Heat Lingers As Sandusky Recovers From Record Rain
Evacuees return home as Sandusky dries under clear skies after nearly 11 inches of rain, with Governor Rhodes inspecting the flood zone. The Ohio National Guard patrolled for looting as officials estimate damages in the millions and pursue federal disaster aid while agriculture agents assess crop and food safety impacts.
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Hess
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Chicago hydrant shutoff sparks Negro riot on Roosevelt Road
Bands of Negro youths riot on Chicago's Southwest Side after police shut off a hydrant amid hot weather. About 24 arrests reported with injuries, as motorists’ windows are shattered and hydrants opened citywide. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and local leaders assisted police to quell the disturbance.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Power Outages Causing Worry Across the Nation
The heat wave grips the eastern two thirds of the U S with 100 plus temperatures for days. Dozens die in several states including St Louis area from heat related causes. Power rationing by Union Electric aims to prevent a blackout amid record demand. Storms bring damaging winds and flooding in multiple cities including Detroit Gainesville Savannah Beach and Pine Bluff.
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Virginia primary shocks Byrd machine with two upsets
In Virginia Tuesday the Byrd political machine lost two incumbents as Sen. A Willis Robertson and Rep. Howard W. Smith were defeated. George C. Rawlings Jr. won in the 8th District while William B. Spong Jr. upset Robertson and Byrd margin was slim. Byrd retained renomination by a narrow cut as voters shift toward moderates and reform.
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William B. Spong Jr
Portsmouth
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
House Rules Committee
George C. Rawlings Jr
Feberddere
Byrd
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Alexandria
Senate
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Spong
Boothe
Smith
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Rawlings
Weather outlook: cloudy hot and humid with likely thundershowers
Tonight will dip to about 70 with tomorrow near 95 as hot humid conditions persist. A thundershower is likely both nights with yesterday’s high 88 and overnight low 69. Middle town recorded 1.62 inches of rain yesterday, more than the month's total. Roundup on Page 13.
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Middletown
Ex-Aide To Joint Chiefs Named Spying Suspect
A former military aide to the Joint Chiefs of Staff is accused by a federal grand jury of conspiring to pass defense data to the Soviet Union. William Henry Whalen, 51, allegedly transmitted information on atomic weapons, missiles, and SAC retaliation plans for payments totaling 5500 dollars between 1959 and 1961.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Soviet Union
William Henry Whalen
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Whalen
Sergei Edemski
Mikhail S. Shumaev
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