Demonstrators Disrupt Pittsburgh Traffic in Racial Tie Protest
Hundreds of demonstrators flooded Pittsburgh streets during peak hour demanding increased black representation in craft unions. In Lewiston Idaho a dramatic crush of police and hostages followed a high speed chase involving convict William Grooms, a reportedly blind man, and two other escapees, as authorities sought the missing third escapee and the owner of an abandoned pickup. The traffic jam snarled Golden Triangle transit as crowds of whites and blacks walked four abreast, blaring horns amid confusion.
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Pittsburgh
Lewiston
Idaho
Altowyn
William Grooms
Ferror
Grooms
Burt McGinnis
Richard Admyers
Orofine
William Jensen
Millionaire Promoter's Aid Fuels White Lake Festival Debacle
In New York John Roberts and partner Rosenman disclose about 1 million dollars from Roberts family to cover festival debts at White Lake New York. Crowd overran tickets at the event while law and city officials blamed logistical failures and safety concerns. Demonstrators clashed with police and contractors at Pittsburgh construction sites amid tense demonstrations and court orders.
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New York
John Roberts
White Lake
N.Y
Roberts
Joel Rosenman
Young Roberts
Wondslick Ventures
Rosenman
Stoberts
Ilegitimate
Woolstock Ventures
The
Democratic Assn
Three Rivers Stadium
Sailor Goes Missing After Hurricane Debbie
AP report says solo sailor Bill Verity has not been heard from since Hurricane Debbie veered his course. Verity, Fort Lauderdale, attempting to sail home from Ireland in a 20 foot vessel, was helped by a coast guard cutter east of Puerto Rico. He refused to abandon the voyage and was urged to seek safety as ships in the area watched for him.
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Miame
Bill Verity
Debbie Siept Neross
Coast Guard
Fort Lauderdale
Japan
Ireland
Puerto Rico
Hone
Moon cannot bear fire on its old planet
A playful aside notes that the moon would struggle to support fire, suggesting even in a grand cosmic setting the idea is impractical and humorous.
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Pune
Judge Refuses Files To Hoffa's Attorneys
CHATTANOOGA IPI reports a federal judge refused to turn over portions of the top secret June file and related government eavesdropping documents to James Hoffa's lawyers. Judge Frank Wilson ruled the materials do not affect Hoffa's bid for a new trial on jury tampering charges.
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Chattanooga
IPI
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Mier
Frank Wilson
Freighter sinks with 24 missing near Sydney coast
An Australian freighter rolled in a gale about 250 miles north of Sydney and sank before dawn. Twenty four crew members were missing as the coast guard launched searches and rescue operations.
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Sidney
Sydney
German Foreign Minister Wants West German Astronauts on Mars
Willy Brandt told a West German Social Democratic rally that Germany should join the United States in the first Mars landing. He questioned why West Germany should be bypassed in such daring space exploration amid growing U S Soviet cooperation.
Angry wife crashes car kills husband and son in Los Angeles
Police report Bonnie Bradford, 26, drove a car into a motorcycle carrying her husband Charles Bradford, 27, and their 3 year old son Kyle. The collision occurred after the vehicle chased the motorcycle for several blocks, injuring Kyle fatally and leaving passenger Dale Johnson in critical condition.
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Angeles
Bonniee/Bradford
Charles
Kyle
Bradford
Dale Johnson
Man crosses Lake Michigan in bathtub to safety
Wintor Jackson, 32, of East Lansing, Michigan, sailed a bathtub across Lake Michigan to Wisconsin, after coast guard searches for him due to a missing person report. With a dying battery and broken antenna, he rode out 14 1 2 hours alone, communicating only briefly with a shore han operator before reaching Manitowoc. He praised the crowd as he landed and noted prior attempts were hampered by high waves. his craft is registered as a one passenger pleasure boat with a 20 horsepower motor and about 1000 dollars of radio gear.
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Tremah Watson
Lewiston
Lennard Ortega
Hie
Salmon
Riggins
Wallkill
Young Roberts
Manitowoc
Wis
Michigan
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Wintor Jackson
East Lansing
Coast Guard
Siemilewide Lake
Ackson
Lardington
Jackson
Lidington
Gasoline Lake Pumps Away in Virginia Flood
A gasoline lake filled flooded western Virginia after heavy rain from Hurricane Camille sent fuel into sewers as guards sealed a 29 block area in Richmond. Firefighters pumped the gasoline into sinks while rescue crews searched mud coats for the dead as authorities planned river searches beyond Richmond. Hopewell reported hundreds of dead animals but no human bodies found in the river.
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Richmond
Virginia
Oak Teast
Titchmond
James
East ‘Guard
Oast Guard
Hopewell
Dover
Autopsy Petition in Kopechne Case Studied by Court
Wil KRR-RARRE, Pa AP A judge Monday considered a move to dismiss a request by District Attorney Edmund Dinis of New Bedford Mass for an autopsy on Mary Jo Kopechne s body The Kopechnes of Berkeley Heights oppose the autopsy saying Pennsylvania lacks jurisdiction as no crime occurred there The judge said a ruling may come after mediation with the Kopechnes and no hearing date was set yet for Dinis petition
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Wil Krr-Rarre
Lonk Winder
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kope Dinis
Lal Edgartown
Kapechne
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Larksville
Bernard Braninski
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Meights
Pennsylvania
Joseph Mhinagan
Wilkes Bates
Kopechne
Htt Techase
Minis
Criminal Courts of
Peron
Mlanagan
Commonwealth
Managin
Shold Rayeet
Dinis
Fernaniles
Equity
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Peck
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U.S. Steel Corp
Byrd Brown
National Assn. For
Public Safety
James Cortese
Pote Dal For Violence." A Study By the Mayor's Commission On Human Relations
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Elkader
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Clayton County
Iraq
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Bagdad
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Cairo
Invalian Arab League
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Jerusalem
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Meir Shamgar
Shamgar
Michael Rahen
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Lebanon
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Male Il Io
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