Rioting in East St Louis After Brown Speech
In East St Louis a riot broke out by more than 150 youths eight blocks from H. Rap Brown’s Lincoln High School speech. Roosevelt Young, 18, was shot by police while fleeing arrest. a police officer was stabbed and Lt. Fred Sanders injured. Dozens of fires, looting, and multiple arrests followed as officers tried to restore order.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
UPI
H. Rap Brown
Roosevelt Young
Young
Charles Calais
Calais
Ernest Bovinette
St. Clair County
Fred Sanders
Sanders
Raymond Bischoff
Brown
Lincoln High School
America
Bischoff
Gordon Thalls
New York Teachers Resign En Masse Over Contract Dispute
In New York City the opening of the fall term saw about 55,000 public school teachers largely stay away amid a contract dispute with the Board of Education. Secret balloting yielded 12 333 to 2 523 against a $125 million two year deal. Albert Shanker called it a mass resignation or 9 percent effective and stated he had 38,000 resignations ready. He joined a picket line at a Manhattan high school as talks continued past 5 am.
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New York
Board of Education
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio United Federation of Teachers
Shanker
Manhattan
George Romney
Detroit
Holland Education Assn
Supreme Court
Boyne City
Holland
Ottawa County
A.m
Raymond Smith
Smith
Gazette Classifieds Win Iowa Press Association Honors
The Gazette classified advertising department won first prize for the best want ad promotion in a continuing campaign urging readers to use the paper for garage sale ads. The Sioux City Journal took second in that category, with further second-place finishes in automobile and real estate advertising contests. The Gazette also earned first prize for general excellence in a news competition among IDPA member papers.
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Edal Rapids News
Gazette
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Sioux City Journal
Gazette Classified Department
Newton Ter News
Town City Press-Citizen
Idpa Imember
Five spectators ousted after dropping peace leaflets in Senate
Five people were escorted from the Senate gallery after dropping leaflets over the railing as police moved in. Keith Lampre, identified as a Queens college reader, said the act aimed to urge Congress to declare peace and withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam. The leaflets named the National Mobilization Committee Direct Action Project and called for ending conscription and black-suppression policies.
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Washington
Senate
Keith Lampre
Queens College
New York City
Congress
U.S
Vietnam
National Mobilization Committee Direct Action Project
Fatal Riot At Station Over Rail Trouble
In Calcutta on Monday angry commuters attacked railway police after signaling system failure halted trains. Police fired on the crowd, killing one person and wounding ten others.
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Calcutta
Sihanouk Fires Pro-Peking Ministers in Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh dismissed two cabinet ministers aligned with Beijing as part of a crackdown on communist elements in Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Youngstown safety units end five day strike with wage deal
Police and firemen in Youngstown Ohio voted to accept a city wage package after a five day walkout. The offer includes a $25 monthly raise and $74 monthly tax levy increase, retroactive when workers return to duty if the levy passes in December. If the levy fails wage talks would reopen next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, Ohio
Mahoning County
Sidney Rigelhaupt
1967 Corn Crop Estimated at Record High
Washington UPI The agriculture department projected the 1967 corn crop at a record 4,693,917,000 bushels. The report also forecast record crops of soybeans and wheat.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Department
Beulah Hammers Dominican Republic Heads Toward Haiti
Hurricane Beulah battered the southern Dominican Republic with 125 mph winds and aimed west toward Haiti. Over 1,000 fled Barahona peninsula as the storm threatened the region and forecasters warned of heavy rains and flooding impacting Haiti and parts of Cuba and Puerto Rico.
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Miami
Beulah
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Barahona
Caribbean
Massif de Nord
Port Au Prince
Chloe
Doria
Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Robert Simpson
National Hurricane Center
Light Voting in Cedar Rapids School Election Slows
Extremely light turnout reported in Cedar Rapids school board race with 304 votes at 2 p.m. from 22 precincts out of 37. One precinct recorded only four votes as officials tallied results amid storm warnings and local disruptions.
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Cedar Rapids
West Coasts
Bever Park
Odilio
Tellado
St. Vincent
Martinique
Ponce
Puerto Rico
Beulah
Long Island Rail Strike Halts Most Long Island Trains
New York reporters describe a wildcat work stoppage by engineers that crippled Long Island Rail Road service during peak hours. Fewer than 20 trains ran in the morning, with roads clogged by commuters driving to work as injunctions move through court. The dispute stems from changes in work schedules tied to fall and spring reassignment plans.
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New York
Long Island
Lfew
Brotherhood O Locomotive Engineers
North Viet Port Gets First Raid On Cam Pha
North Vietnamese regiments attacked Con Thien daylight, beaten back by Marines. U S planes heavily bombed Cam Pha, a key coal port. Marine casualties were 34 killed and 185 wounded. about 350 enemy dead. Rescue and heroism stories noted.
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North Viet
Saigon
Con Thien
Cam Lo
Michael Stanka
San Diego
Five compete for four seats on city school board
Incumbents Ernest Pence Waldo Berger and Barnes O Donnell seek re election along with appointee Robert Barker aiming for a full three year term and non board member T Milton Nelson. The ballot also includes two public measures seeking approval to spend about 250000 in accumulated funds.
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Ernest Pence
Waldo Berger
Barnes O’donnell
Robert Barker
T. Milton Nelson
Rocket Surgery Heroics At Navy Hospital
In a Danang field hospital a tense operation saved S April Raymond Hutton after a stray rocket impaled his leg. Lt Cmdr David Taft a Columbus Ohio doctor performed the 26 minute amputation and saved his life promising recovery and return to duty.
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South Vietnam
Hutton
Taft
Daniel Henry
Biddeford
Maine
Henry
First Fire Delights Chuckle Families This Season
A humorous note from Chuckle Families celebrates the joy of the season’s first fire and warns the second fire loses some charm if the damper is forgotten, a light anecdote on cozy hearths and routine.
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N.Y
Mary Ellen Riordan
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Jeducation
State Supreme Court
Michigan Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Dennis Crosby
William Pinderhughes
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Marion
Sah
Phow DE Gaulle
de Gaulle
Warsaw
Poland
France
Europe
Youngstown
U.S. Base
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I Long Island
Brooklyn
Queens
Crater Rescue
Andrew Debona
Evensburg
Debona
Harry Alderman
Clobis
Calif
Thomas McHugh
St. Louis
Swithin
Alderman
McHugh
John Wayne
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Turkistan
Air
North Vietnam
By Richard Oliver
U. S
Edinburgh
William Howard Taft
Robert Tafts
Ohio
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