Oakland schools close as violence erupts in lunch hour
In East Oakland disruptions spread to Castlemont and downtown as 150 youths roamed stores and smashed windows after a Tuesday night riot. Police restored order, a curfew was reimposed, and the Ad Hoc Committee faced blame for provoking the clash amid a three day student boycott.
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Stuart S. Phillips
Oakland
Philips
East Oakland
Castlemont
Daniel Hickey
Tlose Marke
East
Ad Hoc Committee
Dist. Atty
Frank Coakley
Superintendent of Schools
Bay
San Fran
Rally at City Hall protests San Francisco rioting impact
Off duty firemen and union representatives rallied at City Hall to protest treatment of police and firemen after a white officer shot a teenage Negro youth fleeing a stolen car. Rioting followed in Hunters Point and two Negro districts, with 19 arrests. One shop owner, Joseph Huber, 60, remained hospitalized with a slashed face. Swift police action and a curfew held the unrest to one night.
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Cisco
Teamsters and
Bartenders
City Hall
Hunters Point
San Francisco
Oakland
Ralph J. Capolungo
Fruitvale
Joseph Huber
Rain Drenches Area Injuring Five in Five Accidents
A 2.33 inch rainfall caused five accidents on the Merritt Parkway and Connecticut Turnpike in Fairfield County. In Greenwich Peter McNee was injured when his car skidded into a center divider and was later treated. he received a warning for driving too fast for conditions. Four Hamden residents were injured in a single crash near Frenchtown Road in Trumbull. driver Cynthia Wilson, 18, and passengers were treated for head injuries and cited for failing to stay in an established lane. Florida? Australia is looking for men to run mines.
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Indiana
Westport
Merritt Parkway
Connecticut Turnpike
Fairfield County
Greenwich
Peter McNee
Miller Lane
Riverside
Indian Field Road
Greenwich Hospital
John Anderson
McNee
Hamden
Frenchtown Road
Loverpass
Trumbull
St. Vincent's Hospital
Cynthia Wilson
Janet Toscano
Patricia Penaud
Patricia Cashman
John J. Guerin
Miss Wilson
Bridgeport
Transportation forum outlines $60 million rail plans and road needs
Donahue outlines future travel needs including Tri-State plan to extend the New Haven line to Manhattan with possible 59th Street stop. He warns highway replacement if rail abandons would cost nearly $1 billion. Mitchell cites Connecticut road safety ahead of national rates and notes Merritt Parkway modernization and potential widening using existing right of way.
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Donahue
Forum On
Connecticut
Tri-State Transportation Committee
New Haven Railroad
Manhattan
Grand Central Station
59Th Street
Donohue
Robert G. Mitchell
Connecticut State Highway Department
Mitchell
Merritt Parkway
William C. McInnes
Fairfield University
City leaders hear on roads as vital to growth
A daytime forum compared today’s urban centers with the past and stressed roads as arteries of city systems. William S. Simpson of Raybestos-Manhattan chaired yesterday’s session attended by business, industry, government and education leaders. Mayor Curran will chair the next Community Forum November 16 at 3:30 p.m. at Fairfield University Campus Center with the topic The Outlook for Business and Politics in 1967 in the Bridgeport Area.
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William S. Simpson
Raybestos - Manhattan, Inc
Curran
Fairfield University
Bridgeport
Banking Plums Charged by GOP Leader in New Haven Meriden
The GOP banking charge sheet names John M. Golden treasurer of General Bank & Trust Co. in Meriden and links Laur el Bank & Trust Co. to a Meriden charter hearing. Senate Majority Leader Louis I. Gladstone is cited as representing Lafayette Bank and Trust Co and as Democratic nominee for state comptroller.
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Gladstone
New Haven
Pinney
John M. Golden
John Bailey
General Bank & Trust Co
Meriden
Laurel Bank & Trust Co
Banking Commission
William Shea
House of Representatives
Senate
Louis I. Gladstone
Bridgeport
Lafayette Bank and Trust Co
Delta battle and helicopter losses amid cross fire and air strikes
In Delta fighting a medical evacuation helicopter was downed after Communist fire. Three of four crashed helicopters were recovered. Unofficial reports say no Viet Cong bodies found and casualty figures may be understated. U.S. and Vietnam Air Force jets and flare aircraft conducted intense operations. Ground action elsewhere saw 37 enemy soldiers killed. Bad weather reduced raids in North Vietnam to 44 missions. South Vietnam sorties reached 355 against Viet Cong camps and depots as North Vietnamese activity hints at a major attack timed with elections in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
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U.S
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
South Viet Nam
Saigon
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Viet Nam
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