Gangs Rampage in Indianapolis Gas, Loot, and Violence
Police struggled to end a second night of severe unrest as gangs looted and threw rocks in Indianapolis. A police lieutenant and an undercover agent were wounded, more than 100 arrests made near Black Panther headquarters, and helicopters and riot gear surrounded the area as the crowd expanded up to twenty blocks from the start point.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Black Panther Party
Michael P. Sheehan
al Watkins
Watkins
Winston Churchill
Albany Avenue
Curfew Aims to Curb Hartford Looting and Vandalism
Hartford imposed an 8 pm to 5 am curfew after four nights of looting in the North End. Mayor Ann Uccello declared a state of emergency and police standby was ordered as 80 troopers were staged. Rain helped ease tension, with reports of no serious injuries and limited property damage as curfew continued.
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Hartford
Conn
Ann Uccello
Elisha Freedman
Freedman
Uccello
Night search for SAC reconnaissance plane lost at sea
Reports say an urgent, multinational search continued through the night for a Strategic Air Command reconnaissance plane that vanished Thursday with 19 crew aboard in the icy Bering Sea. More planes and three ships joined the hunt today as authorities pursue the missing aircraft.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Bering Sea
Strategic Air Command
Heavy fighting drags on in South Vietnam amid Midway talks
Casualties mount as about 1000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters die in 48 hours. American deaths exceed 60 with 200 wounded, South Vietnamese losses reach 107 killed and 379 wounded, and 19 civilians killed. Abrams says the surge aims to pressure U.S. opinion ahead of Nixon Thieu Midway conference. US forces report a night battle NW of Saigon with 213 NVA killed. Da Nang and other bases hit by 63 rocket and mortar attacks with light damage reported.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Abrams
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
United States
da Nang
Thieu
Brezhnev condemns China’s break with world communism
Soviet party chief Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow brands Red China as damaging to the world communist movement. He says Peking has broken with proletarian internationalism, warning delegates at the Kremlin gathering of 75 Communist parties. The conference also heard sharp critiques of China from Paraguayan and Polish leaders.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
China
Kremlin
Brezhnev
Peking
Moscow Radio
Nicolae Ceausescu
Romania
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Czechoslovakia
Lew Aarons
Aarons
Paraguay
Poland
Nicolae Ceasnescu
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Gomulka
Communist Party
Soviet Union
International Communist Movement
Youth boards to help update the draft system
President Nixon says youth advisory boards will be set up by Selective Service directors in all 50 states to make the draft more informed and responsive. Ten youths on the draft committee urged changes including a draft lottery and a professional army, and suggested replacing older board members with those under 30. Debra Anderson, 18, argued women should help decide on the draft, while others urged minority representation on local boards.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Selective Service
Larry McKibben
Ames
Iowa
Personnel for meat inspection expansion plans
The Agriculture Department will hire about 30 veterinarians and 20 inspectors to fill gaps in the federal meat inspection program. Dr. Robert K. Somers said the hires are replacements, not net gains, with over 1,300 veterinarians supervising about 6,000 inspectors at more than 3,000 plants. Payroll rollbacks to 1966 levels further complicate the employment picture.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Robert K. Somers
Consumer Protection
Somers
Department
Congress
Standstill in Wilsons bid to curb wildcat strikes
London AP report says Prime Minister Harold Wilson and British trade union leaders are at a standstill over the Labour government's proposed anti strike legislation. Wilson seeks broad public backing to push the bill through Parliament before mid July. Unions vote 25 to 1 to oppose the bill and form their own discipline machinery.
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London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Organized — Labor
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Britain
Barbara Castle
Zwach aims to curb AEC power over waste rules
Minneapolis AP Rep John Zwach R Minn says he will push a bill to limit the Atomic Energy Commission authority if the federal agency overruns Minnesota action on nuclear plant waste. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permit for Monticello NS Power Co is stricter than AEC limits. Rep Albert Quie R Minn to co sponsor measure.
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Minneapolis
John Zwach
R-Minn
Atomic Energy Commission
Minnesota
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Monticello
Minn
Northern States Power Co
AEC
Congress
Albert Quie
Nixon Heads to Midway Talks With Thieu on Vietnam War
President Nixon travels from El Toro Marine Air Station to Midway Island for crucial talks with South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu. They plan five hours of discussions on troop levels, de Americanization, and South Vietnamese forces assuming more combat duties. Public questions surround possible troop withdrawals and coalition govt. The talks mark a high stakes effort to shape Vietnam policy and peacetime strategy.
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Douglas B. Cornell
San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Pacific
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
el Toro Larine Air Station
Los Angeles
Midway Island
Honolulu
Thieu
Vietnam
Saigon
William F. Rogers
White House
Midway
U.S. Vietnam
Sen
J.W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Daily to feature man of the month column change
Lincoln AP reports the Forum a weekly paper published by Nebraska penal complex inmates will discontinue its Man of the Week feature due to few deserving candidates and replace it with a monthly Man of the Month column by inmates at the Forum.
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Lincoln, Neb
Forum
Nebraska Penal Complex
Thieu primes for talks with Nixon on Midway Island
South Vietnam President Thieu shifts to meticulous prep for his Midway Island meeting with President Nixon. U.S. aims to de Americanize the war but Thieu seeks more time and a broader base before elections in 1971. Rogers says Washington negotiates freely on Paris, except for free elections.
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Seoul
Taipei
Midway
Nixon
National Liberation Front
NLF
William P. Rogers
United States
Paris
Rogers
Thieu
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