Rioting continues as Los Angeles police and guards respond
The Watts district riot scene remains chaotic with shell casings near the Muslim headquarters. Police seize temple files and rosters while a call to LA Airport threatens retaliation. National Guardsmen gas trains at dawn and a photographer is shot on Harbor Freeway. Authorities assess five days of violence, with 35 dead, 800+ injured, $200 million in damages.
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Los Angeles International
United Press International
Glenn Wagner
Harbor
Watts
Samuel W. ¥Orty
R. Sargent Shriver
George Murphy
R-Calif
Shriver
Office
Youth Opportunities Board
OEO
Letter to postal workers aims for proper delivery
Cambridge England, accountant John Forster scrawled a note on an envelope to prevent misrouting of his letters. He insisted the missive be delivered to the ancient SPA at Scarborough in Yorkshire, not to Knaresborough Guisborough Bradford Catterick or Cleckheaton, and the letter ended up in Great Yarmouth.
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Cambridge
England
UPI
John Forster
GPO
North Riding of
Yorkshire
Knaresborough
Guisborough
Bradford
Catterick
Cleckheaton
Great Yarmouth
County Roads Board Advances Dump Site and Golf Lease
Avila reported on a potential Albion dump site, endorsing Howard Creek as best after review. The board authorized locating San Fernando owners and negotiating price for a property donation. Ukiah will lease 55 acres along Orr Creek for a nine holes expansion of Municipal Golf Course for 25 years. An orientation day at Mendocino State Hospital was announced for community care planning with regional officials. Sheriff Bartolomie explained the discharge case of a deputy, noting civil service issues and promising a clarifying letter to the deputy.
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Avila
Albion
Howard Creek
San Fernando
Ukiah
Orr Creek
Mendocino State Hospital
Reno Bartolomie
Point Arena
Bartolomie
Civil ‘Service
Ring Found After 46 Years In Isle of Sheppey Garden
A farmer’s gold ring lost 46 years ago was unearthed Tuesday in the garden of a house built on the former site at Minster Isle of Sheppey England. The discovery by a local resident ended a long search tied to the ring’s history and the property’s past.
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Minster
Isle
Sheppey
England
Wolden to deliver 62 assessor records Thursday
San Francisco Assessor Russell Wolden said he will deliver 62 business firm assessment records on Thursday morning as ordered by a Superior Court judge. The move follows a Grand Jury inquiry into possible favoritism in personal property assessments tied to Castro Valley tax consultant James C. Tooke.
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San Francisco
UPI
Assesor
Russell Wolden
Walden
Max J. Newstat
Newstat
Alameda County
Dist
Frank Coakley
Coakley
Tooke
Udall proposes highway billboard ban along vast Western lands
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall proposed regulations to ban billboard advertising along thousands of miles of highways on land owned by the Bureau of Land Management. The plan would affect millions of acres, mostly in western states, and aims to preserve scenic beauty.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart L. Udall
Bureau of Land Management
Designer of the Mercury dime by A A Weinman
The U. S. Mercury dime was designed by Adolph A. Weinman and first issued in 1916. Its classic design remained in circulation until 1945, marking a defining era for American coinage.
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U. S
Mercury
A.A. Weinman
Gemini 5 poised for eight day stay in orbit
The Gemini 5 mission readies for an eight day flight to circle the globe 121 times at speeds up to 17500 mph. Pilot Gordon Cooper and rookie Gordon Conrad prepare for dawn suit up as ground crews fuel Titan 2 boosters and capsule.
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Valery Bykovsky
Cooper
Conrad
Pad 19
Deer Hunter Found Dead After Lightning Strike Near Trail
Lowes described a bolt hitting just above the car where he sheltered from the storm. He found his friend dead, gun under him, and attempted mouth to mouth resuscitation. Lowes signaled SOS, a group of foresters helped retrieve the body, with funeral arrangements pending at Zimmerman's Mortuary.
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Lowes
SOS
Zimmerman
Swim Suits and Briefs at Home Lineup
A brief classified note highlights swim suits, briefs, and T shirts available for home use. It emphasizes a ready-to-wear line and affordable basics for everyday wear.
Coast Guard searches Lake Michigan for United Flight 389 wreckage
Government investigators blocked off a patch of Lake Michigan as they search for clues about United Airlines Flight 389. The crash killed 30 people and identified the captain Melville W. Towle of Wyckoff New Jersey. Only six bodies and part of a seventh recovered. Coast Guard says the crash point may be pinpointed about 20 miles offshore north of Chicago. Two helicopters and a plane planned overflight. divers not yet planned. debris retrieved from the Boeing 727 that disappeared after takeoff from New York bound for Chicago.
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Wesley A. Pippert
Chicago
UPI
Lake Michigan
Melville W. Towle
Wyckoff
N.J
Coast Guard
Gerald Applegate
Applets
Applegate
United Air Lines
West German loan pledge to Congo leader Tshombe
Bonn government announced a 2.5 million low interest loan promise to Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe for development projects.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
Moise Tshombe
Marines Report High U S Air Strikes Kill Many Rebels
A U S Air Force spokesman said air and ground forces combined killed about 15 123 Communist guerrillas this year through air strikes with counts based on ground troops or forward air controllers. Also, a legal notice in California announces a probate hearing for Hale McCowen Jr and a petition for will probate in Mendocino County. The August 20 1965 hearing is set in Ukiah with petitions by John Boyd Russell and Robert Clarence Russell. An Ukiah Journal quarterly travel feature advertises an annual holiday trip October 17 26 with details at the Ukiah Travel Bureau Palace Hotel.
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U.S
Superior Court
California
Clarence Mitch
Clarence M. Russell
de Notich
John Boyd Russhall
Robert Clarence Russell
Court House
Ukiah
Alifornia
W. J. Broaddus
Mary H. Hughe
Glerk Hale McCowen, Jr
P. O. Box
Ukiah Journal
Ukiah Travel Bureau
Palace Hotel
Regents Seek Land for Agricultural Research at Hopland Field Station
The Regents of the University of California filed applications to purchase public land parcels for agricultural research at Hopland Field Station. Objections or claims with evidence of service on the applicant must be filed within 30 days from first publication, which is August 18, 1966.
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United States Department OF the Interior
Bureau OF Land Management Land Office
U. S. Courthouse
Fed
Capitol Avenue
Sacramento
California
Regents of the
University of California
University Avenue
Berkeley
Wynne
N. Sh
Feuding tribes clash. two dead in Philippines mountains
In the Bontoc Mountains 300 miles north of Manila two Bauam and Tinglayan tribesmen were killed and several injured in a Tuesday battle. In Wichita Kansas Judge Clark Owens orders flood lights around the girls detention home to deter peeping toms.
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Manila
UPI
Bontoc Mountains
Here
Wichita
Kan
Venile Court
Clark Owens
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Los Angeles
William Parker
Edmund Brown
U.S. Agriculture Department
Ring
Ukiah News
Penney
Wolden
Gemini
Jace
Agilon
Lady Towncraft
Meena
Hale McCowen, Jr
North State
Penneys
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