Warship Collision Closes Highway Detour Near Longview
A USS Sperry collision with a road near Longview Washington caused a deep gash in Highway 830. The warship backed away and departed to sea, forcing landbound drivers to take a detour as UP Telephoto captured the event.
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Longview
Wash
Sperry
Bia
U.S. warships blast Hanoi-bounding ports in Vietnam fights
U.S. warships in the South China Sea pummeled North Vietnamese targets as para troopers and Marines battled Communist forces across northern South Vietnam. Air strikes knocked out Thanh Hoa power plant while a Phantom was shot down. nine Communists killed in Duc Pho area clashes and dozens more in separate engagements. Five Americans wounded, two killed. Saigon gunfire at a coffee shop left five dead and four wounded.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
South China Sea
North Vietnam
Thanh Hoa
da Nang
South Vietnam
U.S. Army
South Vietam
Thurgood Marshall Named First Black Supreme Court Justice
President Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP legal legend, as the first African American to join the Supreme Court. The 58-year-old Baltimore native and former solicitor general would fill Justice Tom Clark’s seat after Clark retired, with Senate confirmation expected. Marshall’s record includes 32 court victories before the Supreme Court and 19 more as solicitor general, earning him the nickname Mr. Civil Rights.
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White House
Johnson
Senate
Marshally
Supreme Court
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Marshall
John F. Kennedy
U.S. 2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Thurgood
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
Howard University
Washington
Clark
Ramsey Clark
American Bar Association
Israelis flock to Tel Aviv beach after war outbreak
After a week of crisis in the Middle East, Israelis crowd Tel Aviv beaches for the first time, seeking relief and normalcy as the war continuing in the region slackens tensions.
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Tel Aviv
Middle East
UPI
Telephoto
Coast to coast flag flight marks Patriot Day gesture
Two World War I veterans S Dan Brodie and Richard H Sarber will fly from Atlantic City to Oakland in an 18 year old Navion in a single engine cross country trip across 13 states. They stop in Des Moines and Ogden to refuel. The flight supports flag protection legislation and counters anti flag demonstrations.
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Atlantic City
UPI
California
S. Dan Brodie
Oakland
Richard H. Sarber
Ukiah
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
Ogden
Utah
Brodie
United States
Don Clausen
R-Calif