Heat and Snow Disrupt Travel in Chicago and Yellowstone
Motorists face extreme heat and heavy snow as Chicago recorded 96 degrees at 4 pm tying a 26 year high and paving buckled on the Kennedy Expressway. In Yellowstone 12 inches of snow fell with chains required at eastern entrances as roads iced over and tourism surged. One man died of sunstroke amid the heat wave while the city fight constant fire calls.
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Cody
Wvyo
Chicago
Chicago Fire Department
Senate group approves oil spill liability bill
A Senate Public Works subcommittee advanced a bill making shipowners and oil drillers fully liable for cleanup costs with exceptions for act of God, act of war, or government negligence. The measure sets $150 per gross ton against vessel owners, no outer limit, and extends absolute liability to offshore facilities and oil production cleanup. The same day severe weather hit the Midwest with tornadoes causing damage and record electricity use by the TVA.
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Washington
Senate Public Works
Interior Department
Hodges Injured In Leaping From Burning Home
Former Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges, 71, was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after leaping from a second story window of his burning Chapel Hill home. His wife, rescued with smoke inhalation, was listed in critical condition. The house was destroyed and investigators suspect the fire began in the kitchen.
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UPID
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Luther H. Hodges
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John F. Kennedy
Marvin Morris
Ouachita Students Attend Northwestern State Cheer Clinic
Six Ouachita Parish students joined more than 500 cheerleaders from 81 schools at Northwestern State for the final week of a cheerleader school clinic. The program covers tumbling stunts pep rallies new yells chants skits and school spirit activities. Participants from Ouachita Parish High School include Janet Deville Ellie Carter Pamela Archer Linda Miles Pamela Tripp and Gretchen Cole.
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Ouachita Parish
Northwestern State College
Janet Deville
Ellie Carter
Pamela Archer
Linda Miles
Pamela Tripp
Gretchen Cole
Ouachita Parish High School
Garrison Testsimony Before Grand Jury in New Orleans
District Attorney Jim Garrison appeared before the Orleans Parish Grand Jury with no comment on his testimony. The panel began hearings into bribery charges against Charles R. Ward, Garrison’s top aide until his resignation last week, who sought to enter the building amid a dispute over access. Ward plans to run against Garrison in November and asked the jury to examine the case involving Maryland National Insurance Co seeking a $629,000 forfeited bonds settlement from the DA’s office.
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Jim Garrison
Orleans Parish
Grand Jury
Charles R. Ward
Garrison
Ward
Maryland National Insurance Co
Maryland National
Greece fires head of supreme court amid protest over resignation
In Athens the military regime ousted Michael Stasinopoulos, 66, head of the State Council, after he refused to resign. Alexandros Dimitsas, 60, was named president. two vice presidents Elias Glykotrides and Athos Tsoutsos were appointed. The move follows a purge of judges and a council decision voiding a May edict.
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Alexandros Dimitsas
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Elias Glykotrides
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Stasinopoulos
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Papadopoulos
Oil Producers Ordered To Stop Polluting Water
Jackson Mississippi oil field operators face formal complaints under the Air and Water Pollution Control Act of 1966 for polluting state waters. The commission calls for immediate cleanup or shutdown and cites reckless housekeeping at well sites and deliberate discharge of salt water into streams.
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Robert S. Wright
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Wisconsin Solons Begin Drive For Convention Call
Wisconsin lawmakers open hearings on a measure to petition for a U S constitutional convention. Speaker Harold Froehlich backs the plan as Sen. Everett Dirksen pushes for an amendment to overturn the one man one vote ruling. If Illinois approval holds, Wisconsin could clinch the 34th state.
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Appleton
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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Man Booked In Fatal Shooting In Marrero
Manuel Summers 20 of New Orleans was booked for murder after George Anderson 39 was shot to death at a Marrero used car lot. Lt Jambon said Summers fired as Anderson looked at a car. Workers at Avondale Shipyards reported a Thursday morning fight between the men.
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Gretna
Emmanuel Summers
New Orleans
George Anderson
Joseph J. Jambon
Jefferson Parish
Students Clash With Riot Police in Seoul Street Protest
About 1,000 rock throwing students faced 400 riot police in Seoul in a demonstration against a proposed constitutional amendment allowing a third term for President Chung Hee Park. Two students were seriously injured and about 10 demonstrators were detained for questioning.
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Seoul
ASP
Chung Hee Park
Korea University
Taegu
British man appeals US extradition over Louisiana charges
Arthur Atkinson, 36, of Manchester, sought House of Lords review after a British High Court allowed his extradition to the United States on attempted murder and attempted armed robbery counts. He escaped Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana last December while awaiting transport to a state penitentiary. Police accuse him of aggravated burglary during the escape, and the case hinges on treaty scope.
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Louisiana
House of Lords
United States
Lords
Supreme Court
Arthur Atkinson
Manchester
Orleans Parish
State Penitentiary
Atkinson
Protest rallies threaten constitutional amendment plans in Korea
About 140 miles southeast of Seoul, rallies opposed the constitutional amendment proposals. The article notes Park’s second four year term ends in 1971 and the current constitution bars an incumbent president from seeking a third term.
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Seoul
Park
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