Four men abduct coeds in Pa and kill star athlete
Jean Leister and Kenneth Frick were abducted after a roadside ride with four men. Frick, a Virginia Military Institute athlete, was shot and buried in a shallow cave mine near Mercer County. One suspect, Gary Batley, surrendered. warrants issued for three others on murder, rape, burglary and larceny charges.
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Slippery Rock College
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Virginia Military Institute
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Black nationalist convention drafts own independence plan
Delegates at a Detroit convention draft a declaration of independence for a separate Negro nation in five Southern states. The document calls prisoners of war for Black fighters and aims to form a government on land now part of the United States with negotiations, secession or military action.
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New Negro Nation
Son of Yale President Arrested in Martha's Vineyard Drug Raids
Kingman Brewster III, 20, son of Yale University President Kingman Brewster Jr., was arrested during raids on Martha's Vineyard that netted 20 youths. He was released on personal recognizance to appear in Dukes County District Court. The operation, led by Charles Regan of the Boston based Drug Abuse Control, followed a four month probe across all six island towns.
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Yale University
Jesse Oliver
Yale
Kingman Brewster, Jr
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Duke's County District
Hatch Road
Tisbury
Charles Regan
Federal Bureau of Drug Abuse Control
Boston
Students Yield At Bowie State After Negotiations
Bowie State students end a four hour campus boycott after talks with state and college officials. Attorney General Burch will visit Monday to investigate complaints and report findings to the state college board. Gov Agnew says no promises were made, but students expect action by Wednesday or protests to continue.
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Agnew
Annapolis
Wife Brings Comfort Amid Distressing Times
A lighthearted insight notes that a wife provides comfort to a husband during distressing times, contrasted with the loneliness a bachelor faces. The quip reflects domestic harmony as a source of support and cheer in tough moments.
Odds of Tax Audits Rise With Questionable Exemptions Highlighted
A IRS compilation shows about 3.1 million of 78.4 million returns audited last year with audits driven by questionable $600 exemptions, 27 percent of cases. Computer screening selects 90 percent by income and investment factors. 10 percent random. April 15 is the filing deadline.
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Washington
IRS
U S Overseas Employee Rolls To Be Cut In May
Washington reports that Johnson approved a plan to reduce U S government staff abroad by 12 percent from 22 757 to 20 0 0 0 0 0 0, with 3 177 foreign nationals also to be discharged. Savings target 12 15 million next fiscal year and 20 22 million annually thereafter. Five consulates will close as part of the plan across 24 nations including West Germany France Britain Japan and others.
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Memphis Curfew Quiet After Dusk to Dawn Enforcement
Memphis remained calm under a city curfew as national guardsmen patrolled downtown. Civil rights leaders called for a federal probe into the death of 16 year old Larry Payne amid clashes after a Martin Luther King march. A 6 year old boy, Alfred Jamison, was wounded by a pellet gun but not linked to the violence.
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National
Larry Payne
Martin Luther King
Alfred Jamison
Beale Street
King
James Lawson
Jesse Turner
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Payne
Lawson
Bakers Lose Membership Ruling With Church Panel
An 11 member Presbyterian panel upheld a presbytery conviction that stripped Prof and Mrs Joseph E Baker of membership at Iowa City First Presbyterian Church. Baker plans to appeal to the General Assembly meeting in Minneapolis in May. The couple were convicted January 31 for disrupting peace and unity during a fight to save the 102 year old church building in Iowa City.
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Presbyterian Church
Presbytery
Joseph E. Baker
Iowa City
Man Is Scooped Up By Street Sweeper
In New Orleans a Chicago man, Joseph Nathan Peters, 29, was knocked into Bourbon Street in a Saturday scuffle and sucked up by a street sweeping machine for three blocks before being dropped. Peters is hospitalized in undetermined condition with a possible broken leg. three youths are being sought by Patrolman Peter Dale.
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Chicago
Burbon Street
Joseph Nathan Peters
Peters
Peter Dale
Dale
Arson Attacks Hit New York Department Stores
Four Manhattan stores faced minor fires from crude Molotov cocktails as employees quickly contained blazes at Gimbels Bloomingdale’s and S Klein, with Macy’s thwarting a failed attempt. No injuries or panic occurred. FBI declined comment on Chicago link.
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