One Dead Riots in Los Angeles Leave $1 Million in Damage
In East Los Angeles a march for Mexican-American antiwar aims degenerated into violence leaving one dead 60-plus injured and 178 businesses damaged or looted. Fire and shootings spread to Whittier Boulevard area and Riverside where four police were wounded. Ruben Salazar was killed by a tear gas projectile.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Vietnam
Riverside
Whittier Boulevard
Ruben Salazar
Los Angeles Times
Salazar
Washington
National
Nixon
FBI
Domingo Nick Reyes
Slazar
Unexploded bomb found near Portuguese office in DC
In Washington DC authorities found an unexploded suitcase of dynamite behind the Portuguese office, minutes from the main embassy, after blasts damaged the Portuguese Embassy and the Rhodesian Information Office. An Army team disarmed it as Secret Service heightened patrols of mission grounds. An underground group claimed war against white nationalist governments in a letter read by AP.
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Washington
Plice
Secret Service
Associated Press Simultane
Revolutionary Action Party
Polite
Angola
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
State Department
EPS
Cite Driver After Crash At Spring And West Pleasant
A driver failed to yield at the intersection of Spring and West Pleasant streets Saturday afternoon, causing a collision between two cars. George M. Bangs was driving the left vehicle when the crash occurred.
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Spring and
West Pleasant Streets
George M. Bangs
No Injuries In Weekend Corry Area Left Turn Crashes
Corry state police investigated two rear end collisions and a hit and run over the weekend. At 2 50 Saturday evening a station wagon driven by 16 year old Mary J Bracken struck a car waiting to turn left off Route 6 west of the Roadside Rest causing minor damage. Passengers included Vickie Cragg and Rhea Blynt while the Martin car occupant Patsy Ball waited for oncoming traffic to pass.
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Corry
Mary J. Bracken
Hubert Bracken
Park Street
Linde Martin
Snyder Circle
Bracken
Vickie Cragg
Victor Cragg
Franklin Street
Rhea L. Blynt
Raymond W. Blynt Jr
East Congress Street
Martin
Patsy Ball
John McAninch
West Smith Street
Henry Smith
Howard Bulard
Clifford Buesink
R.D
Bea's
Robert Fleetwood
Columbus
Walter Drepensted
Hornell
N.Y
Alford L. Becker Jr
Becker
Towanda
Norbert Irish
Trish
Union City
James G. Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Berm
Robert Martz
Erie Boys Set Youngster Afire
A 7 year old from Erie was burned after gasoline was thrown on him by two youths aged 13 or 14 who fled on mini bikes. He suffered burns to face and left leg and is in satisfactory condition at St. Vincent Hospital. Charges pending as investigations continue.
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Erie
St. Vincent Hospital
William Hill
Meadville
Saegertown
States Form Coalition to Fight School Desegregation Rule
Atlanta based coalition representing more than a million members in 27 states aims to block busing zoning and pairing orders. The group plans to meet President and press the Supreme Court to define unitary schooling and race balance standards. Florida and North Carolina districts face immediate busing mandates as schools open amid potential boycotts.
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Atlanta
South
National Coalition of Concerned Citizens
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Arkansas
Texas
Tegal Odesa
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ellis Rubin
Miami Beach
Fis
Mitchell Young
Coaliion
Norfolk
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Rubin
Meapastatn
API Eete ‘Ustics Department
High Court
Charlotte
N.C
Seven Philadelphia policemen shot in dawn raids tops deadly 38 hours
Three more officers were wounded during dawn raids on Black Panther centers, raising total officers hit to seven with one dead across a 38 hour period. Police Commissioner Rizzo called the violence anarchy as 15 people were arrested in North Philadelphia and Germantown operations.
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Philadelphia
Frank L. Rizzo
North
West
Germantown
Fairmount Park
Rizzo
Black Panther Community Information Center
James Curran
Robert Martin
Frank Sekman
Curran
Black Panthers
West Philadelphia
Thomas Gibbons, Jr
James Nolan
University of Pennsylvania
Army
Ft. Dix
N.J
Cobbs Creek
U S Fishing Boats Idled In Protest
In Seattle and nearby ports hundreds of American and Canadian fishermen idled about 1,400 U S boats in Washington and Oregon to protest Russian and other fleets on the continental shelf. By Sunday most boats had resumed sailing as talks with Soviet officials are planned for Sept 21 in Ottawa.
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Seattle
Pacific Coast
Cvan
U.S
Washington
Oregon
Victoria
B.C
United States
Canada
Jack Davis
Ottawa
Japan
Russia
South Korea
Gerald D. Simmons
Ilwaco
Wash
West Coast Trollers Association
St Thomas Parochial School Sets Opening for 1970 71
St Thomas the city’s only parochial school will open Tuesday September 8 1970 for the 1970 71 term with about 250 pupils up four or five from last year Sister Dominica principal says five lay teachers and four nuns of the Sisters of Mercy will staff the school Rev Cyril Cooper and Rev John Lucas parish priests praise three men teachers for the first time and details of curriculum changes will be mailed to parents before public release The staff list includes Lellis Zita Misa Shirley Fritz Miss Linda Schutte Ronald Wilgo Phillip Strand and Dennis Speik.
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St. Thomas
Sister Dominica
West Washington Street
Dominica
Sisters of Mercy Order
Cyril Cooper
John Lucas
Lellis
Zita
Misa Shirley Fritz
Linda Schutte
Ronald Wilgo
Phillip Strand
Dennis Speik
Three Car Crash Kills Mom and Children
A three car collision on Pennsylvania 51 in Uniontown, PA, killed an Allegheny County woman and her three children and left two others critically injured. The wreck involved Stet Mee Sai and James Wheelery, with Grace Kadar, Becky, and others among the deceased or injured. hospital reports list two others in critical condition.
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Uniontown
Pennsylvania 51
Allegheny County
Stet
Sra
James Wheelery
Masontown
Richard Kadar
McKeesport
Kadar
Grace
Eles Rees
Amd
Becky
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John Sawyer
Brook Street
Sawyer
Spring
West Pleasant
Journal
Endsley
Suffolk
Australia
Emerara Hirohito
Yokohama
Burger
Richmond
Florida
Dade County
Miami
Broward County
Fort Lauderdale
Winston-Salem
Philly
Temple University
2 Temple
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Reggie Schell
Black Panther Party
Alaska
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