Washington council approves trailer rules and ambulance concerns
Washington city council studied the ambulance service issue raised by Willis Jones and Wendell Eden and adopted a stricter ordinance on trailers and mobile homes. They also approved repairs to city wells and directed work on sealing a business district street, with funds release tied to completion.
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Washington City
Willis Jones
Wendell Eden
Washington
Warner Well Co
Osborne Asphalt Co
Second Street
Instructions on riot procedures issued to governors
Washington UPI report says Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark outlined a simple federal-troop request process for governors in extreme emergencies. He noted a written request not being a prerequisite to presidential action and that telegrams could speed troop deployment in most cases. The aim is to avoid repeats of Detroit era tensions.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Atty
Ramsey Clark
U.S
Detroit
Clark
Lunar Orbiter 5 Sends Final Moon Photos From Polar Orbit
In Pasadena, California, Lunar Orbiter 5 returned clear photographs of the moon’s far side to finish a detailed map. The 860-pound lab used telephoto and wide-angle lenses to image regions never captured before. Boeing of Seattle is the prime contractor for the $205 million program. Orbiter 5 also aims to photograph five of eight potential landing sites on the near side for future Apollo missions.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
America
Boeing
Seattle
Moon
Earth
Orbiter 5
Apollo
Emergency fund plan to aid cities hits Senate agenda
A bipartisan proposal would create a 1.1 billion emergency fund for big city ghettos with up to two percent of non-defense spending transferable to local plans. Mayors could directly seek White House aid for housing jobs and law enforcement actions as hearings into summer riots continue.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Percy
R-Ill
Abraham Ribioff
D-Conn
Johnson
White House
Ribicoff
Percy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Big City
Newark
N. J
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
James QO
Eastland
Abraham Ribicoff
Divebombers strike Haiphong and Saigon in major raids
U S Navy jets from the Constellation reported destroying four North Vietnamese army barracks near Haiphong and two ammunition dumps amid 167 Monday missions. A-plane loss marked the 638th U S warplane in bombing North Vietnam. B52s attacked near Saigon, targeting guerrilla hideouts as allied forces pressed a broad offensive against the Viet Cong. In Saigon area clashes, Special Forces and Rangers fought the Viet Cong, with 214 Communists killed nationwide and multiple captures.
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Saigon
UPS
Haiphong
7Th Fleet
Constellation
U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Nam Dinha
Hanoi
South Vietnam
John F. Freund
Freund
199Th Light Infantry
Berets
Central Highlands
Refinery explosion rocks community near Lake Charles
A large explosion at the Cities Service refinery near Lake Charles LA sparked a major fire and left several workers injured or missing. Officials warned of secondary blasts as lines ignited, with mutual aid firefighting and civil defense units ready, and plants including Firestone and Hercules in the complex watched.
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Lake Charles
UPI
Cities Service
Breezie Ragusa
Sulphur
St. Patrick Hospital
Ragusa
Firestone Rubber Co
Hercules Powder Co
Firestone
Hercules
Government backs grain reserve price plan in hearings
Johnson administration endorses bills to buy open market grain to form a reserve. Subcommittee chair Graham Purcell says bipartisan agreement on the plan should come quickly. Smith warns against lax controls that could lower prices, while National Grange and National Farmers Union back the concept with safeguards on resale and price floors.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Graham Purcell
Dtex
House Livestock and Grains
Purcell
Neal Smith
Iowa
Catherine May
Smith
Agriculture Department
Congress
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Rain totals and brief damage report from morning shower
Washington observed .57 inches of rain by noon after a 7:30 a.m. start. The heavier downpour saturated soil, causing water to seep into G and W Tire and Appliance showroom. No merchandise damage. YMCA repairs removed down spouts to divert runoff. forecasters expect the rain to end soon followed by cooler weather.
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Washington
G & W Tire and Appliance
YMCA
Record number of workers in America
Government data show July set a record for employed persons at 76.2 million while unemployment fell to 3.9 percent. About 3.2 million were jobless. Teenagers driven summer labor force entry boosted totals, with 10.7 million youths aged 16 to 21 employed in July, up 400,000 from July 1966.
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Washington
UPI
Trouble in Gallery Ousted from the House by United Press
Demonstrators, about 75 Negro protesters, clashed with police in the House gallery in Washington on Monday over a failed $40 million rat control bill. Eight arrested. journalists report broader civil unrest including in Wichita and Detroit, with related political and police actions and plans for a federal emergency fund to ease ghetto tensions.
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United Press International
House of Representatives
Washington
Capitol
Brooklyn
Harlem
N.Y
Wichita
Kan
Detroit
Ronald August
Robert Paille
Motor City
Wayne County
William L. Cahalan
Carl Cooper
Fred Temple
Aubrey Pollard
Algiers
Civil Rights Commission
Governor Hughes visits Davenport to study minority issues
Governor Harold E. Hughes spent about eight hours in Davenport Iowa meeting area businessmen, touring with NAACP president William Cribbs and attending the Davenport NAACP meeting. Topics included housing riot control and employment with equal education and opportunity emphasized. Hughes earlier toured Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Sioux City.
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Davenport
Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
NAACP
William Cribbs
City
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Weather Iowa clear to partly cloudy and cooler tonight
The Iowa forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with cooler temperatures tonight and Wednesday. A chance of thundershowers is possible this evening with lows around 60 to 65 and Wednesday highs in the 70s. Thursday looks fair and mild with a pleasant outlook.
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Iowa
Parsons students demand action on credibility gap
About 350 Parsons College students met on campus to press the administration for specifics on restoring accreditation and their status at an unaccredited college. Leaders urged clearer plans, with a Thursday meeting inviting trustees to speak. a prior 100-student gathering sparked the push.
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Fairfield
Iowa
UPI
Parsons College
North Central Association
NCA
Parsons
Itate
Millard Roberts
Roberts
Ralph Morrisey
New York
N.Y
Morrisey
Galbraith
Appointment of estate administrator and executor named
Probate notices announce the appointment of an administrator for the estate of Richard L. Carey and the probate of the will with the appointment of an executor for the estate of Mary A. Griffiths. Shared official notices indicate the actions and parties involved.
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Richard L. Carey
Mary A. Griffiths
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