Terror in Watts LA riots special report
A five day riot outbreak in Watts and surrounding Southern California towns left at least 32 dead and hundreds wounded. Rioting ignited August 11 following a routine traffic stop, with property losses and looting totaling over 100 million dollars. The piece notes widespread fire, sniper activity, and a jailed crowd of over 1,200, with authorities and leaders scrambling to determine causes and remedies.
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Los Angeles
UPI
al Kuettner
Fire Bombers Snipers Stage Hit Run Raids
Los Angeles riots widen from curfew zones into suburban neighborhoods as fire bombs and sniping strike across a six day period. Police report 33 dead, nearly 3,000 arrests, and damage estimated at up to 175 million dollars. Authorities declare progress against mob rule while contending hard core criminals continue targeting officers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Neuro
Police Department
Harbor Area
San Fernando Valley
Civic Center
Thomas Jeddin
Long Beach
Wilmington
Pacoima Beverage Company
Anaheim
el Sereno
Inglewood
Hollywood
Sylmar
Jack Carter
Watts
Highland Park
National Guard
Fire Department
Thomas Reddin
William H. Parker
Meany keeps AFL-CIO presidency at 71
Wire dispatches report George Meany still leads the AFL-CIO after its decade of merger. Other briefs note a Clearwater jury acqs GM of defective Corvair doors raised by a widow suing over a fatal crash. Senate debates Johnson poverty extension as Schupbach funeral is set. Ford calls for investigation into civil rights radicals. U.S. policy tensions show in Vietnam responses as France hands over Skyraiders to Cambodia. ARCO to meet in Gatlinburg Aug 17-18.
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George Meany
AFL and Cio
Afl-Cio
Clearwater
Fla
General Motors
Florida
Senate
Johnson
U. S
South
Viet Nam
France
Cambodia
Norodom Sikhanouk
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Frank G. Clement
Weather Brow-Moppin Beckley and Vicinity Report
Beckley area fair and warm through Tuesday with highs near 88 and a low around 64 today. No precipitation. river Greenbrier low and clear. Lake level normal and clear. new gauge at Hinton 1.6 ft. Five day WV outlook shows temperatures about three degrees below normal, daily showers possible with total rainfall up to 0.75 inches in some areas.
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Beckley and
Beckley
Greenbrier
Hinton
Blythe
Imperial
Calif
Butte
Mont
West Virginia
Four Police Die in Saigon Extremist Attack
A gang of Communist extremist actors used two decoy women and vehicles to enter Saigon national police headquarters, then opened fire. Four policemen were killed and 21 people injured, including six Americans. Explosions destroyed a building and police vehicles, shattering windows beyond the compound. The attackers fled as two cars exploded, while two women distracted guards at the gate.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
My Canh
National Police
Reach Falmouth Tuesday Manry Sighted 100 Miles Out
Robert Manry, in his 13 12 foot Tinkerbelle, neared England on the home stretch of his solo transatlantic voyage. He was sighted about 100 miles from Falmouth and later met at sea with his wife Virginia. He had last been seen near the Scilly Isles 42 miles southwest of the Isles. Manry, a Cleveland journalist, bought the boat in 1958 for 250 dollars and learned to sail on Lake Erie. He reportedly paused briefly aboard a British fishing vessel for milk and signed the Brereton’s visitors book before resuming the crossing.
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Robert Manry
Cleveland
Ohio
Falmouth
England
UPI
Manry
Virginia
Scilly Isles
Britain
Trewarvenneth
Exchange Telegraph
Brereton
Mass
Traffic Takes 8 State Lives
Eight persons died in West Virginia traffic accidents over the weekend raising the 1965 toll to 269. Otho W. Van Meter of Belfry, 42, died in Parkersburg when his car struck a tree on W Va 2. William R. Burks of Millpoint was killed in a motorcycle collision near Talcott. A five year old Parkersburg girl, Tracey Joy White, died after being struck on W Va 2 near Parkersburg. No charges were filed against the driver who said the girl darted in front of her car. Four young men died in two separate accidents.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Ohio
Otho W. van Meter
Belfry
W. Va
Parkersburg
Pocahontas County
William R. Burks
Millpoint
Talcott
Tracey Joy White
W. Va. 2
Helicopter Captures First Viet Cong Suspect POW
Marine Capt. Howard Henry piloted a helicopter that captured the first suspected Viet Cong prisoner of war. In Da Nang a fleeing suspect was chased by Henry and Sgt. James Maynard, who leaped aboard to secure the man as the aircraft returned.
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DA Nang
Viet Nam
UPI
Howard Henry
Henry
Chickasaw
Ala
Baltimore
Maynard
Weather clears for Gemini-5 eight day flight
CAPE KENNEDY UPI Forecasters said weather looks good for Thursday launch of Gemini-5 despite Typhoon Mary in the western Pacific landing area. No other weather issues expected. Cooper and Conrad ready for America's third two man spaceflight with preflight exams due Tuesday.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Western Pacific
L. Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
Gemini
America
Cooper
Conrad
Project Areneuty
Donald Slayton
Neil Armstrong
Eugene Tubbs
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Mission Control Center
Houston
Wheeling Man Critical After Airplane Crash
A Wheeling man, James Michaels aged 26, is in critical condition after a single engine plane rollover during touch and go landings at an airport near St. Clairsville Ohio. Owner/operators Mr and Mrs Guy Alderman lifted him from the wreck. Michaels had about 50 hours flying time and had not flown for about four years according to patrol records.
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Wheeling
API
St. Clairsville
Ohio
Ohio Highway Patrol
James Michaels
Guy Alderman
Michaels
Alderman
The
Highway Patrol
Violent Storms Kill 132 In Chile
SANTIAGO Chile faced a state of emergency after a week of violent storms. At least 132 people died and over 50,000 were left homeless as 22 provinces were declared catastrophe zones. The coast guard cutter Janequeo wrecked with 79 crew lost, the worst peacetime Chilean naval disaster. Elsewhere 38 perished in landslides and 11 in avalanches in the Andes.
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Santiago
UPI
Chile
Coast Guard
Campanario
Ter
Leucoton
Andes
Indian Troops Occupy Two Pakistani Outposts
In New Delhi Indian troops seized two Pakistani outposts across the cease fire line in Kashmir amid clashes with what security forces call Pakistani infiltrators. Defense Minister Y B Chavan told Parliament the eight day fighting has killed at least 249, with the toll possibly nearing 400.
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New Delhi
UPI
Kashmir
Y. B. Chavan
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Tov
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Alabama
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Dick Gregory
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