Cleveland Racial Riot Leaves Fatality and Fires in Slum District
A Cleveland slum erupted in deadly race violence as a 25 year old Negro woman was shot dead and several others wounded during clashes between police and rioters. Ten buildings burned while firebombs rocks and bricks flew as authorities tried to quell the outbreak. Similar riots occurred in New York Jacksonville and Brooklyn with injuries to civilians and officers and police on heightened alert.
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Cleveland
New York
Jacksonville
Fla
Brooklyn
City Hall
Chicago
National Guard
Harlem
Cuba Hit by Widespread Blackouts, Cuba Radio Says
Havana radio attributes Cuba power problems to breakdowns of power plant equipment causing increasing blackouts and low voltage across most of the country.
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Miami
Cuba
Havana Radio
Inheritance Dream Marred by Government Sale Rumor
A humor brief recalls a merchant lamenting that his son could not inherit the business as the government allegedly acted first. The quip frames a bitter joke about unexpected state intervention.
Johnson asks Congress to curb non-defense outlays
President Johnson urged members of Congress to hold non-defense spending to his recommended levels. He warned that without cuts, deficits could rise or taxes increase. He noted add-ons may total $1 billion now, possibly $5-$6 billion more, and Vietnam funding will require a substantial supplemental appropriation.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Appropriations
Capitol Hill
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Johnsson
Vietnam
Bank Official Vanishes Seizing $500000 From Fontana Bank
Roger Williams 27, an assistant cashier at Security First National's inland division in Riverside, faces a federal theft charge after vanishing with his two daughters Rochelle and Kelley. Bank vault access, missing money orders, and a jammed vault delayed discovery. FBI seeks Williams and the children. Williams is described as 5'10" 180 pounds with blue eyes and brown hair.
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Fontana
Calif
UPI
Security First National Bank
Roger Williams
Rialto
Security First National
Inland
Riverside
Mrs. Williams
Williams
FBI
Budget Deficit Shrinks to 2.3 Billion Under Johnson
President Johnson announced the latest bookkeeping year shows a federal budget deficit of 2.3 billion, the lowest since he took office. Spending totaled 106.9 billion while revenue reached 104.6 billion, against an earlier forecast of 6.4 billion for the 1966 fiscal year ending June 30.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Johnson Sets News Conference For Wednesday
Johnson will hold a news conference at 3 p.m. Iowa time on Wednesday. The event will be available for live television and radio broadcasts.
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Washington
Johnson
Iowa
Help By Javits Klein Says Help From Javits
Julius Klein testified before a senate ethics hearing that Senator Javits aided him with West German clients, while insisting only Senator Dodd received a detailed memo. He cited Javits as indoctrinated on the issue and defended his actions as seeking correction of distortions from German press coverage.
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Washington
Julius Klein
Sen
Dodd
D-Conn
West Germany
Javits
R-N.y
Senate
Klein
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Dodd
Germany
New Yorker
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Benjamin Fern
Bipartisan Committee
John Sonnell
Marines Hold Off Red Waves in Hastings Action
Two U S marine platoons fought off a large North Vietnamese assault for four hours while covering a withdrawal of the battalion during Operation Hastings. Casualties were heavy on the enemy side, with U S pilots continuing strikes on oil depots and reserves as Marines withdrew to new positions.
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Bruce Martin
Hue
Martin
Jackson
Ala
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Baden
17Th Parallel
Henry
North Vietnamese to try captured U.S. pilots
Paris dispatch quotes North Vietnamese ambassador in Peking saying pilots will be tried as war criminals by Vietnamese law. He gave no start date but said trials would be by the people amid Washington warnings on Hanoi’s stance.
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Paris
Peking
U.S
Washington
Hanoi
Public Meeting On Dutch Elm Disease In Cedar Rapids
A public information meeting on the Dutch elm disease problem will be held at 7 30 p m today in the Memorial Coliseum Armory. Slide pictures will illustrate the disease and its focal situation. Iowa State University entomologist Harold Gunderson will be the main speaker, followed by a question period.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State University
Governor Asked To Remit Fines Against Amish
In Des Moines the Amish Hazleton group seeks mercy from Gov. Hughes to wipe fines for not sending children to state approved schools. Fines total 4,370 dollars against 13 fathers. court costs amount to 2,1945 dollars which the governor cannot cancel.
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Des Moines
API
Hazleton
Harold Hughes
Hughes
William Sindlinger
Cedar Falls
March for indoor plumbing in Des Moines marchers demand
In Des Moines a privately financed slum improvement group plans a Saturday Capitol march to demand indoor plumbing for about 400 Southeastern district families. Led by Ross Peterson the protesters will use the Capitol toilets to dramatize their plea and submit demands for free plumbing and water and sewer lines installation.
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Des Moines
State Capitol
Ross Peterson
Southeast Side Summer Project
Capitol
Peterson
Survivor recalls nurses massacre by killer Speck
Philippine consul general cites account from Corazon Amurao one of eight student nurses killed by Richard Speck in Chicago. Amurao, the sole survivor, hid under a bed as Speck strangled or stabbed eight. American students urged restraint, hoping quiet would keep intruder calm. Prosecutors impose strict security and courtroom rules.
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Chicago
Philippines
Corazon Amurao
Generoso Provido
Amurao
Provido
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John W. Young
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