Calistoga Fire Devastates Dozens of Homes
A fast moving forest fire in Calistoga Napa Valley destroyed 35 homes and sparked new blazes in five nearby communities. Police said winds reached 70 mph shifting toward Calistoga as hundreds of firefighters fought the flames. Authorities anticipated millions in damages with no confirmed casualties.
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Calistoga
Calif
Napa Valley
Kenneth Hively
Herbert Hanley
Edmund G. Brown
Hanley
Hively
LBJ to Campaign in 30 States Amid Travel Plan Outline
President Johnson announced a broad travel plan to campaign in more than 30 states. He outlined stops including Atlantic City El Paso Oklahoma City Providence Brown University Hartford and regional visits tied to steelworkers and national events. He noted no fixed stops for later states and spoke on Tonkin Gulf and a potential rail strike.
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Washington
Johnson
United Steelworkers
Atlantic City
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Chamizal
Oklahoma
Eufaula
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
New England
Providence
R.J
Brown University
Francis Green
Brown
Hartford
Conn
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Nine Injured as San Francisco Cable Car Runs Away
A runaway cable car on Hyde Street rolled backward down Russian Hill injuring nine and leaving many passengers leaping from the open platforms. Sixteen people, including children, escaped by jumping, while 20 received treatment at Harbor Emergency Hospital for injuries. a rare emergency brake was used to stop the car.
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San Francisco
San Francisco UU
Russian Hill
Susie Baer
Lombard
Fisherman's Wharf
Alcatraz
Joseph Ruiz
Montebello
Calif
NATO Warships Begin Secret Atlantic Exercises
More than 100 ships from seven NATO nations opened ocean drills to stay out of Russian spying range. Soviet trawlers were sighted near the areas to observe ships and aircraft, with regions kept secret until departure to prevent pre positioning by Russian observers.
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London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Atlantic
De Gaulle Opens 21 Day Latin American Visit
President Charles de Gaulle arrives in Venezuela on a 27 day goodwill tour extending through nine South American nations. He travels with security measures amid fears of attacks by exiled FALN backers as he plans to address Congress and discuss a Latin American common market.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Charles de Gaulle
France
South America
Maiquetia
Here
de Gaulle
Raul Leoni
Secret Army
Force For National Liberation
FALN
Congress
Leoni
Paris
Napoleon I
Pointe-a-Pitre
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Colombia
Ecuador
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Brazil
Latin America
Two Mississippi bombings hit church and home in McComb
In McComb Mississippi a negro church and the home of civil rights worker Aylene Quin were bombed Sunday night. Ailes Quin's children suffered minor injuries from the blast. A large angry crowd attacked a patrol car but dispersed after SNCC leaders urged restraint.
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Jesse Harris
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Quin
Kathy
Jackie
Society Hill Baptist Church
McComb
SNCC
Council of Federated Organizations
Cortland Banker and Attorney Died
Cortland resident Albert Haskell Jr. a former Republican NY State Assembly member from 1934 to 1937, died today at his home at age 73.
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Cortland
Albert Haskell Jr
New York State Assembly
Biggest Bomber Roars Into Sky On Test Flight
The XB70A, America’s 185 foot bomber, lifted off at 8 38 a m from Palmdale California on its first test flight with pilots Al White and Lt Col Joe Cotton aboard. They plan limited speed and altitude staying under 800 mph and 35 000 feet circling Edwards AFB about two hours.
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Palmdale
Calif
America
al White
North American Aviation Inc
Joe Cotton
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base
General Collapse in South Viet Nam Deepens as U S Sinks Reported
Tass reports three ships sunk off Vietnam in Gulf of Tonkin by American destroyers amid disputed claims. In Saigon South Viet Nam slides toward general collapse with a strike crippling communications and power, Qui Nhon radio seized, Montagnards demanding autonomy, and 230 government casualties weekend.
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Tass
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf
Democratic Republic of
Saigon
Qui Nhon
Ban Me Thuot
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
East German Premier Otto Grotewohl Dies at 70
Berlin reports East Germany Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl died after a long illness. The official ADN informed, noting he had been ailing for years and was commonly believed to have leukemia.
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East Germany
Grotewohl
Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
ADN
Four Men Trapped in Nevada Nuclear Test Shaft
Four men have been trapped more than 36 hours at 1,800 feet in a Nevada Test Site shaft after a heavy gauge elevator cable snapped at 1,100 feet. Victim James Gray died near the shaft mouth and three others were injured. Names of those trapped include Leland Roeder George R. Cooper Art Luhnow and Lloyd L. Shaw. Rescue teams realigned guide rails lowered food and water and maintained radio contact.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada Test
Atomic Energy Commission
James C. Gray
Indian Springs
Gray
Leland Roeder
Pioche
George R. Cooper
Tucson
Art Luhnow
North Las Vegas
Lloyd L. Shaw
Santa Barbara
Calif
Astronaut Cooper Receives Space Trophy
The National Geographic Society awarded the Gen. Thomas D. White space trophy to astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. for his 22 orbits of Earth in just over 34 hours during the May 1963 flight.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Thomas D. White
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Goldwater assails Johnson on Tonkin Gulf handling
Sen. Barry Goldwater arraigns the Johnson administration for the Tonkin Gulf incident coverage and accuses it of a crisis of the week foreign policy. He says the admin tries to bury news while Vietnam tensions persist and vows to spotlight the issue during a Charlotte campaign stop.
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Victor Henschel
New York City
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Harry Fike
Columbus
Ohio
Johnson
Fike
Washington
Tonkin Gulf
Charlotte
N.C
Viet Nam
Gulf of Tonkin
Billy Graham Visits Boston Nightlife District
Evangelist Billy Graham toured Boston’s nightlife district visiting bars near his hotel and the Garden. He urged patrons to seek spiritual nourishment, inviting them to Crusade meetings while noting parallels between congregations and the area’s crowd. A Golden Nugget crowd welcomed him with mixed reactions.
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Billy Graham
Boston
Graham
Crusade For Christ
Boston Garden
Dr. Graham
Billy
Izzy Ort
Ort
Jim Bowie
the Evangelist
Washington Street
the Garden
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John M. Hightower
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