Evans Captain and Deck Officer Face Court-Martial
The destroyer Frank E. Evans sank after a collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne in the South China Sea killing 74 sailors. Cmdr Albert S. McLemore and Lt. (j.g.) Ronald C Ramsey face court-martial at Subic Bay for negligence and dereliction of duty with trial set around Sept 10.
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Philippines
Melbourne
Evans
South China Sea
NAVY
Albert S. McLemore
Vallejo
Calif
J.g
Ronald C Ramsey
Long Beach
Cmdr
McLemore
J.g.) Ramsey
Ramsey
Fort Lauderdale racial disturbance leaves injuries and arrests
Larry Rasku recounted a beating during a racial disturbance in Fort Lauderdale where he was treated for cuts and swelling. Police sealed a 200 square block area housing 15 000 residents as violence, vandalism, and arson occurred. Four officers and several civilians were injured and at least 42 people were arrested, while Hartford faced similar looting and police action.
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Larry Rasku
Fort Lauderdale
Rasku
Flontation General Hospital
Hartford
Conn
UPI
Lorain County Sees Rainless Stretch Amid Drought
Lorain County records five dry days in a row as August totals fall to six rainy days, a sharp contrast to a wet summer. The bulletin notes Paris France forces drawdown, but local reports focus on drought and temperature highs near 90 with pleasant evening lows and a forecast of possible showers.
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Lorain County
Raymond Diederich
North Ridgeville
US bombs base near Cambodia as Viet Cong plan Independence Day push
UPI reports US warplanes destroyed a major guerrilla camp 70 miles northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border, killing 18 guerrillas, destroying bunkers and rice stock. Helicopter gunships killed 16 soldiers nearby as allied sources warned of a limited push to mark Hanoi’s independence day.
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UPI
Cambodia
Hanoi
NVA
Stanley Zimmerman
Philadelphia
Allied
France
U.S
Death ends controversial career of Drew Pearson
Washington columnist Drew Pearson died at 71 after a heart attack at his Maryland farm. He built a four decade reputation for exposing government secrets while clashing with officials including two presidents. Pearson's crusades included a 1966 67 senate censure of Senator Thomas Dodd.
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Drew Pearson
Washington (Ap
Washington Merry - Go - Hound
Pearson
Maryland
Jack Anderson
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Russia
Libyan coup vows to honor past deals amid foreign asset pledges
Libya's new one day old military regime promised to honor all prior agreements and ordered citizens to protect foreign possessions including Western oil concessions and the U.S. Wheelus Air Base. The Libyan news agency resumed broadcasting after a 24 hour silence following the bloodless coup that toppled King Idris I.
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Tunis
Tunisia
UPT
Libya
U.S
Wheelus
Idris I
Libyan coup regime seeks treaty assurances amid regional shifts
Syria, Egypt, Iraq and the Sudan recognize the new Libyan government after a coup toppled Premier Wams Al Qadalfi. Britain says the regime pledged to honor all treaties and dealings, while Libya eases its 24 hour curfew. King Idris leaves Bursa for Greece insisting he remains king despite the attempted coup. Western oil revenue arrangements appear unchanged as broadcasts signal stability.
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Syria
Egypt
Iraq
Sudan
London
Britan
Wams al Qadalfi
Tripoli
Revolutionary Command
Libya
Assur
Bursa
Greece
Lorain boy Terrence Muska drowns near breakwall
In Lorain, 13 year old Terrence Muska drowned off the east breakwall while spectators watched from the shore. The incident follows a 1964 drowning of his brother Richard, age 16, near Idaho Avenue, as the Muska family endures a second tragedy in five years. Rescue efforts by Clyde McDonald Jr and the Red Cross were unsuccessful. Terrence died at St Joseph Hospital at 3 59 pm.
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Lorain
Steve Muska
California Ave
Terrence
Richard
Idaho Avenue
Dean Slusher
Lorain County
The
American Red Cross
McDonald
Broadway
Ith Street
Paul Linna
Carrence Wilker
Longfellow School
Cathy
Cuban refugees hunger for safe conduct to Mexico
Two Cuban political refugees who sought asylum in a Mexican government house in Havana more than four years ago have been on a hunger strike since Wednesday demanding safe conduct to Mexico. A Mexican embassy spokesman said the men broke with the Castro regime but gave no further reason.
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Havana
Mexico
Hmassy
Casro
Drowning of Father During River Fishing Tragedy
In Clarkfield a 34-year-old man, Fred Clevenger Sr, drowned while fishing with four others at the Vermilion River. His 10-year-old son watched. The Erie County Underwater Recovery Team recovered the body and the coroner ruled accidental drowning.
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Clarksfield
North Ridgeville
Vermilion
Fred Clevenger Sr
Leslie Ave
Turon County Sherff
Clevenger
Fred Jr
Duane Olive
David Petruska
Parma
Olive
Erie County
Huron County
Willum B Holman
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Cambridge Ave
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