Windsor Man Tries 18 Minute Train Standoff
Walter Brisebois 34 of Windsor plans to stand off a CN train for 18 minutes after parking on the tracks to protest a crossing delay. He faces a rarely used charge of intimidating the train with a June 13 trial date. a small defense fund has formed in Windsor and Detroit, totaling about $50.
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Windsor
Ont
Walter Brisebois
Canadian National Railway
Brisebois
CNR
Detroit
Guards Strike At Two Ohio Prisons
Guards at two Ohio state prisons walked off duty prompting National Guard replacements. At Columbus Penitentiary 54 of 175 to 200 reported, with 100 guardsmen rotating in. Mansfield Reformatory saw about 80 on duty, with Akros guards on standby. Spokesmen seek a 1500-dollar across the board raise and full hospitalization, while wages vary by facility.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio National
Mansfield Reformatory
Akros
Mansfield
Ohio Penitentiary
Koblentz
James Abraham
166Th Infantry
Lowell G. Ridenour
Columbus
Ridenour
War Death Toll Masked by Pentagon Claiming Accidents
Senator Stephen Young criticizes Pentagon figures in Vietnam war casualties. He says about 6,000 battle deaths are misclassified as accidents or incidents, obscuring combat fatalities and suggesting a deliberate public deception. Current totals show 33,641 killed in action in Vietnam as of April 3.
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Washington
Senate
Pentagon
U.S
Stephen M. Young
Vietnam
Young
Armed Services Committee
Violence Erupts In Negro Areas Across Cities
Reports describe racial clashes in San Francisco and Cairo with police and fire units driven from scenes, a TV cameraman beaten, and police arresting 16. Des Moines and Cairo saw firebombings and sporadic gunfire during ongoing disturbances linked to Black Panther activity and White Hats harassment.
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San Francisco
Cairo
Des Moines
Iowa
Black Panther Party
White Hats
Dan Murphy
Black Panther
Fillmore District
Hershey Defends Draft Deferment Reclassifications in Protest Case
Selective Service chief Gen. Lewis B. Hershey says antiwar protesters who discard draft cards will keep losing deferments and be reclassified for immediate induction until courts halt the procedure. He argues reclassification is not punishment as Supreme Court agrees to hear Gutknecht and Breen cases challenging the policy.
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Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Minneapolis
Timothy J. Breen
Westport
Conn
Boston
American Civil Liberty Union
Melvin L. Wulf
New York
ACLU
Gutknecht
Gen. Hershey
Vietnam
David D. Omer
Supreme Court
Californians Feel First Big Quake Of April
The April 28 5.7 magnitude quake centered near the Borrego Desert and Salton Sea rattled Southern California from the coast to Arizona. Buildings swayed, ceilings fell, bottles shattered, and rocks tumbled as dust filled the air. Residents described violent motion and damage across Los Angeles San Bernardino and San Diego areas.
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Los Angeles
Prophets of Doom
California
Pacific
Arizona
San
Southern California
First National Bank of
Borrego Springs
California Institute of Technology
Borrego Desert
Salton Sea
Jack Gillespie
Santa Rosa Mountains
Tehachapi
Palm Springs
College Disorder Sweeps Six States In Student Sit-Ins
About 30 students armed at Voorhees College in South Carolina held the administration building while officials said no hasty action. Sit-ins continued at Michigan State University and St Louis University campuses. Memphis State arrested over 100 students refusing to leave. City College of New York closed. Harvard vote declined to resume classes. New York Legislature moved to ban campus guns with seven year sentences. Voorhees President Potts urged restraint to avoid injuries.
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Associated Press
Voorhees College
South Carolina
Michigan State University
St. Louis University
Tennessee
Memphis State University
City College of New York
City University
Harvard University
Stu
Dents
New York State Assembly
Albany
Senate
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
Cornell University
Ithaca
Voorhees
Denmark
Orangeburg
John F. Potts
S. C
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S. T. DelCorso
Maury Koblentz
Ohio Division of Correction
Lebanon
London
Marysville
Marion
Chillicothe
Ohio
The
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes Union
National Guardsmen
Ohio University
Hocking River
Nelsonville
Middleport Council
Abby
Enema Ee
Eee
Television
Tenet Ewes
Chicago North Western Railroad
Kansas City
Negro Areas
San Bernardino
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