Newark Turmoil After Taxi Driver Arrest Sparks Protest
Police dispersed a crowd of about 200 largely Black residents at the 4th Precinct after a taxi driver was arrested. Rocks and firebombs were thrown at the station, with earlier clashes injuring nineteen in a Newark East Orange border street battle. Officials called Wednesday night events isolated and denied a riot or related looting.
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Newark
N.J
City Hall
4Th Precinct
New York
East Orange
Dominick Spina
Hugh J. Addonizio
Donald Malafronte
Addonizio
John W. Smith
Malafronte
Corry Faces Expanded City Purchase and Control Bills
Harrisburg aimed legislation would let Corry and similar third class cities buy without council approval up to 1000 dollars and raise notes and contracts to 2000. Another measure would empower the city controller to halt warrant payments and audit accounts of parent city boards and authorities.
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Specifo
Harrisburg — Corry
Senate
House of Representatives
Corry
Swift Strike Warning as Rail Talks Veer Toward Compromise
Senate and House conferees face a looming nationwide rail strike if no antistrike legislation by Saturday. Six shopcraft unions warn they will drop their no strike pledge unless a deal emerges by week’s end. A proposed plan would enforce a five member board recommendation unless Congress rejects it, seen as compulsory arbitration that could trigger a walkout within minutes if wage settlement is forced. AFL-CIO Machinists leader Roy Slemiller says the conferees aim to bridge administration and House positions on cooldown timelines.
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Washington
Senate House
Congress
P.L. “Roy” Hement
P.L. “Roy” Slemiller
Afl-Cio Machinists Union
Power outage knocks out REA service near Townville
A large rural area south of Townville lost power last night due to a fault in Pennsylvania Electric Co. facilities at Meadville. REA crews restored the Mt Hope substation within two hours and Plum by about 11 45 p.m.
Park Visitors Warned About Escaped Alligator
Park visitors near Nay Ang Park are warned after a three foot gator escaped from the park zoo. The animal was spotted by two men as it moved toward Roaring Brook River. A search party of park employees combed the woods.
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Scranton
Nay Ang Park
Park Zoo
Roaring Brook River
Park
UN May Ask Israel To Give Up Old Jerusalem
United Nations diplomats expect the General Assembly to back a Palestinian resolution urging the Security Council to force Israel to relinquish the Old City of Jerusalem. The debate shows potential abstentions or votes against to avoid firm commitments, with Soviet and Pakistani positions shaping the move.
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Israel
Old Jerusalem
United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
Security Council
Jerusalem
Council
Agha Shahi
Abba Eban
J 'Thant
Eban
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United Nations
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Budapest
Alexei N. Kosygin
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Eastern Europe
Politi
Freak Mishap Electrocutes Busti Driller
Jamestown area report details a well shaft accident in Busti New York where a 30 foot drilling pipe broke from a wind gust and struck high tension lines. Lawrence Mead aged 29 was pronounced dead on arrival at Jamestown General Hospital after the 3 PM incident.
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Jamestown
Busti, N.Y
Sheriff's Office
Lawrence Mead
Jamestown General Iia
Mead
Chautauqua County
Emmett Eckman
NAACP Launches Court Push Over Negro Hiring in Public Works
NAACP labor director Herbert Hill urged federal court action to block public construction funds in states not ensuring a full and fair share of Negro workers. The plan targets Bay Area transit, Los Angeles, New York, and other cities, arguing a national moratorium may be needed.
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Boston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Herbert Hill
Hill
San Francisco
Bay Area
Los Angeles
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Phil
Adelphia
Washington
Columbus
Atlanta
Baltimore
Oakland
Birmingham
Ala
Hui
Bombers Hit DMZ as Week's US Death Toll Rises
U.S. Air Forces dispatch 652 bombers to strike North Vietnamese fortifications inside the demilitarized zone for the first time in two months. The week ended with 282 Americans killed and 2,114 enemy fighters reported killed, while U.S. casualties included 1,170 wounded and 1 missing. South Vietnamese losses were 158 dead and 450 wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Planes to Congo Hurt Johnson Aid Plans
Johnson faced political setback after sending three U.S. planes and about 150 personnel to Mobutu in the Congo. Critics warned the move could slow his Vietnam strategy and widen congressional resistance to military expansion. The Senate committee trimmed $120 million from a $600 million aid package amid the controversy.
Legal action over Expo 67 lodging by about 200 proprietors
AP reports legal action targets about 200 Expo 67 lodging operators who housed tourists in transformed nonresidential buildings. Montreal official Lucien Saulnier said unsuitable quarters were set up in garages warehouses offices factories and hangars to profit from fair visitors. Also notes U S forces captured 1917 Springfield and 1917 Remington rifles from Viet Cong troops this week.
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Expo Housing Natu Kt
Lucien Saulnier
Montreal
Saigon
U. S
McNamara Signals Unclear Need for More Viet Troops
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara said he is not sure how many additional U S troops are required in Vietnam, but sources say privately at least 25 000 may be needed to regain momentum. He avoided a draft or reserve call up and returns from Vietnam with President Johnson to discuss the war. General Westmoreland attends the NSC meeting following his mother’s funeral.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Vietnam
McNamara
Johnson
National Security Council
William C. Westmoreland
Columbia
Dmz
UFO Sighting Near Columbus Stirs Local Interest
Two Columbus boys on bikes near the Columbus Township gravel pit reported a silvery object with three legs, about six feet across, hovering briefly before they fled. The incident followed by a text block on U S war policy and troop movements in Vietnam, noting debate over manpower, numbers, and possible future force levels.
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Columbus
Columbus Township
Scott Stevenson
Robert Davis
Death notices of Marine Lt. Gatlin Howell family update
Mrs Marie Campbell receives a telegram informing of the death of her son Marine First Lt Gatlin Jerry Howell in action near Quang Tri Viet Nam. An Associated Press message relayed to wife Nancy says the officer expected to be home in 27 days.
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Marie Campbell
Marine First
Gatlin
Jerry” Howell
Bensath
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Associated Press
Howell
Nancy
Campbell
Fish Kills After Car Flips Into Pond At Hatchery
A Union City motorist Dennis Beardsley 90 escaped serious injury when his car left Route 6 struck a torn road section and plunged into a fish hatchery pond. Damage to the car and retaining wall totaled about 700 with fish killed and oil contaminating the pool.
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Union City
Corry State
Dennis Beardsley
Corry Memorial Hospital
Beardsley
Dame Ige
Raymond Merriman
Hatchlev
Merriman
Tall Universe winner kisses father after pageant
Miss Sherry Youmans of Denver, 6 feet 1, bending to kiss her father, won the Tall Clubs International Pageant. The 20 year old CSU student is the third Denver girl in four years to claim the title.
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Atlanta
Sherry Youmans
Denver
Colorado State University
Elvis Says He Will Be A Papa
Elvis Presley announces his wife Priscilla is expecting their first child next spring. The couple married May 1 in Las Vegas after meeting in Germany where Presley served in the US Army.
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Hollywood
Elvis Presley
Presley
Priscilla Beaulieu
Las Veegas
Nev
Germany
US. Army
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Congo
LEJ
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United States
Mobutu
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stevenson
Death
Elvis
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