Civil rights marchers surge into Milwaukee South Side
A 1500 strong NAACP Youth Council march led by Dick Gregory and Rev James Groppi moves from St Boniface to city hall. Police accompany with limited interference after mayoral order amid clashes earlier in the week. Crowds in the South Side respond with noise but the mood is calmer than prior nights.
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Milwaukee
South Side
Dick Gregory
James Groppi
Milwaukee Youth Council
the National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Wisconsin Avenue
SI Main Street
St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church
City Hall
Voting in Vietnam Observers assess 1967 election
Gov. Thomas McCall of Oregon notes mixed success in Vietnam's national vote. Observers visited 8,808 polling places serving over 5.85 million voters, with an expected 80 percent turnout. The system included universal suffrage for 18 plus. concerns over potential manipulation persist as ballots were cast in wartime.
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Gov
Thomas McCall
Oregon
Johnson
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Thieu Votes in South Vietnam Election Promises Peace Message
Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu voted Sunday in South Vietnam's elections and pledged, if elected, to send a peace message to Hanoi proposing a meeting. Voters chose among hundreds of candidates on 11 presidential and 48 senatorial tickets in the polling booth.
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Saigonap
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Part of Man's Leg Found in Sinkhole Probe
Searchers probing a sinkhole for Cecil Davis missing with his horse since Aug. 14 pulled part of a leg from an underground stream after dynamite work. Deputies said they hope to recover the rest. Davis had just returned from Army Reserve duty and planned to enter Central Florida Junior College.
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Trenton
Fla
Gilchrist County
Alvin Akin
Cecil Davis
Akin
Davis
Central Florida Junior College
Chuckle on parenting: from walking to quiet years
A witty observation notes how early years teach children to walk and talk, while the following years emphasize sitting down and being quiet. The quip reflects on parental expectations and social norms in child development.
Secret counterfeiting equipment seized in Cedar Rapids
Counterfeiting gear including two offset presses a plate maker and a camera valued at 233 500 dollars was found stored at a secret Cedar Rapids location on Saturday. Officials expect a preliminary hearing Wednesday. The equipment is now government property.
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Cedar Rapids
U. S
K. W
Two Cedar Rapids Men Arrested in Waterloo for Passing Counterfeit Bills
Secret Service agents and Waterloo police arrested J. W. Lee Grant, 37, of 2020 Glassroad NE, and Lee Joseph Gearhart, 35, of 524 Eighth Street SE after confiscating bogus ten, twenty, fifty and one hundred dollar bills. They face a government complaint charging attempted to pass and publish counterfeit money.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Secret Service
J. W. “Lee” Grant
Glassroad NE
Lee Joseph Gearhart
Eighth Street
Atom Smasher in West Virginia Hills by Students
Seven college students near Fairmont are piecing a cyclotron from scavenged parts in a warehouse, pursuing nuclear research. They insist they are not building a bomb and have faced disbelief from locals and officials. The project began in high school and has drawn interest from President Kennedy, who offered polite but no aid.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
George Messenger
Albert Criss
Messenger
Criss
David Haines
John Probst
Stephen Kramer
James Williams
Toby Hensley
Kennedy
West Virginia University
Williams
Hong Kong Builds Fence Against Potential Refugee Influx
The British began a barbed wire barrier along 10 miles of the Hong Kong border with Red China to deter a possible flood of migrants from Kwangtung province amid reports of fighting in Canton. Officials fear untrained refugees could strain the colony’s economy as rail links halt and reports from Moscow and Canton vary. The fence acts as a secondary defense and recalls the 1962 refugee crisis when about 200,000 Chinese entered Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Red
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Canton
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Kwangtung
New Territories
Drive to Cut Tax Increases Faces Rugged Path
A congressional drive to tighten exemptions and close tax loopholes aims to reduce or end the need for a general tax increase. Key targets include the oil depletion allowance and the tax on inherited capital gains. House Ways and Means holds hearings. reform supporters seek a quick bill, while a Senate amendment path looms.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Senate
Dominick Daniels
Dn.j
Daniels
Fires rage across Northwest as winds hinder rain hopes
An enormous firefighting effort battles Sundance Mountain and Trapper Peak fires in Idaho and near the Canadian border. Hundreds of bulldozers and thousands of men respond as winds gust to 50 mph threaten Bonners Ferry and trap crews. One bulldozer operator dies north of Sandpoint. Foresters call the season the worst since 1910 with forced evacuations and possible military help.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
North Idaho Panhandle
U.S. Forest Service
Kootenai River
Bonners Ferry
Sundance Mountain
Spokane
Trapper Peak
Sandpoint
Idaho
Lee Collins
Thompson Falls
Mont
Neal Rahm
Missoula
Sundance
Forest Service
Pack River
Coolin
Woman Motorist Strikes 24 At Jersey Market
Englishtown New Jersey police report a woman driver struck 24 people at a Farmers Market after her car crashed into a truck and sped forward injuring nine including a 9 year old boy in serious condition at Jersey Shore Medical Center. Dorothy Schulke of Camden was questioned and released with no charges yet filed as investigations continue.
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Englishtown
N.J
Jersey Shore Medical Center
William Higgins
Spotswood
William, Jr
Dorothy J. Schulke
Camden
Central
Jersey
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