NFO Hit By Court Order Amid Midwest Livestock Talks
Clashes between National Farmers Organization members and farmers delivering livestock accompanied a court restraining order against NFO demonstrators. A Monroe County stockyard in Indiana filed for $50,000 damages, saying pickets caused violence. About 40 to 400 NFO sympathizers protested at Waukan Iowa delaying a sale attended by around 200. Officials reported no arrests. Prices targeted by NFO contracts were higher than current market levels.
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Nimbus satellite storms into orbit from Vandenberg base
Nimbus, a 130 pound weather satellite, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 1 am aboard a Thor Agena booster. It carries TV cameras capable of photographing every square mile of Earth's cloud cover daily from a 575 mile polar orbit. Infrared gear allows night photography and aims to help forecasters spot storms at sea. it is not intended to transmit images over Soviet territory.
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Johnson bids to build a true national party in bid
Atlantic City reports Johnson urging Democrats to unite and convert wavering party members as he heads for Texas with Hubert Humphrey to plan strategy after accepting the nomination. He cites polls showing Republicans losing moderates and liberals and calls for sensible government and a strong future. Humphrey condemns indecisive leadership while Johnson marks his birthday with a public display and a skyline audience turnout.
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Johnson
Texas
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She’ Johnson
Goldwater
Lie
Robert Kennedy
Goldwater Attacks Johnson Speech as Isolationist
Barry Goldwater denounces Lyndon Johnson’s acceptance address as isolationist and inadequate on global threats. He charges the Democratic leader failed to address communism and world crises, saying America risks becoming a second rate power. Goldwater discusses the issue while aboard the Sundance near Santa Catalina Island.
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Santa Cruz Island
Sundance
Santa Catalina Island
America
Lyndon
Riots Darken Saigon Streets as Machete Mob Attacks
Saigon Aug 26 AP reports mobs of Buddhist youths wielding machetes and clubs attacked streets and a Catholic newspaper office. Police stood by as 60 people were wounded and shops and a school suffered damage amid gunfire and fires. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh and two officers headed toward the south amid a tense political crisis.
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Viet Nam
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Explosion Rips Colp Fire House
A dynamite blast tore through the Colp jail and fire station, destroying most of the jail roof and a fire truck. No injuries reported. Officials labeled dynamite as the cause, with investigations ongoing and no confirmed link to local threats or gambling disputes.
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Norman Hisson
Scale
Williamson
Carl Miller
Frank Caliver
Shevitt Miller
Hilton
Miller
I Colp
Caliper
William Hatehett
Corps Lawrence Nolen
Murphys
Lloyd McRoberts
Murphysboro
Dave Black
St. Louis
New Orleans
Colo
Hatchet
Charge Hatchett
John Cagle
Colp Village Board
Hatchett
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Nolen
Black
Weather forecast for Far Southern Illinois clears cooler weekend
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a return to cooler air tonight and Saturday. Tonight's low will be in the low to mid 40s. Saturday's high around 30 degrees.
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Comeback Feared As Hurricane Cleo Weakens Coast
Hurricane Cleo lingers off the Florida coast with 40 mph winds near the eye after slamming the Caribbean and Miami. A Navy hunter reports high level winds still circling the eye as Cleo regains momentum, threatening Cape Kennedy, Daytona Beach, and Jacksonville Beach while power outages, damaged ships, and widespread rains spread across the region. Damaged grapefruit crops face losses as surveys show extensive destruction across Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach with millions in property damage and infrastructure outages.
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Fort Lauderdale
West Palm Beach
July Living Costs Rise Sharply in Consumer Index
Washington reports July living costs up three tenths of one per cent, the largest monthly rise in a year, driven by meats, fruits, and vegetables. The CPI reached 108.8, signaling $10.83 for July goods versus $10 in 1957-59 base. Meat prices still 14 per cent below a year earlier despite increases. Transportation and medical care up slightly, housing unchanged as furnishings and fuel offsets higher housekeeping costs.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Sidney A. Jaffe
Bomb rocks Hazel Smiths Northside Reporter office in Jackson
Police and FBI agents probe the blast at the Northside Reporter office in Jackson Mississippi. A rear window was used to throw the device but no one was inside. Pulitzer winner Hazel Brannon Smith promotes liberal editorials from Lexington. An unrelated Mississippi explosion in McComb targets a voter registration family home with no injuries. SNCC office in Greenwood reports Willie J Dillon arrested on garage license charges.
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Miss
FBE
Hazel
Brannon Smith
Northside
Lexington
Greek-Turk Clash Threat Looms Over Cyprus Troop Replacement
In Nicosia on August 28, Greek Cypriots warned they will use force to repel Turkish replacement troops due to plans to land new contingents. Half of the 54,000 Turkish contingent was to be sent ashore on Monday, with the rest to follow, heightening danger of an armed clash between Greece and Turkey.
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