FBI Rescues Kidnapped Boy After High Speed Chase
FBI agents rescued a four year old boy abducted from Beverly Hills after a lengthy pursuit that ended in a gun battle. The kid was used as a shield and injured. the kidnapper was shot in the arm and arrested. The ransom money was not delivered.
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FBI
Beverly Hills
Calf
Emmett D. Doherty
Tracton
Agent Doherty
Homer Hart
Los Angeles
Hart
Soviets Withdraw Tanks From Prague Amid Conference Clash
Soviet tanks pulled back from Prague as Communist leaders weighed Moscow demands for tighter limits on liberalization. The National Assembly had rejected the accord, and occupation troops remained, with street patrols by Russian gunners and continued anti occupation posters despite signs of gradual quiet.
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Prague
Moscow
National Assembly
Ceteka
Prazke Noviny
Jiri Pelikan
Denek Hejcar
Pelikan
GI Prisoner Dies In Riot At Long Binh Jail
A riot at the Long Binh stockade near Saigon left one American prisoner dead and 59 more injured while four guards and the acting warden were hurt. Twenty-nine injured inmates were hospitalized. The attack destroyed 10 buildings, including the mess hall and files building, in Vietnam s largest prison housing 719 prisoners.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
U.S. Army
LBJ
U.S
da Nang
Long Binh Stockade
Saigon
Twin Cities Soldier Receives Army Commendation Medal
Sgt. Shelby O. Thorne Jr. received the Army Commendation Medal at a ceremony for distinguished military service in support of allied counter insurgency operations in Vietnam. He is a platoon sergeant with Fort Sill's 17th Ordinance Company. son of Mr. and Mrs. W F Petty of Monroe and Shelby O. Thorne of Swartz.
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17Th Ordinance Company
Shelby O. Thorne Jr
Vietnam
W.F. Petty
Fairbanks Dr
Monroe
Shelby O. Thorne
Swartz
Sgt
Thorne
Fort Sill
Stolen Hanley Treasures Recovered by FBI Near Kane
FBI agents recovered art valued over 1.6 million dollars from the Hanley home near Kane in Foster township. Items include a 1901 Picasso Moulin Rouge valued at 500000 and a 1906 Cezanne watercolor also valued at 500000. later damaged frames and some statues. Police guarded the storage room awaiting FBI lab examination. the heist occurred August 21 when thieves entered via a kitchen window.
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Bradford
Tullah Hanley
Hanley
Washington
T. Edward Hanley
Tullah
FBI
Foster Township
Earl Bridge
Foster
Pennsylvania 219
New York
Marines Fight Hard Near Da Nang in Vietnam War
In South Vietnam, near Da Nang and amid Duc Lap and central highland fights, U S Marines and allied forces reported heavy enemy losses totaling about 200 killed, while casualties rose with Marines and Rangers sustaining dozens of wounded and killed. Civilians and hamlets faced oppression with 18 killed and 65 kidnapped in two undefended villages.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Central Highlands
Duc Lap
Quang Ngai City
Ha Thanh
11Th Light Infantry
An Lap
An Lao
Trapped Residents Amid Palo Duro Canyon Floods
About 45 people remained trapped by Palo Duro Canyon floodwaters in the Texas Panhandle after helicopters rescued 13 overnight. The 14 foot high torrent dropped to eight feet by dawn as rains up to 7.87 inches fell at Canyon. Food was airlifted to those still stranded.
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Amarillo
Tex
Palo Duro Canyon
Texas Panhandle
Palo Duro Creek
Canyon
No Rain Seen For Weekend
The forecast calls for no rain through Saturday with possible scattered showers on Sunday. North east Louisiana will be warm with generally clear to partly cloudy skies. Dewpoints mid 50s to 60s. Monroe FAA recorded a high 83 and a low 57. no rain on Thursday. Highs today 84 to 90. lows 60 to 66.
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Louisiana
Louisiana Delta
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
McKeithen Signals Passive Role at Democratic Convention
Louisiana Governor John J McKeithen indicated his main focus will be on state affairs rather than national politics. He said he may “tend to my knitting” and planned a Baton Rouge news conference to announce his intentions while at the Chicago convention he backed Humphrey but left early.
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Chicago
Louisiana
John J McKeithen
McKeithen
Baton Rouge
New Orleans International
National Democratic Party
South
Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
MecKeithen
Russell B. Long
Tideland
New Orleans
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Humphrey Taps Muskie as Running Mate at Unity Drive
Democratic convention in Chicago seals Edmund Muskie's vice presidential nomination as Hubert Humphrey seeks party unity after a week of discord. Violence outside the venue accompanies speeches urging peace in Vietnam and national reform as Humphrey lays out a program to broaden support and overhaul the party machinery with Lawrence F. O'Brien for national chair.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Chicago
Humphrey
Maine
National Guard
Muskie
National Unity and Justice
Johnson
Vietnam
America
National Party
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
John N. Dempsey
Lawrence F. O'Brien
Kennedy Brothers
O'Brien
River Stage Readings Prompt Flood Alerts
River stage measurements show Camden at 26 and Monroe at 40 with 13.7 change. Officials note potential flood risk as stages shift with unsettled weather.
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Camden
Monroe
Morehouse Parish Seeks 14 Jury Seats In Special Primary
A Bastrop area special Democratic primary tests 37 candidates for all 14 Morehouse Parish Police Jury seats. Ward 4 lists ten candidates for five Bastrop seats while other wards each elect one juror. The election follows a federal ruling to base seats parish wide until 1970 census reapportionment.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Ben ©. Dawkins
U.S. Court For Western
James P
Madison
Democratic Executive Committee
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