Negro Comedian Shot During California Riot
Los Angeles police battled more than 7 000 rioters over two nights injuring 120 people including comedian Dick Gregory who was shot in the left leg. He was treated and returned to the scene as officers jailed 80 rioters and 700 peace officers kept a fragile calm.
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Los Angeles
Dick Gregory
Gregory
National Guard
Central Receivings Hospital
Watts
No Man’s Land Central
Imperial Highway
Don Smith
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Dans
Rivers Urges Prep to Hit China If Vietnam Moves
House Armed Services Chair Rep. Mendel Rivers says the United States must be ready to attack Mao Zedong's homeland with full arsenal if Red Chinese troops enter Vietnam. He stops short of a nuclear strike, warning China could not be stopped with a popgun.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. L
Mendel Rivers
United States
Peking
Viet Nam
Rivers
China
South Carolina
Democrat
Mao Tze-tung
Mao
Hartford
Conn
Don Edwards
D-Calif
Edwards
River
South Viet Nam
Red China
King Calls for Negotiations Over Viet Nam War
Dr Martin Luther King Jr says he may write to leaders in North Vietnam South Vietnam and Russia to urge negotiations and halt the war He suggests stopping bombings and rebuilding villages as a gesture of good faith He plans to send letters in two or three weeks and notes the Logan Act may apply but argues the letters would seek dialogue not direct negotiation
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Birmingham
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
King
White House
United Nations
North Viet Nam
Russia
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States
North
Viet Nam
SCLC
Ho Chi Minh
Chou En-lai
Red China
South Viet
Pare Twa
Viet Cong Soldier Reports Hardship From Duc Co Front
Viet Cong political officer Nguyen Chanh Ngoc describes shelling and air attacks near Duc Co. He cites hunger and illness crippling his unit, with half the force sick and limited medical supplies as comrades strive to endure and continue fighting.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Chanh
Ngoc
Viet Cong
Special Forces Iamp
Duc Co
Lam
Trung
Dinh
Heavy Ground Action Reported in Mekong Delta
Vietnamese forces claim about 156 Viet Cong killed in heavy ground fighting with 100 more estimate deaths from air strikes in a sweep 15 miles southwest of Can Tho. U.S. sources call the figures plausibly high with 38 air sorties and 70 buildings reported destroyed or damaged.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
U.S
Can Tho
Jand
Duc- Co-Pleiku
Viet Nam Highlands
Duc Co
Pleiku
Namese
Binh Thuan
Viet Nam
Freighter Lands After Safe Return From Vietnam Patrol
A KC97 freighter returned to Pease Air Force Base after a fire damaged its engine while aloft near Mt. Washington. The crew, led by Capt. Douglas Forsythe, reported shutting the engine and landed safely after a one hour flight. No injuries reported.
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Portsmouth
N.H
100Th
U.S
Pease Air Force Base
Lngine
Saigon
Vietight
Pease
Mt. Washington
Douglas Forsythe
Daniel Hoolihan
Don Rhode
Peter H. Griggs
Earl Edmisten
Naval Academy launches nationwide talent hunt campaign
At Annapolis the Naval Academy announced a new outreach using athletic recruiting methods to attract top students nationwide. Rear Adm. Draper L. Kauffman said the program will target National Merit Scholar semi finalists and other high scoring students who show leadership and strong academics. The effort complements existing athletic recruitment and focuses on the whole man concept.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Adm
Draper L. Kauffman
Naval Academy
Kauffman
Revolutionary Minister To Be Honored
The Rev Peter Powers a Vermont and New Hampshire clergyman whose sermons against England and Toryism drew threats will be honored with a plaque in Deer Isle on Saturday. Brig Gen Costas L Caraganis will lead the ceremony with Army Navy Air Force and National Guard representatives and Eugene E Powers of Chicago presenting the plaque. Powers helped found Dartmouth College and served as pastor at the First Congregational Church in Newbury and later founded the Vermont church.
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Deer Isle
Peter Powers
First Congregational Church
Newbury
England
George III
Nebuchanezzar
Eugene E. Powers
Chicago
Army
Air Force
Marines
Nation ‘al Guard
Costas L. Caraganis
94Th Command
Boston
U.S. Army
Continental Army
Powers
Dunstable
N.H
Martha Hale
Isaac Allerton
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard College
John Adams
John Hancock
Coos Valley
Vermont
New Hampshire
Dartmouth
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Alfred Street
I Communists
Tono Nien
Kaffuman
Biddeford High School
Biddeford Swimming Pool Fund
Rex
Brunswick
Auerbach Shoe Company
Camp Ellis
Royalton
West Street
Fernand Marcotte
St. Jean's Hall
Jefferson and
Adams Streets
Main and
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Jos. T. Letellier & Sons
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Royal R. Chretien Sales
WRR
Fea, Corp
Deering Lumber
Electrolux
Joseph Durfee
Wilbur Avenue
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