Calm Returns to Atlanta After Four Nights of Violence
Rain cooled heat in Atlanta's Dixie Hills as violence subsided after four nights of gunfire and a fatality. Stokely Carmichael faced a hearing on command violation charges while Mayor Allen trimmed a curfew to six hours. Police reported conflicting accounts on who fired the fatal shots, with witnesses citing police buckshot. About 1,000 residents signed a peace petition.
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Atlanta
Dixie Hills
Stokely Carmichael
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Ivan Allen
Leroy Johnson
Allen
Johnson
Willie B. Ross
Reginald Rivers
Jessie Hill
W. K. Perry
Man and wife jailed in Iowa store holdup
Fairfield Iowa police arrested Richard Lee Hummer 26 and his wife Mary after a $1800 robbery at The Big Value market. They were seized near Salina about six miles northeast of Fairfield within an hour of the crime. The couple stated they were from Wilmington California.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Salina
Richard Lee Hummer
Mary
Wilmington
Calif
Two Teens Die in Iowa Collision Near Ventura
In Ventura Iowa two Clear Lake youths died when their car collided with a truck on U S 18. Victims were Robert James Weaver 16 and Richard Paul Nelson 15.
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Ventura
Iowa
Clear Lake
Here
U.S
Robert James Weaver
Richard Paul Nelson
AMA adopts freer stand on abortion policy
The American Medical Association adopted a liberal guideline allowing abortions beyond life saving cases. It supports medical judgment when continued pregnancy harms health or results from rape or incest, or if the infant would be severely deformed. Three states Colorado North Carolina and California already passed similar laws.
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Atlantic City
N.J
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
AMA
Colorado
North Carolina
California
Biminians Question Powell Absence In Harlem Fallout
In Bimini Bahamas residents praise Adam Clayton Powell Jr. while wondering why he stays abroad. Harlem groups urge him to return, fearing civil disturbances and citing contempt warrants. leaders debate Powell's influence and past support.
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Bahamas
Adam
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Adam Powell
Powell
House of Representatives
House
New York State
Martin Luther King
CORE
Floyd McKissick
New York Courier
J. Raymond Jones
Tammany Hall
Iowa Board Lifts Ban on State Trucks
The Iowa Reciprocity Board ended its ban on trucks with Minnesota farm license plates carrying over 12 000 pounds in northern Iowa. The move followed protests from businessmen and legislators who said the ban hurt northern Iowa business and the economy. Chairman Robert Barry cited potential economic harm as the reason to cancel the ban.
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Iowa Board
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Reciprocity Board
Robert Barry
LeVander challenges bold ideas to curb highway deaths
Minnesota Governor Harold LeVander urged law enforcement at St. Paul to propose nonconventional bold plans to reduce highway carnage. He pledged to use $2.1 million in federal funds and state resources efficiently to save lives.
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St, Paul
Harold LeVander
Minnesota
St. Paul
LeVander
France ties Middle East peace to end of Vietnam war
At the United Nations, France’s Maurice Couve de Murville linked Middle East peace to a Vietnam settlement, saying no peace in the region while Vietnam war continues and urging a courageous U.S. decision. He called for a negotiated settlement and warned of world peace dangers from the Arab-Israeli crisis.
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William L. Ryan
United Nations
N.Y
France
Vietnam
Middle East
Maurice Couve de Murville
General Assembly
United States
Alexei N. Kosygin
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
U Thant
Kosygin
Johnson
Israel
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Britain
Jerusalem
George Brown
Old Jerusalem
Jordan
Abba Eban
Old City
Vatican
L’osservatore Della Domenica
Cairo
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Moscow
Podgorny
Matvei V. Zakharov
Egypt
Washington
Hussein
Pope to reject priest marriage in encyclical
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will issue an encyclical on Friday declaring that priests must remain celibate and unable to marry. The move addresses ongoing calls for marriage rights for clergy.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Truman Farmer Killed in Intersecting Vehicle Collision
Louis Haugen 6% a Truman area farmer was killed in a Thursday morning crash when his car collided with a loaded gravel truck at the county road intersection five miles north of Fairmont Minnesota.
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Fairmont, Minn
Louis Haugen
Truman
Here
Honeywell Receives $22.7 Million Navy Grant
Honeywell Inc. announced that the Navy approved an extra 22.7 million dollars to fund anti submarine torpedoes and related equipment. The approval was disclosed in Minneapolis and expands a defense program involving Honeywell plants and contractors.
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Minneapolis
Honeywell Inc
Navy
NSP to Build Nuclear Plant Near Monticello
ARGONNE Ill AP The Atomic Energy Commission announced Northern States Power Co of Minneapolis has been given permission to build an 80 million dollar nuclear power plant near Monticello Minn
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Argonne, Ill
Atomic Energy Commission
Northern States Power Co. of
Minneapolis
Monticello
Minn
New Orleans Crime Commission Seeks State Probe Into Garrison Inquiry
The Metropolitan Crime Commission urged a comprehensive state investigation into Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison and how he runs his Kennedy assassination probe, asserting concerns about procedure and oversight in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Metropolitan Crime Commission of
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Minnesota Taxpayers Map 3 Percent Sales Tax Impact
The Minnesota Taxpayers Association proposed a simple formula showing a family of four with a $10 000 annual income would pay about 100 in sales tax while a $5 000 income family would pay about 50. The estimate assumes one third of income is spent on taxable items and notes staples rent and mortgage are exempt.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Taxpayers Association
Ation
Resorts and restaurants outside towns gain liquor licenses
In St Paul AP Gale Lindsey says 1967 law lets resorts and restaurants outside municipalities share Sunday liquor licensing. Any restaurant seating 100 or more can qualify for a regular on sale liquor license even in unorganized county areas. County licenses apply statewide and may require a county wide vote in townships for Sunday sales.
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ST. Paul
Gale F. Lindsey
Minnesota
Lindsey
One Less Tooth for Circus Lion
Sells and Gray circus workers restrained the lion to allow Dr Lawrence Pint and Les Butman to inject a tranquilizer. The photo shows Austin veterinarians pulling the tooth while circus owner William English comments that it was just one of those things.
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Sells & Gray Circus
Lawrence Pint
Les Butman
Austin
Ians
William English
Parsons College Faculty Face Pay Cut Proposal
Fairfield Iowa faculty at Parsons College will meet next week to consider voluntary salary reductions from 5 to 25 percent. The plan, proposed by the board of trustees, targets nearly 800000 dollars in savings as summer enrollment is seen at about 2400 students, about 1000 fewer than last year.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Parsons College
College Board of Trustees
Preston Man Is Killed in Vietnam
Preston Minn. AP report says Army Pfc. Stephen Miller son of Mr and Mrs Paul Minners of Preston was killed in Vietnam He was a Preston High School graduate and a helicopter machine gunner with the 1st Cavalry Division Miller joined the Army in April 1966 and had served in Vietnam since May 1966.
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Preston, Minn
Stephen Miller
Paul Minners
Preston
Vietnam
Miller
Preston High School
1St Cavalry Division
Army
Drowned St Paul Boys Search Resumed After Boat Capsize
Authorities planned to resume Mississippi River search for two of three St Paul boys who drowned when their 14 foot boat capsized near downtown. Jerry Meehan nine and Michael Reardon eight were missing while Casey O Keefe nine had been recovered. Eugene Dickerson twenty eight said he swam to shore after trying to save them. Weather forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms with warming temperatures.
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ST. Paul
Mississippi River
Ramsey County Water Patrol
Jerry Meehan
William P. Meehan
Michael Reardon
Robert J. Reardon
Eugene Dickerson
Kerry
Kevin Meehan
Jeff Crawford
Dickerson
Case
Mike
Jeff
Texan Held in Killing of 3 and Kidnapping of 2 Girls
A Texas construction worker, Joseph Robert Carter, 42, was arrested in Cedar Rapids on suspicion of murder in three deaths and kidnapping two young girls. Victims were Mrs. Charles Schwab, 42, Belle Plaine, Leland Skoog, 55, and his son Garith, 24. The two girls Christine Schwab, 11, and Julie Braksick, 11, were found safe in the trunk of Carter’s car. Deputy Sheriff William Serbousek captured him late Wednesday near Fairfax.
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Texas
Benton County
Joseph Robert Carter
Dallas
Beaumont
Tex
Charles Schwab
Belle Plaine
Leland Skoog
Elberon
Skoog
Garith
Carter
Christine Schwab
Christine
Julie Braksick
Linn County
William Serbousek
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
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