Officer Shot By Sniper In Florida Riot
In Fort Lauderdale a patrolman was shot in the arm by a sniper after officers broke up a crowd at a drive in. Six stores were broken, one looted of 300 dollars. In Pompano Beach a separate sniper fired five shots at patrolmen guarding a supermarket. No injuries reported. Two men were arrested for disorderly conduct. Previous night riot actions led to more arrests.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pompano Beach
Francis Grady
George Callahan
Hammondville Road
Harry Mawhinney
Space Walk May Be Doubled For Gemini 11 Pilot
Gemini 11 pilot Richard F Gordon Jr may extend his space walk to about 100 minutes up to 106 minutes to complete tasks. Flight director Clifton Charlesworth said the 55 minute walk could be lengthened to allow tying the Agena to the capsule and performing weightless bolt work and jet gun movements during the orbital mission.
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Navy
Charles A. Conrad Jr
Agena
Gordon
Ody
Conrad
Charlesworth
Chuckle: Couple jokes about retirement debt
A lighthearted quip from today imagines a couple joking that if their savings pace continues, they will owe $300,000 at retirement. The playful line highlights growing retirement concerns with humor.
Speck sanity panel urged in bid to test mental state
Chicago defense lawyer Gerald Getty proposed a six man panel of psychiatrists to decide Richard Speck’s current sanity and sanity at the time of the July 13 14 slayings. Judge Paschen postponed ruling to Sept 1 as Getty seeks exclusive access to witnesses photos and exhibits. Speck, 3 Bathed in blue suit, remains hospitalized for heart illness and wounds.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Wnamt
OA Waonnold
Paschen
Getty
Speck
Twin Cities residents visit Frontier Village in San Jose
Mr and Mrs W E Smith and Dewana Gail along with Mr and Mrs H T Wallace recently returned from a West vacation. A highlight of their trip was touring Frontier Village, an amusement park in San Jose California.
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W. E. Smith
Dewana Gail
H. T. Wallace
West
Frontier Village
San Jose
Calif
Five inmates in Orleans Parish Prison attempt escape
Five maximum security inmates tried to escape Orleans Parish Prison late Wednesday night. They pried a steel plate, crawled through a pipe shaft on the fifth floor, and dropped into a shaft elevator area. Three climbed a 25 foot wall before capture. two were stopped in the exercise yard.
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New Orleans
Orleans Parish
Louis Heyd Jr
Gary Simpson
Donald E. Benjamin
Simpson
Bullock
Benjamin
Robert J. Vosper
Robert G. Tyler
Connec
Heyd
John Mobery
Raymond Richardson
Wade Ursin
Sam Settles
Vosper
Tyler
Induction Center clash nets 12 arrests in Atlanta protest
About 20 demonstrators linked to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee clashed with police at the 12th U.S. Army Recruiting Center in Atlanta. Twelve were taken into custody after officers were knocked to the pavement and uniforms ripped. three vehicles were impounded and charges filed against three protesters including Larry Fox, Robert Moore, and Michael Simmons. Posters advocated Julian Bond indicating prior political controversy over a Georgia House seat.
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Atlanta
Black Power
12Th
U.S. Army
Larry Fox
Robert B. Moore
Michael Simmons
Fox
Julian Bond
Georgia House
Bond
U.S
Viet Nam
A.C. Roberts
Army
House Debates Highway Safety Bill Expanding Auto Standards
The House moves to require federal safety standards for 1968 models and later. A $260 million state aid plan funds inspections and driver education while a proposed 10 percent federal highway aid penalty for states lacking safety programs draws scrutiny. The measure, already passed by the House 371 to 0, targets cars buses and trucks with broader coverage than the Senate version.
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Washington
House
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Hot and Cloudy Weather Forecast for Twin Cities
Monroe weather forecasters predict warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies from today through Friday. Rain chances are about 50 percent this afternoon and 20 percent at other times. Winds south at 5 to 12 mph. Today’s high 90 to 96, low 70 to 76. Yesterday’s trace rain but no significant precipitation. high reached 98.
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Monroe Weather Bureau
Twin Cities
U S Plan Aerial Spraying To Halt Dallas Encephalitis
Three U S Air Force twin engine planes begin spraying Dallas with Malathion to curb an encephalitis outbreak blamed on heavy April rains. City health officials report 57 probable cases since July with two deaths. spraying will cover 500 square miles for six to seven days while ground efforts continue in August.
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Dallas, Tex
U.S. Air Force
Dallas
U.S. Public Health Service
Hal J. Dewlett
Dewlett
Langley Air Force Base
St. Louis
John Kilpatrick
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
Kilpatrick
Avonale Shipyards Lands $217.74 Million Vessel Contract
Avon dale Shipyards Inc of New Orleans won a 217.74 million dollar multi year contract to build 20 ocean going destroyer escort vessels for fiscal years 1967 and 1968. The White House informed U S Sen Ellender and Long and Rep Boggs of Louisiana. Ships to be built at the Avondale yard.
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Washington
UPI
Avondale Shipyards Inc
New Orleans
White House
U. S
Allen J. Ellender
Russell B. Long
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Avondale Yard
B52s Strike Viet Cong Camp and North Viet Nam Air War
US B52 bombers hit a suspected Viet Cong tunnel complex and arms base 15 miles west of Chu Lai in Quang Tin Province as U.S. planes battled MIG jets over North Vietnam. The weekly casualty tally shows 101 Americans killed in action last week and 1,436 Communists killed, with total American deaths reaching 4,711.
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Saigon
Aps
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Chu Lai
Quang Tin
Tonkin Gulf
Vinh
Hanoi
Air Force
Idepot
Panhandle
Hanoi-Haiphong
International Control Commission
ICC
Indochina
Lunar Orbiter Begins Moon Photography From Pasadena
The Lunar Orbiter started moon photography with the first 20 frames shot and camera shutters reported as functioning perfectly. Experts awaited data on on board film processing while officials from Jet Propulsion Laboratory expressed optimism about the mission. The initial moon pictures were to be transmitted and released to networks later in the day amid noted orbit changes not expected to affect photography.
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Pasadena
Calif
Orbiter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Moon
Extension Denied For Jonesboro Road Project Delays
James W. Moore said Green-Snyder Construction Co. failed to obtain a contract-time extension for the Jonesboro Road project in Bawcomville. The firm has 11 good weather days left of the original 290, with a $210 daily penalty after that. The board insisted the contractor could have worked during good weather and not delayed the project.
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Baton Rouge
James W. Moore
Monroe
State Highway Board
Jonesboro Road
Bawcomville
Green-Snyder Construction Co
Delhi
Moore
Green-Snyder
Highway Board
A. A. Braddock
Ing
Highway Department
Willis Attacks Viet Nam Protesters as Cowards in Hearing
At congressional hearings on penalties for interfering with Viet Nam operations Rep. Edwin Willis calls demonstrators “yellow bellied cowards.” The session, marked by clashes, saw arrests and legal wrangling over witness counsel amid a push to curb antiwar activity.
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Washington
UPI
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Viet Nam
Edwin Willis
D-La
U.S
Willis
Edwin Meese
Alameda County
Calif
VDC
Berkeley
Meese
Oakland
Oakland Army Terminal
United States
California
Arthur Kinoy
New York City
Rutgers University
Kinoy
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
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Circuit Court Jury Room
George Reisner
Lou Casper
Mekong River
9Th Division
Kien Giang
Florida
Ine Baureer
Yuan Dallas Drifter
Herbert C. Paschen
Gerald Getty
Orleans
Induction Center
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Cong
Lunar Orbiter
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