Secret Service agents patrol Miami Beach rooftops and crowds
In Miami Beach delegates note the helicopters over the beach are flown by Secret Service agents, with Marine Corps and Army choppers. They say the agents watch rooftops and crowds for threats, while beach police report they are on alert but do not specify what they inspect.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Secret Service
Marine Corps
Army
Beach
Ozzie Kruidenier
Gunfire at Watts Park wounds six amid family feud
Gunmen opened fire in Will Rogers Park Los Angeles injuring at least six as a 500-strong crowd hurled rocks and bottles. Sheriff deputies withdrew after the clash during the Watts summer festival opening led by Mayor Sam Yorty with the theme A better Watts, a better world. An art exhibit is planned for Thursday.
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United Press International
Watts Park
Los Angeles
Will Rogers Park
Sam Yorty
Watts
Humphrey Takes Rest Week at Waverly Home
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and his wife arrived in Waverly Minnesota Saturday with two staff members. No visitors are planned and an aide says Humphrey may watch television including coverage of the Republican National Convention.
Capitol Hill office of RFK closes two months after burial
The Capitol Hill office of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy closed today two months after his Arlington burial. Regular staff had left for other jobs or vacations, and his presidential campaign HQ was shut after his death. Law gives a 60 day payroll grace period for a deceased senator's staff.
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Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Senate
Coast Guard ends Lake Erie plane search for five aboard
The Coast Guard called off the search for a small plane that went into Lake Erie near Middle Bass Island. Civilian divers were to resume work for Len Selders 25 Akron and four other men believed to have been aboard and killed after the Sunday crash.
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Port Clinton
Ohio
UPI
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Middle Bass Island
Len Selders
Akron
Selders
Aftershock Sends Manila Office Workers Fleeing
A strong aftershock shook quake-jittery Manila prompting hundreds of office workers to flee tall downtown buildings. No damage was reported. Officials said this was the 351st aftershock from the powerful tremor that struck Friday, killing 230 people including 220 at the Ruby Towers collapse.
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Manila
UPI
Weather Bureau
Ruby Towers
Ohio mock primary gains Ohio support and critique
A Cleveland youth group backed by U S Senatorial candidate John J Gilligan promotes a mock Democratic primary in Ohio While Humphrey campaign backer scorns it Gilligan says he supports every effort to let people express themselves on political questions and notes Ohio Democrats voted out an unbeatable incumbent
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Toledo
Ohio
Weather and vital notices from Norwalk area
Mostly sunny hot and humid today and Wednesday. Fair and warm tonight. Highs upper 80s to low 90s, lows in the 70s. Monday highs 86 Norwalk, lows 68. Trace rainfall in Norwalk. Humidity at 8 am 90 percent, 2 pm 51, 8 pm 66. Births Gerald Otto Berlin Heights and Carl Chandler New London. Marriage license applications Jay Thomas and Janet Cook New London. Richard Turner and Sharon Rahrig Monroeville. David Syler and Lynn Foster Dalton and Greenwich. Death Martha Finlay 62 Collins.
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Norwalk
Gerald Otto
Berlin Heights
Carl Chandler
New London
Jay C. Thomas
U.S. Army
Janet L. Cook
Richard E. Turner
Monroeville
U.S. Air Force
Sharon Ann Rahrig
David L. Syler
Dalton
Lynn Ann Foster
Greenwich
Norwalk Boosters Launch Sock It To Em Spirit Campaign
The Norwalk Boosters Club introduces an emblem designed by Mrs. James Heyman to boost interest and membership. Window stickers are available from boosters, Pep Club, and athletes with plans for shirts scarfs and jewelry. Booster president James Smith notes a lucky number program for home games with drawings at halftime third quarter and end of game until a winner is found.
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Norwalk Boosters Club
James Heyman
Booster Club
Heyman
James Smith
Housewife Backs Pueblo Campaign Amid National Push
A Norwalk housewife joins a national effort to keep the USS Pueblo crew in the public eye. Mrs. George Austin plans to circulate a petition to Congress and wears an orange sticker reading Remember The Pueblo. She cites Lt. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher and urges action to bring the crew home.
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Norwalk
North Korea
George Austin
Old State Road
Congress
Pueblo
Austin
Lloyd Bucher
Ohio Delegates Dangling Stassen Gag Delays At Caucus
Ohio delegates waited 45 minutes for Harold Stassen at a closed caucus in Miami Beach while California Gov. Ronald Reagan circulated and won a favorable reception. John R. Gerken of Norwalk quipped about Stassen not existing as the longshot failed to appear. Ohio remains solid for Gov. James Rhodes amid talk of defections and television coverage.
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Miami Beach
UPI
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
America
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
Fla
Harold Stassen
John R. Gerken
Norwalk
Stassen
Gerken
James Rhodes
Ike Stricken Again At Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered another heart attack at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He is 77 and this marks the sixth attack this year after earlier episodes. The hospital bulletin says he had chest pains at 6:15 this morning after a restful night and indications are that this was another myocardial infarction.
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Reed
Eisenhower
Nixon Will Choose His Running Mate
Richard M. Nixon said at a morning news conference that he will personally select his running mate if he secures the presidential nomination. He noted that GOP leaders could submit names to him but that the final choice will be his decision after the nominating process ends.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
GOP
Norwalk Man Seriously Injured After Fall From Truck
A Norwalk man, 40 year old Carl Nopper of Drake Road, fell from his southbound truck on Kelly Road near Strecker Road Monday night and struck his head. He was treated at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital and then transferred to Elyria Memorial Hospital in serious condition.
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Norwalk
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Milan
Carl Nopper
Drake Road
Kelly Road
Strecker Road
Highway Patrol
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Elyria
Adrian de Leon
Cline St
Norwalk weighs hiring tax consultant amid fiscal squeeze
Norwalk council plans to hire an income tax consultant to study a one percent city tax aimed at boosting revenue. A final tax ordinance would follow. The move comes as the 1968 budget forecasts an $89,701 deficit and reserves deplete, with projected revenue boosts from a new tax potentially reaching $300,000 annually.
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Norwalk
Council Finance Committee
Allen Hakes
Police and Firemen
City Hall
Benedict Avenue
Linwood
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