Madison blast at UW center kills scholar and injures many
An explosion at the University of Wisconsin military research center, caused by a truck laden with explosives, killed physics scholar Robert Fassnacht and wounded several others. Investigators say subversives likely carried out the attack, with FBI and military intelligence leading the probe. The blast, which may exceed six million dollars in damage, prompted calls for tighter campus security and more patrols amid a history of student demonstrations and prior firebombings.
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University of Wisconsin
Frank Roberts
FBI
Warren P. Knowles
National Guard
Herman Thomas
Eee
Madison
Robert E. Fassnacht
Army
James W. Nelsen
DePere
ROTC
Nelsen
Blanchard Converse
Men Defeated in Suit For Equal Rights
A three judge federal court ruled Winthrop College need not grant degrees to men. The court said the 14th amendment does not require identical treatment for all citizens and may permit classifications. The ruling affects the only state supported women’s college in South Carolina.
Rail pickup of garbage set in county
Erie County Solid Waste Authority releases amended bid specs for handling county garbage. Proposals include rail to landfill, transfer station with landfill, or direct trucking without compaction. Four bidders from Erie Pittsburgh Mercer Hubbard seek lease of incinerator site for transfer station.
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ERIE
Erie County Solid Waste Authority
Pittsburgh
Mercer and
Hubbard
Erie Company
Mercer Company
Mercer County
University Accepts Comedian Cosby
AMHERST Massachusetts AP Comedian Bill Cosby has been accepted as a graduate student in the University of Massachusetts school of education He said he may quit show business to teach Cosby cited a wish to avoid publicity and stated he did not want people staring at him as a celebrity Cosby may or may not register or attend classes according to a university spokesman
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Amherst
Mass
Bill Cosby
University of Massachusetts
School of Education
Cosby
Education
Murder suspect Brinson to surrender after suit
Pittsburgh AP A murder suspect who said police would shoot him on sight filed a civil suit to force surrender but planned to turn himself in today. John C. Brinson, 25, sought protection while hiding after the Wilkinsburg death of 52 year old John Foster. An agreement with the city law department was reported for Brinson to be transferred into police custody.
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Pittsburgh
John C. Brinson
John Foster
Wilkinsburg
Allen Brunwasser
City Law Department
Brinson
Youth Beaten and Warned by Cleveland Judge
A 17-year-old boy was rescued by police on May 27 as five others beat him at a West Side intersection. Police saw the U.S. flag on his jeans and arrested him. Judge Walter G. Whitlatch fined him $50 and placed him on probation, admonishing him about what the flag represents. He noted the disability pension his father receives is a product of those ideals.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Walter G. Whitlatch
U.S
West Side
Whitlatch
Pant-Less Party Guests Rob Neighbor in Surprise Robbery
St Louis report says a man returning from a neighbor’s surprise birthday found four men exiting with seven pairs of trousers and wallets in a robbery. The bizarre scene involved guests at a party where most attendees were pants-less.
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ST. Louis
Melvin Turner
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