Fire riots sweep North Side of Minneapolis
More than 30 fires erupted in the Plymouth Avenue area as looting and window smashing followed a bar shooting. Two Negroes were wounded. police arrested over 25 people, and some 300 firefighters battled three major blazes and many smaller fires through the night.
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Minneapolis
Plymouth Avenue
Plymouth
Bennett Lumber Co
Robert Hannon
Bennett
Hannon
North Side
City Hall
Syl Davis
Davis
Peral Gomez
Samuel Simmons
Plymouth Ave
Negroes March Peacefully as Cairo Talks of Rome Burning
In Durham North Carolina about 300 Negroes marched to City Hall to press for housing and social reforms while armed police and guardsmen lined the route. Organizers urged peaceful demonstration and denounced spending on policing in favor of improvements.
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N.C. Negroes
Cairo
Rome
Associated Press
Durham
N.C
Ben Ruffin
Ciaro
Ill
David B. Kelly
Washington
Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Willie Hardy
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Erie
Powell to N Y For Contempt Citation Appeal
Deposed Congressman Adama Clayton Powell flies to New York to appeal a criminal contempt citation. NAACP says he will be met by the sheriff at Kennedy Airport and not detained. lawyers seek a stay and a direct appeal in State Supreme Court. Powell faces at least 90 days jail for evading court orders tied to a libel judgment.
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New York
Adama _ Clayton Powell
National Association, For the Advancement of Colored People
Powell
Kennedy Airport
Miami
Kennedy
NAACP
Robert L. Carter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Henry Williams
Harlem
State Supreme Court
Soviets Seek Arab Backing for Compromise on Israel War End
The Soviet Union pressed Arab nations to back a U S backed plan linking Israeli withdrawal to an end to the Arab war. Algeria and Syria resisted, while East European sources said Russia sought a modified Lat in American draft. Israeli and Egyptian arms losses and M I G 23 deliveries were noted as cease fire held on the Suez Canal line.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations, NY
Soviet Union
Israel
Syria
Algeria
General Assembly
Middle East
Egypt
Jordan
Tel Aviv
London
Suez Canal
Driver Killed as Car Overturns on Highway 8 near Anoka
A 22-year-old Peter Collins of Hilltop died when his car overturned on a curve on Highway 8 about nine miles north of Anoka in Anoka County. His 17-year-old brother Michael escaped serious injuries. The incident adds to Minnesota 1967 traffic fatalities totaling 459.
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Anoka
Tremor Shakes Missouri Area Rattles Courthouse
An earth tremor lasting about a minute shook southeastern Missouri early today. In Poplar Bluff a deputy reported the quake at 4 15 am that loosened plaster in the Butler County courthouse. KMOX received about 25 calls in 10 minutes from worried listeners. A witness said the tremor rocked the whole house. The report notes a historic 1811 quake near New Madrid as a point of reference.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Butler County
KMOX
United States
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Mother Gives Birth to Baby Girl While in Coma at Hospital
Shirley M Sweeney a 36 year old Somerville mother in a coma since February delivered a 5 pound 14 ounce baby girl at Massachusetts General Hospital. Doctors called the birth a medical rarity and said the child is healthy and normal. The baby will be named Mary Elizabeth. the family has two young boys Joseph and Paul and the mother’s mother cares for them.
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Boston
Shirley M Sweeney
Somerville
Barry G. Aronson
Sweeney
Francis M. Sweeney
Mary Elizabeth
Sweeneys
Joseph
Paul
Arthur Wise
Fire destroys Le Center grain complex and elevator
A blaze leveled the Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association facilities in Le Center Minnesota destroying a grain elevator a feed mill and a warehouse. No injuries were reported and officials did not estimate the loss or determine a cause. Firefighters from Le Center Cleveland and Montgomery battled the flames discovered shortly before 4 am. Le Center is the county seat of LeSueur County about 50 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
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LE Center
Minn
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Association
St Paul Youth Drowns After Lifeguard Shift
Darryl Williams, 18, of St Paul, drowned at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis about 9 45 p m after diving from a dock as lifeguards went off duty. Police said the body was recovered later by dragging.
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Minneapolis
Darryl Williams
St. Paul
Lake Calhoun
Truck carrying 24 Perry women leaves road in Iowa ditch
A truck with 24 Perry women and girls went into a ditch on a gravel road about eight miles southwest of Jefferson Iowa. They had been returning from a field near Jefferson where they worked for Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Co. of Coon Rapids. No serious injuries reported.
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Jefferson
Iowa
Perry
Here
Garst and Thomas Hybrid Corn Co
Coon Rapids
Treasury Officials Preview Tax Hike Plan Amid Economic Boom
Government economists say the economy is strong as Henry Fowler and Joseph Barr meet with House Ways and Means head Wilbur Mills to finalize a tax increase. A 6 percent surtax is debated with possible Sept 1 or Oct 1 effective dates, while June retail sales and GDP gains bolster the case.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington AP
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Joseph M. Barr
Wilbur D. Mills
D— Ark
Tax-Writing House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Fowler
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with scattered storms
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. A warm trend continues with low in the 60s and high around 90 Saturday. Sunday looks cooler with a chance of showers mainly in the southern half.
Winona Becomes First Major City to OK Sunday Liquor
Winona Minnesota votes 1563 to 600 to allow Sunday on sale liquor in dining rooms. Places eligible include about 14 restaurants with 30 or more seats. council to decide licensees. The move comes under 1967 law linking local option votes to Sunday sales for dining rooms.
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Winona
Winona City Liquor Dealers Association
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Chambers of Commerce
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Duluth
Twin Cities
Red Lake Officials Back State Debt Share For New Factory
Red Lake officials said they would finance Minnesota’s share of a $3.3 million furniture factory project rather than wait for a $302,000 loan. Governor LeVander’s office cited lack of financial information from Eisen Brothers, delaying feasibility.
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Washington
Minnesota
Red Lake
Roger Jourdain
Eisen Brothers
Hoboken
N. J
State Department of Economic Development
Economic Development Administration
LeVander
Jourdain
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
State Executive Council
Eisen
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