Rallies by Klansmen and Negroes trigger fires in Baton Rouge
Dawn finds a tense city after Klan and 600 Negroes rallied on the state capital steps. Fires erupted in Eden Park but were quickly controlled and arrests made. Police cordon off areas as guardsmen had earlier aided order. One white man and ten Negroes detained. weapons found in a car. Continuous tension and warnings from Mayor Dumas.
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Baton Rouge
Ku Klux Klan
Eden Park
W. W. Dumas
National
John McKeithen
Detroit
Dumas
Town Crier Winchester Jaycees to conduct community attitude survey
The Town Crier reports Winchester Jaycees begin door to door visits tonight through Wednesday from 5 30 to 9 p m covering Areas one and two in the northeastern and northwestern city sections as about 20 percent of homes are surveyed. A separate note mentions a Campbell reunion at Senseny Park where attendees observed a parakeet roaming the shelter. Walter Largent from Sunnyside shows a two pound white potato and another over one pound from his garden on the former Mrs. Katie Chapman farm.
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Winchester Jaycees
Walter Largent
Sunnyside
Katie Chapman
Organ Recital by Charles Swank at Shenandoah College
Charles Swank presents an organ recital on Thursday August 24 at 8 15 p m in Shenandoah College Tickets are on sale at G M Shenval Rustic Tavern and at the door price 1 50 per person Winchester Association of the Blind supports event.
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Charles Swank
Shenandoah College
Shenval
Rustic Tavern
Winchester Assoc. of the
Brown Fails To Raise $25 000 Bail for H. Rap Brown
Black Power leader H. Rap Brown remained jailed in the Federal House of Detention after efforts to post a $25 000 bail bond failed. Attorney William Kunstler said nearly 25 000 was available but bondsmen would not guarantee cash bail. Brown called himself a political prisoner and warned his confinement would not rebuild Detroit nor save America from its fate.
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New York
H. Rap Brown
Brown
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Detroit
America
Tornado hits Warren County injuring three at fair and air show
A sudden twister struck northern Warren County about 3 15 p m injuring three at the Warren County Fair including Jimmy Herrin a carnival worker hospitalized with a severe back bruise and Mrs Lynn Armentrout and Mrs Earlyn Anderson treated for head lacerations and rib injuries The storm also damaged Cedarville roofs tore a porch from a house and uprooted trees blocking roads in Guard Hill Rockland and Reliance before likely continuing toward Dulles Airport for an air show damage occurred in under 60 seconds and emergency crews aided victims at both locations
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Stanley Laign
Cedarville
Rt. 522
Warren County
Dulles
Jaycees
Guard Hill
Rockland
Reliance
Jimmy Herrin
Warren Memorial Hospital
Lynn Armentrout
Front Royal Policman
Earlyn Anderson
Herman
Armentrout
Anderson
Gun Battle at Copra Banquet Kills 22 in Acapulco
In Acapulco a gun battle during the 25th anniversary banquet of a copra growers union left 22 dead and about 100 wounded. Police and soldiers detained 184 suspects as factions clashed over union elections led by Cesar del Angel. Del Angel was reported slain then wounded and fled with authorities pursuing him.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Growers Union
Pacific Coast
Claudio Monreal
Copra Growers Union
Cesar del Angel
Representa
Clarke County Fair Opens With Large Early Entries
Cloudy skies did not dampen enthusiasm at the Clarke County Fair opening at Berryville Horse Show Grounds. Chairman David F. Childs notes a high number of early entries. Tonight features free grandstand entertainment by Carol and Bill Foster with guitar banjo and organ.
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Clarke County
Berryville Horse
David F. Childs
Childs
Carol
Bill Foster
Aimiros
Rosita
Alberto
Atlantic City
Hearing Set on Rt. 7 Sept. 18 in Purcellville
A public hearing on the proposed four lane divided Route 7 development in Loudoun County will be held Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. in the Loudoun Valley High School auditorium Purcellville. The project spans from the Clarke Loudoun line to east of Round Hill with bypass routes for Round Hill Purcellville and Hamilton.
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Richmond
Loudoun County
Loudoun Valley High School
Purcellville
State Department of Highways
Clarke
Round Hill
Hamilton
Reopening Tuesday for Sylvia's Salon De Coiffure
Sylvia's Salon De Coiffure plans a reopening on Tuesday August 22 after a brief closure. The notice also mentions a Wednesday noon shutdown for a company picnic at Rosenberger's Lumber Co with details to follow.
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Sylvia
Picnic Rosenberger’ Lumber Co
Near-Record Air Attacks Trigger Escape Flight Misadventure
The Pentagon reported two A6A attack planes from the carrier USS Constellation may have crossed the Chinese border while evading North Vietnamese air defenses. Both planes are missing with crews unaccounted for, possibly shot down after heavy anti aircraft fire and MIG/SAM engagement near Hanoi.
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Washington
Pentagon
Red China
Duc Noi
Hanoi
Percy urges annual presidential report on military commitments
Sen. Charles H. Percy urged President Johnson to annually report to the Senate or full Congress on each overseas commitment. He said clear limits and justifications are needed to know the price in lives and money for defending nations like South Vietnam. The hearing on defining national commitments aims to strengthen Congress in foreign policy.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Senate
Congress
U.S
Percy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
South Vietnam
Fulbright
Tonkin Gulf
Two Polls Show Romney Leading Johnson or Dead Even
Public opinion polls indicate President Johnson trails Gov. George Romney in a Gallup reading of 49 to 41 with 10 undecided, while Louis Harris’ Newsweek poll shows a Rockefeller Reagan ticket tied 50 to 50 with Johnson statewide. Harris highlights Rockefeller as strongest in the East Midwest and Far West, Reagan in the South and rural areas, and notes Johnson’s low confidence ratings at 33 percent.
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Associated Press
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Romney
Louis Harris
Newsweek
Harris
Rockefeller
East
Midwest
Far West
Reagan
Barry Goldwater
Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N.J
Institute
Sai
Foreign Aid Faces More Cuts in Coming Votes
Congress debates a $3.1 billion foreign aid measure amid calls for belt tightening. House and Senate panels trim funds, with military aid proposed to survive, while debate focuses on one year limits and fiscal 1969 allocations. Both bills earmark 50 million for birth control.
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Washington
Senate
House
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep
Ross Adair
Indiana
Nisure
Defense Department
Export-Import Bank
Reds Shoot Down Own Aircraft In Vietnamese Air War
American warplanes pressed near record strikes against North Vietnam on Sunday and Monday. A Soviet SAM downed a North Vietnamese MiG 17. U S forces reported heavy air and ground actions around Hanoi Haiphong and along rail and water routes, with multiple allied losses and warnings ahead of a Vietnamese election.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
America
Robin Olds
Washington, D.C
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Haiphong
Ha Gia
Thai Nguyen
Red China
Thunderchief
Huong Vi
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Boston
Weather in Virginia Brings Clouds and Cool Temperatures
A cold front moved across Virginia causing continued cloudiness scattered rain and below average temperatures across the state today.
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Richmond
Virginia
Correction notice for Saturday coupon pricing
Correction due to error in price in Saturday's coupon ad running again Tuesday with coupon only yard goods. Five yard values priced at 49 cents per yard at Diskay Discount Mart.
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Campbell
Senseny Park
Star
Jim Hamilton
Warren
Audrey Coleman
Gary Keyser
Stanley Laing
Steel Pier
Woman’s Club of
Art Appreciation Group
Red
China
Ricky Wasik
Rockledge
Fla
LBJ
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Thomas E. Morgan
D.pa
Adair
Foreign Affairs Committee
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