Rioting in Harvey Dover Seven Police Hurt in Clash Near Car Wash
Seven policemen and a Negro woman were injured in a late Tuesday night disturbance in Harvey Illinois as Negro youths clashed with officers. Curfew imposed, eight arrests reported, coroner rules homicide in a prior shooting, area patrolled by helmeted officers. injuries described as non fatal, with several treated at Ingalls Hospital.
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Chicago
Haines
Harvey
Dixmoor
Ingalls Hospital
Dalton
Shere
Erie County Fair Opens August 26th
Erie County fair in Wattsburg announces opening on Monday August 26 with days through Saturday. President Harold Hall cites grounds improvements, new stock car track, expanded grandstand seating near 12,000, and a $1 admission for all spectator events while under 12 admitted free.
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Erie County
Wattsburg
Harold Hall
Hall
Harry Burrows
Fair
Eldon Daniel
Union City to Salvage Summer Recreation Plan with State Reimbursement
Union City officials avert cuts to a summer recreation program after county commissioners declined a 2500 grant, then receive 1974 in overdue reimbursement from the State Department of Public Instruction for 1965 to 1968 free program supervision. Borough secretary Harry Smiley says corner cutting could finish the program.
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Union City
Union
State Department of Public Instruction
DPL
Harry Smiley
Borough Secret
Tary
Housewives Pay 2 Cents More On Bread
Bakers cite rising labor and materials costs as the reason for a two cent hike on white bread and a one to two cent increase on other loaf varieties sold by independent bakers while major stores deal with their own pricing.
Steel price crisis enters critical stage in steel industry
U S Steel announced price hikes on four items as Bethlehem and Pittsburgh Steel followed with broad increases amid government pressure. Analysts warn a delay beyond Thursday could lock in higher prices, forcing customers to pay new rates even if rolls back later.
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Piptsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Pittsburgh Steel
Ndustry
Bethlehem Steel
United Steelworkers
Johnson
Allies Hit Depot Kill 219 Viet Cong in Delta Clash
A U S South Vietnamese task force stormed a major Viet Cong supply depot in the Mekong Delta killing 219 enemy soldiers over a week of clashes. Allied casualties were light with six U S infantrymen and three Vietnamese marines wounded, no allied fatalities.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
U Minh Forest
U.S. Navy
Sth
South Vietnam
da Nang
Leathernecks
Bennink to Fill Gap as Y Director
Mrs. Clifford Buesinks president of the Cory YMCA board announced Max Bennink will be acting interim director at the Y during August. The Y has lacked a director since Richard Dittman resigned and the Vacancy Committee interviews candidates for a permanent replacement. Bennink, a Corry Area High School teacher and youth group leader, will oversee activities until school resumes in September.
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Clifford Buesinks
Cory Ymca Board
Max Bennink
The
Richard Dittman
Zennink
Corry Area
Dirksen Delivers Roaring Nomination Moment At Convention
Everett Dirksen, Republican Senate leader and platform chair, won the Miami Beach audience with a sharp acceptance and a theatrically jokey, forceful speech. He brandished nine pounds of speeches, promising to toss them where delegates wanted, as John Wayne stepped aside.
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Miami Beach
Pla
John Wayne
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Dirksen
United States
Senate
Elizabeth I
Zeus
Poor People Campaign Moves to Miami Beach Protest
A creaking wagon drawn by two black mules led the Poor People's Campaign contingent to Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Ralph David Abernathy led chanting inside the Republican convention hall while about 1,000 elderly residents protested outside. Abernathy sought convention tickets to address the delegates. Sen. Everett M. Dirksen helped obtain a limited number.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fontainebleau Hotel
Ralph David Abernathy
Florida Gold Coast
Abernathy
Ogden R. Reid
New York
Clarence Townes
Reid
Eisenhower suffers third heart attack doctors say
Washington AP Doctors report former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, is stable but guarded after his latest heart attack at 6 15 am at Walter Reed Hospital. They note his condition is serious and complicated by prior heart issues, with monitoring showing overlapping signals and limited prognosis.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Roar OK For COP Platform
Republicans approved the COP platform in Miami Beach led by Sen. Everett M. Dirksen chairing the committee. President Nixon and governors Rockefeller Reagan supported the manifesto calling for peace without surrender, de Americanization of Vietnam, crime fight, and limiting economic power, with Ford among those near the rostrum as debate continued.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Michigan
George Romney
Kingston
N.C
LBJ To Have More Tests Before Report
President Johnson will undergo additional medical tests after spending five hours at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. A public health report will follow from his personal physician. Mrs Johnson also had a checkup at Brooke. He plans a brief return to the hospital for final tests and an overnight fast. The president is expected to stay at the LBJ ranch near Johnson City for much of the next month. Meanwhile Ernest Bijmnelie, 60, president of Belgiums Communist party, died yesterday of a stroke in Liege.
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Austin Tex
Johnson
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
George Christian
Brooke
Christian
Adm
George G. Burkley
Burkley
LBJ
Nixon, Rockefeller and Reagan Vie For Nominating Lead
MIAMI BEACH AP Nixon, Rockefeller, and Reagan contend for the GOP presidential nomination as the 29th Republican National Convention moves into its pivotal first ballot phase. Delegates, totaling 1,334, anticipate choosing the party standard bearer to seek the White House in November.
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Miame Beach
Fla
Richard M Nixon
Leys
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
White House
Nixon Aims For First Ballot Nomination At Republican Convention
Nixon leads with 613 publicly committed delegates as Nixon allies debate possible switch votes to reach the 687 needed for nomination. Rockefeller Reagan and others trail with commitments while insiders disagree on a likely first roll call outcome and potential shifts among southern delegates amid intensive convention maneuvering.
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Associated Press
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
John Y. Lindsay
New York
Leonard W.hall
Lipse
Sen
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Ieagan
P. Clifton White
White
Hall
New
Bradford Kiwanis Club Forms Housing Corporation
Bradford Kiwanis Club votes 74 percent to form a non profit corporation named Bradford Kiwanis Housing Corp to develop and operate housing in the city. Nine directors, eight elected by members plus the club president, lead the effort with initial units on a two acre site at Deming Housing Project near Corydon and Bushnell. The plan uses Section 221 of the National Housing Act to secure 100 percent mortgages at 3 percent for 40 years, with rents 20 to 30 percent below market. Federal limits set family income ranges from 5 200 to 9 700 for a family of seven. A 194 unit need is noted in a Bradford Redevelopment Authority study.
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Bradford Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Bradford Kiwanis Housing Corp
The
Clu
James B. Aldrich
Edward R. Husted
Robert M. Hall
Jack Coit
Deming
Bradford Redevelopment Authority
Corydon and
Bushnell Streets
Kiwanis Group
Moder
Ate
Federal Housing Administration
Redevelopment Authority
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