Rioters Roam Philadelphia Negro Section
Rioters swept through Philadelphia’s north side Negro district smashing windows looting stores and clashing with police. The four mile area saw 50 injured including 20 officers and over 30 arrests as 500 police restored some order by dawn near Broad Street and Columbia Ave.
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Philadelphia
Howard Leary
Broad St
Columbia Ave
Temple University
Broad
Leary
Stanley Branche
Militant Committee For Freeedom
Chester
Branche
Frank Rizzo
North—side
Reporter Escapes Racial Unrest Sightings in North Philadelphia
AP reporter George Esper describes dawn in a north Philadelphia district where rioting and looting occurred for hours. He notes tense crowds, mixed reactions toward him as a white journalist, and cooperation from some residents and officials during a lull before continuation.
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Associated Press
George Esper
Philadelphia
Apple Blossom Festival features in antique car club issue
Town Crier reports the July August Antique Automobile Club of America magazine has four pages and 10 pictures on the Apple Blossom Festival including Mayor Smalts and Lucille Ball with locals. Wayside Theater borrowed antique telephones for a production but cannot confirm lenders. Call Stephens City 776 if you can help.
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Joseph Huffman
Antique Automobile Club of America
Mayor Smalts
Lutille Ball
Wayside Theater
Stephens City 776
For Sale 1954 Chevrolet 2-ton Flat Body Truck
1954 Chevrolet 2 ton flat body truck for sale. New motor and state inspection. Call Front Royal ME 5-8245.
Bluefield hit by flash flood causes extensive damage
W V a Bluefield endures a major flash flood after three hours of heavy rain. Streets turn to rivers up to five feet deep, city declares emergency, police and street crews mobilize, and airport reports 2.14 inches of rain with downtown flooding and outages.
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Bluefield
W.va
Randolph G. Whittle
Whittle
Federal Aviation Agency
Mercer County
Office Building For Cameron Street Approved
Kuykendall and Whiting attorneys secure a building permit for a three story brick office at 20 S Cameron St costing about 335000. The 21000 square foot total will include a reception room three conference rooms a library and office suites across 21 600 total space. Construction by Howard Shockey Sons of Winchester on a wedge shaped lot should be ready by next April with excavation underway.
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Kuykendall & Whiting, Attorneys
S. Cameron St
S. Cameron
Kuykendall
Howard Shockey & Sons of
Winchester
Miller Jobs At Johnsons War Service
Rep. William E. Miller accuses President Johnson of choosing to be a congressman over a soldier in World War II while Barry Goldwater remained in active service. He notes Goldwater’s duty in the Azores and Karachi and Miller’s own Army service ending in 1945 as an assistant prosecutor of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg. Continued on Page 2.
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Buffalo
N.Y
William E. Miller
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Navy
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Goldwater
Azores
Karachi
Army Air Corps
Air Force Reserve
Senate
Miller
Army
Military Intelligence
War Criminal Branch
Nuremberg
Germany
New York
Shepard skeptical on quote from first U S suborbital flight
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. in Wilmington Delaware denied saying the famous A OK line linked to his 1961 suborbital flight. He attributed the phrase to a public relations man hearing chatter from control stations and called it part of American lore.
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Wilmington
Del
Alan B. Shepard Jr
A. OK
America
Shepard
Sleeping Sickness Could Break Out in Other U.S. Areas
Dr. Raymond L. White of the AMA warns that sleeping sickness is a disease of birds and small animals, not humans, though accidental bites by insects feeding on infected wildlife could spread it beyond Houston.
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U.S. Areas
Chicago
American Medical Association
Hushan
Raymond L. White
AMA
Environmental Medicine and Medical Services
Houston
Tex
White
Cleo Danger Over Just Rain in Coastal Georgia
Cleo, once deadly in the Caribbean, weakened into a rain band as it lashed the Georgia coast and parts of Florida. Florida east coast areas declared disaster zones, with damage estimated at 200 million dollars, especially in the Gold Coast from West Palm Beach to Miami.
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Brunswick
Caribbean
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Cleo
The
Weather Bureau
Gold Coast
West Palm Beach
Cape Kennedy
Lake Okeechobee
Jacksonville
Palm Beach
Oanh Designated Vietnam Premier In Surprise Move
The article reports Oanh being designated Vietnam premier in a surprising move. U.S. officials urge Saigon leaders to set disputes aside and focus on continuing the anti Communist war efforts as tensions rise over internal government changes.
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Oanh
Vietnam
Saigon
Weather Satellite Sends Clear Pictures of Earth
Nimbus 1 produced unusually sharp earth images from 500 miles, beating Tiros and Vidicon quality. NASA and Weather Bureau officials hailed the APT system as offering clearer nighttime photos and real time transmission to worldwide receiving stations. The first Nimbus photo over Baton Rouge showed the Gulf of Mexico, Texas coast, a cold front, and Hurricane Cleo on the edge, signaling a new era in meteorological imaging.
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Tiros
David 8S. Johnson
Weather Bureau
National Weather Satellite Center
Suitland
Johnson
Nimbus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The
Baton Rouge
Gulf of Mexico
Texas Gulf Coast
United States
Morris Tepper
NASA
APT
Makarios Seeks Aid in Egypt Over Cyprus Crisis
Archbishop Makarios traveled to Alexandria to meet President Gamal Abdel Nasser seeking military and diplomatic support for Greek Cypriots amid Turkish troop rotation tensions. UN Secretary General U Thant held separate talks with Greek and Turkish representatives in Geneva as Cyprus talks continue.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Makarios
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Atte
Alexandria
Nasser
Mediterranean
Geneva
United Nations
U Thant
Dimitrios Nicoleirezis
Greece
Nihat Erim
Turkey
U.S
Dean Acheson
Frederick and Clarke Schools Open Monday for Term
Frederick and Clarke County Public Schools reopen Monday for the new term with Daylight Saving Time in effect until Sept 8. In four Frederick County elementary schools first graders share half day sessions with staggered dismissal and busing.
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Frederick
Clarke County
Winchester
Frederick County
Kline, Miller, Robinson
Stonewall
Berryville
Boyce
Johnson- Williams
Harvard Educated Oanh Named Acting South Viet Nam Premier
In Saigon two days of riot and violence ended with Dr Nguyen Xuan Oanh, a Harvard trained economist, named acting premier for two months to lead a caretaker regime. Premier Khanh remains, but ill. Oanh vows closer US cooperation as Buddhists and Catholics clash. 9 dead, many injured, 500 arrested amid citywide crackdown.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen
Xuan Oanh
Oanh
Nguyen Khanh
Tsick
Dalat
Khanh
Tran. Thien Khiem
Duong van Minh
Weather outlook for Virginia cools as Cleo nears
The forecast for Virginia dimmed as Hurricane Cleo moved northward toward the state. Cleo breaks into squalls and heavy rain, threatening weekend plans across the region.
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Richmond
Virginia
Huricane Cleo
Old Dominion
Experienced Bulldozer Operator Wanted in Winchester VA
Perry Engineering Co Inc seeks an experienced bulldozer operator in Winchester Virginia. Apply in person at please bring credentials and work history.
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Perry Engineering Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
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Maxwell D., Taylor
Committee of Unification
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Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Clarke
Harvard University
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
International Monetary Fund
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