Arson and Looting Erupt in Hough Cleveland
A Tuesday wave of arson and looting hit the Hough district in Cleveland. Police fired into the air to disperse a crowd as more than 70 fires broke out in abandoned buildings amid a heavy rain. A $40 000 supermarket blaze sparked looting by about 200 people, with six squad cars and two men claiming sheriff’s department status attempting to halt the crowd.
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Cleveland
UPI
Negro Hough
Sheriff’s Department
Biggest War Games Since Viet Nam Buildup Planned
Washington reports the Defense Department will stage Exercise Kitty Hawk the largest U S war games since the Vietnam era. About 70 000 air and ground troops will participate across North Carolina for eight days beginning around August 20 with one week extra for National Guard units including Pennsylvania 28th Division extending three weeks of summer training.
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Viet Nam
Washington
UPI
Defense Department
U.S
North Carolina
National Guard
Pennsylvania
Dayton Man Found Dead by Car in Traffic Death
Sheriff's deputies investigate the death of Donald A. Smith 39 found beside his stalled auto near Dayton. Airman 3c James G. Bridgeforth from Missouri at Wright-Patterson AFB surrendered to police cited for DWI and failure to maintain safe distance as the probe continues.
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Dayton
UPI
Donald A. Smith
Smith
Here
James G. Bridgeforth
Bridgeforth
Missouri
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Two GI's Charged With Murder Of S. Vietnamese
Two American soldiers faced court martial in Long Binh on charges of premeditated murder for the January 28 shootings of four Vietnamese civilians near Bien Hoa. Sp.4 Carbers Gray of Warrenville Ohio and Sp.4 Robert Tyson Jr of Vienna Virginia are accused of killing two elderly people and two boys with an M14 rifle and assaulting others. The maximum penalty is death if convicted.
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Long Binh
Vietnam
UPI
U.S. Army
Carbers Gray
Warrensville
Ohio
Robert E. Tyson Jr
Vienna
Gray
Tyson
Bien Hoa
Saigon
Pham Duc Tien
Nguyen Thi Tao
Tran van Dounh
Ngo van Khan
Quang van Hoa
Robert Night
Melbourne
Australia
Daley Wins Huge Confidence Vote in Chicago
Chicago voters reelected Mayor Richard J. Daley to a fourth four year term with about 789 thousand votes to 273 thousand for Republican challenger John L. Waner. Write-in Dick Gregory gathered 20 thousand votes while Lar Daly drew 579. Democrats won four of seven aldermanic seats.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Daley
John L. Waner
Waner
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