Jaws-like Montauk pursuit ends with fish winning
In Montauk New York Captain John Sweetman on the charter boat Ebb Tide spent 13 hours battling a 25 to 28 foot 3 000 to 4 000 pound man-eating Great White. A harpoon rope failed and the shark escaped dragging the boat 14 miles offshore as helicopters filmed the drama.
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UPI
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Sweetman
Long Island
North Atlantic
Darenberg
Red and Reel
Australia
Alfred Dean
Jimmie Sweetman
Atlantic Ocean
Montauk N.Y
Warden and seven others slain in Baja prison bloodbath
In Baja California's La Mesa penitentiary a warden, deputy and three guards were shot dead in what authorities say was an assassination plot led by drug kingpin Marcio Enrique Alvarez. Three prisoners were killed by guards during a chaotic shootout as soldiers and police sealed the yard and searched for weapons.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Baja California
Paul Cloyd
Northridge
Calif
Baja California Penitentiary
la Mesa
Cloyd
Alejandro Rosas Romandia
State Judicial Police
Marcio Enrique Alvarez
Explosions Level Norac Chemical Plant in Azusa
A string of blasts at the Norac Chemical Co plant in Azusa California killed one man and injured ten. Firefighters from Los Angeles County and nearby cities battled flames for over two hours as a resin catalyst storage area was cooled. A burned employee, Wayne Williams, 56, from Baldwin Park, suffered severe burns and eight others had minor injuries. Residents up to 20 miles away felt the shock and witnessed windows shattered in nearby blocks.
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Sweetman
Azusa
Calif
Sion
Los Angeles County
West Covina
Covina
LaVerne
Norae
Wayne Williams
Baldwin Park
USC
Police ready for possible Nazi clashes in Chicago area
Hundreds of police stood by as Nazis planned a rally at the Kluczynski Plaza and opponents prepared to counter in Skokie, with a judge later relocating the protest to Marquette Park on July 9. Officials urged calm and urged people to avoid the planned confrontation.
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Chicago
UPI
Skokie
National Socialist Party of America
Kluczynski Federal Building
Grandmother disputes Nazi leader Frank Collin’s roots
Chicago reports reveal 85-year-old Gertrude Hardyman says she is estranged from her grandson Frank Collin due to his Nazi activities. She notes his parents insist he did not learn hate at home and recalls his Catholic upbringing and SIU student days. Collin, 33, plans a march in Skokie and leads a small Chicago parade. The family lives in Olympia Fields and keeps interviews declined.
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UPI
Frank Collin
Collin
Frank
Gertrude Hardyman
Skokie
Hardyman
Southern Illinois University
Max Collin
Virginia
Olympia Fields
Dachau
National Socialist
White People’s Party
Violence Strikes Baja California Penitentiary in Tijuana
A prison siege near Tijuana leaves seven dead in a fatal assassination plot. Wives, girlfriends, and a Mexican boy selling candy crowd the guarded gates as troopers search cell blocks for evidence. Guards report the warden and an assistant were killed three hours earlier.
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Tijuana
Mexico
UPI
Weeping Tito Seeks 50 More Years of Rule
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. An emotional Tito closed the 11th Communist Party Congress saying he wished he could live and work another 50 years. Delegates cheered as the 86-year-old leader, who had been named president-for-life by the 10th congress, affirmed he would not step down or cede authority. The gathering carried a somber tone amid Yugoslavia's transition beyond Tito’s era.
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Yugoslavia
UPI
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