Denver Flood Rages Through City in Massive South Platte Surge
Denver endured one of its worst disasters as flood waters and tornado winds struck Wednesday night and Thursday. One death reported with injuries and possible missing persons amid widespread property damage and evacuations along the South Platte and surrounding areas.
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Colo
South Platte River
South Platte
Palmer Lake
Here
The
Valley Country Club
17Th Street
Union Pacific
Colorado Highway Patrol
Waterton
Prairie
Globeville
Cassio Frazzini
Paratrooper Death in Santo Domingo Sparks Fighting
In Santo Domingo a U S paratrooper was killed and seven soldiers wounded in nine hours of sporadic fighting with Dominican rebels. The Inter-American Peace Force said at least eight rebels were killed as the battle stretched around the international security zone.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Inter- American Peace Force
Frank Ramirez
Domingo Rodriguez
International Security
U.S
Francis Caamano Deno
Inter - American Peace Force
International Security Zone
GOP Negroes Gain Seats In Georgia House
Republicans win 22 of 205 seats after reapportionment with 17 of 47 contests decided. Negroes gain eight seats the first time since 1907, including Al bert Thompson’s upset in Muscogee County. Borders defeated by Goodwyn Cates in Fulton County marks another race.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House of Representatives
Fulton County
Albert Thompson
J. A. Maxwell Jr
Muscogee County
Columbus
Barry Goldwater
U.S. House
Howard Callway
William Holmes Borders
Goodwyn Cates
Fire Gutts 12 Lane Bowling Alley Inferno in New York
A 12 lane bowling alley on Route 28 in North Creek Warren County was gutted by a fire early today. Owner Dr Nicholas Baroudi estimated losses near a half million including recent improvements. fire officials from seven volunteer companies fought the blaze. The cause was not determined.
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North Creek
N.Y
Route
Warren County
Lake George
Nicholas Baroudi
Space Twins honored at White House by Johnson
Gemini 4 astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White II arrived at the White House to receive NASA Exceptional Service medals. Johnson praised their space walk as closing the gap in manned flight and boosting hopes of peaceful international space cooperation.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Asronauts
James A. Mellvitt
Edward H. White II
United States
Soviet Union
Hee
Andrews Air Force Base
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles W. Mathews
Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
White
McDivitt
Buffalo Mayor Kowal Improves After Hospitalization
Buffalo Mayor Chester C. Kowal is reported improving in hospital after being found unconscious with a bottle of white pills beside him. Police say he was indicted by an Erie County grand jury on charges of perjury conspiracy and taking unlawful fees tied to a refuse contract inquiry.
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Buffalo (Ap
Chester C. Kowal
Erie County Grand
Columbus Hospital
City Hall
Peter Kowal
William H. Schneider
Kowal
James R. Borzillert
Ralph Saft
Senate to create Cabinet of Housing and Urban Development
Senate expected to approve within a month the administration bill establishing a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Development. If passed, President Johnson may name Robert C. Weaver the first secretary, following House approval by 217 to 184.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Capitol Hill
House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Birth Control Bill Weighed By Governor
Governor Rockefeller weighs clerical and judicial opinions on whether to lift the long standing ban on selling birth control devices. The Assembly approved the measure 83-52, as Senate actions on education funding and other bills also proceeded Wednesday.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Assembly
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
Connecticut
Unity Day Tension After East German Boat-Patrol Shooting
West Berlin marks Unity Day amid anger over the machine gun killing of Hermann Doebler 42 and the wounding of his female companion by East German guards. Police are on alert for disturbances along the Berlin Wall as officials warned against Soviet encroachment and the U.S. signaled protective actions. The incident occurred on the Tetlow Canal after the boaters briefly entered East German waters.
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Berlin
West Berlin
U.S
George C. McGhee
Pyotr Abrassimov
East Berlin
McGhee
United States
Former Air Force Captain Charged With Threat to President
Dor sey Lee Webster, 54, of Richmond Virginia, faces charges after telephoning threats to kill the president. Federal agents traced the calls to the White House and linked them to a room Webster rented at Wright Patterson Air Force Base after arriving from Cincinnati.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
President Johnson
Dorsey Lee Webster
Richmond
White House
Secret Service
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Webster
Cincinnati
Two Navy Phantoms Shoot Down Two MIGs Near Thanh Hoa
Two U S Navy Phantom jets engaged four Communist MiGs fifty miles south of Hanoi and shot down two. Cmdr Louis Page and Lt jg E D Batson Jr reported the kills after a 29 second dogfight while escorting bombing runs north of Thanh Hoa. One MiG parachuted, other two escaped. missiles used were air to air.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Thanh Hoa
Cmdr
Louis C. Page
San Diego
Calif
J.g
E. D. Batson Jr
Buffalo, N.Y
Hainan Island
Gulf of Tonkin
Page
John C. Smith Jr
Belleview
Ill
Powan
Batson
Robert B. Doremus
Montclair
N.J
North Viet Nam
Red China
Midway
Washington
U.S. Navy
Paul H. Nitze
U S
Hainan
Six Battalions Lift U S Troop Strength In Viet Nam
United States increases Viet Nam force with six more Army and Marine battalions and support units. McNamara says total troops will reach about 70 000 to 75 000 as the war expands. He notes ongoing peace talks may still occur but North Vietnamese and Viet Cong show no interest in acceptable negotiating terms.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Johnson
London
Britain
India
United States
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
State Department
White House
William CC.) Westmoreland
House votes to repeal most federal excise taxes set for Friday
Congress agrees on a compromise bill to cut excises on autos lips and many goods. The Senate plans quick action to permit President Johnson to sign by Friday with first price cuts taking effect Saturday. Initial auto 3 percent cut and air conditioner levy repeal retroactive to May 15.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Russell Long
D-La
Chamber
Anti Beatle Colonel Returns 12 Medals to Queen
Col. Frederick Wagg 74, veteran of two world wars, sends 12 medals back to Queen Elizabeth II in protest of the Beatles MBE award. He resigns from Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour party and cancels a 33600 dollar bequest, saying decorating the Beatles mocks the nation. He also mails several other medals including The Mons Star and World War II and Indian Army service honors.
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London
Frederick Wagg
Order of the British Empire
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Mb.e
Buckingham Palace
Wage
Wilson
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