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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1967
Page
1
Osage Man Jailed on Rape Charge in Morgantown
Osage resident Fred E. Jenkins was jailed Saturday on charges of raping a young woman in a Morgantown apartment. Police say he was caught in the act and he remains in the County Jail bound over to the Monongalia County Grand Jury. Burkey Lilly to leave county extension post for area development role with Consolidated Gas. Christopher Coal Co razes tips and trims plants as part of county spruce up. Rozance denies plant closure rumors at Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Jenkins
Morgantown
Monongalia County
Grand Jury
Burkey Lilly
Consolidated Gas Supply Corp
Christopher Coal Company
John L. Rozance
Christopher
Humphrey
Miami Beach favored for 1968 presidential nominating conventions
Miami Beach Mayor Jay Dermer says strong expectations both parties will hold their 1968 nominating conventions there after the Republican site panel selected the city. In Washington, Johnson aides push curbs on arms sales while a new commission on civil disorders studies causes and remedies for riots. The administration plans to send a tax package to Congress, its details withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Jay Dermer
Republican Site Selection Committee
G.O.P
Ray Bliss
Fire on Forrestal Kills Dozens Off Vietnam
Off Vietnam the aircraft carrier Forrestal suffered a massive blaze on the flight deck. Nearly 40 American sailors died and many more were injured or missing as fuel from a dropped tank ignited, destroying 29 planes and forcing crew to push burning aircraft overboard. Rear Admiral Lanham praised acts of heroism during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Forrestal
Vietnam
Harvey P. Lanham
U.S
Yankee Station
Coming Next Sunday Weight Insight and Comics Highlights
The notice previews topics for next Sunday including an article on what body weight reveals about health and personality. It highlights 22 best comics across eight pages and a 16 page Family Weekly section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Weekly
Forrestal Carrier Fire Kills 46. 80 Missing Off Vietnam
A jet fuel explosion aboard the USS Forrestal off North Vietnam’s coast left 46 dead and 56 injured with 80 missing as a 4,400 crew faced a blazing, wind driven fire. The disaster surpassed a prior Oriskany incident and damaged about 29 jets. Navy crews battled flames as Marines expanded DMZ operations nearby and air strikes intensified along Hanoi Haiphong corridors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Aps
Forrestal
North Vietnam
U.S
Oriskany
North
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
3Rd Marine Division
Louis Metzger
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Navy
Red River
Panhandle
At Least 31 Killed In Two Earthquakes
Two quakes hit Latin America with Caracas most affected. In Venezuela 11 killed in Caracas and six in La Guaira with many trapped. Bogota quake killed at least 12 and injured over 100. seismic shocks halted daily life and strained hospitals nationwide.
Colombia Quake Takes 12 Lives
An earthquake tore through Bogota and central Colombia on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and injuring more than 100. The 30 second tremor caused panic as buildings swayed and cracks appeared, with no deaths in Bogota itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
UPI
Turkey
Colombia
East Side riot area death in Army gunfight
A 19 year old Negro, Ernest Roquemore, was killed by a U.S. Army paratrooper during a shooting outside a building in Detroit’s East Side riot area where loot had been reported. Three other youths were wounded. the incident marks the week’s 40th fatality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
UPI
East Side
Ernest Roquemore
Johnson orders anti-riot commission report by March
President Johnson directs a new commission on racial disorder to determine causes of the big city riots and propose remedies. The 11 member panel met at the White House and heads include Gov Otto Kerner and Mayor John Lindsay. An interim report is due March 1 with a final plan within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Commission On Civil Disorders
White House
Otto Kerner
D-Nl
John V. Lindsay
New York
UPI
Big City
America
Advisory Commission On
Illinois
Commission
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Detroit
Hubert Humphrey
Fred Harris
Race Riots Claim LI5 This Year
At least 115 people have died in racial conflict this year across the nation from New York’s Spanish Harlem to Detroit. Detroit’s Board of Commerce estimated over $1 billion in long term losses for small business and industry. Newark’s five day riot period ending July 12 caused 27 deaths with insured losses around $15 million and uninsured losses near $35 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
UPI
New York
Harlem
Detroit
Board of Commerce
Newark
N.J
Communists Carmichael Plan Guerrilla Tactics in Havana
In Havana, Fidel Castro hosts a nine day OLAS meeting with Stokely Carmichael among delegates to plot intensified guerrilla warfare across Latin America. The talks address U.S. racial unrest and solidarity with national liberation movements as a major agenda item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
UPI
U.S
Stokely Carmichael
Havana
Latin America
Fidel Castro
United States
Havana Libre
Hilton
Carmichael
Cuba
Granma
Castro
Soliidarity Organization
OLAS
Asia
Africa
America
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