National guards quell Chicago West Side riot zone
National guardsmen joined police to restore relative peace in a riot scarred West Side district. About 3,800 troops and police patrolled 140 square blocks, with orders to shoot to kill if fired upon. Mayor Daley blamed King aides for violence. King defended the call as necessary to quell rioting.
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Chicago
National Guardsmen
West Side
Richard Daley
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
King
Daley
National Guard
Board Acts To Cut Air Traffic Jam
The Civil Aeronautics Board authorized 13 supplemental airlines to fly nearly 100 routes affected by a strike. They will begin taking reservations immediately on major coast to coast routes for 30 days with potential amendments or cancellations. The CAB had previously allowed affected scheduled airlines to add flights, but officials say more capacity is needed in unserved areas.
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Francis Kane
Kane
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Riers
CAB
Supplemental Airlines
NE Iowa Youth 17 Found Dead on Road
Lyle Burke 17 of rural Dorchester died after being struck on highway 13 about 30 miles north of Waukon. A car driven by Mrs. David Schutte of Postville hit the youth around 4 45 a m while he walked home from Waukon. His body was taken to a La Crosse hospital for autopsy and will be returned to Bakke Hanson funeral home.
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Waukon
Lyle Burke
LaCrosse
Young Burke
James Burke
Dorchester
Theodore Rumph
Highway 13
David Schutte
Postville
Bakke-Hanson Funeral Home
Gandhi Wins Soviet Aid Amid Peace Talks Friction
In Moscow Indira Gandhi sealed a pledge of just under a billion rubles in Soviet aid for India's fourth five year plan while Moscow refused to discuss her peace bid for Vietnam. She said preconditions include halting bombing in North Vietnam and Geneva talks. Kosygin pressed for U S troop withdrawal as key to any settlement.
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Fhato Wilson
Moscow
Wilson
10 Downing Street
Kosygin
Vietnam
India
Kremlin
Indira Gandhi
New Delhi
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Geneva
China
Alexei Kosygin
Harold Wilson
Johnson Sends Condolences Over Manila Nurse Slayings
President Johnson cabled condolences to President Marcos regarding the Chicago slaying of eight nurses, two from the Philippines. Johnson said his daughter Luci, a student nurse, shared in the sorrow as the tragedy struck families.
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Manila
Johnson
Marcos
Chicago
Philippines
Luci
Job seekers turn suspects in office theft
Pittsburgh AP report says two applicants during an interview at Humble Oil Co. stole a $600 camera from the office. James Sayer, assistant personnel manager, notified police Friday about the theft.
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Pittsburgh
James Sayer
Humble Oil Co
Philadelphia Firm Leases Montrose Hotel
The Montrose hotel premises in Cedar Rapids have been leased to Hofmann Hotel Co. of Philadelphia. Harold M. Becker announced the Philadelphia firm will operate the hotel starting Saturday with current staff retained. Hofmann runs Hotel Philadelphia in Philadelphia and Dinkler Tutwiler in Birmingham and Walt Whitman in Camden.
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Cedar Rapids News
Montrose Hotel
Hofmann Hotel Co
Philadelphia
Harold M. Becker
Montrose Hotel Co
The
Hofmann Company
Birmingham
Ala
Camden
N. J
Sheraton Hotel Corp
Judge Voids Coralville Annexation Ruling
Johnson County District Judge Clair Hamilton voided Coralville’s 1964 shoe string annexation of about a 70 acre strip south and west of the city. He found the September resolution invalid as key property owners and entities did not join the petition and noted Cole heirs signed under conditions of possible de annexation within 10 years. Territory cannot be severed by city owner agreements, he ruled.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Clair Hamilton
Coralville
Richard Burger
Highway Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Cole
Hamilton
Chuckleite Beach Attic Joke About Surprises
A light joke equatesGoing to the beach with visiting an attic, noting the surprise of what may be found in trunks.
Viet Reds Warned by Harriman on Captives
United Nations officials and Washington diplomats warned North Vietnam on Saturday that mistreatment or trials of captured Americans could trigger a broader war. Secretary-General U Thant urged restraint, while Roving Ambassador W Averell Harriman said such acts would change the war’s tone and risk wider escalation.
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Harriman
United Nations
U Thast
North Vietnam
Jack Bell
Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
U.S
Voice of America
Johnson
Hanoi Nuclear-Policy Message Prompts War-Wary U S Debate
Hanoi announced a 8 45 p m Saturday special transmission while refusing Red Cross access to captives and prisoner mail exchanges. Senators Aiken Mansfield and Vice President Humphrey warned that mistreatment of airmen could trigger strong American retaliation and threaten peace talks.
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Hanoi Radio
Iowa
International Red Cross Committee
Hanoi
Committee
Geneva
Aiken
R-Vic
U.S
North Vietnam
Senate
Mansfield
Mont
Humphrey
Police identify Richard Speck as the nurse killer
Chicago police say the reclusive Richard Speck, 25, is the killer of eight nursing students. Fingerprints match at the scene and tattoos are cited as identifying marks. A 60-detective task force probes area 2, with 50 interviews in Chicago and calls from 14 states about similar suspects. The survivor Corazon Amurao may confirm the slayer.
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Chicago
C. W. Wilson
Richard Speck
Speck
Wilson
Michael Spietto
Corazon Amarao
Amurao
Spiotto
Area 2
William McCarthy
McCarthy
Miss Amarao
Michael Spiotto
Fourth wife for Supreme Court Justice Douglas in Encino
William Douglas, 67, wed Cathleen Curran Heffernan, 23, a Portland sociology major, in a private Encino ceremony. The marriage followed news of his prior wife Joan Martin’s June nuptials and comes as a surprise on the same day as reports of another divorce.
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Los Angeles
U. S. Supreme Court
William Douglas
Portland
Ore
Cathleen Curran Heffernan
Encino
Pacific Northwest
Douglas
Yakima
Wash
Joan Martin
Miss Heffernan
Edward Silver
Silver
Miss Martin
Roger Nicholson
Great Falls
Mont
Santa Monica Superior Court
Edward Brand
Brand
Mildred
Mercedes Douglas
Mercedes
Washington, D. C
Robert Eicholz
Marines Reach Seven Miles From DMZ in Hast ings Drive
U S Marines push toward the North Vietnam border in Operation Hastings after dawn launch. Air power hits three oil depots and six missile sites in a record 121 missions. Ranger carrier planes survive Soviet missiles. one Skyhawk downed with pilot missing after heavy flak. Government troops suffer heavy Viet Cong ambush losses amid limited elsewhere fighting.
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Saigon
U. S
North Vietnam
Ranger
Hanoi
South Vietnam
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