Bluefield UK Receives Federal Grant for Urban Renewal
The U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved 176 628 in federal funds to wind up operations on the Bluefield Avenue Urban Renewal project. The plan covers a 10 block stretch from Russell Street to Spruce Street across 45 acres with final redevelopment steps including selling remaining properties.
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Bluefield Avenue
Russell Street
Spruce Street
A. A. Modena
Bluefield
Bluefield UR
Army To Be Reduced By 13 000 Men In Vietnam Drawdown
The Nixon administration plans a 13 000 troop cut in Vietnam as part of a 25 000 man drawdown, with broader worldwide reductions to come. The Pentagon also requests an August draft call of 29 500, up 7 200 from July, citing higher replacement needs. About 15 000 of the 25 000 leaving Vietnam are Army, with around 8 000 not being replaced.
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Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Vietnam
Flood Devastates Red Boiling Springs Town After Cloudburst
A mountain creek overflowed its banks in Red Boiling Springs Tennessee with as many as ten missing and a drowning child. Five others were believed trapped in a house swept into the Barren River in nearby Allen County Kentucky. The town faced near total destruction of businesses as residents planned to rebuild after widespread flood damage.
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Red Boiling Springs
Tenn
Allen County
Kentucky
Middle
Tennessee
Bowling Green
United States
Willis Knight
Warren Court ends with two landmark rulings on searches and double jeopardy
The Supreme Court, at the close of the Warren era, issued a 6 2 ruling curbing warrantless home searches by restricting it to the arreste d person's immediate surroundings and belongings. It also strengthened the Fifth Amendment double jeopardy protection, extending guardrails against subsequent prosecutions to the states. Chief Justice Earl Warren retired and was succeeded by Warren E Burger.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren E. Burger
Warren Court
Ardy
Potter Stewart
Stewart
Hugo L. Black
SDS Splits After Chaotic 5 Day Convention In Chicago
The Students for a Democratic Society ended a five day Chicago convention with two rival factions claiming to be the real SDS. The regular faction elected Mark Rudd as national secretary, while Progressive Labor named John Pennington as its secretary and held its own sessions after Klonsky led the regulars out.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Mark Rudd
New York City
Michael Klonsky
Rudd
Columbia University
Progressive Labor Party
John Pennington
Boston
Harvard
Coliseum
Klonsky
Hall
West Side
Progressive Labor
Pennington
Patricia Forman
San Francisco State
Alan Spector
New England Region
U S Forces Move To Meet Viet Cong Threat Near An Loc
U S air and ground forces respond as 10 000 enemy troops ring An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon U S bombers strike suspected Viet Cong positions near An Loc and 8000 troops move from Ben Het toward the town The actions aim to disrupt pacification efforts and bolster the provisional government.
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U.S
Saigon
An Loc
South Vietnam
Tay Ninh
Ben Het
U.S. Green Berets
Central Highlands
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
Cambodia
Burger Becomes New Chief Justice Burger Becomes New Chief Justice
Earl Warren swore in as the 15th chief justice of the United States amid the transition from the Warren court. President Nixon praised Warren as a symbol of fairness and dignity, while Burger prepares to shape a potentially more restrained constitutional reading in the 1968 69 term.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
The
United States
Washington
Warren Earl Burger
Warren Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Burger
Four Crew Members Die as DC4 Crashes Into Miami Street
A Dominica Air Lines DC4 cargo plane with an engine fire attempted to return to Miami International Airport and crashed into a busy street, killing four crew members and six people on the ground. Twelve were injured. Eyewitnesses described wreckage over a four-block area with buildings damaged and cars burned.
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Miami
Fla
Miami International Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Dominica Air Lines
Federal Aviation Administration
36Th Street
75 People Hurt In Long Island Rail Crash At Penn Station
A Long Island Rail Road train apparently derailed on a wrong track and backed into another at Penn Station injuring 75 passengers. Service out of Manhattan was crippled during the evening rush and a Queens short circuit halted another LIRR train.
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New York
Long Island
Pennsylvania Station
Manhattan
Queens
Penn Station
Bluefield Marine Dies of Vietnam War Wounds
The Defense Department announced the death of 19 year old Cpl. Jackie L. Blankenship of 308 South Mercer Street Bluefield. He died Monday at the 106th General Hospital Yokohama Japan from wounds he received June 2 in Vietnam after three prior wounds.
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106Th General Hospital
Yokohama
Japan
Vietnam
Defense Department
Cpl
Jackie L. Blankenship
South
Mercer Street
Blankenship
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Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority
Bluefield Avenue Road
West Virginia State Road Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Modena
Washington, D. C
James Kee
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Tennessee Creek Hoods
Marks
LIRR
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