycotts Rise as Beef Prices Stoked by Households
Long Island women form a coordinated campaign to boycott beef amid high prices. The group is so organized that others want consultants from their effort to spread to nearby towns. Shoppers say the impact on prices is limited so far, but they plan to continue until costs drop. The meat supply is described as not moving.
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Long Island
N.Y
Levittown
BeLorenzo
Hickaville
Fossil skull of Homo habilis found in Olduvai Gorge
Scientists report the most complete Homo habilis skull yet found in East Africa with remains embedded in lime. The skull, found by Peter Nzube for the Leakey team, lacks a lower jaw and is not yet reconstructed, indicating early hominid diversity in Africa two million years ago.
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East Africa
National Geographic Society
Olduvai
Tanzania
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Peter
Bilis
Momo Habilis
Zily
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Lay
Leakey Cele
Asylum Granted To Parachutist in Italy
TRIESTE Italy AP The Justice Ministry says Joseph Biro 40 Hungarian pilot who parachuted into Italy from a Soviet built MIG19 has been granted political asylum. Iranian secret service officials continued questioning him as military authorities dismantled the crashed plane and sent parts for study after the Osoppo field crash.
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Italy
Justice Ministry
Joseph Biro
Irajan Secret Service
Osoppo
Biro
Queen of Silverton Rodeo Crowned in Three-Day Event
SILVERTON Special Penny Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Arnold Silverton was named queen after leading in ticket sales for the three day rodeo which concluded Saturday at the Silverton arena.
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Silverton
Penny Arnold
Fred Arnold
Vigilantes beat Javanese villager to death
In Jakarta vigilantes battered a Javanese villager to death after catching him inside a house. They found a lottery ticket on the deceased and used the money to fund a grand burial.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Hing
Motels Boss Accused Staffer Details Palestine Stays
Long, a former Land Office custodian, says Sadler sent him to Palestine to manage the Sadler Motor Hotel between 1961 and 1967 while drawing monthly state pay. He claims bonuses after stays and that he left in 1967 to run the hotel full time, then did not get his job back. A grand jury probe into Sadler’s handling of treasures from a Padre Island galleon is ongoing.
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Sadiler
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Houston Pays Honors To Space Trip
Houston celebrated Apollo 11 and the space program with a city parade through downtown, 21 000 invited guests and 300 000 onlookers. Astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin rode through cheering crowds as residents expressed pride, relief, and admiration for the moon mission.
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Edwin E. Aldrin
Michael Collins
Armstrong
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Aldrin
Albert Thomas
Space
Mi Street
Peaceful Scene Amid Rock Festival Amidst Shortage of Food Water and Medicine
Chaos and calm mingle at a three day outdoor rock festival in a 600 acre alfalfa field as 3,000 attendees share scarce food and water while authorities warn against dangerous drugs. Charles Baxter of the sponsors calls the situation critical as 500 medical volunteers treat about 2,000 people. Hog Farm volunteers distribute aid and security notes call it a drug convention despite a generally peaceful atmosphere.
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Taos
N.M
Catskill Mountain
William Abruzzi
Abruzzi
Reds Celebrate Frigid Fourth in Antarctica
AP reports a delayed communication from a research station in Antarctica that the Fourth of July was celebrated with a picnic and fireworks. The event involved a Boulder man, Michaa Marsh, and a bonfire. SAS and a 14 month exchange program with a Russian scientist at the South Pole station.
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Colo
Antarctica
SAS - Boulder
Michaa Marsh
Services Administration
U.S
South Pole
Agencies To Join Treasure Probe
Atty Gen Crawford Marin said his office and the Texas Department of Public Safety will jointly investigate treasure salvage operations off Padre Island. He conferred with Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler and Secretary of State Martin Dies Jr about the inquiry and they promised to cooperate.
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Austin
Atty
Red Attack Omits Casualty Toll In Viet War Update
The report details American casualties with one dead and 11 wounded from a Red Attack. It notes 31 enemy shellings overnight, five targeting American installations, and ongoing heavy fighting along a Saigon border arc. Allied forces report about 1,100 enemy killed and 50 Americans killed or wounded in the region since Tuesday.
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U.S
Saigon
Morehan
Crowd Observes Indian Independence Day Anniversary
More than 500 people attended the 22nd anniversary celebration of Indian independence at Wesley Foundation on Friday night. The event drew attendees including 20 students.
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Wesley Foundation
Kennedy aides discuss autopsy questions at hearing
Mrs Kopechne and her husband plan to testify at a Wilkes Barre hearing on autopsy procedures while addressing why Kennedy's lawyers did not seek immediate help after the Chappaquiddick Island car crash. She says she assumed an autopsy would be performed before burial and expresses confusion over the process.
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Kopechne
Quest
Edgartown
Mass
E. Vertainiv
Kennedy
Wilkes Barre
Dist. Atty. Edund
Dinis
Massachusetts
Chappaquiddick Island
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