Tension Mounts In Milwaukee
Open housing militants rallied in a Milwaukee church basement led by Father James Groppi urging ongoing protest actions despite a mayoral ban. Speech included accusations against officials, threats to press on, and plans for a midnight parade as Core and NAACP youth participants mobilized amid police protection.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPID
James E. Gropp
Henry Maier
Groppi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Maier
Prentice McKinney
Stokeley Carmichael
Youth Council
St. Boniface Church
Breier
Harold Breier
McKinney
Cecil Brown
Congress of Racial Equality
Core
St. Boniface
North Side
Long Walkout Looms as UAW Targets Ford in Strike Fight
Detroit text reports United Auto Workers naming Ford Motor Co as its strike target with crisis negotiations under way in Dearborn. UAW President Walter Reuther says the union will bolster a 67 million dollar strike fund and seeks equity if Ford refuses. Ford VP Malcolm Denise notes willingness to negotiate through Labor Day weekend, but expects a tough round.
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Detroit
UPS
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ford
Ford Central
Dearborn
Malcolm L. Denise
Denise
Malcolm Denise
Chrysler Corp
Tl Am
McConnell Indicted for Murder in Berkshire Case
Bruce McConnell 21 of North Adams was indicted by a Berkshire County grand jury on murder charges in the death of Bonnie Briggs Pearson 19 of Newport New Hampshire. The indictment followed three days of testimony from more than 30 witnesses. McConnell pleaded not guilty before Superior Court Judge Thomas J. O Malley and was jailed without bail. Pearson’s body was found August 20 in a Williamstown garage after last seen leaving a Hoosick dis cotheque with McConnell shortly after 2 a.m. August 19. He was arrested August 26 at his home.
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Pittsfield
Mass
UPD
Bruce McConnell
North Adams
McConnell
Ottawa
Kans
Superior Court
Thomas J. O’malley
Bonnie Briggs Pearson
Newport
N. H
Williamstown
Hoosick
N.Y
Viet Cong Bombards Da Nang Air Base
Viet Cong rockets hit Da Nang air base before dawn as a mortar attack at a Marine HQ killed four and wounded 52. The assault, part of a larger terror campaign aimed at the elections, saw American soldiers warned to avoid streets. Across Saigon a soldier was shot and a second wounded, with fears the strikes will escalate. In 48 hours, 800 civilians were killed or wounded and 170 kidnapped. At Da Nang, several missiles landed near sleeping servicemen. last month the base attack killed 13 Americans and wounded over 100. Separate incidents included a Viet Namese restaurant bombing and leaflets warning voters of danger.
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Saigon
UPS
da Nang
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Denies Diplomats Were Spies
Washington said two American diplomats Brice Meeker and Richard Chapman did nothing incompatible with their status in Moscow. The U.S. expelled them after Soviet demands, in what Washington called retaliation for barring two Soviet diplomats. State Department spokesman Carl Barth said the charges had no basis in fact and that the pair’s Moscow assignment ended due to the Soviet move.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Soviet Union
Carl E. Barthh
Brice K. Meeker
Richard D. Chapman
Moscow
Chapman
Meeker
Barth
State
Plane Wreckage Found Near Sugarbush Mountain
Warren Vermont authorities and CAP located the burned wreckage of a single engine plane in Sugarbush Mountain area near Lincoln Gap. The missing pilot Herbert Sachs, 45, a Stoneland developer, had departed from Stowe-Morrisville Airport last Saturday afternoon en route to Caldwell or Atlantic City New Jersey. An air and ground search faced radio failures as officials assess wreckage in a 4000 foot mountain pocket.
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Lincoln Gap
CAP
Sachs
Caldwell
Atlantic City
N.J
Arabs End Oil Embargo at Arab League Summit
Leaders from 12 Arab nations ended their summit with a call to resume oil exports to the United States and Western nations while pursuing political and economic pressure on Israel. The communique urged unified international action to withdraw Israeli forces from territories in Egypt Jordan and Syria and maintained a no peace or recognition stance with Israel.
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Sudan
UPI
United States
Israel
Britain
West Germany
Arab League
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
London Daily Express
Nasser
Washington
Moscow
Yugos Slav
Tito
Soviet Union
Founder of Steamtown U S A Dies in Plane Crash at 49
F Nelson Blount, billionaire founder of Steamtown U S A and owner of Green Mountain Railroad, died when his single engine plane crashed into a tree near Chesham New Hampshire. He was 49. Two girls found the wreckage. Blount died about 6 45 p m. An aviation accident with ties to his Rhode Island seafood firm and Ocean Spray. He had moved from Warren Rhode Island to New Hampshire and Vermont earlier, and built a famed railroad museum housing about 40 vintage locomotives.
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Chesham
N.H
UPI
F. Nelson Blount
New Hampshire
James Ballou
Blount
Warren
R.I
Blount Seafood Corp
Rhode Island
Green Mountain Railroad
Vermont
U.S.A
Bellows Falls
Narraganesett Bay
Laurie St. John
Harrisville
Joseph Janda
Landa
Marlboro
New England
South Vietnamese vote Sunday to elect new government
Five million South Vietnamese prepared to vote Sunday at 8,808 polling stations guarded by American troops and observers from 28 nations. A 22 member American poll watcher delegation joined observers from 27 other nations as ballots totaling over 1,000 tons were distributed by land and air. Viet Cong attacks persisted, kidnapping villagers and striking in Saigon as official campaigns closed with pledges to reduce corruption and seek peace. About 5.85 million voters, roughly 80 percent turnout expected, will elect president, vice president, and a 60 member Senate, with a forthcoming election for a 137 member lower house.
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Saigon
Vpi
Johnson
Senate
President Denies Rift With Pentagon on Bombing
President Johnson sought to quell a claim of civil military discord over North Vietnam bombing. He defended close harmony between civilian leaders and the Pentagon, noting 300 agreed targets among 350 listed and saying final decisions rest with him. The Senate subcommittee had accused McNamara of diverging from military advice, risking American lives and opposing Haiphong harbor sealing.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
North Vietnam
Oval Office
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Armed Services
McNamara
North
South
Haiphong
Inside Pages Feature Dream Come True in Hoosick Falls
Roy Marsden profiles the perils faced by a columnist on Page 4 and presents a picture story of a dream come true set in Hoosick Falls on Page 5, highlighting local voices and scenes.
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Roy Marsden
Hoosick Falls
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Hudson River Valley
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State Aeronautics Board
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Carver
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