Blacks Occupy Reform Church Offices Demanding Reparations
James Forman and followers occupied the Reform Church in America headquarters on Riverside Drive demanding reparations for Blacks. About 50 staff were dismissed as Forman agreed to address the denomination’s convention at Rutgers University. The move follows Forman led invasions of United Presbyterian and United Methodist offices and spotlights the Black Manifesto calling for 500 million dollars in reparations.
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New York
The
Reformed Church In America
James Forman
Interchurch Center
Riverside Drive
Rutgers University
Forman
Reformed Church
America
United Presbyterian
San Antonio
United Methodist National Missions Board
National Black Economic Development Conference
Forman Organization
Californians Await State Tax Rebates
Nearly 2.5 million California taxpayers will receive property tax rebates. The state will mail 168 million dollars in rebates of 70 dollars each, with payments arriving June 13 through June 16, after voters approved the property tax relief measure in November.
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Sacramento
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UPID
California
Nixon taps Donald E. Johnson to head Veterans Administration
President Nixon selects Donald E. Johnson 44 a West Branch Iowa farm supply dealer and former national commander of the American Legion as VA director replacing William J. Driver Johnson to chair The President s Committee on the Vietnam Veteran alongside top federal secretaries and officials Johnson served in World War II with the Third Army in Europe Johnson flies to Newport Beach California for talks with Nixon before planning a Sunday meeting with South Vietnamese President Thieu amid troop withdrawal speculation
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Donald E. Johnson
The
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Veterans’ Administration
William J. Driver
Johnson
West Branch
Iowa
Newport Beach
Villa San Remo
Newporter Inn
Balboa Bay
Peter Flannigan
White House
Southeast Asia
Third Army
Europe
California
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
South Vietnam
William J. Casey
New York
Elmer Bobst
Robert Abplanalp
Lewis L. Strauss
Leonard Hall
J. Clifford Folger
Neil McElroy
Defense
Eisenhower
Television Ads Banned for Deceptive Claims in Britain
The Independent Television Authority banned trick television commercials that mislead viewers about product quality. This action targets ads that make goods seem better than they are and affects advertisers across Britain.
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London
Britain
Independent Television Authority
Canyon considers traffic signals amid stalled bypass plan
Canyon officials revived discussion on installing traffic signals at the north bypass and 10th Street after earlier opposition to a no parking ordinance. City Manager Paul Davis announced his June 15 resignation to take a higher paid post in Kerrville. Bids were approved for a new water well pipeline, with street paving bids tabled pending university input on widening 26th Street.
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Paul Lindsey
West Texas State University
10Th Street
Ken Olsen
23Rd Avenue
2Nd Street
Jim Christopher
Paul Davis
Pierce
Canyon
Kerrville
Davis
H. B. Jordan & Co., Inc
Amarillo
Ambarger
J. T. Brodie & Co., Inc
Foran Construction Co
WTSU
26Th Street
2Nd
4Th Avenues
Remarkable 93rd Birthday for Mrs. H. Cagle in Amarillo
Mrs. H. Cagle, born Wallace Tilatha Wilson in 1876 near Van Alstyne, celebrated her 93rd birthday with daughter Daisy at 4400 Travis. She endured childhood injuries, a deadly hailstorm, a fatal spider bite, and later blindness from which she regained sight in one eye then the other by 1965. She recalls simpler times, the moon landing not yet a worry, and a birthday gathering of about 14 relatives.
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Mrs. Cagle
Wallace Tilatha Wilson
van Alstine
H. I .Cagle
Hardy,Tex
Pope Paul VI Visit Draws Up to 200000 In Geneva
City authorities predict as many as 200000 people will greet Pope Paul VI on June 10 in Geneva. Over 2000 police soldiers and detectives will be deployed for security and traffic control during the Papal visit.
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Geneva
UPI
Paul VI
Two Juveniles Arrested in Pleasant Valley Burglaries
Police report two boys aged 13 and 14 were taken into custody after a string of break ins on River Road in Hamlet. They admitted targeting five businesses and vending machines, with about 400 dollars in merchandise and change stolen. some items and 10 dollars in coins recovered.
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Pleasant Valley
Don Adams
River Road
Country Meat Market
Pleasant Valley Lumber Co
Fox Fast Service Station
Shorty’s Place
Pleasant Valley Parts Co
World’s Reds Meet In Czarist Splendor
Moscow hosts the International Communist Conference as Brezhnev greets 75 delegations, signaling unity amid China’s boycott and post invasion tensions. Delegates discuss differences while Moscow seeks to project unity against imperialism.
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Soviet Union
Kremlin
St. George Hall
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
China
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Nature Slows Trek To Air Crash Site
Rescuers penetrate cactus thickets as a helicopter drops paratroopers onto a 6000 foot peak near El Fraile in a bid to reach the Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crash, which killed 79. Weather hampers recovery and relatives gather in Monterrey amid scattered wreckage and a canyon below.
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Conto
el Fraile
Monterrey
Mexicana Airlines
Sierra Madres
Red Cross
Green Cross
Esparaza Arias
7Th
Mexico
Pemex Petroleum Co
Helicoptter
Ruben Valdez
Rafael Osuna
Extra Tax Extension Considered by Ways and Means
Washington UPI reports the House Ways and Means Committee will debate President Nixon's proposal to extend the 10 percent income tax surcharge in closed session from June 30 to later dates. Rep. Charles A. Vanik cites doubt about Congress backing an extension and suggests a 90 day period ending Sept 30 with potential further reductions. Nixon proposes a staged extension concluding with a 5 percent rate by mid 1970, tied to repealing a 7 percent tax credit for business investments.
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Washington
Vanik
House
Nixon
Congress
Lredit
Senator Seeks ABM Public Support Poll Highlights
Senator Len Hugh Scott released a nationwide poll showing strong public support for the Safeguard antiballistic missile while signaling openness to limited changes. He outlined delays on additional sites and a pause on construction amid disarmament talks, amid a bipartisan Senate debate on ABM deployment.
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Washington
Len Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Scott
Senate
North Dakota
Montana
Safeguard
Senate Armed Services
Pacific Test Site
Kwajalein
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton, N.J
Citizens Committee For Peace With Security
Liquor Vote Up In Jasper County
Voters in Jasper County Precinct 1 cast ballots on Saturday in a local option liquor election. The issue asks whether to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages for off premise consumption near Sam Rayburn Lake, following Browndell's recent legalization.
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Jasper, Tex
Jasper County
Sam Rayburn Lake
Texas
Browndell
Alaska-Bound Plainsmen Pull Long Johns Out of Mothballs
A group of 11 U S Army Reservists from Amarillo Lubbock and Albuquerque will depart the Panhandle today for two weeks of Arctic training at Fort Greely near Fairbanks Alaska Captain Ray McCown will lead the unit which includes Forrest Anderson Manuel Perez Jr Bob Fitzer Danny Prather Gerald Baker Jack Moss S A Spencer Donald Blaylock Donald Zant and Maurice Richards The training covers mountain warfare swamp and glacier crossing and extreme cold weather survival.
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U.S. Army
Amarillo
Lubbock
Albuquerque
Panhandle
Fort Greeley
Fairbanks
Alaska
Co. C
12Th Special Forces Group
Ray McCown
U.S. Army Reserve Center
Oklahoma City
Seattle
Anchorage
McCown
McCowd
Forrest Anderson
Manuel Perez, Jr
Bob Fitzer
Danny Prather
Gerald Baker
Jack Moss
S. A. Spencer
Donald Blaylock
Donald Zant
Maurice Richards
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