Attorney Vows Crack Down On Auto Theft Dies In Car Explosion
Jefferson Georgia AP A state prosecutor Solicitor Gen Floyd Hoard age 40 was killed when his car exploded as he left home to appear before the grand jury opening session. The blast ties to Georgia auto theft rings and a similar Greenville South Carolina bombing that wounded an operator who cooperated with authorities.
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Jefferson, Ga
Georgia
Floyd Hoard
Hoard
Greenville
S. C
Martin Page
Page
J. C. Gillespie
Gillespie
L. G. Perry
Perry
John B. Brooks
Jackson County
Fulton County
Atlanta
Gwinnett County
Lawrenceville
Vinson E. Williams
Jerry R. Everett
Grand Jury
Viet Guerrillas Shoot Down Five Troop-Carrying Copters
Viet Cong guerrillas shot down five U S troop carrying helicopters near Saigon as Brig Gen John F Freund was wounded directing an assault seven miles north of Saigon. One helicopter was destroyed and another four reached safety. Freund suffered a broken leg and expected to return in two to three weeks.
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Saigon
U.S
John F. Freund
Vietnam
Freund
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Ireund
Isle of Man Weighs UN Action Against Britain
rebels of the Isle of Man move to convene emergency Parliament to vote on seeking United Nations support to compel Britain to stay out of Manx affairs. Roy Macdonald frames the motion as defense of a self governing democracy against external policy imposition.
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Ronald Thomson Douglas
Isle of Man
Irish Sea
Rebels of Man
Great Britain
United Nations
Holiday Isle
London
U.N
Roy Macdonald
Winston Churchill
Somerset Antique Auto Show At Peach Festival Weekend
The Western Pennsylvania Region ARCA hosts the Somerset Antique Auto Show with St Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church August 12 and 13 along Husband Road near Somerset. Over 1200 invitations sent. 65 trophies. judging by ARCA rules plus five special awards. Sunday features a Seven Springs breakfast run.
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Pennsylvania
Antique Automobile Club of America
Somerset
St. Francis In the Fields Episcopal Church
Husband Road
ARCA
Oakhust Tea Room
Seven Springs
Tam O Shanter Parade Team Heads to Boston
Somerset's Tam O Shanters will leave Saturday August 26 for Boston Massachusetts to compete in the National American Legion Convention Parade. The six hour parade starts at noon Monday August 28 after they won top honors at the Pennsylvania Legion Parade in Pittsburgh on July 22. They represented S S Crouse Post No 181 and also won top honors at the State VFW Parade in Pittsburgh.
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Somerset
Boston
Mass
National American Legion
Pennsylvania American Legion
Pittsburgh
Post
S.S. Crouse
Most Arab Merchants Close Up
Nearly all Arab merchants in Jerusalem closed shops for a one day strike protesting Israel’s unification of the city. The shutdown affected over 2,000 shops in the Old City and surrounding areas as tensions rose along the River Jordan cease-fire line with sporadic gunfire reported between Israeli and Jordanian troops.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Amman
Allenby Bridge
East Bank
Defense Committee of
Arab
Newark Patrolman links antipoverty efforts to Newark riots
Newark patrolman Leonard Kowalewski testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee, alleging the antipoverty campaign linked to racial agitation and riots. He named Robert Curvin of the United Community Corp and criticized CORE activities and the Newark Legal Service program amid a five year riot climate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Poa
Newark
N.J
Leonard F. Kowalewski
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big City
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kowalewski
New Jersey Fraternal Order of Policemen
United Community Corp
Kennedy
Congress of Racial Equality
Robert Curvin
Curvin
Newark Legal Service
Civil Rights Commission urges stronger desegregation laws
The U S Civil Rights Commission proposes civil and criminal changes to speed desegregation in the South and border states. A 262 page report to President Johnson calls current laws inadequate, seeks damages for harassment, and urges federal criminal penalties for intimidation. It cites staff shortages and slow progress since 1954 and notes continued white flight from biracial schooling.
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Malcolm Barr Washington
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Johnson
Congress
Supreme Court
Commission
U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Health, Education Nd Welfare Department
South
Office of Education
Two New Detroit Police Officers Charged in Motel Slayings
Detroit prosecutors charged two white policemen with murder over the shotgun deaths of two Negro teenagers found at a midtown motel amid a week of rioting and violence. A private guard faced separate charges for pistol whipping a motel guest, while two Negro men were charged with murder in a policeman's death during the same violence.
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James Norman Detroit
Detroit
Woodward Avenue
Near West Side
William Cahalan
Ronald August
Aubrey Pollard
Sennett urges Pa DA s to prep for racial disorders
Pennsylvania Attorney General William C Sennett called on district attorneys to ready emergency plans to counter likely riots Local DAs were urged to review riot and curfew ordinances train officers for riot control and outline procedures for hearings jailing and court handling Shafer led a county DA conference to share riot prevention ideas and emphasized rapid state action A separate push highlighted job programs to ease tensions and featured 14 minority hires in the highways department with red tape cut to speed payroll in under a week
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Harrisburg
William C. Sennett
Pennsylvania
Sennett
Shafer
Commonwealth of Order
State Highways Department
Ex Reform School Figure Leads DC Negro Labor Drive
Catfish Mayfield, real name Rufus, heads Pride Inc a $300000 program to employ 900 Negro youths ages 14 to 18 cleaning slums in Washington. The project pays $56 a week for a month while workers pick up litter weed out weeds and remove trash inviting rats. Mayfield a 27 month reformatory alumnus says he is a symbol for youths and aims to improve their lives.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Washington
Catfish Mayfield
Catfish
Rufus
Pride, Inc
Labor Department
Viet Veteran Killed in Rt 30 Auto Crash
Jennerstown man William Lee Adams, 23, a Vietnam era Army veteran, died early Monday when his car ran off Rt 30 near Stoyestown and struck a parked car. Passenger Thomas Horner, 25, of Jerome, suffered a broken leg. Adams’ death was ruled from a broken neck and crushed chest.
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William Lee Adams
Jennerstown
Rt. 30
Stoystown
Adams
Army
Vietnam
Willis Adams
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset County
Robert H. Halverson
Thomas Leroy Horner
Jerome
Horner
Young Adams
Jenner- Boswell High School
Weather Outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Partly cloudy with little temperature change through midweek. Highs on Tuesday range 78 to 85 degrees, with Wednesday expected in the 80s.
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Pennsylvania
Somerset Appoints Teachers and Approves Bus Contract
Somerset School Board approved a one year bus contract with Earl Shanks at the last meeting. They also authorized filing for a PSEA Title program for the next fiscal year, including remedial work during the school year and a summer program in 1968 for eligible students. Cafeteria products for 1967 68 were awarded to Harris Boyer Company for bread and bakery and to IXL Creamery Menzie Dairy Sanitary Dairy for milk and dairy products.
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Somerset School Board
Earl Shanks
Harris Boyer Company
IXL Creamery
Menzie Dairy
Sanitary Dairy
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