Dancers Spark Rochester Riot After Late Block Party
In Rochester on a July Friday in 1884 a teen dance fundraiser frayed as a single boy’s defiance sparked a crowd. Police charged in, plainclothes officers and neighbors joined the fray, rocks flew and sirens wailed as the riot mushroomed from a porch confrontation.
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Rochester
N.Y
Helen Myricks
Gene Stevens
Carrie
Aster
Tory
Arnone
Joseph Avenue
Nassau Street
Injunction Refused in TEC Labor Case in Texas
The Texas Supreme Court refused the AFL-CIO’s request for an injunction against the Texas Employment Commission upholding lower court rulings. In the same report, details describe a riot scene in Austin and New York involving interracial clashes, police, and fatalities, with commentary on race tensions and violence.
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Austin
Texas
Supreme “Court
Afl-Cio
Texas Employment Commission
Jower
Austin Court of Civil Appeals
U. S
Jake’ Pickle
D-Tex
Odin
Homer Thornberry
Jaseph~ Avenue
Nassau Street
New’ York Central Station
U.S. Post Office
Brighton
Greece
Highlands Optimist to Sponsor Baseball Game
Highlands Optimists will sponsor a baseball tournament on August 10 at Cedar Inn, announced at a club meeting with fifteen members present led by President George T. Bryant. Plans include Cloverleaf Jamboree parade routes from Jones Road to West Houston Street and a Jamoree Queen contest.
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BARE
Haley
Jones ‘Road
West Houston Street
Abe
Simon
Cedar Inn
Ed Engelhardt
Creek
Benita’ Brown
Myra’ Brown
Verna‘Brown
Willie ‘Hooper
Bill Barker
Becky Adams
Nancy Threadgill
Leon Mullins
Billy Farmer
Clyde
Mullins
A.F. Brown
Ro Wolfe
Paul
W. Houston
Highlands
Janice
Kimberly
Steven
Paula
Roy Wolfe
Baylor
Waco
Martha Baker
the ‘Thornton
Dayton
Gene Shaffer
Davton
Glenn A. Shaffer
Gene
Young People's Department
First Baptist Church
Winterland Ice Skating Palace
Houston
David Smith
Leslie Little
Vanda ‘Smith
Shirley Parrish
Robbie Dobson
Robert Timmons
Patsy Parrish
Roy McKay
Nancy Sheffield
Jerry Smith
Karl Cooper
Judy Engleharat
Paul Scott
Oliver Harman
Oswald Harman
Anna Beth Reeves
Guys and Dolls
Fellowship Hall
Highlands Methodist’Church
Wanda Davis
Edie Duffey
Kathy Nalley
Theresi Rogers
Rheta Newman
Reggie Nalley
Mike Rogers
Rod Cezeaux
George Barnett
Billy Cummings
Dan Lang
Kathy Crumpton
Marvin Currie
Tom Monk
Cokes
Dennis Romig
Mercedes
Floyd J. Clark
Sam Bramlett
Baytown
St. Mark's
Bramlett
Galveston
Highlands Assembly of God
Galf
James Paul Lansford
Eroup
Doug Haley
Gene Caughman
Charles Molina
Eddie Caughman
Kenneth Faubion
Chevrolet dealer offers 45 homecoming car options this summer
The Chevrolet showroom invites buyers to choose from up to 45 configurations including Corvair, Chevy II, and Corvette. It promotes economy, thrifty roominess, and the Corvette as America's premier two seater, urging test drives and price talks.
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America
Chevrolet
Corvette
Goldwater funds boosted by Georgia tobacco sale
In Viedalia Georgia Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco market opened. Farmer Frank Moore 23 sold 146 pounds of tobacco in Senator Barry Goldwater's name earning 18250 dollars for the campaign. A tobacco buyer paid 125 per pound, about twice the going rate. Women and children touted as best Persian rug weavers due to nimble fingers.
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Viedalia
iBarry
Goldwater
Frank Moore
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Back Turner Chevrolet CO
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Eka
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