Johnson calls for end to riots as nation debates violence
President Johnson spoke in Indianapolis urging an end to Negro rioting, arguing violence breeds tyranny and harms reforms. He warned riots ignite a self defeating chain reaction, and urged civil protest within limits while defending Vietnam policy and inflation actions. He noted Britain’s wage and price freeze shows inflation pressures across nations.
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Speck Fit To Stand Trial After Heart Concerns
Chicago doctors say Richard Speck, 24, accused of killing eight student nurses, did not have a heart attack and can face trial. He had peri carditis but is described as doing well and in normal condition after illness at Cermak Memorial Hospital.
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Two Shot by Gunfire in East New York Slum
In Brooklyn New York AP gunfire from a moving car with four Negroes wounded two white men at 2 am in East New York. Frank Toledo 34 abdomen in critical condition Gregorio Cruz 35 right buttock in fair condition. Police reported scattered disorders, injuries to several officers, 45 arrests as youths clashed with Italians further fueling tensions.
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Navy Pilot Escapes Camp Rescued After Six Months
A U S Navy pilot shot down over Communist territory escaped a prison camp and was later found in the jungle after a one in a million sighting by another American flyer. He traveled 23 days through difficult terrain and arrived severely malnourished and shocked. The command disclosed the escape but withheld details to protect other prisoners. Identification withheld for security. next of kin notified.
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Cleveland Riot Violence Sharply Escalates In East Side
In Cleveland a moving car fired on a motorist in guerrilla rioting that has raged five nights on the East Side. Benoris Toney, 29, was critically wounded as white youths were detained in minutes. The city braces for a rough weekend amid fires looting and new clashes.
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Marines Repel Viet Cong Cannon Fire Near Da Nang
In Da Nang a Marine heliport Sea Bee compound and Navy hospital were shelled, four helicopters damaged, seven wounded. U S Marines engaged Viet Cong 25 miles from Saigon in swift clashes while 55 enemy were reported killed in eight days of fighting near the Demilitarized Zone and allied troops began a new clearing operation southeast of Saigon as Thai and Australian forces arrive.
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China rejects peace talks at massive Peking rally
TOKYO reports a near million strong crowd heard President Liu Shao chi call for total Communist victory in Vietnam. He urged fighting to the end and driving out U S forces, signaling no conference table peace. Reconvic Geneva talks were called an out and out criminal action and peace efforts by Wilson and Gandhi were denounced.
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Weather report for Muscatine and region
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Sunday with lows in the 60s. Friday high at Muscatine 87 degrees, tonight’s low near 60. Rain totals around .09 inches. River stage at 54 feet.
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Secretary Nitze discusses fate of captured North Vietnamese sailors
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze, back from a Vietnam inspection, briefed reporters at the Pentagon on Friday using several maps. He said the future disposition of 19 North Vietnamese sailors captured by U.S. forces in June has not yet been decided.
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