National Guard Restores Order In Louisville Trouble
National Guardsmen and state and local police enforced a curfew in Louisville West End after bands of Negroes looted, burned cars, and hurled rocks at officers. Order was restored at 1 a.m. five and a half hours after a street rally disturbance began. Mayor Schmied imposed an 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew and Gov. Nunn ordered streets cleared.
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Louisville
UPI
West End
Kenneth Schmied
Louie B
Nunn
Louisville General Hospital
Bert Hawkins
James Cortez
Stokely Carmichael
Insurrection Averted In Resurrection City
Black leaders of the Poor People's Campaign faced a defection threat from Mexican Americans and Indians over discrimination concerns. After talks with Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, Reies Tijerina appeared placated but pressed for a voice in the campaign. Weather and security tension persisted as clashes and arrests occurred near Resurrection City.
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Washington
UPI
Reies Tijerina
Albuquerque
Ralph David Abernathy
Tijerina
Resurrection City
U.S
Andrew Young
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Council
Bernard Lee
SCLC
Photo Finish Likely In Oregon Primary
In Portland Oregon the Oregon presidential primary opens with a probable photo finish between Democratic Senators Robert F Kennedy and Eugene J McCarthy. Nixon leads the GOP as a likely winner in his toughest 1968 test. Record turnout expected with about 75 percent of 996662 voters predicted at the polls as Kennedy and McCarthy plan California campaigning ahead of the next primary showdown.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Oregon
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
McCarthy
California
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Reagan
Rockefeller
Indiana
Nebraska
National Broadcasting Co
Oliver Quale
Johnson
Humphrey
Pope Paul VI Criticizes Modern Media In Vatican Crowd
Pope Paul VI blessed worshipers in St. Peter's Square and denounced modern communications media for shaping and distracting people. He warned the media act as surrogates that increasingly influence minds, claiming they have become numerous, seductive, and intrusive.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
St. Peter’s Square
New York Mother Convicted Of Murdering Daughter
In Queens a jury found 28 year old Alice Crimmins guilty of first degree manslaughter after more than 13 hours of deliberation. Four bottles of champagne sat unopened in a Queens supper club as the case concluded amid high emotion and media attention.
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New York
UPI
Alice Crimmins
Queens
Freeman Demands Equal Time Over Hunger TV Report
Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman denounces CBS Hunger in America as biased and seeks equal time to rebut the documentary. He cites a letter to Rep. Carl Perkins and CBS President Frank Stanton, calling the program a dishonest presentation. Resurrection City protesters renew demonstrations as farm groups debate policy effects on consumers and farmers.
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Washington
UPI
Orville L. Freeman
Columbia Broadcasting System
Agriculture Department
Freeman
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
House Education and Labor Committee
CBS
Frank Stanton
Stanton
New York
Richard S&s. Salant
CBS News
America
Resurrection City
Freeman’s Department
Wich
Wounded GI Survives 47 Days As Prisoner of the Viet Cong
Spec. 5 William B. Taylor survived 47 days as a Viet Cong prisoner after his Al Birddog aircraft crashed in the Mekong Delta. He was rescued May 6 by U.S. Army Cobra helicopters from the front door of his straw hut after a barrage of rockets killed several captors and freed him.
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Vps
William B. Taylor
Mekong Delta
U.S
Taylor
Leslie B. Sayre
Sayre
Hamilton and
Tarboro
N.C
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