FBI Not Investigating Civil Outbreaks Across Cities
Washington reports that the FBI is not investigating the Detroit riots or other recent civil disturbances. Officials would say they have no comment, and sources note the bureau lacks federal authority if no violations are reported. The FBI has not investigated riots dating back to the Watts explosion in 1965.
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Washington
FBI
Detroit
Bureau
Watts
Los Angeles
Justice Department
Congress
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Brown
Cambridge
New York City
Rochester
N.Y
Jersey City
N.J
Paterson
Dixmoor
Philadelphia
Seaside
Ore
Hampton Beach
N.H
President’s Crime Commission
J. Edgar Hoover
Ramsey Clark
Pope and Patriarch Seek Unity in Historic Istanbul Meeting
In Istanbul Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras pledged to work toward unifying Catholic churches divided for 900 years. The Pope toured Istanbul, prayed at Ste Sophia, and met Turkish officials amid concerns over Jerusalem and the Middle East.
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John Lawton
Istanbul
UPI
Paul VI
Athenagoras
Bosporous
Ste. Sophia
Constantinople
Turkey
Jerusalem
Israel
Old City
Cevdet
Constantine
Mount of Olives
Holy Land
Janary
Palestine
War Casualties Include Texans
Defense Department lists four Texan deaths and two more Texans as dead from hostile causes in Vietnam. Spec 4 Eugenio Rodriguez of Corpus Christi is among the killed in action. Died of wounds were Marines Lance Cpl James Huckabee of Lewisville and Pfc Pablo Gonzalez of Eagle Pass. Marine Maj John Oldham, Canyon, changed from missing to dead.
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Washington
Defense Department
Texas
Army
Spec
Eugenio Rodriguez
Alberto Rodriguez
Carrizo St
Corpus Christi
Lance
James E. Huckabee
Carl C.huckabee
Harvard
Lewisville
Pablo R. Gonzalez
Pablo ‘G. Gonzalez
P.O. Box
EI Indio Rd
Eagle Pass
John S. Oldham
13Th Ave
Canyon
Ex-Oklahoma Justice Paroled to Aid Sick Wife
Earl Welch, 75, a diabetes stricken former Oklahoma Supreme Court justice, was paroled from a federal prison without walls and moved to Oklahoma City to join his ailing wife Ruby. Welch served five months and ten days of a three year tax evasion sentence at Seagoville, saying he has no plans beyond helping his wife recover.
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Seagoville
Tex
Earl Welch
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Welch
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Dob
Arkansas
Don Welch
Madill
Okla
Oklahoma City
FiveYearOld Polvado In Critical Condition After Morton Crash
Melanie Polvado a Morton five year old remained in critical condition in Methodist Hospital ICU after a head injury from a Monday night auto accident near Morton at 9 45 p m. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J Earl Polvado of Rt 2 Morton. An ambulance from Singleton Funeral Home Morton transported her to the hospital.
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Melanie Polvado
Morton
Methodist Hospital
J. Earl Polvado
Rt. 2
Singleton Funeral Home
Chief Of Police Hit In Shootout In Texarkana
Chief of Police Bill Hughes and an unidentified bandit exchanged gunfire after a Dial Finance Co robbery. Hughes was shot in the left shoulder but not believed seriously wounded. Both men were hospitalized and expected to recover.
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Texarkana, Tex
Bill Hughes
H. H. Boyers
Hughes
Boyer
Dial Finance Co
R. K. Harrison
Wadley Hospital
Harrison
Western Singer Tommy Duncan Dies at 57 in San Diego
Western singer Tommy Duncan, 57, was found dead in a San Diego hotel. The coroner reported a heart attack likely caused the death. Duncan spent about 20 years with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and sang San Antonio Rose on a top Western record. He and wife Marie owned a ranch near Mariposa, and the body will be sent there for funeral arrangements.
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San Diego
Calif
Tommy Duncan
Duncan
Bob Wills and
The
Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose
Marie
Mariposa
Braniff Furls 90 Flight Engineers in Dallas
Braniff Airways disclosed in Dallas on Tuesday that it has furloughed 90 flight engineers due to no current need for the newly trained technicians. Spokesmen said the workers had completed three months of training.
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Dallas
Braniff Airways
Braniff
Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hung
Anh
Dai Viet Party
Dan Nang
Dal Nang
Staten Island
Women Fire Warning Shots to Halt Highway Work
Three women in Huntington West Virginia fired warning shots to stop Interstate 64 land clearing by road workers. Mrs L D Smith armed with shotgun and rifle, aided by daughter Ellen Metz and neighbor Mrs Guy Metz forced contractors to retreat, claiming condemnation of land blocked their driveway. She seeks legal action to contest the State Road Commission’s use of the property.
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L. D. Smith
Huntington
W. Va
W.va
Guy R. Metz
Metz
Ellen
Seattle
Wash
L.D. Smith
Romania Premier Silent On China Talks Amid Rebuff Speculation
In Bucharest, premier Ion Gheorghe Maurer made no comment on his June 3 trip to Communist China as Western observers view the talks as possibly rebuffed by Mao Zedong. Maurer noted discussions with Chou En-lai and highlighted desires for closer U.S. relations, while Romania seeks peaceful ties with all nations.
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Bucharest
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
China
Mao Tse-ting
Peking
Moscow
Maurer
Chou En-lai
National Assembly
LBJ
Johnson
Washington
United States
Communist Party
Nico
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thien Ee
Lae Ceausescu
Era
Emile Bodnaras
Bodnaras
West Germany
Japan
India
Belgium
Rail unions and railroads begin wage talks under special board
Six railroad unions met with management negotiators and a White House board to chart steps for wage talks after Congress ordered a two day nationwide strike ended and barred further walkouts until 1969. Sen. Wayne Morse chaired the board to oversee talks with hopes for a voluntary settlement by Oct. 16.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Special Board
Thomas Ramsey
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Johnson
Morse
Railroad
Union
Ramsey
Public Works Bill Passed By House
The House approved a $4.62 billion public works appropriation bill for rivers harbors flood control and reclamation with a 233 to 169 vote and sent it to the Senate. It is $243.2 million under Johnson’s request but $314.4 million more than last year and cuts $1.67 million for the Dickey Lincoln Maine project. In Spain a chocolate sauce stuffed octopus is noted by the Miami Swaquarium.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Dickey-Lincoln
Maine
Trainloads Of Egyptian War Equipment Found
In El Arish, Sinai, Israeli troops haul millions of dollars worth of Soviet tanks trucks guns and ammunition from the desert into rail cars for shipment to Israel. Some 700 Soviet T54 tanks have been recovered with about 100 undamaged and usable for parts or redeployment.
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EL Arish
Sinai
Sinai Desert
Mediterranean
Israel
Soviet Union
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Mitla
Dis- Houston
Texas Southern Unition
Dist
Wendell Odom
Carol Vance
Barbara Morris
Montclair
N.J
Charles Freeman
Port Arthur
John Parker
Galesburg
Douglas Wayne Waller
Houston
Floyd Nichols
Dallas
Trazawell Franklin Jr
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Charles Wilcott
Dallas’ Hall Street
Wilcots
Vietnam
Boy
Romania
Nguyen Huy Hung
Tran Anh
Palace
Shares de Gaulle
U.S
Alexandru Birladeanu
Charles de Gaulle
Birladeanu
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Spain
Miami
Gordon Aronson
London
Ronny Cohen
Manchester
England
Aronson
Case Lvr
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Lubbock
We Hener
American Express
Carte Blanche
Diners Club
Tahora Highway
Jim Broome and His
Merry Men
Bob Edward
Jim Tillinghost
Jim Broome, Jr
John Crain
Brady
Esi Es
Llibe Eae Pala
Golden Hoops
Mod Dangies
Broadway
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