Grand jury vindicates officers in Jackson State riot
A Hinds County grand jury found officers used only necessary force during the Jackson State College violence. It credited police and patrolmen with firing only after being fired upon and noted some rifle fire came from nonofficers. The report urged tear gas use earlier to quell the riot at Alexander Hall.
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Berkeley Roundup Clears Out Teen Drifters From Coast to Coast
Berkeley police raid vacant stores and illegal apartments as hundreds of wandering youths under 18 are picked up and sent home by plane. About 192 are from outside California with others from New York Michigan and France. Parents often say yes they asked but were unsure.
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Thunderstorms bring relief to some areas
Thunderstorms sweep across the nation easing smog in several cities. Cooler conditions touch the Northern Plains to the Pacific Northwest while severe storms lash the Washington area and Maryland with hail high winds and rain. Over 3.5 inches drenched Cleveland causing outages and damage. An airport in Lansing saw a hangar door lifted and planes damaged as 60 to 70 mph winds roared through.
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Polk schools set to open August 31 1970
Polk Public Schools Superintendent Walter Nielsen announces the 1970-71 term will start August 31 with pupil registration August 25-26 and faculty workshops August 27-28. New hires include Eugene Origiesen principal and teachers Harry Brown Connie Killigas Andrea Thorpe Beth Hansen Trene Sundberg Hazel Hill and more. Returning staff include Laurence Swanson Dennis Johnson Gary Warden Ronald Foote Helen Eriksen Jean Nielsen Nyberg Mildred Sterner Lucile Saylor Janice Saylor and Evelyn Gissler among others.
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Jean Nielsen
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Omaha Police Hold Man in Shooting of Samuel Ashford
Omaha police held George JeCtine, 24, on suspicion of shooting with intent to kill after Sam Ashford, 28, was found wounded in the northern city. Ashford was in critical condition at Douglas County Hospital.
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Officials seize contraband from ships at Kaohsiung harbour
Customs officials and police report no luxury liners docked at Kaohsiung port seized $25,000 worth of contraband goods including herb medicines believed smuggled from mainland China. More than 300 passengers, mostly from the United States, were aboard the Liberian flag ships Oriental Esmeralda and Oriental Carnaval.
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Grim triple homicide found in Queens car blaze
In Queens a gold Cadillac yielded three charred male bodies found in the back seat after a 2:30 a.m. blaze. Firefighters identified the car as burned through with the victims believed dead before escape. Police and medical examiners investigated motive and identity, withholding owner details pending identification.
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Richardson Pushes Family Assistance Terms to Senators
Secretary Elliott Richardson seeks use of "family assistance" instead of "on welfare" to describe aid. He argues 24 million eligible for family assistance does not equal 24 million on welfare. Critics warn Nixon bill would swell welfare rolls. Javits and Harris push liberal amendments for higher payments.
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Man Killed By Concrete Slab At Red Oak Plant
Guy Bush of Kansas City Missouri died after a concrete slab fell on him while he worked with a crew cutting a door through a concrete wall at Earners Mercantile in Red Oak. He died in Omaha hospital about three hours later from massive stomach and pelvis injuries. Madame Chang Kai-shek was graduated from Wellesley College in 1917.
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Charles tops Expo 70 as most popular foreign visitor
The Tokyo Shinbun named Prince Charles the most popular foreign visitor among about 100 VIPs at Expo 70. The list also included Duke and David Eisenhower, and the president’s daughter and son-in-law.
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Consolidated Edison stock slips on Wall Street trading
Consolidated Edison faced demand problems amid a hot spell while its stock fell 1 percent to 224 6, the lowest since 1949. The Dow edged higher by 4.11 points to 735.56 as volume rose. the UPI market indicator gained 0.60 percent, and NYSE volume reached 12.58 million.
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