Russian Warship Welcome Slated for American Ports
Washington reports the United States may invite Russian warships to U S ports for the first time since World War II as a step to ease Cold War tensions. Navy Secretary John Warner cited reciprocal visits and hopes to board a Soviet port call, with annual talks planned to resolve details.
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Navy
John W. Warner
Seapower
Navy League
Warner
United States
VVAW Convoys Headed To GOP Convention In Miami Beach
Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans Against the War form three convoys along the Florida coast toward the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach. Spokesman Mehard Boyle cites 150 per group with campsites near Fort Pierce and New Smyrna Beach while police assist and harassment is reported by the California unit. Concerns focus on Da Nang as VVAW calls for an immediate U.S. pullout and accuses South Vietnamese forces of abandoning American troops.
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Air Force
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UPI
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Miami Bead
Mehard Boyle
San Francisco
Flamingo Park
Fort Pierce
California
New Smyrna Beach
John Leonard
Boyle
Baton Rouge
New York
Boston
Champaign-Urbana
da Nang
VVAW
Nixon
Jack E. Kemp
Jacob Javits
Kemp
Javits
James J. Buckley
Ugandan Leader Orders Asians To Leave Non Citizens Face Expulsion
Ugandan President Idi Amin decreed that 60 000 Asians with non Ugandan status must depart and 23 000 Ugandan citizens of Asian descent must also go citing sabotage fears. Crowds outside the immigration office reacted with shock as lines dwindled and uncertainty spread.
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Uganda
UPI
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Judge seizes civil death as substitute for capital punishment
Miami judge Alfonso C. Sepe urged Florida lawmakers to consider a civil death penalty for former capital crimes. After appeals, the condemned would be declared dead, stripped of rights and identity, allowed humane basics, but barred from rehabilitation, contact, and outside communication. The proposal accompanies a panel report to the legislature.
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UPI
Criminal Court
Alfonso C. Sepe
Florida
Sepe
Reubin Askew
U.S. Supreme Court
McGovern To Visit Johnson On Cross Country Tour
Democratic candidate George McGovern starts a four day tour with an Agnes flood damage inspection in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. He plans a Texas meeting with former President Lyndon B. Johnson and discussed Vietnam policy in a weekend statement.
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UPI
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McGovern
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Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nguyen van Thien
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Thieu
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Herbert G. Klein
United States
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Illinois
Minnesota
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Wilkes Barre
Republican Convention Schedule Opens Miami Beach Session
The Republican National Convention at Miami Beach lists a Monday program with Dole presiding at 1 p.m. EDT and Reagan slated as temporary chairman. Notable speakers include Askew Hall and Lugar with tributes to Eisenhower and Nixon.
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Kansas
GOP
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Reubin Askew
Florida
Chuck Hall
L. E. Thomas
Florida State Gop Committee
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Dole
Ronald Reagan
California
Connie Armitage
National Federation of Republican Women
Don Sundquist
Donna Reddie
Young Republican National Federation
Rosemary Ginn
Missouri
GOP National Committee
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Reagan
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Empty Raft Memorial Honoring Cuban Sea Escapees at Miami
Cuban refugees in Miami dedicated an 8 by 12 foot Empty Raft monument in Biscayne Bay before Marine Stadium to honor more than 10 000 Cubans who died at sea escaping Cuba. The ceremony, organized by the Executive Committee of Liberation, notes the lack of official death counts and cites recent straits crossings and a homemade boat voyage completed last week.
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UPI
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Cuba
Biscayne Bay
Stadium
Florida
Florida Straits
Thomas Cruz
Executive Committee of
Liberation
Straits
Key Largo
Antillean Marine
Babun Brothers
Johnny
Pirate Hijack Ends With FBI Involvement At Seattle
Air pirate Frank Sibley, 43, of Stateline Nevada, hijacked a United Airlines 727 at Reno and forced entry at Seattle, demanding 2 million dollars and gold. He was shot by FBI agents, faces surgery to remove a bullet, and is to face an air piracy hearing. An unrelated Belfast shooting is noted.
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Wash
UPD
FBI
Frank Markoe Sibley Jr
Stateline
Nev
Reno International
Seattle-Tacoma
Federal Aviation Agency
Sibley
Missoula
Mont
Casper
Wyo
U.S
Stan Pitkin
United Airlines
Vancouver
B.C
Okaloosa Digest Notices and Community Meetings Summary
The Okaloosa Digest lists community notices for Okaloosa County. Upcoming events include the Okaloosa Republican Club meeting at Knights of Columbus on 205 Carol Ave NW at 7:30 p.m. and the Surveillance Sq Wives Coffee at 102B Aspen Dr Eglin AFB with details by phone. Also, classes at Ferry Park Recreation Center begin Sept 11 and Sept 12, including a Tumbling class, Night Bridge, and Decoupage. An Al Anon weekly meeting is at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ocean City Mondays at 8 p.m.
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Okaloosa
Republican Club
Ferry Park Recreation Center
Ferry Road
Ferry Pak Recreation Center
Al-Anon
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Ocean City
Oklahoma antibusing candidate beaten and shot near office
Fred Culp 41 a candidate for Oklahoma legislature was beaten and shot on leaving his office around 11 p.m. Two campaign signs were ripped from his car and a third lay nearby. Culp was not seriously wounded and could not describe his attackers according to police.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Fred Culp
Oklahoma
Culp
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