U S Injects Secret Spy Satellite From Cape Kennedy
The Air Force launched a new experimental spy payload from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Agena at 6 08 a m CDT in the first secret flight here in five years. Officials say the satellite tests improved sending devices for early warning and targeting across wide regions including Russia and China. The launch was kept secret by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and State Department despite public interest and a visible skyward ascent witnessed by thousands.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Russia
Red China
Southeast Asia
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
United States
U.S
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Nixon gains on first ballot as convention nears
Nixon accumulates 601 expected votes on the first round at the Miami Beach convention, closing in on the 667 needed. Rockefeller trails with 252, Reagan 170, with Pennsylvania boosting Nixon and Connecticut Minnesota Wyoming aiding his tally. Evans supports Rockefeller while Rhodes remains a potential obstacle.
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GOP
White House
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
Connecticut
Minnesota
Wyoming
U S Troops Press Viet Cong Hideout West of Saigon
U S air cavalrymen combed a mangrove hideout 23 miles west of Saigon seeking the Viet Cong force pounded by air strikes. Early reports said 12 enemy bodies lay in a grave with more expected. two Americans were killed and 10 wounded. Viet Cong activity above the Plain of Reeds continued as government forces boosted manpower in Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Oriental River
Cambodia
Plain of Reeds
South Vietnam
Army
Air Force
Navy
Johnson
Nguyen van Thieu
Honolulu
Attack Blamed In Man's Fall
New Orleans authorities say a heart attack may have caused the fatal 45 foot fall of house painter Henry McMillian age 57 from a ladder while reaching a rooftop.
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New Orleans
Henry McMillian
Israeli Troops Cross Border Kill Five Attackers Near Hospital
Israeli ground forces entered Jordan for the first time in four months and killed five Arab saboteurs who slipped into southern Israel to strike a hospital clinic at Ein Yaheb near the Negev frontier. Two assailants were wounded and captured. Skirmishes continued along the frontier with Jordan and Syria, while Jordan accused Israel of expanding control and urged UN sanctions.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Israel
Ein Yahav
Negev
Golan Heights
Daboussiyye
Yarmuk
Muhammad H. El-Farra
U.N. Security Council
Sweimeh
Yosef Tekoah
Vietnam veteran David Chandler returns home from tour
David Chandler 21 son of Mrs Nelda Chandler of Monroe has come home after a year in Vietnam with the Marines at Dong Ha. He plans to rest and recuperate with no definite plans yet.
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David Chandler
Nelda Chandler
N. 5Th St
Monroe
Vietnam
Dong Ha
South Vietnam
Marines
Chandler
Flood Location Update and Stage Changes
Forewarning notes show Camden reporting flood present with 5.4 stage on the 26th and Monroe at 40 with 13.9 stage. The conditions are stationary, indicating no current movement to new stage levels.
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Camden
Monroe
Data Center Aids In War On Crime
FBI reports the National Crime Information Center as the era’s greatest law enforcement advance. In 18 months it logged 500 600 arrests or recoveries monthly and holds 586 000 records on wanted people, stolen property, and illicit items. Police across 43 states plus Canada access near instant data via 62 terminals. Hawaii joins August 9 with all 50 states by year’s end. The system links teletype data from agencies to a Washington DC center and back in seconds.
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Washington
Baton Rouge
Washingon
D.C
New York
FBI
National Crime Information Center
District of Columbia
Canada
Hawaii
California
New York State
Johnson Begins Annual Medical Checkup At Brooke Army Medical Center
President Johnson and Mrs Johnson travel by helicopter to Brooke Army Medical Center for a routine annual health examination described by Vice Adm. Barkley as following the policy of annual exams. Press secretary Christian said the president’s health is normal.
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San Antonio
Tex
Cap
Johnson
Brooke Army Medical Center
Texas White House
George G. Barkley
Johnson City
George Christian
Christian
Barkley
White House
Congress
Miami Beach
Texas Hill Country
Werarten Wata See
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Bethesda Hospital
Firm In State Gets Ultimatum On Air Pollution
The Bunge Corporation of Destrehan was ordered to install air pollution controls at its soybean mill by October 15 or cease operations. The Louisiana Air Control Commission gave eight weeks to deliver and install equipment with biweekly progress reports.
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New Orleans
Bunge Corporation of
Destrehan
Louisiana Air Control Commission
Andrew Hedmeg
Commission
Bunge
Hedmeg
Vernon C. Parker
Department of Public Health
Hot Weather Lingers After Thunderstorm Drops Rain
Skies cleared after a Monday thunderstorm that dumped .41 inches on the Twin Cities. Expect today and Wednesday to feature partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures with scattered thundershowers mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Measurable precip chances are about 30 percent then 10 percent otherwise, with rainfall around one quarter to one half inch. The year’s peak temperature reached 98 degrees Monday, with a 74 degree low this morning at Monroe Municipal Airport.
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Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Nixon considers trips abroad and Paris talks with De Gaulle
Nixon, the Republican front runner, said he may travel to Paris to re establish dialogue with De Gaulle if elected. He declined to predict early nomination on the first ballot and noted Agnew will be his nomination at the convention. He also discussed a possible Soviet trip after the conventions and said such talks would not end the Vietnam war.
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Rockefeller
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Nixon
Fountainebleau Hotel
Abernathy
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Evans
Washington State
Rhodes
Charles McWhorter
Richard Mo Nixon
Dusset Coians
Paris
DeGaulle
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Agnew
Chicago
Vietnam
England
Ike Suffers Chest Pains In Hospital
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffers chest pains at Walter Reed Army Hospital raising concern for another heart attack. bulletin says he is stable and comfortable after a 6 15 a m EDT onset and had addressed the Republican National Convention from his hospital suite less than 12 hours earlier. He has a history of myocardial infarctions with previous major attacks in 1955 and 1965 and the latest event follows a night of rest.
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Washington
Dwight J. Ieisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Calif
March Air Force Base
California
Miami Beach
Fla
Republican Party
Vietnam
Gettysburg
Augusta
Today’s Chuckle Doubling a Woman’s Girlish Figure
A lighthearted line noting that most women not only keep their girlish figures but double them. The joke plays on the idea of maintaining plus multiplying charm.
Delhi Woman Dies in Ark Wreck
Police identified Rose Westfall 83 of Delhi La as the female victim of a Monday crash on U S 165 near Parkdale Ark A utility pole impact caused her death Her daughter Marie Dockery 64 also of Delhi who drove the car was hospitalized in serious condition at Lake Village Ark
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Parkdale
Ark
U.S. 165
Here
Delhi
Rose Westfall
Marie Dockery
Lake Village
Eisenhower Suffers Sixth Heart Attack at GOP Convention
At the Miami Beach gathering delegates and hopefuls heard that Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, had another heart attack shortly after delivering a keynote address. Vice President Nixon and governors Rockefeller Reagan Stassen expressed concern and prayers for his speedy recovery while Eisenhower urged unity against retreat in Vietnam during his televised remarks from Walter Reed.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Gen. Eisenhower
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Boots and Accessories Want Ad Spotlight
A reader tips section highlights turning unused items into cash. It promotes posting ads for boots and accessories along with sports gear tools and other items in the Want Ad pages for quick sales.
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Wes Rowland
Tommy Thompson
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Army Hospital
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