AIM members seize Milwaukee Coast Guard site to press aid
AIM militants seize an abandoned Lake Michigan Coast Guard station arguing a 1868 treaty lets Indians reclaim unused federal land. They demand written government assurances on jobs education housing and a halfway house for probationers and alcoholics while planning to rename and use the site as a cultural center.
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Milwaukee
American Indian Movement
AIM
Milwaukee Coast Guard
Herbert Powless
Winter
Wis
Patrick) Lucey
Poweless
Milwaukee American Indian Movement Center
Wisconsin
Resignation of Ar chdeacon Gilfillan Center Director
Lyle G. Lauber resigns as executive director of the Archdeacon Gilfillan Center to become assistant professor of sociology at Bemidji State College starting fall quarter. Lauber, the center’s first director since 1964, led program development for 175 admitted youths since 1965.
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George LeMoine
Episcopal Community Services, Inc
Lyle G. Lauber
Archdeacon Gilfillan Center
Lauber
Bemidji State College
Episcopal Church
United States
Bemidji
Frankfort
Institutional Services Department of Child Welfare
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene
Ohio State University
Dom Pedro I Returns to Brazil for Independence Anniversary
Portugal agreed to move the remains of Dom Pedro I from Lisbon to Ipiranga Brazil to mark the 150th anniversary of Brazilian independence in 1972. Ipiranga, the first Brazilian city to declare independence, hosted the event. Pedro I died in Portugal after being overthrown by the military nine years after independence.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Dom Pedro I
Brazil
Ipiranga
Dom Pedro
Black Economic Conference cofounder prints Vietnam visit notes
Muhammad Kenyatta, cofounder of the Black Economic Development Conference, returned from a Southeast Asia trip. He says North Vietnam has adopted a policy of trying not to fight black American soldiers. Kenyatta was part of a three member delegation.
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Philadelphia
Black Economic Development Conference
North Vietnam
North
Muhammad Kenyatta
Southeast Asia
Paul Bunyan Playhouse closes 20th anniversary with The Price
The Price directed by Donald Auspitz closes the Paul Bunyan Playhouse 20th season. Arthur Miller’s drama examines two estranged brothers and their failed dialog over a family business past. The cast includes Terry Markovich, Kathy Thomas, Art Ketels, and Donald Auspitz delivering wit and insight.
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Donald Auspitz
Paul Bunyan Playhouse
Arthur Miller
Miller
Terry Markovich
Victor
Kathy Thomas
Esther
Art Ketels
Walter
Mr. Solomon
Army to send 43,000 draftees home early as cuts loom
The Army plans early discharge for up to 43,000 draftees assigned to U.S. posts, due by Sept. 1 to June 30, 1972, in anticipation of a 50,000 man reduction in fiscal 1972. Defense officials warn further cuts may require fewer new draftees and higher reenlistment standards.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
Korea
Robert F. Froehlke
House
Senate
Defense
Melvin
R. Laird
Laird
Wealth Commands and Freedom Quote by Burke
A concise quotation from Edmund Burke argues that wealth should serve people, not dominate them, warning that wealth controlling lives leads to real poverty and loss of freedom.
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William O. Douglas
Wife
Cathy
Goose Prairie
Cascade Mountains
Gilfillan
Seven-Up
7 UP Bottling CO
Camei Bemidii
Playhouse Board of Directors
Edmund Burke
Remidji
Aeead
Eno A Oo
Elie
Coast TO Coast Stores
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