Race Tension Bases In Los Angeles Riot Area
Widespread rioting in the Watts Negro district subsides as thousands move about freely. Police report 32 killed and 812 injured with 2,847 arrested. National Guard troops remain deployed to prevent renewed violence across Southern California including Long Beach Sylmar Hollywood Wilmington San Diego and Van Nuys.
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Los Angeles
Walter Gray
California
J. K. McCauley
Long Beach
Watts
Sylmar
San Fernando Valley
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
Wilmington
Harbor
San Diego
van Nuys
San Bernardino
California 40Th
49Th National Guard
Glenn Anderson
Edmund G. Brown
Terrorist Bomb Attacks Saigon Police HQ Kill Four
Viet Cong operatives drive jeeps packed with explosives into the national police headquarters in Saigon. Four policemen die and about 20 people are wounded, including possibly six Americans, as guards exchange fire and attackers flee.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Weather outlook for Texas shows warm temps and scattered rain
The report notes highs reaching the 80s to 90s across regions with lows mainly in the 60s to 70s. Precipitation is scattered, with 20 to 30 percent area coverage today and tonight, tapering in some zones Tuesday. Winds shift from south to southeast, with partial cloud cover prevailing across Northeast, Northwest, Central, and Southeast Texas.
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Snyder
Texas
Taylor Outlines War Strategy for Vietnam
Gen Maxwell D Taylor sketches a four point plan to win in Vietnam. The approach includes maximum effort against Viet Cong in South Vietnam, air strikes on targets in North Vietnam, bolster South Vietnam’s government, and readiness to talk peace with any sincere government.
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Tri Province
North Viet Nam
U.S
Strategic Air Command
South Viet Nam
Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Saigon
Viet Nam
Taylor
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Springfield Civil Rights Protests Erupt After Weekend Arrests
A new wave of civil rights demonstrations is planned in Springfield areas Winchester Square and Water Shops after 67 arrests over the weekend. Leaders say copies of a two page plan circulated for today’s actions following an afternoon meeting at CORE. Federal mediators meet officials to defuse a rift over police conduct in July arrests, with seven officers facing accusations.
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Springfield
Mass
Winchester Square
Water Shops
Congress of Racial Equality Office
Harold T. Hunton
James D. Norton
Community Relations Service
Human Relations Commission
Court Square
Couple Killed In Oklahoma City Fire
A pre dawn blaze swept through a 120 room luxury motel in Oklahoma City claiming the lives of a Kansas couple celebrating their wedding anniversary. John McCormick and his wife died in the fire which caused about 100000 dollars in damage to the facility.
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Oklahoma City
Kansas
John McCormick
Goldberg To Detail New UN Policy
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg prepared to unveil a U.S. plan aimed at breaking the deadlock over Soviet voting rights at the United Nations. The policy would address the stalled General Assembly over Article 19 arrears and restore voting by nations overdue on peacekeeping assessments.
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United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
General Assembly
Goldberg
Assembly
Dean Rusk
Supreme Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
Johnson
World Organization
Soviet Union
France
Resident Rosetta Miles Shot Dead in Beaumont Apartment
Rosetta Miles, 43, was killed by gunfire today in her Beaumont apartment. Police arrested a man after neighbors said he fired at Miles as she fled toward the back of the unit.
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Viet Nam
Associated Press
Court Buys New Grader For Pet 4 In Scurry County
Scurry County commissioners accepted Patton Equipment Co. Abilene low bid of 16500 for a Huber diesel motor grader for Precinct 4, with Plains Machinery Co. 17385 as next bidder. The meeting also heard Child Welfare Board update with Bentley Baize and Fern Duncan. Duncan now president as Patterson resigns. Budget revision proposed for Historical Survey Committee due to lack of carryover funds.
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Scurry County Commissioners Court
Patton Equipment Co
Abilene
Precinct 4
Plains Machinery Co
Child Welfare Board
Bentley Baize
Fern Duncan
Sweetwater Baize
R. R. Patterson
Weekend Rainfall Dampens Drought Across West Texas
The weekend brought measurable rainfall across Scurry County and West Texas easing drought. Fluvanna saw 2.20 to 2.50 inches, Snyder 83 Saturday night and Sunday, Ira about 1.0 inch plus last week’s 1.40, and Lake J. B. Thomas dam 0.90 inches with little runoff. Severe weather struck Midland with 2.09 inches and two seriously injured from a trailer windstorm. Beeville tornado sighting reported.
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Fluvanna
Gaage
Snyder
Ira
J. B Thomas
Hermsleigh
Camp Springs
West Texas
U.S. Weather Bureau
Midland
Frank Miles
Emma
N. C. Harris House
Moss Creek
Andrews
Childress
Wichita Falls
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Presidio
Singer Warren Smith Injured In Highway Crash
Warren Smith the singer guitarist known for Grand Ole Opry appearances was injured when his car overturned on a rain slick highway while driving alone from San Antonio to Longview Texas.
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Lagrange
Tex
Grand Ole Opry
Warren Smith
Longview
San Antonio
Inquest Confirms Statement Cross In Austin
Justice of the Peace Jerry Dellana ruled Shirley Stark and Susan Rigsby were strangled July 18. The grand jury will decide if James Cross Jr. should be indicted for the murders. Autopsy by Dr. Earl Rose failed to determine cause of Stark’s death due to decomposition. Cross is held without bond.
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Austin
Justice of Peace
Jerry Dellana
Shirley Ann Stark
Susan Rigsby
James Cross Jr
University of ‘Texas
Fort Worth
Cross
Dallas
Dellana
Earl Rose
Rose
Miss Stark
Department of Public Safety
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
St. Elizabeth
Dr. Ryan
Katherine A. Ryan
Snyder High School
Cathy Keller
Diane Phariss
June Westfall
Sharlot Rose
Diane Hargrove
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Col. Lieu
My Canh
Quang
U.S. Navy
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Coral Sea
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Chicago
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