Grenada Officials Face Civil Rights Crackdown After Attacks
Federal sources report eight white men arrested in Grenada for leading segregationist assaults on Negro children and newsmen with possible five more arrests pending. Judge Claude Clayton ordered protection of Black students and cited police failures while Grenada officials faced contempt for ignoring court orders. Civil rights leaders plan four daytime marches as Hosea Williams links housing and wages to equal justice.
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Miss
Claude Clayton
Oxford
Clayton
Brady Carroll
Carroll
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Mississippi
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U N Security Members May Contribute to Peacekeeping
The Soviet Union and Hungary are expected to make voluntary contributions soon to ease the U N peacekeeping deficit. Informants say the gifts could come within one or two weeks to fulfill commitments made over a year ago as the General Assembly prepares to open.
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Soviet Union
Hungary
U.N
General Assembly
U.S
France
Body of Missing C R Airman Wells Found in Greenland
The body of Cedar Rapids airman Grover E. Wells was found on Kronborg Glacier in Greenland, five years after the Neptune plane crash near Keflavik. Wells, 24, served as aviation ordnanceman and left behind his wife Nancy and two daughters Wanda Lee and Marjorie, with other relatives.
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Cedar Rapids
Grover E. Wells
Kronborg
Greenland
Wells
U.S. Navy
Keflavik
Iceland
Defense Department
Neptune
McKinley School
Navy
Robert E. Wells
N St. SW
Portland
Ore
Wanda Lee
Marjorie
Nancy
Jacksonville
Fla
Bob
Donina
Carol
Roger
Indonesian Team to U.N. Faces Return Unclear
General Suharto said a team of Indonesian observers will attend the U.N. session opening Tuesday in New York. It was not yet clear whether Indonesia would definitely return to the world body this year.
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Jakarta
Suharto
Indonesia
U.N
New York
Flood Displaces 50000 as Rain Ravages Dacca
Firemen and police evacuated almost 50,000 people from a flood swamped section of Dacca after 42 hours of rain. The bodies of a woman and a child were recovered from a flooded home.
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Dacca
Pakistan
Four NE Iowa Teens Injured by Shotgun Incident
Special to The Gazette four teenagers were injured Friday evening when a shotgun discharged. In Oelwein Hospital Diane Larson 15 Jane Beckner 15 and Curt Corcoran 15 Hazleton and Larry Graf 17 Hazleton were treated. Graf was transferred to Rochester Minnesota in serious condition with pellets hitting his upper arm. Larson had pellets in head arm and leg while Beckner suffered wounds from head to knee and Corcoran remained in good condition with shock. Authorities said the youths were at the Corcoran home southwest of Hazleton.
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Oelwein
Diane Larson
Jane Beckner
Curt
Corcoran
Hazleton
Larry Graf
Oelwein Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Graf
Miss Larson
Peking Moves Troops to Canton to Curb Red Guards
Hong Kong AP reports Peking sent regular troops into Canton to curb violence by Red Guards as clashes with Canton guards intensified. Army patrols, likely ordered from Beijing, aimed to restrain protests while cross-border guards described tighter discipline and attempts to avert excessive force.
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Peking
Canton
Hong Kong
South China
Neighbors Rally To Aid Man Revealed as Killer
Plains Texas residents circulate a clemency petition for Leamon Lemley a convicted slayer who vanished from an Alabama prison in 1944 and has lived on a Texas farm for two decades. The petition seeks mercy citing remorse and multiple signatures from local officials and community leaders.
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Killer
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Alabama
West
Texas
Leamon Lemley
Connally
Wallace
Cayce
Lemley
Pope Plans World War Peace Month Encyclical
The Vatican announced Pope Paul VI will issue an encyclical Monday dedicating October as a world wide month of prayer for an end to the Vietnam War. The pontifical document invites all faithful to intensified prayers for peace and notes October is traditionally Marian.
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Vatican
Paul VI
Vietnam
Paul
Holy Father
Chuckle Caption Joke About Gardening Wife
A humorous caption features a man with a kink in his back telling a sympathetic neighbor that his wife loves gardening and would rather see him do that than anything else. Copyright humor tag.
Gasoline bombs strike shops in Rhodesia blaze
Africans lobbed gasoline bombs at a four shop block near Salisbury on Friday night, causing a fire that gutted the building.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Cedar Rapids Man Killed When Truck Hits Train
Jay N Dryden 35 of 571% in Street SW died early Saturday after his panel truck struck a westbound freight train at the North Western crossing on J Street SW. He died from impact with the train at St Luke's hospital. The crash occurred around 2 23 am as Dryden, driving south toward home, hit the second diesel unit. The train, about 30 mph, pushed the truck onto a parallel track. Police estimate $1500 damage to the truck and $200 to the engine. The crossing lacks flashing signals or a gate, prompting concern from Safety Commissioner Frank Bush.
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Cedar Rapids
Jay N.dryden
North Western Railroad
J Street
Dryden
St.Luke’s Hospital
Frank Bush
Crandic
North Western
Tri Quang Ends His Fast After 100 Days
In Saigon AP reports that Thich Tri Quang, a leading radical Buddhist figure, ended his 100 day fast after appeals by the Unified Buddhist Church. He remains hospitalized at Duy Tan clinic due to weakness from asthma and weight loss from 139 to 81.5 pounds. He began fasting in Hue on June 8 to protest Vietnam policy and was moved to Saigon under guard.
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U.N
Arthur Goldberg
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Saigon
Gromyko
New York
Vatican
Thich Tri Quang
An Quang
Duy Tan
Tri Quang
Hue
Vietnam
Johnson
Marines Hold Line Near Demilitarized Zone
Near the frontier demilitarized zone two U S Marines firms faced a battalion of North Vietnamese. Bravo and Delta companies of the Fourth Marine Regiment, outnumbered about three to one, received air and artillery support as reinforcements advanced. The action aimed to push Hanoi’s infiltrators from Quang Tri province while pilots reported two air engagements over North Vietnam. Lt. Bernard Giere and Lt. Henry Knock were shot down, with one pilot missing and the other rescued. Premier Ky urged a rapid civilian transition as elections neared.
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Hanoi
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Bernard Giere
Chicago
Henry Knock
Akron
Ohio
Associated Press
Horst Faas
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