Mayor Disputes Rampage as Minor Riot in Jackson Ga
In Jackson Georgia Mayor C B Brown Jr calls a rampage by about 50 to 300 black residents a temper tantrum not a revolution as riot police restore order after rocks, bottles, and fires damaged twelve stores including a white owned service station. Three troopers were hurt. two arrests for assault on troopers. station owner Ronnie Howard arrested on an assault warrant.
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UPI
C. B. Brown Jr
Lester Maddox
Maddox
Atlanta
Brown
Ronnie Howard
Roosevelt Williams
Buttercup
Howard
Watson Vaughn
Nixon to Create Panel to Probe Campus Unrest
Washington officials say President Nixon will establish a special commission to investigate campus unrest and the Kent State and Jackson State shootings. The panel, likely chaired by Dr. Milton Eisenhower, will examine violence on campuses and broader domestic unrest.
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Washington
UPI
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Jackson State College
Milton S. Eisenhower
Gerald R. Warren
Herbert G. Klien
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Warren
Klein
Eisenhower
Emeri
Tus
Johns Hopkins University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
CBS
Face the Nation
Robert S. White
Court Case Rules on Wearing Military Uniform in Drama
Supreme Court unanimously reversed Daniel Jay Schacht's conviction for wearing a U S Army uniform during a 1967 antiwar protest. The ruling favored theatrical speech as protected by the First Amendment, while a separate order dismissed challenges to Philadelphia’s antiriot ordinance and to New Mexico Spanish-language education laws.
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UPI
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Marine Corps
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High Court
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Martin Luther King
William O. Douglas
Reies Lopez Tijerian
New Mexico
Southwest
Albuquerque
Israeli Column Strikes Into Southern Lebanon
An Israeli armored column pushed into southern Lebanon amid fierce fighting. Lebanese military spokesman said the attack north of Yaroun involved artillery and air support and followed the guerrilla ambush of a school bus. Egyptian patrol ambushed Israeli forces near the Bitter Lakes, with four Israeli vehicles destroyed.
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Bitter Lakes
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Life Magazine accuses St Louis mayor of mob ties
Life Magazine claims St Louis Mayor Alphonso Cervantes has business and personal ties with gangsters. Cervantes calls the piece a lie while Shenker and Sansone deny aiding organized crime, and the mayor denounces the article as a smear to boost Life’s sales.
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New York
UPI
Life Magazine
Alphonso J. Cervantes
Cervantes
Life
Morris Shenker
U.S
Tony Sansone
Jimmy Michaels
Denny Walsh
Shenker
Commission On Crime and Law Enforcement
Sansone
Michael
Louis Giardino
Michaels
Editorial calls halt to nuke work until impartial long-term study
Inside editorial on Page 4 urges stopping construction for a thorough, independent review of long-range effects. Gerald Raftery contributes sharp off-campus dissent on Page 4. A potential fishing derby gathers momentum in Shaftsbury on Page 6.
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Gerald Raftery
Vermont Senators Report Heavy Antiwar Mail
Vermont's two U.S. senators report heavy mail over the Cambodian conflict. Senator George Aiken says he has received over 25,000 letters and telegrams, with most supporting his antiwar stance, plus a Rutland petition of nearly 3,000 names backing Nixon. Senator Winston Prouty notes mail running about 4-1 against the President's Southeast Asia policy.
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UPI
Vermont
U.S
Winston Prouty
R-Vt
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Prouty
George Aiken
Aiken
Rutland
Nuclear Power Conference Scientists Fear Radiation Dangers
Four radiation experts spoke at the Southern Vermont Arts Center arguing AEC dose standards are far too high and that nuclear plants threaten public health. They warned of increased leukemia cancer and congenital malformations if plant construction proceeds and urged a halt until safety standards improve. Local observers urged political action in the election year to address the issue.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Southern Vermont Arts Center
Vernon
Arthur R. Tamplin
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Livermoore
AEC
Tamplin
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Ernest J. Sternglass
University of Pittsburgh
David R. Inglis
University of Massachusetts
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Charles W. Haver
University of Minnesota
Brattleboro
Bennington College
Irving Lyon
John W. Gorman
Southern Vermont Art Center
David Inglis
Ernest Sternglass
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