Rioting Spreads From Los Angeles Negro Districts
In five days of violence in Southern California a Negro mob activity surged with gunfire and fire bombs. One officer died and another was wounded in Long Beach as fires destroyed homes in white neighborhoods and arson spread to Hollywood San Diego and Wilmington amid frantic police calls.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood
San Diego
Wilmington
Jack Burley
Glenn Anderson
Long Beach Policeman Slain Amid Los Angeles Riots
The 23 year old Long Beach officer Richard Lefebre became the 32nd fatality in five days of riots across Los Angeles area. National Guard and police set up outposts as gunfire and sniping continued, with 2,334 arrests and 762 injured as curfews and checkpoints controlled major intersections.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Richard Lefebre
Elysian Park
Lincoln Heights
Orange County
Reactions Span Leaders On Los Angeles Riot
Gov. Edmund G. Brown says organized gangs fuel lawlessness in Los Angeles. Police Chief Park calls accusations of brutality a vicious canard. NAACP leaders urge calm yet acknowledge issues, calling for dialogue and action. City figures and clergy urge addressing social and economic causes behind riots. Urban League director Whitney Young appeals to government and agencies to target underlying frustrations.
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Negro District
Edmund G. Brown
Congress of Racial Equality
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Brown
Los Angeles
William H. Parker
Thomas Bradley
Whitney M. Young
Urban League
Racial Calm Follows Springfield Protest Arrests
In Springfield Massachusetts 44 people were arrested after a nocturnal protest over alleged police brutality. two officers and two demonstrators injured. Police maintained order with 38 helmeted officers. bail set at 200 dollars for most, 500 for three, with several others released on breach of peace charges.
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Springfield
Mass
Court Square
Two Firemen Injured in Two Alarm Medford Fire
Two firemen were injured yesterday as a two alarm blaze caused about 50000 dollars damage to a five store business block on Main Street in Medford Massachusetts.
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Medford
Mass
Japanese Destroyers to Visit Buenos Aires in 40 Year Gap
A Japanese naval flotilla will visit Buenos Aires this week for the first time in 40 years. The four destroyers are scheduled to dock August 20 for a four day stay.
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Buenos Aires
USC Closing Campus Today
USC will hold no classes and close all main campus offices and facilities today due to potential access problems for students and faculty. Acting university president Dr. Tracy E. Strevey announced the decision yesterday. The campus lies on the edge of the 400 square mile Watts area in southeast Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Tracy E. Strevey
Rottorn Watts
European headlines react to Los Angeles race riots
European papers report shock over Los Angeles unrest with editorials on immigration curbs. Mirrors in London call the events warlike while Le Monde notes a long term social revolution, and other papers describe Los Angeles as besieged with cries of burn and kill.
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London
UPN
Los Angeles
Europe
Asia
West Indies
London Sunday Mirror
The
Mirror
Paris
le Monde
Dagens Nyheter
Stockhom
Hamburg
West Germany
Welt Am Sonntag
Journal “du Dimanche
Johnson
Marines reinforce Vietnam push and air strikes widen
The United States speeds Marine reinforcements in South Vietnam raising total to about 85,000 with 1,200 Marines landing at Da Nang and 2,800 at Chu Lai as 6,400 more join over the weekend. Phantoms and Skyhawks fly patrols near Hanoi while government and U S forces press incursions north and south of Da Nang. Communist raids near Duc Co are reported with light casualties. Premier Ky visits Formosa and Taiwan amid calls for anti-Communist Asia alliance.
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South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Jean
da Nang
Chu Lai
Duc Co
U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 11
North
Viet Nam
Ia Nang
Hue Phu Bai
An Xuyen
Quang Nagi
1St Army Corps
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al Skyraiders
Oriskany
Phuoc Duc
Nguyen Cao Ky
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Thailand
Taipei
Asia
Red China
Kashmir sets curfew as army moves against infiltrators
In Srinagar officials reported heavy military convoys heading west amid guerrilla fighting. India claimed thousands of Pakistani infiltrators have been sent to Kashmir to attack key targets while Pakistan denied involvement. A curfew 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. was enforced and Indians pledged to meet aggression with force. Prime Minister Shastri urged unity and sacrifices to counter the threat.
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Kashmir
India
Pakistan
Azad Kashmir
U.N
Nar
New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Shastri
Tearful 20th Anniversary Japan Notes Surrender
Tokyo marked the 20th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender with a main ceremony at Budokan Hall led by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and officials laid white chrysanthemums before a wooden altar as spectators recalled the war's toll and postwar reconstruction.
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Tokyo
Japan
Hirohito
Nagako
Eisaku Sato
U.S
Okinawa
Sixpence Loses Value As Aussies Cold to Decimal Change
Australia’s Decimal Currency Board spent 1 million on ads promoting the decimal switch. A new poll finds one in three people still unaware their sixpence will be worth five cents on February 14, 1966.
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Melbourne
Australia
Decimal Currency Board
Burden Lake boat destroyed in local incident
Local report notes a boat at Burden Lake was destroyed in an incident. Details are sparse but the event is listed on page 11. Dave Marr wins PGA tourney highlighted on page 14 with final scores and coverage.
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Burden Lake
Dave Marr
Viet Cong Attack Kills Three at South Vietnamese Police HQ
Viet Cong agents attacked South Vietnam’s federal police headquarters in Saigon using a car mounted machine gun and a explosive laden vehicle. Three policemen were killed and six to thirty wounded, with three American advisers possibly hurt by flying debris. The director’s home was damaged and a green Plymouth used in the assault was found abandoned.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Relaxing Pause Before Geminauts Eight Day Orbital Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Astronauts L Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr took their first day off in weeks relaxing before final preparations for their eight day orbital flight scheduled to start Thursday They will return to a simulated spacecraft at Mission Control Center and resume training focusing on the critical rendezvous maneuver to be performed in the first six hours of the flight.
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Fla
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Cooper
Conrad
Air Force
Navy li
Mission Control Center
Two Persons Killed In Area Accidents
Two people died and nine were injured in weekend auto accidents around the Troy area. Lorenzo Prada, 20, of Saratoga Springs died in a two car crash near Ballston Spa. Frederick Albert, 58, of Hartford was killed in a three car crash in Austerlitz.
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Lorenzo A. Prada
Washington St
Saratoga Springs
Ballston Spa
Frederick G. Albert
Hartford
Conn
Columbia County
Austerlitz
Prada
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga County
Harold Hall
Joan Camphey
Center Street
Camphney
Rowland Street
Julia Newhitney
Newhitney
Lee Scherer
Thomas Callahan
Mexican union weighs mandatory tipping plan
The Mexican Restaurant Bar and Hotel Workers Union studies making tipping compulsory in Mexico. The group plans to raise the proposal at a national convention in October.
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Mexico City
Mexican Restaurant, Bar and Hotel Workers Union
Mexico
Record Heat Grips Eastern United States
Heat baked the eastern half of the nation with many cities at 90 or above. Detroit hit its hottest day in a decade at 97, Fort Wayne reached 95, as a cool front moved through northern states. Grand Forks 42 and Butte 44 showed sharp temperature contrasts.
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Detroit
Fort Wayne
Ind
Grand Forks
N.C
Butte
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Bronx Crash Kills Three in The Bronx
A car struck a utility pole on Bruckner Boulevard in The Bronx killing driver John Singleton and passengers Ertha Smith and Elizabeth Tanis, all of New York City. Survivors Theola Coleman and Henry Godbold, both of The Bronx, were hospitalized with head injuries and other wounds.
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Bronx
John Singleton
Ertha Smith
Elizabeth Tanis
New York City
Theola Coleman
Singleton
Miss Coleman
Henry Godbold
Lincoln Hospital
Bruckner Boulevard
Bruckner Expressway
Center Mall
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