Hoffa Attorneys Seek New Trial
Chicago dispatch reports James R. Hoffa and six co defendants convicted in a $25 million union pension fund fraud case filed motions for a new trial. Attorneys argue juror impartiality was compromised by housing jurors at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and claim the matter was treated as special. Hoffa faces up to 20 years if convictions stand, and also appeals a Chattanooga jury tampering conviction.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Hoffa
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Johnsons night broadcast sparks war raid debate
Debate erupts over President Johnsons Tonkin address claiming the U S was forced to attack North Vietnams gun boats and bases. Defense officials say raids occurred after his remarks, with Adm Moore and Sec McNamara defending timing amid congressional criticism of revealing plans. Foreman condemns the disclosure as dangerous and irresponsible.
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Johnson
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
North Viet Nam
Defense Department
Foreman
House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Red China
Adm
Moore
UPI
South African divorce rate reaches six in thirty
A report notes that one out of six marriages in South Africa ends in divorce, highlighting the fragility of unions and the challenges facing families in the country.
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Ukiah
Zimmerman Mortuary
Cosmonaut Wife Seen as Next Woman in Space
In Moscow Izvestia reports Marina Popovich, wife of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich, emerged as an unofficial favorite to be the second woman in space. The aircraft speed record holder has finished aviation school and may join a new Soviet space flight, following friend Valentina Tereshkova.
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Moscow
UPI
Pavel Popovich
Marina
Izvestia
Popovich
Pavel
Valentina Tereshkova
Luci Johnson Returns Home After Illness
Luci Baines Johnson, 17, daughter of President Johnson, flew from San Francisco to Washington after a brief influenza bout. She stayed overnight with friends in Beverly Hills and was driven to the Bel Air home of Lloyd Hand. She said she felt weak but much better and canceled plans at Stanford University and a swim contest due to illness.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Luci Baines Johnson
Johnson
Washington
Miss Johnson
San Francisco
Bel Air
Lloyd Hand
Hand
Los Angeles
Senate
Stanford University
160 Acre Land Limit Shapes West Water Use
The text notes a 160 acre federal irrigation limit to favor small farms over big speculators. Di Giorgio faced the 1952 law as pumps threatened his ranch’s grape crop and agreed to sell all irrigated land exceeding 160 acres within ten years. Sanborn commented on taking the federal water as the only option.
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Congress
di Giorgio
Sanborn
Rebels in Control After Congo Battle
In Manono, rebels and Katangese gendarmes fought heavily with many killed. Pilots returning from Manono, an important rail center 310 miles north of Elisabethville, reported large casualties. The battle ended Monday with the rebels apparently in control.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
UPI
Manono
Incomparable Ice Follies Moves into Final Weeks
The 28th Shipstads Johnson Ice Follies now nears its end at San Francisco Winterland. Winners Tol lins and Laing win two free tickets via the want ad. Eight weekly performances run 8:30 nightly with weekend matinees 2:30 or 1:30 p.m. Tickets sold through Sears stores, Greyhound stations, and Winterland box office. Featured stars include Donald Jackson, Istvan Szenes, Ina Bauer, Richard Dwyer, Dorothyann Nelson, Mr Frick, Jill Shipstad, the Schillings, and more.
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San Francisco
Winterland
Daily Journal
H. L. Tollins
Bush
Donald Laing
Garrett Drive
Northern California
California
Sears
Greyhound
Post and Steiner Streets
Donald Jackson
Istvan Szenes
Ina Bauer
Richard Dwyer
Dorothyann Nelson
West Coast water issues loom over Belotti panel
Belotti warned the North Coast Region faces water pressures as Southern California and Arizona eye North Coast streams. The Transportation and Commerce committee will review traffic safety measures including Belotti’s proposal for a study of reflectorized license plates, plus topics on reflectorized stripping, special plates, cable dollies, and theft of rental vehicles and equipment.
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North Coast
Belotti
California
Arizona
Transportation and Commerce
Bodies pulled from canal near Homestead Florida
Two submerged bodies found in a south Dade Canal near U S 1 five miles south of Homestead. The two figures weighed in canvas sacks and were trussed. One body identified as a Negro man. the other body not yet opened. Police estimate the corpses had been in the water about three days and were turned over to the crime laboratory.
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Homestead
Fla
UPI
South Dade County
Metro
John McKay
Police Crime Laboratory
U.S. 1
Here
Moon Pictures From Ranger 7 To Be Made Into Movie Film
NASA officials reveal 4316 pictures from Ranger 7 taken July 31 will be placed on 16 mm film to create a motion picture of the moon surface. Ranger-7 flew within 1000 feet of the moon from over 1100 miles away and may aid 1969 astronaut training.
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Houston
UPY
U S
Moon
America
William Cunningham
Ranger
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Cunningham
U.S
Ranger-7
Nat Levy Cancels Outdoor Painting Classes This Season
Nat Levy announced the cancellation of his outdoor painting classes for the Mendocino Coast weekend of September 5 to 7 due to unforeseen circumstances. Full refunds will be issued to all students who already paid.
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Nat Levy
Levy
Mendocino
Italy's President Improves After Stroke Interim Powers Shift
Doctors report a distinct improvement in President Antonio Segni's condition in Rome as he remains partially paralyzed and speechless following a stroke four days earlier. Within hours, Senate President Cesare Merzagora assumed interim presidential powers per the constitution.
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Rome
UPI
Antonio Segni
Senate
Cesare Merzagora
Republican platform faults inverse discrimination in schools
United Press International notes the Republican presidential platform opposes what it calls inverse discrimination. It questions pairing all white and all black elementary schools to balance race, cites court limits in New York, and parallels with the 1964 Civil Rights Act's stance on desegregation and assignment based on race.
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Lyle Wilson
New York
New York City
Supreme Court
New York State
Elds
Chilean president vows no interference with Sept. 4 vote
President Jorge Alessandri declared he will not permit any interference with the presidential election set for September 4. He gave the promise after meeting independent Sen. Rafael Tarud, who said Chile's leftists fear the army may attempt a coup to disrupt the vote.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
Jorge Alessandri
Alessandri
Sen
Rafael Tarud
Tragic Coincidence Strikes Blackpool Couple
In Blackpool England a double tragedy unfolds as Mrs Terence Bower 56 dies after her husband Harry 60 collapses from a heart attack at their home just five minutes earlier.
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Blackpool
England
UPI
Harry
Terence Bower
Radar sighting cites planes over North Viet Nam
Report notes that planes were observed on American radar scopes with scant details. Earlier reports claimed 12 to 15 MIGs entered North Viet Nam following a U S air strike last week.
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North
Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Wasp kills man in Annecy garden incident
Oliver Verguay, 40, died in Annecy France after swallowing a wasp while working in his garden. Doctors cited throat swelling from the sting as the cause of death in the sudden incident.
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Annecy
France
UPI
Oliver Verguay
Mendocino Fire Largest of Northern California Weekend
Reeves, age 24, suffered severe burns over about 30 percent of his body while rushing to aid his foreman who he believed was trapped. It was later found the foreman was not trapped. The Mendocino fire was the weekend’s largest blaze among several in Northern California, most contained or controlled by Monday.
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Reeves
Mendocino
California
Leftist Admiral Seeks Asylum in Uruguay Embassy
Rear Adm Candido Aragao a former Brazilian marine corps commander who sided with ousted President Joao Goulart fled to the Uruguayan embassy seeking asylum. He had been held for months after the April revolution for questioning on Communist subversion and was released last week.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Adm
Candido Aragao
Joao Goulart
Aragao
Brazilian Marine Corps
Gouldrt
Chinese Typewriters Slow and Complex
United Press International notes Chinese typewriters can reach up to 4500 characters and require a skilled operator to type only three or four words per minute, a fact recorded by Guinness World Records.
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United Press International
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Congo
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Lae
Dunning Motors, Inc
Rial
Mr. Frick
Jill Shipstad
Schillings
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Moon Pictures
Italy
Iscriminating Ee
Red
China
Mendo Forest
BEARS
Mendocino-Lake Savings and Loan Association
Gobbi
P. C
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