Guards 'show force' to prevent new riots
SAN FRANCISCO—(UPI)—National Guardsmen and police patrolled two tense neighborhoods in a "show of force" today to prevent any renewal of the worst outburst of Negro racial strife in the city's history.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown, after a brief trip through one riot area, told newsmen he was "sick and tired of this lawlessness."
"We're going to protect the life and property of this state," he added.
More than 80 persons, mostly Negroes, were injured in the two nights of rioting and taken to emergency hospitals. Ten persons were treated for gunshot wounds. Several firemen and policemen were treated for injuries suffered when hit by rocks and bricks.
St. Louis officials attempt control of race problem
ST. LOUIS—(UPI)Armed police patrols attempted to keep a lid on the explosive racial situation today after Negroes shouting "Black power" raided downtown streets for the fourth straight night.
Roving bands of Negroes—many numbering up to 100 persons began smashing windows and attacking bystanders following a Congress of Racial Equality sponsored rally at police headquarters.
The Wednesday night rally was in protest of the slaying last Saturday of Russell Hayes, 24, a Negro robbery suspect from East St. Louis, Ill.
A coroner's jury Wednesday returned a verdict of "justifiable homicide."
Hurricane Inez rips islands
MIAMI—(UPI)—Hurricane Inez screamed into Santo Domingo today and buffeted the capital with powerful gales.
The killer storm claimed 23 lives, injured 500 persons, and left 10,000 homeless.
HONG KONG—(UPI)—A new burst of anti-Western Red Guard activity swept south China as Peking made final preparations today for Saturday's celebrations of 17 years of Communist rule.
Reports reaching in the teen-age Red Guard campaign that has led to at least 100 suicides.
Red Guard purge brings suicide acts
A Hong Kong newspaper said Red Guard youths, the vanguard of Mao Tse-tung's "cultural revolution" purges, were carrying out rampage of persecution against Chinese with relatives in the United States and Canada.
LBJ considers Far Eastern tour
WASHINGTON-(UPI)-President Johnson has made no concrete plans to expand his Far East trip next month but there are indications he may visit a number of countries besides the Philippines.
Australia, New Zealand, Japan. South Korea and even war-torn South Viet Nam were believed to be under consideration by the President for his itinerary.
POINT RECORD
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LOS ANGELES—(UPI) Gail Goodrich of UCLA holds the record for most points scored in the NCAA championship game. Goodrich, now with the Los Angeles Lakers, scored 42 points against Michigan in the 1965 final.
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Marines strike Cong on hillside strongholds
SAIGON-(UPI)Furiously fighting U.S. Marines routed a North Vietnamese force from a key hill commanding strategic Communist infiltration routes today and then attacked a second heavily fortified hills fortress.
The dogged Leathernecks pushed on despite serious shortages of ammunition and water. Enemy fire was so heavy supply helicopters had difficulty reaching them. Some of the wounded refused evacuation and returned to the battle.
Officers said 50 Communist bodies had been counted after the first 24 hours of the bloody battling, but UPI news photographer John Schneider reported from the battlefield that about 200 more enemy bodies had been dragged away.
NATO joins SHAPE in France to Belgium move
PARIS—(UPI)—The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) permanent council will move from Paris to Brussels, responsible Western diplomatic sources said today.
The actual move probably will not take place for about a year because of need to find a new headquarters building in the Belgian capital. That would be about six months after NATO' Supreme Allied Headquarters (SHAPE) also moves from France to Belgium.
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